A spirited Chinese mom on a 3,000 Km trek on a wheelchair
byChina: A man in China has fulfilled his wheelchair-bound mother’s wish by taking her on a trek for over 3,000 km from Beijing to…
Activism
Malala flown from Pakistan to Britain for treatment
byLondon: Pakistani teenaged rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for publicly opposing them, was Monday flown to Britain by an…
Kejriwal launches ‘bijli-paani satyagraha’
byNew Delhi: India Against Corruption Saturday launched a ‘bijli-paani satyagraha’ to protest against alleged inflated power and water bills by restoring a household’s power…
Gandhi in Tahrir Square: Poster competition in Cairo
byCairo: India salutes the “Gandhian spirt” of Tahrir Square revolutionaries with a poster making contest themed “Did you sense the spirit of Gandhi in…
After split with Anna, Kejriwal protests power hike
byNew Delhi: Ahead of forming a political party after splitting with Anna Hazare, activist Arvind Kejriwal and his India Against Corruption (IAC) team Sunday…
Indian NGO to push sanitation goals in developing nations
byParis: India’s low-cost sanitation NGO Sulabh Sauchalaya is all set to go global by expanding its footprint in 50 developing countries to push the…
Anna’s cartoonist supporter sent to police custody
byMumbai: A Mumbai court Sunday remanded Aseem Trivedi, an Anna Hazare supporter and political cartoonist, to seven days police custody for drawing an allegedly…
Silicosis-affected workers die silent death in Delhi
byNew Delhi: For Gulli Devi, 55, even breathing is a pain. Every time she does so, she groans as it is accompanied by sporadic coughing….
Take steps to educate your children, Vidya urges women
byNew Delhi: Bollywood actress Vidya Balan unveiled a giant abacus in Lusa village in Uttar Pradesh Friday and urged women to take steps to…
Manipur’s women gun survivors weave new beginning
byImphal: A hand-woven scarf, or Leiroom, as they call it in Manipur, a cane jewellery box, a painting on Manipuri dance — the Lei…