Of Khobragade, Richards, Equality, Fairness & Uniformity

I’ve been following the Devyani Khobragade story since its emergence at the prime centre of global media, and to me, it smacks of one more gaping hole, bigger than th...

Antibacterial soap makers would need to prove efficacy under proposed FDA rules

Manufacturers of antibacterial hand soaps and body washes would have to prove that their products are safe to use over time and perform better than ordinary soap and water ...

Reaching out beyond the screen

Television has ceased to be the idiot box, it is now more than just a medium of entertainment; we cannot override it as a medium of social influence.  Anita, a 38 year...

SHAHID

Synopsis

True story of slain human rights activist and lawyer Shahid Azmi, an ordinary citizen with an extraordinary commitment to justice. From...

FORBIDDEN VOICES

Synopsis

Their voices are suppressed, prohibited and censored. But influential cyber feminists from Cuba, China and Iran keep blogging about the...

Jack Andraka made a breakthrough in cancer detection that had eluded pharmaceutical companies and legions of PhDs

Andraka’s test provides an answer on the spot in five minutes with what he estimates is close to 100 percent accuracy. It involves a simple strip of filter paper dipp...

Editorial

Vinta Nanda
Managing Director
Asian Center for Entertainment & Educatio...

Sexual harassment: The job requirement that shall not be named

Instead of searching for perverted details of the case and the identity of the victim, let’s ask if there’s an anti-sexual harassment at workplace mechanism in ...

Global HIV Vaccine closer to reality

WASHINGTON: Scientists have found that bioinformatically optimised HIV vaccine antigens may help design a global HIV vaccine.

A scientific team led by Beth Israel D...