Keira Knightley campaigns for women in Afghanistan

Keira Knightley and Salma Hayek are campaigning for women’s rights in Afghanistan by writing to UK Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of International Women’s D...

Women's Day: Why is TV cocking a snook at women's empowerment?

Why does women’s empowerment find little space on the small screen? While there is a deluge of TV shows revolving around female protagonists preoccupied with househol...

Mission possible

The Centre gives India just about eight years to free its villages of open defecation. This seems unlikely. But the states of Sikkim, Haryana and Jharkhand in India, and Ba...

Farmers encouraged to follow sustainable agricultural practices

Field visit cum training programme at Lumami village and Sutemi village of Zunheboto district was conducted on March 3.The department of agriculture under the supervision o...

True Review: Queen Starring Kangana Ranaut

Director: Vikas Bahl

Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon

Rating: 4 stars

There are f...

Governance Tips from India's Children

Manisha from Siwan:
The Price We Pay for Patriarchy

For 23 years, I was a UNICEF   official. This meant children paid my salary. Chi...

Delta Faucet Company Launches 2014 Sustainability Challenge

Delta Faucet Company, a worldwide leader in residential and commercial faucets, has launched its second edition of ‘The Delta Faucet Sustainability Challenge’, ...

Actor Vidya Balan, who started her innings in showbiz with television, will be seen on the small screen for an International Women’s Day special

The Hum Paanch (1995) actor, who was recently seen on the big screen in the film Shaadi Ke Side Effects opposite actor Farhan Akhtar, will be seen as the host of a show cal...

Save Forests to Prevent Climate Change Woes

There is good news on the climate change front. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affair has cleared the national mission for green India. It is one of the eight national m...