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How can India end this tide of violence against women?

Despite rising levels of education, gender awareness and stringent pro-women laws, change has been slow and violence against women is increasing The rape of a young woman b...

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Abhishek Bachchan inaugurates bike rally to create awareness on road safety

The rally is aimed at spreading awareness on the importance of wearing helmets. It will go through Kalanagar to Nariman Point via Mahim and then Prabhadevi to Peddar Road. ...

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Communities Find Solutions to Tackling Climate Change in Flood Hit Areas in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is among the most vulnerable countries to flooding and climate change impacts. Innovative community-driven adaptations are building climate change resiliency. Ar...

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Sanitation and Sewage Disposal In India

An estimated US$ 10 billion will be spent on the Mission over the next five years. Targets identified include cleaning the environment, construction of pubic and school lat...

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Suicide Rates Among Indian Youth Highest in the World

Suicide rates among Indians age 15-29 are the highest in the world, according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO). The most recent numbers available...

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Crisis centre for women in distress in West Bengal

It was beyond midnight when an official of West Bengal Commission for Women got a call from a Salt Lake resident, asking him to rescue an elderly woman who was pushed out o...

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Women generally not safe in Delhi: Sonam Kapoor

Actress Sonam Kapoor has strongly condemned the recent sexual assault on a young woman by a taxi driver in the capital and said that Mumbai is safer than Delhi for women. A...

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Transport Ministry makes Aamir Khan its road safety ambassador

After endorsing the ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ campaign for the Ministry of Tourism, Bollywood star Aamir Khan has been roped in by Road Transport Ministry as safety a...

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The Path to Sustainable Development: Lessons from the Bhopal Disaster

In the 1960s, UCC used to claim that its aim was to “help make a better life for all of us”. In addition, when it began marketing its pesticide products in Indi...

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Actor Shenaz Treasurywala's open letter to PM, Amitabh Bachchan, SRK

Dear Narendra Modi, Amitabh Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and Anil Ambani, I am writing to YOU specifically because you are the most po...

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