One Billion Rising: Largest day of mass action ever to stop violence against women

Last Updated: Thursday, February 14, 2013, 16:44

People from all walks of life will come together in the capital today to participate in cultural events as part of the `One Billion Rising` global campaign, making the demand to end violence against women and children.

From `Vagina Monologues` to women`s emancipation

Last Updated: Sunday, December 30, 2012, 13:30

It is perhaps more than coincidence: Playwright and gender activist Eve Ensler, best known for the episodic ‘The Vagina Monologues’, is all set to launch a new movement from India, ‘One Billion Rising’, Jan 14.

New York Times reports Wen Jiabao wealth, faces ban in China

Last Updated: Friday, October 26, 2012, 11:08

China has blocked the website of the New York Times after the newspaper published a probe into wealth accumulated by family members of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

India received USD 56 billion in remittances

Last Updated: Friday, November 25, 2011, 14:59

The top remitting countries in 2009 were United States (USD 48.3 billion), Saudi Arabia (USD 26 billion) and Switzerland (USD 19.6 billion).

Billion-year-old bacteria `created`

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 12:24

Scientists claim to have created a billion-year-old bacterial enzyme and then trace its evolution through history to the modern day.

Growing population has resulted in north-south divide: Expert

Last Updated: Sunday, October 30, 2011, 16:42

As the world population touches the seven billion mark on Monday, India is grappling with a north-south divide due to growing migration of labourers and other social factors, an expert in the field has said.

US crisis: Barack Obama urges no 'political games' on $447 billion jobs plan

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 00:10

President Barack Obama called on Republicans not to play "political games" with his jobs plan as he pressed for swift passage of a USD 447 billion package he hopes will revive the US economy and boost his re-election prospects.

35 Indian cos in Forbes Asia's 'Best Under a Billion' list

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 11:19

Thirty-five Indian companies are ranked among the top 200 Asia-Pacific corporations in Forbes Asia's 'Best Under a Billion' list for this year.

‘Harry Potter’ franchise crosses $7 bn mark

Last Updated: Friday, July 22, 2011, 20:01

‘Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2’ has had a record breaking run in the first week.

MJ’s musical legacy to fetch billion dollars posthumously

Last Updated: Sunday, June 26, 2011, 14:04

It has emerged that Michael Jackson’s musical estate, emerging as a ‘true legacy’, can fetch billion dollars in next several decades.

Facebook set to reach one billion users by 2012

Last Updated: Thursday, June 2, 2011, 20:37

Nearly 700 million people are using the social network site Facebook worldwide now, and the number is likely to reach one billion by 2012.

14 racers make the national finals from Kolhapur

Last Updated: Monday, May 16, 2011, 21:11

Gaurav Davare was the fastest from among the 14 racers, who today qualified for the national finals of the Force India`s `One From A Billion Hunt` talent hunt programme.