First UK bus powered entirely by human waste goes into service in Bath and Bristol

The first bus in Britain powered entirely by human and food waste has made its first journey today.

Bio-Bus, a 40-seater shuttle service between Bath and Bristol Ai...

Accent on male sterilisation

Between 2008 and March 2012, the Centre, under its Family Planning Insurance Scheme, had to pay compensation for botched sterilisation procedures which included 438 cases o...

Thespo 16 all set to wow theatre lovers once again

– From 15th to 21st December 2014, now in two venues, Prithvi Theatre & Sitara Studio –

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Can TV Save India?

But in the 1990s, cable television arrived and private channels like Star Plus and Zee TV popped up — and quickly started catering to the lowest common denominator. T...

True Review: Rang Rasiya

Director: Ketan Mehta

Cast: Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen

Rating: 1.5 stars

The makers clarify at th...

PM?s climate change council recast

The Union government reconstituted the Prime Minister?s Council on Climate Change on Wednesday to coordinate the National Action Plan for Assessment, Adaptation and Mitigat...

Supreme Court fumes at gender bias in film industry

The Supreme Court on Monday described a 55-year-old tradition in the Indian film industry, mainly Bollywood, which allows only men to be employed as make-up artists, as &ld...

Why scientists are (almost) certain that climate change is man-made

ON NOVEMBER 2ND the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which represents mainstream scientific opinion, said that it was extremely likely that climate change ...

Stars power city NGO’s anti-trafficking fight

Multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Ben Harper sang and played the guitar in an old church in New York while Hollywood actress and television personality Serinda Swan...