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London Film Festival: Rosamund Pike Says Industry 'Not Easy For Women'

The film business is "doubly testing" of women, British actress Rosamund Pike has said at the London Film Festival premiere of her latest screen outing. "It's not easy being a...

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The United Nations Is Turning VR Into A Tool For Social Change

Virtual reality is lauded as an empathy generator. The ability to transport viewers to a setting that would otherwise be inaccessible, or even unfathomable, lends a sense of p...

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‘Empowering Women To Facilitate Human Development’

KOLKATA: In the conference titled "Jaagruti- EmpoweringWomen to Facilitate Human Development" organized by the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata, Pande said women are capa...

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Fifth Harmony Star Designs Tee For Save The Children

Fifth Harmony's Camila Cabello has teamed up with Save the Children to design a limited-edition T-shirt to shine a light on girls around the world. The special Love Only colla...

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Ben Smith Completes 401st Marathon In 401 Days

Ben Smith, 34, began his charity attempt on 1 September 2015 and ran 284 consecutive marathons in 284 days. He then developed an umbilical hernia in June which forced him to s...

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Unsurprisingly, Gender Neutral Textbooks Make For Better Students

Last week, two researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH) presented a study that suggests gender-neutral course literature helps s...

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Doctors Need To Think Beyond The Pill For Contraception

The pill revolutionised society when it was introduced in Australia 55 years ago but now scientists are lobbying GPs to offer women alternative and more effective options.Fami...

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Paul: Child, Forced Marriage A Human Rights Violation

Uttarakhand Governor Dr KK Paul has said child, early and forced marriage threatened the lives and future of girls and women around the world. It is a violation of their human...

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How We Blended Our Minds With Our Devices

Like life itself, technologies evolve. So it is that the telephone became the smartphone, that near-at-hand portal to the information superhighway. We have held these powerful...

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How Big Oil Taught Big Tobacco To Bend Science

Over the past year, revelations about what the giants of the US petroleum industry knew decades ago about climate change have had a familiar ring to them.Several observers pic...

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CINEMA THAT BREATHES IN STILLNESS

An evocative evening of French and German short films in Mumbai explores stillness, abst...

March 29 2026

A TIMELY DIALOGUE AT IFFD 2026

A powerful panel at IFFD 2026 brings together leading independent filmmakers to examine ...

March 28 2026

BHARATMATA BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE!

Bharatmata cinema hall returns to Mumbai’s Lalbaug, writes Avinash Kolhe, reviving...

March 27 2026