India Releases First Socio-Economic Census In 80 Years

The census contains details about specific regions, communities, caste and economic groups, Arshad Khan reports The Union government on Friday (July 3) released the socio-e...

WHO: Insecticides Lindane, DDT Linked To Cancer

IARC said high exposures to lindane have previously been reported among agricultural workers and pesticide applicators. The insecticide lindane, once widely used in agricul...

Singapore Pledges New 2030 Greenhouse Gas Targets To Limit Climate Change

Singapore has outlined two new environmental targets for the country for the year 2030, in line with global plans to limit climate change and its impact on the world. The G...

Where Youtube Meets The Farm

Half of the children in India are chronically malnourished. So imagine the potential benefits if there were a simple way to increase the milk production from cows by, say, ...

Meet the One Woman Medical School For TV Doctors-

Kate Folb is in the middle of telling a story.

Inspired by the season finale of How to Get Away With Murder, which featured two protagonists getting tested for HIV,...

Santa Cruz Shakespeare Launches Its Season Of Gender Equity

In the 400 years the English-speaking world has been performing the plays of William Shakespeare, what’s happening this summer in Santa Cruz may very well be a first....

Demographic Information To Behavioural Insights.

It is a well-accepted and established fact that policy makers are far removed from reality, more so in India. Policies are designed merely on demographic information and he...

Robert Redford Sees 'Last Chance' To Fix Climate.

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Robert Redford told the United Nations on Monday that negotiations on a global deal to tackle climate change could be the world's "la...

Govt Launches EBasta, A Digital Library Of Downloadable School Books, Yet Another Digital India Initiative

The Digital India initiative is spreading its wings in every area possible. Over last few months there have been many initiatives launched under this scheme, but most of th...