‘Put vulnerable children at heart of development plans’
byNew Delhi: With a rising number of children worldwide experiencing abuse, neglect or exploitation, a group of experts and NGOs have come together to demand…
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Amid Water Shortage, Celebs for Dry & Eco-Friendly Holi
byMumbai: Film and TV artists are known for hosting and enjoying lavish Holi parties, but this year, celebrities are endorsing dry and eco-friendly colours to…
Experts to Keep Professionals Fit at Various Companies Now
byGurgaon: From asking dieticians to draw up cafeteria menus to conducting counselling sessions to keep them fit, multinational companies and others are becoming mindful about…
Arvind Kejriwal on indefinite fast over power, water bills
byNew Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal Saturday began an indefinite hunger strike against increased power and water bills in the national capital….
Haryana and Silly Diktats of its Self-proclaimed Judges
byChandigarh: In Haryana’s hinterland, not just lawmakers and law-enforcing agencies deal with law. Diktats, many of them strange ones, keep coming from all quarters. The…
Save horses, urges Miley Cyrus
byLos Angeles: Actress-singer Miley Cyrus has organised a rally to save horses. She has taken to micro-blogging site Twitter for the cause. Cyrus voiced her…
Caste-Away: A brave initiative against casteist ways in society
byOn 19th March, 2013, a poetry night was organized by the Caste-Away, a part of AIESEC, world’s largest youth-run non-profit organization in Hauz Khas…
Activists discuss ways to save water
byAgra (IANS) Social activists and environmentalists gathered here Friday to deliberate on the ways to save dwindling sources of freshwater on the occasion of World…
1,800 children die daily from unsafe water: Unicef
byUnited Nations: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that almost 90 percent of death of children from diarrhoeal diseases are directly linked to…
Mamata on mission to save fair-price medicine shops
byKolkata (IANS) “If you don’t cooperate with patients, we won’t tolerate that. We will cancel your licence,” the stern warning from West Bengal Chief Minister…