New Delhi, October 29 (IANS): Seven in 10 urban Indians are now playing video games or mobile games on any device, taking the country into the top 10 gaming countries in the world, a new report revealed on Thur
BY N. LOTHUNGBENI HUMTSOE
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANSlife) There are millions of orphan children across India, who lack the basic facilities required for survival. Having lost their parents at a very young age,
London, October 26 (IANS): International trade in a highly interconnected world is putting more pressure on water, energy and land resources than domestic productions, says a new study.
The results, pub
New Delhi, October 24 (IANS): Was Rajiv Gandhi the victim of "international intelligence agencies" in "what was to become" of him after the 1991 General Elections that were likely to see him
New Delhi, October 24 (IANS): All 18.17 lakh households in Jammu and Kashmir will be able to get tap water facilities by December 2022, while the authorities in the newly created Union Territory (UT) will ensur
Allowing climate-threatened islanders more opportunities to live and work in Australia could aid both places, researchers say
LONDON, October 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As climate change drives more d
As indigenous campaigner Alessandra Munduruku wins the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, she says the Amazon is "crying for help"
SAO PAULO, Oct 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Alessandra Mun
New Delhi, October 23 (IANS): About 61 per cent of people have claimed they are sceptical about the Covid-19 vaccine and will not rush to take it in 2021 even if it is available, a survey revealed on Friday.
Western Nepal has suffered a long dry spell, harming rice harvests and pushing farmers across the border to seek work even amid the pandemic
NARAINAPUR, Nepal, October 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As an
BY YEGHIA TASHJIAN
IANS | October 21
The roots of the conflict in Artsakh
Artsakh historically has always been part of Armenia, and when the region was annexed to Persian and Arab rule, Artsakh (later kn
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20 (IANS): Seventy-eight per cent MSMEs and startups in India have reduced workforce in the last 8 months since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out.
As per a survey by LocalCircles, only
Using more underground water could ease water shortages - but coordination of an "invisible" resource remains a challenge
LONDON, October 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As growing populations an
New Delhi, October 18 (IANSlife): Indias public health and nutrition efforts are differentiated by an enterprising early start going as far back as 1975 with the beginning of Anganwadi centres and Integrated Ch
The risks of a "spillover" of deadly pathogens into people is growing as deforestation and fires put animals on the move, researchers warn
SAO PAULO, October 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As fa
New Delhi, October 15 (IANS): Mahatma Gandhi was a finicky master choreographer of his own image, dismissed most works of art around him as lacking a soul, was not a patient or good "sitter", and thus
BY DIVYANG ARORA
IANS | October 14
Entrepreneurship through Acquisition, also known colloquially as the Search Fund, is an emerging avenue through which aspiring entrepreneurs can quickly give shape t
BY K. YATISH RAJAWAT
IANS | October 13
Indian state governments have market loans (SDLs), borrowings of Rs 1.93 lakh crore so far this year, this is 76 per cent higher than the corresponding period last yea
As climate change-related disasters soar, a failure to act to prevent them is an act of 'wilful' negligence, the UN's disaster chief says
BARCELONA, October 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A ju
New Delhi, October 11 (IANSlife): On the occasion of World Mental Health Day, October 10, 2020, social media platforms Headspace and Snap Inc. teamed up in order to practice meditation and mindfulness exercises
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is an inspiration for Samela Sateré-Mawe, but more so are her roots in Amazon indigenous culture
MANAUS, Brazil, October 10 (Reuters) - Samela Sateré-Mawé