10 Bollywood Celebrities With Social Causes

Ours is a country that lives on movies. Bollywood actors today have the entire country following their every move closely. With that kind of fan following and power, comes ...

Mobile Money Is A Boon For The Unbanked?

Mobile money, a digital money paid for a wide range of products or services through a mobile device is revolutionising financial access, especially for the unbanked.
A...

Can Gender Equality Reduce Suicides In India?

New Delhi: Offering more reasons for men to share power with women, psychiatrists have said that gender equality can prevent many men from taking their own lives. Of the 15...

These Scientists Think Genetically Modified Rice Can Help Solve The Climate Crisis

A new kind of genetically modified rice with a higher starch content could produce more food while at the same time reducing the methane, a greenhouse gas, that's emitted w...

Soylent's Real Plan: Replace Food With Algae

Rob Rhinehart has long dreamed of creating the ingredients of his grey-goo food replacement, Soylent, from scratch. The company’s—and Rob’s—mantra i...

Locarno Film Festival: Europe's Sundance?

While many European festivals are grappling with their identity, the Locarno Film Festival, whose 68th edition will run Aug. 5-15, has remained true to its mission of promo...

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Returns In August

ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Eventually, people with ALS lose the ability to initiate and contr...

Pin The Creep: Annual Crime Report Says One Third Of Mumbai’s Women Vulnerable To Attacks

Over a third of Mumbai’s women feel unsafe, with almost 47 per cent jump in cases of rape, molestation and

sexual assaults in the year 2014-15, according to a...

New Technology Lets Scientists See The Brain With Nanoscale Resolution

Neuroscientists have begun testing the most powerful brain imaging technology ever created, and it’s already helped them answers questions about how connections form ...