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Sustainable Development

The human cost of sex trafficking

In the sex trade, the demand for young girls is high due to a belief that sex with children holds less risk of HIV infection, and, in fact, can cure the disease As the cust...

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Movies

True Review: Finding Fanny

Critics Rating: 3 Stars*

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Deepika Padukone, Dimple Kapadia, Arjun Kapoor, Pankaj Kapur

Dire...

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Hollywood

Judith Light Raises Awareness of Flu in Older People

Award-winning actress Judith Light, known for TV’s who’s the Boss? Dallas, and Ugly Betty, is joining the National Council on Aging (NCOA) to raise awareness ab...

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Bollywood

Mahesh Bhatt lends support to rice bucket challenge

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt Friday lent support to the ‘rice bucket challenge’ by distributing ‘biryani’ packets among the needy at a programme organised...

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Sustainable Development

Ad makers take ban on fairness ads in their creative stride

Last week, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) ordered broadcasters not to air advertisements that violated the Advertising Standards Council of India’...

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Thought Factory

An Encounter With Sir Richard

When I met Richard Attenborough after a press conference on a Sunday morning at Bandra’s Sea rock Hotel, he was wearing a turquoise blue kurta and fawn trousers, a wi...

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Sustainable Development

India in danger of moving towards water scarcity condition: Asian Development Bank

India is in danger of moving towards water scarcity conditions as per capita availability of water is reducing in the country, an Asian Development Bank official said today...

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Environment

Farmers Urged to Support Sustainable Farming

Farmers at the Resilient Agriculture Conference Wednesday at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, were urged to take steps to increase the sustainability and resilience of ...

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Sustainable Development

Farmers Urged to Support Sustainable Farming

Farmers at the Resilient Agriculture Conference Wednesday at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, were urged to take steps to increase the sustainability and resilience of ...

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TV

Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi!

Anita, my live in maid has taken a shine to Zindagi. Though the language is a bit of a challenge, as she hails from interior Maharashtra.? One Saturday night, when I got ho...

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