Ninety-seven percent of 12-year-olds were enrolled in elementary schools in 2013; up from 89 percent in 2006. Almost a third of children continue to show signs of malnutrition at age 12 with high rates for economically and socially-marginalised children and those in rural areas. ...
When cine veteran Hema Malini won the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Mathura-Vrindavan, the first commitment she made was to provide safe and adequate quantity of water for every home and a Yamuna fully rejuvenated and filled with water. As she completes one year as MP from the land of Sri Krishna's legend, voters are asking what hap...
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Among the tiniest and the only vehicle-free hill station in Asia, Matheran in Maharashtra will come alive for five days during the first edition of the Matheran Green Festival (MGF) starting here Thursday....
British tourist Lucy Hemmings received numerous apologies among 600 replies to her viral blog post describing sexual harassment she faced during a trip to India....
A 20-year-old woman was burnt alive after refusing to perform an "extreme sex act" on a militant of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group, the UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict was quoted as saying on Tuesday....
Within 100 years, rising sea levels caused by global warming could submerge large swathes of coastal land in Kochi, Kerala's second most populous city, scientists at the Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) have predicted....
The death on Monday of Aruna Shanbaug, the nurse who lived in a vegetative state in a Mumbai hospital for 42 long years, has renewed the debate on euthanasia, with some demanding that the judiciary and the government should engage on the issue proactively...
"Modi had promised the countrymen to bring in 'Achhe Din' (good days), but has failed miserably, Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Yadav told IANS in an interview....
If you were asked to respond "Yes/No" to the above question, there is every likelihood that, apart from some good humoured jokes about women and decision making, your response would emphatically be in the affirmative. The uncomfortable fact is that you probably believe that women are incapable of making smart decisions....
