Women represent just 36% of news media bylines and appearances

In news media, it’s still a man’s world. Male journalists make up 63% of by lines in print, Internet and wire news media, according to a recent report from the ...

Most Ratified Human Rights Treaty is 25 Years Old

Augustine J. Veliath invites writers everywhere to own and use this powerful tool, the CRC.

Nearly 25 years ago, the world made a promise to childr...

Is This Our Democracy?

While watching the show Satyamev Jayate hosted by Aamir Khan, running on Sunday mornings on Star Plus, last week, I began to feel faint.

Our acceptance of a flawed ...

Global warming threat rises for India, says latest UN report

India’s high vulnerability and exposure to climate change and global warming will slow its economic growth, impact health and development, make poverty reduction more...

Tuberculosis affects 1 million children annually: Study

Harvard researchers believe that over one million children suffer from tuberculosis annually — twice the number previously thought to have TB. Experts from the univer...

Pakistani polio strain threatens global campaign

Pakistan — Just a few weeks ago, 11-month-old Shaista was pulling herself up, giggling as she took her first wobbly steps with the helping hand of her teenage mother....

Children: A Policy, A Charter and A Plan of Action. Are They Enough

India has the largest child population in the world.  More than 40 of India’s children are under 18 years.

India is armed with a policy, a charter and a ...

Actress Nandita Das joins hands with Save the Children to promote breastfeeding

New Delhi, Aug.1 (ANI): The first hour of a baby’s life is often the most magical; but it is also the most fragile. It is when the baby is at greatest risk of develop...

Climate change means UK will have to get used to flooding

The political blame-game is in full swing over who is at fault for the current flooding crisis. But ministers debating local dredging operations in Somerset is a sideshow.<...