Chronic Diseases Are Killing More in Poorer Countries

Chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease are rising fast in low- and middle-income countries, striking far younger populations than in rich countries and causing much...

Thespo 16 all set to wow theatre lovers once again

– From 15th to 21st December 2014, now in two venues, Prithvi Theatre & Sitara Studio –

Read More

How to make 100 Smart Cities sustainable

The Union Budget of 2014 laid out a much-needed emphasis on infrastructure spending and the NDA government’s commitment to speed up the pace of urbanization. The budg...

Water on an urban planet: Urbanization and the reach of urban water infrastructure

Delhi with fast-growing rate of urbanisation is the second most water-stressed cities in the world according to this new research published in Global Environmental Change J...

World's Major Cities Must Unite Against Climate Change

United States: Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo urged the world's major cities Thursday to unite in the fight against climate change. Stressing that half the world's population isn...

Is This Our Democracy?

While watching the show Satyamev Jayate hosted by Aamir Khan, running on Sunday mornings on Star Plus, last week, I began to feel faint.

Our acceptance of a flawed ...

India, China hold third round of Strategic Economic Dialogue

India and China held their third round of the Strategic Economic Dialogue here today focusing on collaboration in a number of areas, including railways and Information Tech...

India ranked 155th in global environment performance list at World Economic Forum

India has been ranked at a low 155th position in a global list that places countries on how well they perform on high-priority environmental issues.

The 2014 Enviro...