No trace of boat with 500 migrants, rescue group says after an alarm sparked Mediterranean searchEmergency raised the possibility that the migrants were brought back to Libya, the launching point for many of the smugglers' unseaworthy b...
26 May, 2023, 11.23 PM IST
Smriti Irani asks Meta to sync with child helpline for quick response during emergencySpeaking at Digital Surakhsa Summit, Irani expressed concern over videos being made in unsafe circumstances by social media users and asked...
10 Apr, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
Govt asks all states, UTs to make 6 years minimum age for Class 1 admission"The policy thus promotes seamless learning and development of children from pre-school to class 2. This can only be done by ensuring acces...
22 Feb, 2023, 04.49 PM IST
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Pandemic pushes vulnerable children into debt trapsThough there are no exact numbers, activists fear the number of children in debt bondage has grown alarmingly since March 2020, when India ...
29 Jul, 2021, 01.59 PM IST
Gurgaon administration allows housing societies to set up small COVID-19 care facilitiesThe CCF will follow strict infection prevention and control practices so that confirmed and suspect cases would be kept in patients with co...
02 May, 2021, 12.05 AM IST
Facebook expanding climate info hub in battle against misinformation, will debunk myths for usersThe hub will rely on climate communication experts from George Mason University, the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the U...
19 Feb, 2021, 08.48 AM IST
Amway India launches protection gear for frontline workers under COVID-19 Relief ProgrammeTo address the soaring demand of quality sanitizers, especially across hospitals and frontline workers who are relentlessly serving COVID-1...
09 Aug, 2020, 02.22 PM IST
Indian designers begin producing cloth masksAs authorities across the world urge people to wear masks to slow the spread of Covid-19, the House of Anita Dongre has said it has begun p...
14 Apr, 2020, 02.12 PM IST
Revenge porn a growing menace in IndiaCases of revenge porn – non-consensual sharing of intimate sexual images by former partners – are on the rise in India, fuelled by the spre...
13 Nov, 2017, 11.48 PM IST
E-waste: NGT seeks info on generation, recycling and disposalE-waste is discarded electronic devices which includes discarded computers, office electronic equipment, mobile phones, TV sets, etc.
26 Nov, 2015, 03.37 PM IST
Bajaj Group contributes Rs 10 crore to Nepal earthquake relief fundA further sum of Rs 50 lakh has been provided to SEWA, an NGO dedicated to needy and self-employed women workers in Nepal.
01 Jun, 2015, 02.50 PM IST
Flood-hit Saddal Panjar to be first smart village in Jammu & Kashmir: MinisterJitendra Singh said that the first "smart village" in J&K will be built on the ruins of Saddal-Panajar village which was washed away in the...
28 Jan, 2015, 03.30 PM IST
High Court pulls up Delhi govt for non-framing of guidelines on kids' sexual abuseThe Delhi High Court today pulled up the city government for not framing draft guidelines on prevention of sexual abuse of children.
08 Jan, 2014, 07.28 PM IST
- Tax compulsions force some NGOs to float for-profit companies; the crossover is paying off
Crossover from charity to profitability is helping NGOs realise that profitability and serving society need not be mutually exclusive.
07 Feb, 2012, 03.52 AM IST
- Act of giving: If you have money to give, you could either start your own project or make a grant
If you have a large amount of money to give, you could either start your own project or make a grant. Ahona Ghosh breaks down what works fo...
16 Aug, 2011, 04.36 AM IST
- Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai a sideshow as FBI nails ISI, Pak govt
US affidavit is a devastating indictment of the Pakistani govt and its spy outfit ISI and the nefarious and illegal means they employed in ...
20 Jul, 2011, 09.01 PM IST
- 7 of 8 Northeast states lag behind average India income
The Northeast is on a downward spiral and policymakers seem to be groping in the dark. Latest data shows that incomes in seven of eight nor...
02 Nov, 2009, 07.45 AM IST