New Delhi: The State of the World’s Children report highlights how severe the problem of maternal mortality is in developing nations like India. On the 20th anniversary of the Child Rights Convention, the UN has released a special edition of its ...
New Delhi: A new report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says that women, particularly those in developing countries, are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Women make up a large share of the agricultural work force, ...
Seasoned Scotch drinkers can be an infuriating lot to the less proficient, with their adroit swirling techniques and ability to detect an extraordinary variety of seemingly strong notes that everyone else around the table can barely get a whiff ...
My passage out of childhood however, has been marked by an evolving recognition of the many strata that comprise the “children” celebrated on Children’s Day. While sweets may have been the order of the day for my friends and I, for many of the children ...
Take a look at some of the entries that almost made it in the Doodle4Google contest. Ten-year-old Puru Pratap Singh may have walked away as the winner in the Doodle4Google contest with his “My India – Full of Life’ drawing, but the contest was likely a ...
New Delhi: Today, the WEF released its India Gender Gap Report at the Delhi based India Economic Summit. While the WEF released its global gender report last month, the India specific report — created in partnership with the Confederation of Indian ...
“As a TV reporter I will show people everything. They will understand everything. I will report on news for my village. I will ask people about their problems and their hopes.” So announced 14-year-old Mohammed Akram, a boy from the Doulatabad village ...
An Australian tourist who happened to chance upon a lost camera during his summer travels back in September has now found the owner – by harnessing the social networking power of Facebook. Traced memories: Danny Cameron was on vacation in the Greek ...
On Wednesday, over 100 people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack in Peshawar in Pakistan. Similar attacks have killed hundreds of people in recent weeks, as the army carries out an operation against Taliban militants in South ...
With the Delhi Half Marathon only two days away, Mint pays a visit to a training session at the Siri Fort Sports Complex to chat with participants, understand how they train, and get best advice on pre-marathon dos and don’t. ...
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