India: Protection Of Traditional Knowledge In India

The coming into force of the Nagoya Protocol in October will have great benefits for the defence of indigenous people's rights over their resources, and strengthen India's ...

At Least 14 Dead And 100 Missing After Quake Topples Apartment Tower In Taiwan

At least 14 people are dead and more than 100 are still missing after a powerful earthquake shook southern Taiwan on Saturday morning, causing a high-rise building in the c...

Woman Can Be ‘Karta' Of A Family: Delhi High Court Gives Landmark Judgement

Every time someone mentions 'karta' in the context of an Indian family, you immediately think of a male member. That just changed in a landmark ruling by the Delhi High cou...

World Report 2016: ‘Politics Of Fear’ Threatens Rights

In the 659-page World Report 2016, its 26th edition, Human Rights Watch reviews human rights practices in more than 90 countries. In his introductory essay, Executive Direc...

Susan Lucci And Liza Huber To Host Women Who Care Awards Luncheon

Edward R. Matthews, CEO of United Cerebral Palsyof New York City (UCP ofNYC), and Loreen Arbus, Founder & Chair of Women Who Care, announced today that Susan Lucci, now...

Women Fight For Access To Sacred Places In India.

This week, an estimated 500 women traveled by bus toward a temple in the Indian state of Maharashtra with the intent of storming its sacred altar ? where females have been ...

True Review Movie-Hindi: Chalk n Duster

Critics rating: 1.5 Stars.

Cast: Juhi Chawla, ShabanaAzmi, ZarinaWahab, Divya Dutta, Upasna Singh.

Direc...