Everything you need to know about Save: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
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Rome, May 23 (IANS/AKI) Italy has the lowest graduation rates in Europe with just one-fifth of people aged 30-34 holding a university degree, according to a study.
Wellington, May 21 (IASNS) A woman has given evidence in a court in New Zealand implicating four men of Indian origin of raping her in turns in April 2011.
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the Danish 'grand prize' at the 2nd Copenhagen International Sand sculpture festival 2013 for his 15-foot coloured sand sculpture created on the "Go green, Save Earth" theme.
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Bollywood couple Kajol and Ajay Devgn, who on Saturday reached Lonavala to support Kajol's mother and actress Tanuja's campaign "Save Environment", cherished their childhood memories associated with the place.
Melbourne, May 12 (Xinhua-ANI): The statistics released by the 14th Save the Children's State of the World's Mothers report showed that Australia has reached the top 10 best countries to be a mother around the world this year, local media reported on Sunday.
Helsinki, May 8 (IANS) Finland is considered to be the country where mothers enjoy the best conditions in the world, according to a worldwide report.
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) In an attempt to boost alternate and low-budget cinema, the government has plans to give an image makeover to the Films Division Auditorium on Mahadev Road here. It is likely to be modelled in a way that it becomes a hub of alternate cinema, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said here Friday.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) National-award winning filmmaker Onir says Doordarshan's decision to screen independent movies in the late night slot will not help indie films in getting more eyeballs.
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday slapped a fine of Rs.10,000 on the Delhi government after it failed to file a comprehensive report on the number of child labourers rescued and action taken against their employers since 2009.
New Delhi, April 27 (ANI): The brutal abduction, rape and torture of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, has once again put the spotlight on rampant child abuse and abysmal enforcement of child protection laws in India.
Shimla, April 26 (IANS) The damage to the Rohtang Pass's fragile eco-system by the increasing tourist inflow and exhaust fumes of vehicles is likely to get curbed with the Himachal Pradesh High Court acting tough against the state government.
The Earth Day is being celebrated on 22-April every year worldwide with an objective to protect environment. Today on 22-April-2013, the 43rd anniversary of the Earth Day is being celebrated across the globe and over 192 countries are taking part into it and organizing different types of events to create awareness among the people. The main objective of celebrating Earth Day every year is to spread awareness among people about the need to protect our environment.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Dozens of BJP women activists Sunday marched to Congress president Sonia Gandhi's house and broke barricades on the way to denounce the brutal rape of a five-year-old as protests raged for a second day in the capital.
Kogo city (Japan), April 16 (ANI): Japanese firms are looking to market energy efficient products in India.
New Delhi, April 13 (ANI): Millions of children, many of them street children, are leaving school even without learning basic literacy and numeracy skills.
New Delhi, April 11 (ANI): Bollywood stars like John Abraham and Sunil Shetty attended the Standard charter Charity Awards 2013 that was recently held in Mumbai.
New Delhi, April 11 (ANI): The Muthoot Group, one of India's leading and diversified business conglomerates and Delhi Daredevils have joined hands to bat for the cause of education of the lesser privileged children in India.
New Delhi, April 10 (ANI): Events in Afghanistan had gathering momentum in March and quite apparently preparations for end 2014 were now looking serious and urgent.
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) Holders Kolkata Knight Riders gave a fluent start to their campaign with an emphatic six wicket win over a depleted Daredevils in the sixth Indian Premier League opener here Wednesday.
Bhubaneswar, Mar 23 (ANI): Ace sand-artist Sudarshan Patnaik carved a magnanimous eight-feet long sculpture on a beach in Bhubaneswar with an aim to create mass awareness on Earth Hour day to be observed tomorrow.
Bhubaneswar, Mar 23 (ANI): Ace sand-artist Sudarshan Patnaik carved a magnanimous eight-feet long sculpture on a beach in Bhubaneswar with an aim to create mass awareness on Earth Hour day to be observed tomorrow.
Mumbai, March 23 (IANS) Bollywood star Ajay Devgn, who has joined hands with WWF-India to pledge his support to the Earth Hour 2013, has urged everyone to use energy wisely and save as much as possible.
Los Angeles, March 23 (IANS) Actress-singer Miley Cyrus has organised a rally to save horses. She has taken to micro-blogging site Twitter for the cause.
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Wearing tiger masks, hundreds of school students came together here Thursday to raise awareness about saving the endangered wild animal.
Kendujhar (Orissa), March 21 (IANS) Hiramani Bentkar, 12, will no longer work on the fields in her village in Kendujhar district or help with domestic work. She now proudly walks to school, carrying a bagful of books.
London, March 18 (ANI): TV chef Stefan Gates thinks eating worms, ants and locusts could be the obvious answer to the soaring food prices.
Panaji, March 16 (IANS) Goa's first Lokyukta, Justice (retd.) B. Sudarshan Reddy, was sworn in Saturday amidst a black flag protest by the opposition about his "non-transparent" appointment.
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) WWF's global campaign "Earth Hour" 2013 would be observed March 23 with switching off of non-essential lights for an hour besides an emphasis on renewable energy, an NGO official said here Thursday.
London, Mar. 13 (ANI): Nearly two million children have become the victims of bloody conflict in Syria, with many suffering from trauma, malnutrition and disease, a report has warned.
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Around 150 people came together in a candle light vigil here Tuesday as part of the 'Save Sharmila Week', in support of Manipuri activist Irom Sharmila Chanu.
Chennai, March 8 (IANS) Around 200 people participated in a 'Save Sharmila Week' that began here in support of Manipuri activist Irom Sharmila Chanu to mark International Women's Day.
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) A campaign to gather support for iconic Manipuri activist Irom Sharmila, on a fast for about 12 years demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act that is seen by many as repressive, would be launched March 8, International Women's Day.
Tokyo, Feb 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Japan Wrestling Federation Monday launched a petition to demand that the sport be reinstated as an Olympic discipline.
London, Feb 18 (IANS) Formula milk should carry larger 'cigarette-style' statutory warnings that "breast feeding is the best" for the new-born child, according to a leading British charity.
Islamabad, Feb 18 (IANS) Testrictions on aid workers in the country's northwest must be "softened and rationalised" after new guidelines were issued following the tracking down of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden through a vaccination campaign, a leading Pakistani daily said Monday.
London, February 18 (ANI): A children's charity has said that the lives of 95 babies could be saved every hour if mothers started breastfeeding their newborns in the hour after their birth.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) A group of 25 students, including six girls, from Jamia Millia Islamia Thursday kick-started a 12-day cycle rally to spread awareness about water conservation and protecting the earth, a varsity official here said.
Imphal, Feb 6 (IANS) A week-long campaign will be launched across the country Mar 8 to demand revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), an activist said here.
New York, Feb 6 (ANI): From giving your partner a gym membership to the newfound horror that is the "Fifty Shades of Grey" toy set, these are certain Valentine's Day gifts that can pretty much guarantee the end of your relationship.
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that the real Ronaldo is nothing like everyone's favourite fantasy footballer.
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Post-liberalisation, India has seen more inequalities in income, health, education and other dimensions of well-being, a report said Friday.
Washington, Feb 1 (ANI): There are few things you should avoid saying to your partner after making love, if you don't want your relationship to end up in disaster.
New Delhi, Jan. 19 (ANI): Sixteen artists have come together for a painting exhibition here on Saturday to showcase the depleting numbers of the national animal of India as a part of 'Save Tiger Campaign'.
New York, Jan. 10 (ANI): Iconic game Monopoly is set to replace one of its tokens and have asked fans to vote on which of the eight should remain in play and which new game piece should be put on board.
New York, Jan. 10 (ANI): Iconic game Monopoly is set to replace one of its tokens and have asked fans to vote on which of the eight should remain in play and which new game piece should be put on board.
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) Independent cinema is under seige in India with multiplexes and studios taking over the production and exhibition of movies, a group of filmmakers said at the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2013 here Wednesday.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra has joined the likes of Hema Malini and Nagarjuna to lend support to the government's Save The Girl Child initiative. He has become a part of a music video to raise awareness, and calls it his "baby step" towards driving change.
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Real Madrid's football star Cristiano Ronaldo was named as Save The Children's new global artist ambassador for Child Hunger and Nutrition, an official said here Thursday.
Mumbai, Jan. 1 (ANI): Social and environmental activist, Medha Patkar led thousands of beneficiaries whose allotted land plots have been supposedly usurped by the government of Maharashtra at Mumbai to stage a mass protest on Tuesday.
Brussels, Dec. 20 (ANI): The European Union has donated its 2012 Nobel peace prize cash, plus a one million-euro top-up, to thousands of children impacted by war in Syria, Colombia, Congo and Pakistan.
Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS) Though the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) was largely happy with the content of "Dabangg 2" but apparently some members of the examining committee noticed an aberration in some sequences which if not corrected could have caused a national furore.
Assem Trivedi, who recently came in the limelight when he had been arrested by Delhi police over the charges of sedition and violating a cyber law, has ended his 8-day long fast on the request of Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal. Arvind requested Aseem to end his fast and asked him root out the government instead.....................
Washington, December 5 (ANI): A nutritionist has shared his stay-young strategies and top tips for age-proofing your body against the ageing clock.
New Delhi, Dec. 5 (ANI): Economic growth of the past two decades has transformed the lifestyles of many families in the country. Now, almost 30 percent of the country's over 1.2 billion people are middle class and this number is expected to surge to 45 percent by 2020.
Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) This year's first Olive Ridley turtle arrived at the Anjarle beach in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district last week and laid eggs, heralding the start of the breeding season for the gentle amphibians, an activist said here Monday.
Kolkata, Nov 9 (IANS) The West Bengal government and villagers of Loba, who had clashed with the police over a land acquisition dispute Nov 6, Friday held a meeting.
London, Nov 9 (ANI): The Beatles and Sex Pistols dominate the new top-10 list of most expensive vinyl, taking up nine places in the top 10 countdown.
Kolkata, Nov 8 (IANS) With the central government approving a proposal making hallmarking of gold mandatory, at least 300 more hallmarking centres would come up in the country, once parliament passes the law, a trade representative said here Thursday.
Washington, November 4 (ANI): Eating low-calorie frozen foods can help you stay slim and fit, according to a Loyola University physician.
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Controversial cartoonist Aseem Trivedi wants to take his fight against corruption to a new level by opening a school to educate the youth on organised forms of activism.
London, Nov. 1 (ANI): The global gap between the rich and the poor is at its highest level in 20 years, and is growing - with children being the hardest hit, according to a report.
Los Angeles, Oct 31 (IANS) Actress Katie Holmes reportedly got embarrassed when she came across a group of people who were wearing T-shirt with slogans like "Free Katie" and "Save Suri".
Mumbai, Oct 19 (IANS) "Save Your Legs!", an Australian feature film around the theme of cricket, is set for its India premiere at the Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) Sunday.
Mumbai, Oct 10 (IANS) Deputy leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde is set to take on the Congress-NCP combine in Maharashtra, according to indications from the BJP here Wednesday.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Green Bench of the Supreme Court resumes hearing Friday on the high-profile case involving mining of bauxite ore in the the Niyamgiri hills of the impoverished Kalahandi district of Odisha.
Hyderabad, Oct 9 (IANS) Former test cricketer V.V.S. Laxman and badminton player Ashwini Ponnappa Tuesday participated in a walk by locals in Secunderabad here to support an initiative to protect a lake.
Bhubaneswar, Oct 2 (IANS) In an effort to salvage operations and save thousands of jobs at Vedanta Aluminium at Lanjigarh, the Odhisa government has promised employees regular supply of bauxite so that the factory does not close down.
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Tigers, lions and elephants in India get all the attention when it comes to protection. But all this may soon change as experts and environment ministry officials feel that other critically endangered animals require equal if not more focus.
New York, Sep 22 (IANS) Mighty Walmart, the world's largest retailer, has been thwarted once again in its efforts to open a big-box store in the Big Apple in the face of opposition from local unions much like protestors in India.
New Delhi, Sep.11 (ANI): The Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, Donald Lu and his wife, Ariel Ahart, commemorated the 11th anniversary of 9/11 by volunteering with Save the Children today.
London, Sept. 8 (ANI): An Italian emigrant in Britain has finally completed copying every single word of the Bible onto 1500 A4 size pages after a span of ten years.
Islamabad, Sep 8 (ANI): Every foreigner working in Pakistan would be viewed suspiciously and would find it even harder to work in the country after a US doctor faked as a NGO worker and helped the US' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to track down former Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, an editorial in a Pakistan daily has said.
Beijing, Sep 8 (IANS) A group of 50 taxi drivers in east China's Zhejiang province are selflessly driving an ailing co-worker's cab to help his family fight poverty and disease.
London, Sept. 7 (ANI): International aid group 'Save the Children' has denied that it had any links to the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama Bin Laden in the garrison town of Abbottabad in May last year, and said that rumours of an association may have contributed to its international staff being denied visas.
London, Sept. 6 (ANI): Pakistan has asked foreigners working for 'Save the Children' to leave the country in a week's time after accusing the aid organisation of being used as a cover by U.S. spies tracking down former Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden.
Bhubaneswar, Sep 5 (IANS) A sand sculpture on marine conservation created by Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the prestigious audience prize at an international sand art competition held in Copenhagen, the artist said Wednesday.
Moscow, Sep 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Dutch computer company has released a game based on Prince Harry's naked antics in Las Vegas two weeks ago.
Melbourne, September 4 (ANI): A Dutch computer company has released a game based on Prince Harry's naked antics during his infamous Las Vegas holiday.
Mumbai, Sep 1 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who was voted best actor in a recent poll, doesn't agree with the results as he feels every actor has his own place in Bollywood and it would be unfair to rank them.
Mumbai, Sep 1 (IANS) Even though India attained independence Aug 15, 1947, the country was undecided on its official national anthem on the auspicious day, an archived letter made public here Saturday has indicated.
London, August 31 (ANI): 'We'll Meet Again' by Dame Vera Lynn and 'Rehab' by Amy Winehouse are two of the songs that best represent modern Britain, according to BBC Radio 2.
London, Aug 27 (IANS) A group of Togolese women have commenced a week-long sex strike in an unusual attempt to oust the west African nation's president and end decades of family rule.
Melbourne, August 27 (ANI): The female wing of a civil rights group is urging women in Togo to call for a week-long sex strike to demand the resignation of the country's president Faure Gnassingbe.
London, August 22 (ANI): An eminent US fantasy magazine's decision to publish an extract from a young adult novel, which features a minority white race called the Pearls that is dominated by the black race of the Coals, has been widely described as racist and attacked by readers, reviewers and authors.
Lucknow, Aug 18 (IANS) Police in Uttar Pradesh were put on high alert Saturday and the intelligence set-up was spruced up following violence after 'alvida namaaz' in this Uttar Pradesh capital city Friday, a senior police offical said.
Washington, August 16 (ANI): Lady Gaga has hit back at PETA, who slammed her for wearing fur outfits, saying that they needed to respect her right to wear whatever she wanted.
London, Aug 14 (ANI): Katrina Darling, the cousin of the Duchess of Cambridge, has pocketed a six-figure sum to strip for Playboy.
London, Aug. 12 (ANI): London Olympic athletes have backed a campaign against child malnutrition in poor countries.
Patna, Aug.9 (ANI): Students from different schools and colleges formed a human chain here on Thursday to spread awareness about the need for protecting the environment and conservation of natural resources.
London, Aug 9 (ANI): Developing countries that depend heavily on food imports, will be hardest hit by the international price spike, a report has warned.
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) Over 3,500 college students from all over Mumbai took a pledge here Monday to work for peace and a nuclear-free world to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in atomic bomb attacks.
London, Aug 2 (IANS) The 10,500 athletes competing at the London Games have been handed out a record number of 150,000 condoms -- an average of 15 per athlete -- in an indication of the off-field activities of competitors at the Olympics.
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) In a first-of-its-kind initiative in India, Unicef Wednesday launched a set of guidelines on child rights for the business sector, which include elimination of child labour.
London, July 28 (IANS) British cyclist Bradley Wiggins, the Tour de France champion, rang a huge bell at the Olympic Park to mark the beginning of the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Games here Friday.
London, July 27(ANI): The decision to snub singing the national anthem of UK by various Welsh and Scott members of Team GB has caused outrage in Britain.
London, July 24 (IANS) A record crowd of an estimated 9,000 British Goans attended the annual British Goan Festival in Hounslow, the organisers said. Two British MPs, Keith Vaz and John McDonnell, were among the VIPs at the event organised by The Goan Association (UK).
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Calling for action on curbing child labour, Prime minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur Saturday said people needed to wake up to the issue and not let it happen under their noses.
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) With 1.25 million infant deaths annually and 42 percent of the kids being underweight, India has slipped in the area of child well-being in the last 15 years, according to a report released Thursday.
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Singer Kelly Osbourne says her fashion motto is "You don't have to be rich to look good," and advises girls to buy fake designer goods.
Bhubaneswar, July 18 (IANS) Odisha-based sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik's sculpture of Hindu god Ganesha has won two gold medals at the just-concluded Solo International Sand Art Contest in Marbella, Spain, the artist said Wednesday.
