(151002) — MYITGYINA, Oct. 2, 2015 (Xinhua) — Chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during her election campaign in Myitgyina, Myanmar, Oct. 2, 2015. Myanmar opposition party NLD…
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Indian Navy’s ex-sailor S.S. Raju has expressed his willingness to donate any organ of his body to save the life of “fellow-brother” and Siachen miracle survivor Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad, currently…
Lucknow, Feb 10 (IANS) Moved by the inspiring real-life story of Lance Naik Hanumananthappa Koppad, who was rescued five days after being trapped in an avalanche on the Siachen glacier and is currently in a…
Actor Vivek Oberoi. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) Actor Vivek Oberoi says that it very important to build permanent houses and toilets across the country for underprivileged families. Addressing students at the Podar…
Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) The University of Chicago has established a professorship for the study of Sanskrit with a $3.5 million gift from an Indian-American couple to help it advance the study of the Indian…
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Jan 26 (IANS) After launching a ‘Roti Bank’ here last month, the Haron Mukati Islamic Centre on Tuesday inaugurated a ‘Kapda Bank’ intended to provide clothes to the poorest of poor. HMIC founder…
London, Jan 25 (IANS) British Chancellor George Osborne and Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced in Liverpool three billion pounds ($4.27 billion) in funding over the next five years for research and efforts to eliminate malaria….
Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar got to flaunt his love for Marathi cinema by supporting “Police Line – Ek Purna Satya”, a film based on the lives of policemen when they’re…
Pope Francis leads a mass in the sanctuary of the Virgin of Charity in El Cobre, on the last day of his visit to Cuba, 22 September 2015. EFE/Orlando Barria Vatican City, Jan 21 (IANS/AKI)…
Palghar (Maharashtra), Jan 20 (IANS) An 80-member joint family living in Agashe village near Virar in Maharashtra has suddenly come into prominence after all of them voluntarily pledged to donate their bodies or organs and…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The HCL Foundation has announced the first HCL Grant of Rs.5 crore ($740,000) to the Going to School (GTS) NGO here. The winning NGO was selected from six finalists and…
Noida, Jan 17 (IANS) HCL Foundation on Sunday said it will spend Rs.100 crore over the next five years to support NGOs and social leaders who are implementing projects for the upliftment of the country….
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg during a programme in New Delhi on July 2, 2014. (Photo: IANS) New York, Jan 15 (IANS) After Facebook CEO and his wife making a pledge in December to give away…
Patna, Jan 14 (IANS) Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala, who survived cancer, will promote a mobile app to create preventive awareness and help people battling the disease. “I am going to promote an app to help…
Lucknow, Jan 14 (IANS) His performance as chief minister of the most populous state of the country might be a matter of debate for many in Uttar Pradesh, but Akhilesh Yadav has been winning hearts…
Mumbai, Jan 11 (PTI) Bollywood actor Sohail Khan and producer Boney Kapoor today said they are ready to donate their skin to spread awareness about skin donation. Sohail said he got very emotional after he…
Hyderabad, Jan 4 (IANS) Novo Nordisk, world’s leading diabetes care company, on Monday announced cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar would be the brand ambassador for ‘changing diabetes’, its programme in India to fight against the lifestyle…
Mumbai, Jan 1 (PTI) Classmates of an Indian Air Force pilot killed during crash of the country’s first multi-purpose civil aircraft and a flight cadet who died in an air crash at the Air Force…
Berlin, Dec 31 (AP) Online retailer Amazon has pledged to donate its share of revenues from the sale of a song by the anti-Islam group PEGIDA to refugees, undermining the cause of the far-right movement….
Los Angeles, Dec 29 (PTI) Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon has spent over a week on the Greek island of Lesbos meeting Syrian refugees and learning more about the migrant crisis plaguing the region. Sarandon, 69,…