John Abraham flags off Mumbai Marathon 2014

This year, the Mumbai Marathon saw not just popular faces from showbiz, but also honchos from India Inc take part. Anil Ambani completed the half marathon this time as well...

Climate Change’s New Menace: Mountain Tsunamis

Last summer more than 6,000 died after glacial melt cascaded through valleys in northern India. Scientists expect such disasters to become more common. Climate change is pa...

UN: Water holds key to sustainable development

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the vital role of water in sustainable development, highlighting in particular its importance with regard to food security, cli...

UN: Water holds key to sustainable development

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the vital role of water in sustainable development, highlighting in particular its importance with regard to food security, cli...

Phuket News: UK charity expands Philippine anti-trafficking work

Haiyan left nearly 8,000 people dead or missing in one of the worst natural disasters to hit the Philippines, flattening entire towns and displacing more than four million ...

Fighting climate change could end up costing more than dealing with its effects

Regardless of how the world’s governments choose to attempt to contain global warming at 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, it’s going to cost them....

Cigarettes More Dangerous Than Ever: US Health Report

WASHINGTON: Smoking cigarettes can cause even more health problems than previously known, including liver and colon cancer, blindness, diabetes, and erectile dysfunction, s...

Pope to sell his Harley for charity

A Hells Angel he is not, but Pope Francis does own a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

The pontiff is putting his bike on sale to raise money for the charity Caritas Roma...

The Lullas and I are jointly committed to doing our bit for charity: Salman Khan

Salman Khan has known the Lullas, with whom he is associating on Jai Ho, for over a decade. “Initially, they would pick up the overseas distribution rights of my film...