World Survey Urges Simultaneously Addressing Gender Equality, Sustainable Development

November 2014: The challenges of gender equality and sustainable development must be addressed together in order to realize the human rights of women and girls and support ...

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...

Mother’s hair could hold key to preventing underdeveloped babies

Scientists at Gravida, Auckland University’s National Centre for brain Growth and Development, have discovered that chemicals in the hair of pregnant women may increa...

Can TV Save India?

But in the 1990s, cable television arrived and private channels like Star Plus and Zee TV popped up — and quickly started catering to the lowest common denominator. T...

True Review: Rang Rasiya

Director: Ketan Mehta

Cast: Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen

Rating: 1.5 stars

The makers clarify at th...

NGOs Offer Recommendations on Data Revolution

Numerous civil society groups and academics focus on efforts for a global data revolution for the post-2015 development agenda, in recent blog entries, open letters, and re...

Agri-mechanical hubs to promote intensive farming in Bengal

Crop diversification gives a wider choice in the production of a variety of crops in a given area. This expands production related activities on various crops and also lowe...

‘Malnourishment declined sharply among children in India’

The proportion of underweight children in India might have declined from 45.1 per cent in 2005-6 to a historic low of 30.7 per cent last year, new provisional data from a s...

Taking a stand against child marriage- UCSD’s Anita Raj works to bring equality to women around the globe

Early marriage of girls increases their health risks, particularly in the context of pregnancy and delivery. They are more likely to experience complications in pregnancy, ...