LONDON: India’s foremost mental health expert who spends most of his time between Goa and London has now been named as among TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. Professor Vikram Patel, who has done seminal research on suicides in India hopes that his presence in the list makes the Indian government wake up to the serious shortage of programmes and experts meant specially to deal with […]
An iconic scene from Dereck and Beverly Joubert’s film Eye of the Leopard where a curious Legedema discovers a newborn baby baboon that brings out a different response to the one you’d expect. Please follow and like us:
Get this: Even though India’s per capita GDP is higher than at least a 100 other countries, it has the fifth highest stunting rate in the world and children born in India are, on average, shorter than those born in Sub-Saharan Africa, even though the latter are far poorer. In fact, the stunting is most evident with Indian girls, especially those who are younger. And the reason is shocking: it’s […]
The latest hi-profile killing of a black man by a white policeman in the US has sent shock waves throughout the country. A video that surfaced days after the shooting overturns the officer’s claim that he opened fire in self-defense. After a public outcry, South Carolina officer Michael Slager was fired, and murder charges brought against him for shooting down Walter Scott. Feidin Santana, the witness who handed over […]
[2015] Wondering how much money we’re making at the start of 2015? Statistics Canada has just released their latest report on how the average salaries that Canadians are earning. And it turns out that we’re taking home a little more than we were a year earlier. At the end of last year, as of December 2014, the average wage for Canadian employees was $943 a week – or just over […]
In a unique initiative, the Indian Head Injury Foundation has ‘invoked’ the gods to spread awareness about road safety in the country. The video has been shot by Ogilvy and Mather. According to Save Life Foundation, an NGO, about 1214 road crashes take place in India everyday and two-wheelers account for 25% of the total road crash deaths. Imagine how much this percentage would drop if all riders start wearing […]
A 34-member Indian Army mountaineering team has also been tasked with cleaning the slopes of Everest and bringing down non-biodegradable mountaineering waste that’s been left behind by generations of mountain climbers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat mission is set to reach the top of the world. A 34-member Indian Army mountaineering team is preparing for a challenging journey to scale Mount Everest to mark the golden jubilee of […]
When Usha Mantri brushed off frowning traditionalists and moved into a retirement village, she became a pioneer for a generation of Indians who are increasingly breaking the custom of multi-generational households. She is now happily settled in the peaceful retreat by India’s western mountains, which has an on-site Hindu temple and offers ayurvedic massage – and is a two-hour drive from her son in Mumbai. “I have a very different […]
When the good people of Animal Aid Unlimited found this bull wandering the streets in India they already noticed that there was something wrong with him. Tingu, the bull, was very sick and had a bloated and distended stomach. They knew that Tingu had eaten something harmful. But it’s only when they begin operating on him that they recognize the extent of the tragedy. Parental advisory: these pictures are not […]
India loses more than 400,000 kids every year, due to vaccine preventable diseases. And immunisation is the only scientifically proven method to prevent the deaths of these infants. More than 27,000 cold chain points have been established and to bring the cause to the forefront, UNICEF is running a powerful online campaign that implores citizens to put vaccination up on their priority list. There are 4 ways to ‘Donate […]
