Kathmandu, March 6 (IANS) Buddhist leader and environmentalist, the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa – the spiritual head of the 1,000-year-old Drukpa Order – was felicitated in a US Congressional resolution for empowering women in the Himalayas…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) A 10-day-old from Assam, diagnosed with meconium aspiration syndrome — a condition in which the baby’s stool enters its lungs — has been successfully airlifted to a city-based hospital here,…
Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) Maharashtra Women & Child Welfare Minister Pankaja Munde on Monday announced a probe into the shocking case of discovery of 19 female foetuses near a private hospital compound in the state’s…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Gender equality is crucial in raising the GDP of a country, a top Uttar Pradesh Police officer said here on Monday. “The need for gender balance is critical in raising…
London, March 6 (IANS) Scots living abroad may soon have ashes and other mementoes of their relatives buried in a quiet corner of their homeland which could be identified by a smartphone, thanks to a…
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has set up a creche within its campus to ensure that kids are looked after even when their mothers are busy with teaching and research,…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Monday handed over to the Tamil Nadu government the reports regarding the five visit made by its specialists to Chennai to…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) Complaining may actually do you some good! Researchers say making complaint-lodging easy may encourage citizens to report incidences of bribery more and help curb the crime, particularly in…
Generva, March 6 (IANS) Each year, environmental pollutants lead to the death of an estimated 1.7 million children under five, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a new report on Monday. The causes include…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A south Delhi neighbourhood on Sunday began getting round-the-clock potable water through taps in a major project that a minister said will be implemented across the national capital. A first…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, March 5 (IANS) No child can turn around and say “this used to be my playground” of the area around the historic Ridge, once the only promenade for the British colonial…
Hyderabad, March 5 (IANS) Want to check how the clothes would look on you before you decide to buy them, all from the comfort of your home? Then try this unique mobile app. Hyderabad-based startup…
Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) Popular Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar on Sunday announced he has become a father to twins via surrogacy. He says they are now his world and priority. The daughter has been named…
Kolkata/Siliguri, March 4 (IANS) A father-son duo, owners of a nursing home allegedly used as a “safe house” for trafficking children, have been arrested in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said on Saturday….
Kolhapur (Maharashtra), March 4 (IANS) Thousands of people from Kolhapur, political leaders, Dalit activists and scholars bade a tearful adieu to top Dalit litterateur Krishna Kirwale here on Saturday. Kirwale was killed over a minor…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 (IANS) A fresh autopsy was ordered on Saturday on the body of a 33-year-old soldier from Kerala who was reported missing after a sting video on the “abuse” of buddy system in…
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) In an unique initiative, six young female achievers with outstanding feats in different fields to their credit, will be conferred the International Womena’s Day honours here on Sunday, an official said….
By Manisha Chachra Ridhima Chopra, 25, once with a NGO in New Delhi is among the growing number of Indian women encouraged to complain — without an end-result — about harassment at work by the…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Odditorium; Author: David Bramwell & Jo Keeling; Publisher: Brewer’s/Hachette India; Pages: 256; Price: Rs 599 Who was the first ‘prominent’ American to publicly support Asian immigrants to the US, the…
Varanasi, March 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday offered several litres of milk, Ganga jal and flowers at the fabled Kashi Vishwanath temple here and performed aarti at the sanctum sanctorum during a…