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Violence Against Women Hurts The Economy

India is caught in a depressing cycle of lack of empowerment of women and low economic productivity in society There are obviously many reasons to be appalled and sickened by ...

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Cancer-Free: One Recovery Inspires Another — And Could Help Thousands

Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times. In this story, the science reporter Denise Grady pro...

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A New Corporate Benchmark For Human Rights

There needs to be specific grids that periodically track government and sector-specific companies on business and human rights parameters I would like to propose an item for t...

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Nepal Announces New Ambitious Action Plan To Help Secure Future for Its Snow Leopards

The Snow Leopard Conservation Action Plan 2017-2021 sets the stage for Nepal to achieve its goal of ensuring that at least 100 snow leopards of breeding age populate each thre...

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Lead Level In Flint Water Has Fallen Below Federal Limi

Flint's water system no longer has levels of lead exceeding the federal limit, a key finding that Michigan state environmental officials said Tuesday is good news for a city w...

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Winners and Losers From Sundance 2017 (So Far)

Winter storms weren’t the only things causing headaches during the first week of the Sundance Film Festival. Buyers were griping that the movies being screened at this y...

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India’s First Sign Language Dictionary To Be Released In March

How often have you played a game of Charades, frantically motioning to your friends hoping they’ll get the gist of what you’re trying to say? That frustration you ...

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68th Republic Day 2017: AR Rahman, Sonu Nigam, Shalmali Kholgade And 5 More Musicians Who Are Making This World A Better Place To Live In!

Musicians wage a war against gender inequality, terrorism, genocide, malnutrition and more this Republic Day 2017! If we rewind back two years, the time frame alone should suf...

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Scarlett Johansson Talks About Women's Health Issues In Moving Speech

Actress Scarlett Johansson took the podium during the Women's March in Washington DC, to speak about females health issues. Declaring that it was time for even a private perso...

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Vernacular Content Is The Next Big Thing: You Tube's Satya Raghavan

Content Asia's Janine Stein interviewed YouTube India's Satya Raghavan on the vdonxt asia stage last week. A look at their discussion. "Tech, content, platform, revenue, langu...

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FESTIVALS: CINEMA ENDURES BECAUSE ARTISTS PERSIST

A powerful three-day gathering in New Delhi explored cinema’s endurance against ce...

November 16 2025

FESTIVALS: THREE DAYS OF UNMISSABLE BRILLIANCE

In its final three days, the Prithvi Theatre Festival surges toward a spectacular finish...

November 15 2025

THOUGHT FACTORY: LEGACY, VISION, ART, AND NATION

This article by filmmaker Sharad Raj celebrates Jawahar Lal Nehru’s 126th birth an...

November 14 2025