Mumbai: Sunil Yadav does not believe in heaven and hell. But he knows what hell feels like “Narak” is the word he uses to describe what it was like the first time he waded through open sewers with floating garbage and dead rats when, at 25, he took over hisContinue Reading
Eighty-five percent of India’s family planning budget is used to promote and conduct sterilisations on women, the head of a prominent charity said on Friday, calling for more funds to be channelled towards providing alternative forms of contraception. Poonam Muttreja, executive director of the Population Foundation of India (PFI), saidContinue Reading
New Delhi — It seems being forced to keep mum despite being sexually assaulted has turned into a bitter reality for many inmates in Tihar Jail. Authorities at Tihar, the largest prison complex in South Asia, have been reluctant to lodge cases of same-sex rapes by jail inmates. In fact,Continue Reading
Madrid — A Spanish nun with a social conscience would ordinarily be expected to help underprivileged children in her community, or perhaps do missionary work in the developing world. But Teresa Forcades from the Benedictine monastery of Montserrat, near Barcelona, is no ordinary sister. A Harvard-educated doctor in public health,Continue Reading
An average woman throws away about 150kg of mostly non-biodegradable absorbents every yearContinue Reading
Kolkata Municipal Corporation and the tourism department have joined hands with a Singapore-based organization to revive Old ChinatownContinue Reading
It all started with a desire to help an aged acquaintanceContinue Reading
Archbishop Jean-Clement Jeanbart heads the Melkite Archdiocese of Aleppo, Syria. His words are somber, yet scream out for hope and help for his suffering people.Continue Reading
