-The Hindu Talking openly about menstruation is the only way to transform the lives of girls and women. Barriers to women's achievement are falling in every sphere. Women lead countries, corporations, and households. Globally, more girls are entering school, earning family income, and participating in public life. But one big taboo stands in the way of women's full equality: safe, hygienic and private menstruation. For most women in wealthy countries, menstruation is...

-The United Nations To mark World Water Day, the United Nations is highlighting the key role that Water and energy play in economic development and the eradication of poverty worldwide, and calling for strong measures to ensure their efficient and equitable use. In his message for the Day, focused this year on the interdependence between the management of Water and energy, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted that "they interact with each other...

-The Hindustan Times Rubina appears much older than the 40 years she admits to. She does not look you in the eye; she is hardly audible, and often trembles. Her hut, on the outskirts of Guhana village in Haryana's Mewat district, is surrounded by garbage heaps and excreta. There is no Water or electricity and the hut is filled with acrid smoke from the cooking fire. "This is how our stories...

-AFP Paris: Surging populations and economies in the developing world will cause a double crunch in demand for Water and energy in the coming decades, the UN said Friday. In a report published on the eve of World Water Day, it said the cravings for clean Water and electricity were intertwined and could badly strain Earth's limited resources. "Demand for freshWater and energy will continue to increase over the coming decades to meet...

-Financial Chronicle India's independence in 1947 had the great Bengal famine as its backdrop. During the Bengal famine of 1942-43, over three million children, women and men died of starvation. India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, therefore, said in 1947, "Everything else can wait; but not agriculture". This commitment led to the initiation of several programmes in the field of agriculture, such as extension of irrigation facilities, establishment of seed corporations,...