Injustice in Mahan Forest

In a tragic turn of events on the night of the seventh of May, four Greenpeace activists Akshay Gupta, Vinit Gupta, Bechan Lal and Vijay Shankar Singh were arrested for pea...

Alicia Keys To Join Empowerment Experience Panel

Fifteen time Grammy Award-winning artist and HIV advocate Alicia Keys will join with Greater Than AIDS and ESSENCE to headline a special ESSENCE Empowerment Experience pane...

Global warming will impact beach tourism, says expert

Beach tourism of 51 countries would be critically affected and temperature may increase by 4.8 degree Celsius by 2100 if no measures are taken to curb global warming, said ...

Arjun Kapoor supports P&G Shiksha campaign for children's education

Arjun Kapoor has lent his support to an initiative to provide education for underprivileged children. P&G Shiksha is commemorating its ten-year anniversary, and to mark...

Women Empowerment in India

Women empowerment is a debatable subject. At earlier time they were getting equal status with men. But they had faced some difficulties during post-Vedic and epic ages. Man...

Austin Mahone Visits Children's Hospital In Miami

Musicians on Call recently welcomed superstar Austin Mahone to a bedside performance program at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Miami. Austin first got involved w...

Women politicians in India, Pak face violence, threats

From kidnapping, physical assault and sexual harassment to threats, abuse and character assassination, women politicians in India, Pakistan and Nepal face hostility and agg...

An Accidental Martyrdom

In April 2010, I returned home late evening to find a family friend had left urgent messages for me to call back. The next morning, before I could return her call, she was ...

Empowering the poor or the rural elite?