Arjun Kapoor pledges support for Earth Hour 2015 campaign

Actor Arjun Kapoor has joined hands with WWF-India to pledge his support to the Earth Hour 2015- WWF’s global campaign to raise awareness and inspire individual actio...

International Women Leaders Discuss Women’s Equality And Leadership At Barnard College

Last week, Barnard College and President Debora L. Spar hosted Queen Noor of Jordan, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee, CARE USA CEO Helene Gayle, President of Goldman...

Life, interrupted: A first-person account of battle with cancer

As Benjamin Franklin pointed out, the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. The latter comes as a grim reminder every March. The former, well, you never expect ...

No Doubt And Sia To Perform At Los Angeles LGBT Center's An Evening With Women

The Los Angeles LGBT Center announced today that international music superstars No Doubt and Sia will both perform intimate acoustic sets and Emmy Award-winning actress and...

Deepika to start foundation to promote mental health care

Actress Deepika Padukone will start a foundation to promote mental health care on March 21Deepika who herself suffered from depression for a brief period last year, came ou...

Over 16,000 Pakistan families refuse polio vaccination

ISLAMABAD – Over 16,400 families across the country refused to get their children vaccinated during the first two days of the latest round of the National Polio Campa...

Getting disaster resilience right

Last year, Asia Pacific suffered 6,000 fatalities and economic losses of almost US$60 billion due to natural disasters. UNESCAP executive secretary Shamshad Akhtar outlines...

FRAME UR IDEA' @ FICCI FRAMES 2015

For the very first time FICCI Frames 2015, to have pitching sessions called ‘Frame ur Idea’.

The design of ‘Frame ur Idea’ supports the pres...

UN Women’s New Goodwill Ambassador is Male

Why a pop culture sensation is now representing women’s rights at the United Nations For Bollywood aficionados, the name Farhan Akhtar is synonymous with super stardo...