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Environment

A Mega-Canal In Nicaragua Could Kill Off Jaguars And Indigenous Groups

With major construction scheduled to begin at the end of the year, wildlife biologists are calling the project hasty, secretive, and potentially disastrous for the region's...

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Gender

Gender Gap Persists In Graduation, College-Going

It’s hard to ignore discrepancies between white students and those of color when it comes to academic achievement. There are national and local organizations devoted ...

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Gender

Reshma Makes A Bold Statement With Red Lipstick

Ogilvy & Mather has created a thought provoking campaign featuring acid attack survivor Reshma Qureshi in a bid to end sale of acids. There is no dearth of mak...

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Festivals

London Film Festival Unveils Industry Program, Including China Focus

Geena Davis, Guy Maddin, Laurie Anderson and Abi Morgan are among the speakers set for talks, forums and workshops, and a panel will explore the impact of the foreign-langu...

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Hollywood

5 Hollywood Actors Who Work For A Good Cause

Celebrities like Angelina Jolie, Emma Watson and Leonardo Di Caprio have worked for causes like refugee’s crisis, feminism and environment respectively. Quoting the s...

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Environment

The Exxon Valdez Spill Is Still Making Fish Suffer 26 Years Later

On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker collided with the Blight Reef in Alaska, spilling at least 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. Some es...

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Health

India Fixes Health Goals For Next 15 Years

India has set itself a challenging target to reduce maternal mortality rate to 70 per 1000 live births, and for neonatal and under-five to 12 and 25 per 1,000 births respec...

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Gender

Women Face Widespread Job Restrictions In India: World Bank

Women in India are not allowed to work in mining or in jobs that require lifting weights above a certain threshold or working with glass, according to a latest World Bank r...

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Festivals

Kameleon Film Festival In December

Puducherry can build its identity as a destination where artistic cultural heritage is preserved, said Indianostrum Theatre founder Koumarane Valavane, at a press meet on S...

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Bollywood

Deepika And Prakash Padukone At The 'Inspiring Women' Event

Deepika Padukone is seen here at an ‘Inspiring Women’ event held in Mumbai today. Deepika spoke about women empowerment and the issue of educating the girl chil...

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