Nobel Laureate Satyarthi appeals to 'save childhood' on Children's Day

New Delhi: Calling child trafficking the “worst form” of human rights violation, Nobel Peace Prizewinner Kailash Satyarthi on Thursday made a strong appeal to &...

UCLA gets $10 million for center to spur socially conscious projects

Former EBay Inc. President Jeff Skoll has donated $10 million to UCLA for a center that will encourage students to create socially conscious entertainment projects.

WEEKEND BOREDOM!

It?s that time of the year, when a few shows will be winding up; the first ones are KBC Season 8 and Satyamev Jayate Season 3. KBC?s Grand Finale is over two Sundays, to fi...

NRI billionaire Manoj Bhargava pledges Rs 500 crore for Uttarakhand development

A charitable organisation founded by billionaire NRI entrepreneur Manoj Bhargava has pledged Rs 500 crore to fund development activities in Uttarakhand.

On the occa...

Stimulating Innovation to Create More Sustainable Cities

It won’t be long before the world’s population reaches nine billion and by 2050, 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities. All around the ...

China?s Climate Change Plan Raises Questions

Many scientists have said that 2030 may be too long to wait for China?s greenhouse gas emissions to stop growing, if the world is to keep the average global temperature fro...

War on the ‘Malaria mayhem’ in Mumbai reduces infection by 80%

How did the local government, a thinktank, tiffin box delivery men and a superhero reduce infections so dramatically?

Indians take to the streets in celebration as ...

One Direction, Chris Martin, and others team up to fight against Ebola

One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Chris Martin, Bono, Sam Smith, Elbow, Ellie Goulding, Bastille and Paloma Faith have all come together to fight against Ebola.

The musici...

Sonic Entropy

We are on the epoch of something truly incredible. Because of increased sophistication in technology and open minded artists, music is spiralling into sub-genres galore, in...