Maternal deaths on the rise in Almora district

The number of maternal deaths in Almora district is on the rise as despite special provisions in the National Health Mission to protect mothers and children post-delivery, ...

Joy Michael to be felicitated with the lifetime achievement award at the 16th Edition of Thespo

Mumbai,​10th December 2014: The 16th edition of Thespo, annual drama festival for theatre-wallahs belo...

Kailash Satyarthi, Malala Yousafzai to Receive the Nobel Peace Prize Today

India’s Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai, who won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for their fight against the oppression of children and th...

Oopsie! $1 Billion in UN Funds to Fight Climate Change Built Coal Power Plants Instead

About $1 billion in Japanese funding that Japan claimed was part of a UN initiative to help developing countries take action against climate change went, unnoticed, towards...

India must be active in Lima climate change talks: Experts

India must get actively get involved in the climate change talks to be held in Peru next month, expressing how much it wants as its share in the "carbon budget", or the cou...

Ben Affleck Honored For Charity Work

Hollywood actor Ben Affleck has been honored for his charity work with a special prize from Save the Children.

The Argo star was among the guests o...

The one dollar contraceptive set to make family planning easier

An agreement has been signed which will make contraceptive injections available to women in 69 of the world’s poorest countries.

It is an inj...

NO SENSITIVITY FOR A CHILD’S RIGHT TO ENTERTAINMENT

If one were to do a cross channel run, not a single one topped the Children?s Day celebrations. News channels like CNN IBN did their Citizen Journalist rounds with children...

G20 urges 'strong and effective action' on climate change

The world’s most powerful economies Sunday urged “strong and effective action” on climate change, catapulting the issue onto the final statement of G20 ta...