Emergency call

Nearly 140,000 people in India died in road accidents last year. Several communicable diseases together do not take such a huge toll on human life. But the country does not...

Delhi University opens up its doors to transgender community

Delhi: Transgender community offered post-graduate courses in Delhi University Delhi University on Tuesday officially opened its doors to the transgender community by offer...

SOS Children’s Villages of India spreads awareness on the importance of family in individual development

At the 25th edition of The Tara Ali Baig Memorial Lecture

New Delhi, August 11, 2014: SOS Children’s Vi...

India sticks to stand as WTO talks collapse

Negotiators warn of consequences over India’s refusal to agree to the deadline for wrapping up the trade facilitation agreement A day after the collapse of efforts in...

Delhi High Court bans e-rickshaws in city

While the Central government plans to bring e-rickshaws under the ambit of local municipalities, Delhi High Court bans them citing safety and lack of regulations Even as Ce...

Hatching Superbugs

At a time when chicken consumption is at an all time high in India, a study by Delhi non-profit Centre for Science and Environment shows poultry meat could be churning out ...

Fun Cinemas all set to mesmerize movie goers in Andheri

Mumbai, July, 2014: Movie-goers in Mumbai have a reason to cheer as their favourite multiplex, Fun Cinemas in Andheri west undergoes a makeover. And t...

Global agreement on climate change linked to availability of financing through Green Climate Fund: Prakash Javadekar

At the meeting of the Major Economies Forum currently underway in Paris, Environment Minister PrakashJavadekar has made it clear that a robust global agreement on climate c...

A Delhi resident consumes 12 times more electricity than one in Bihar

Data released last month by the National Sample Survey Organisation reveals patterns of electricity consumption across the country. Electrification in rural India has incre...