India gets its first transgender TV news presenter

Coimbatore, Sep 21 (ANI): A television news station recruited the country’s first transgender news anchor, five months after the court ruled that transgender people b...

Getting chilly for charity: Warm-hearted Bollywood stars take on the Ice Bucket Challenge

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has reached India, and taking the lead in the country are Bollywood celebrities who have come forward to do their bit and participate. Starting...

Adm. Michelle Howard becomes first four-star woman in Navy history

The ceremony included a bit of comedy, but there was no denying the significance: For the first time in its history, the Navy promoted a woman on Tuesday to become a four-s...

Bonn climate talks: New fundingmechanism proposed at side event totackle energy poverty

CSE and What Next Forum say Globally Funded Feed-in Tariff Mechanism

(G-FiT) for enabling renewable energy has the potential to provide energy access to all as well...

Celina Jaitley to be a part of UN's 'Bollywood style' LGBT campaign

Actress and activist, former beauty queen Celina Jaitley, will star in United Nation’s ‘Bollywood style’ global human rights campaign launching on April 3...

Farhan Akhtar strums for a cause

Farhan Akhtar is a busy man who wears many hats. He’s a writer, director, actor, singer and a tireless campaigner for gender equality. Adjudged the best actor for his...

Expo 2015 – Best Sustainable Development Practices in Food Security Competition

The Best Sustainable Development Practices in Food Security (BSDP) competition is part of the Expo “Feeding Knowledge” program, launched in 2012 by Expo Milano ...

4 Assam schools show way to protect nature

GUWAHATI: Respect for nature and environment cannot be inculcated in a day. But if ingrained from childhood, an individual can grow up to become a responsible citizen.

Justice must be integral to future sustainable development agenda – UN expert

28 October 2013 – Justice, security and development cannot be promoted one at the expense of the other, either through reductionism or strict sequencing, a United Nat...