India may miss U.N. Millennium Development Goal for maternal mortality rate

India, which accounts for the largest number of maternal deaths in the world, is unlikely to achieve the fifth Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality to...

20 must watch movies at 5th Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai

The 5^th edition of Jagran Film Festival has become bigger and better. Travelling to 16 cities across 7 states, the festival has n...

New drug target could prevent major global cause of maternal death

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) occurs when the uterus fails to contract vigorously after childbirth and the mother loses 500mls or more of blood in the 24 hours after deliver...

Now climate change is affecting jobs NGOs need to nurture 'green-skills

A report shows extreme weather is affecting youth unemployment in south-east Asia. Is training the answer? Climate change is making it more difficult for young people in so...

A Pot-Pourri Of Shows

Instead of feeling jaded with the rounds of the same old shows, one is feeling buoyant. Two new channels ? Zindag, which has settled well into selective living rooms in the...

India's 'Climate Smart' Villages Target Sustainable Agriculture

Scientists warn that agriculture around the world can be significantly affected by climate change, and are now teaching farmers new technologies to adapt. At one ?climate s...

True Review: Mary Kom

Critics Rating: 3 Stars*

Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Sunil Thapa, Darshan Kumar,

Direction: Omung Kumar

True Review: The November Man

Critic’s rating: 1.5 stars

Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurylenko, Luke Bracey, Bill Smitrovich, Mediha Musliovic, Lazar Ristovski,Will...