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Globally, the term STEAM is used to indicate ways in which the Arts or art-practices (and sometimes more broadly the Humanities and Social sciences) engage with the STEM education subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The number of students choosing post-compulsory study of STEM subjects is seen as being critical to a country’s economic...

A new study reveals the extent of daily harassment feared by girls in India in public spaces, including being subjected to lewd comments, inappropriate touching and other forms of sexual assault. This lack of safety in public spaces not only violates the girls’ right to security and mobility, but also leads to violation of...

Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and students from the College of Engineering of Anna University, launched ‘SKILL NEXT»’, a technical skilling initiative. Together, they assembled a BMW engine and transmission at the main assembly line of BMW Group Plant Chennai to commemorate the beginning of the project. Through the initiative, 365 BMW engine and transmission units...

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report 2017 revealed that an estimated 10.4 million people fell ill with TB in 2016: 56% of these were in five countries - India, Indonesia, China, the Philippines and Pakistan. In 2016, there were 600,000 new cases with resistance to Rifampicin (RR- TB), the most effective first-line...

Earth Overshoot Day is the day that marks excessive resource consumption beyond what Earth can sustainably renew in an entire year. This year on the day (August 1), humans will have already used up resources allotted for this entire year, and for the rest of the year, and would be running in debt of...

इस तस्वीर में ऐसी क्या खास बात है? शायद आप सभी इस चेहरे से नावाकिफ होंगे। ये बिहार के एक बाहुबली ब्रिजेश सिंह है जो कई मासूम और नाबालिक अनाथ बच्चियों के साथ बलात्कार के मामले में गिरफ्तार हुए हैं। अब एक बार फिर इस तस्वीर को देखिए। क्या इसके चेहरे की हँसी किसी शैतान...

Blockchain technology has gained a lot of popularity since it was introduced to the mass audience along with Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency released by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009. There have been many discussions about the potential of this technology and its powers to solve real world problems. Blockchain is a decentralised digital ledger where all the...

मेरा देश बदल रहा है, मेरा देश बढ़ रहा है, सीएसआर की अनिवार्यता जब से देश में लागू हुई है, मानो सामाजिक बदलाव के लिए एक हवा सीचल पड़ी है, सीएसआर की मदद से कॉर्पोरेट कंपनियां पानी की तरह पैसा बहा रही है, गुरुग्राम पुलिस को और भी एडवांस बनाने के लिएसुजुकी कंपनी ने...

You know her as the voice behind hits like Meri Aashiqui and O Khuda, or as the judge on The Voice India Kids. However, Palak Muchhal has also been a saviour for over 1,500 kids whose heart surgery she raised funds for. “It’s not always necessary to be rich to help others. When I started...

In an earlier column, Anirban Ghosh, Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra Group, shared the need to shape urban spaces sustainably. As a follow up, here he elaborates on how cities across the world are pushing the agenda of being sustainable. Reliable utility services such as electricity, water, handling waste and providing transport services are an essential...

कहने के लिए तो मुंबई को खुले में शौच मुक्त करार कर दिया गया है, ना सिर्फ मुंबई बल्कि देश के कई ऐसे शहर है जो सरकारी फाइलों में स्वच्छ भारत तो हो गये है लेकिन क्या वाकई में सही मायने में स्वच्छता को लेकर लोगों में जागरूकता आई है, क्या वाकई में हमारे...

Climate change has caused a lot of draughts and unseasonal rainfalls in several parts of the country. Especially in the western state of Gujarat in India, after the earthquake in 2001, the unseasonal rains caused floods in several places, and then droughts hit the state in summer with no water available. This situation caused...