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[Maharashtra Doctors Can Soon Earn Close to â¹2 Lakh With Rural Service](
Nov 11, 2017 02:39 pm | Lekshmi Priya S
In order to encourage more doctors to work in remote areas, the state government has launched a scheme through which these specialists will be paid additionally for every treated or examined case, besides their regular base salary. Facing a severe shortage of specialists, the public health department is inviting gynaecologists, paediatricians and anaesthetists for recruitment […]
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[Umang: The App That Letâs You Check Your PF, Book a Cylinder and Much More](
Nov 11, 2017 01:43 pm | Vidya Raja
Pretty much everything today is available at the click of a button. So why should accessing your Provident Fund (PF) details, booking a gas cylinder refill, and accessing the National Pension System be far behind? Umang (Unified Mobile Application for New-Age Governance), an app that has been developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics […]
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[As Delhi Gasps, Hereâs What a 24-Year-Old Did to Help Street Kids Breathe!](
Nov 11, 2017 01:28 pm | Jovita Aranha
The national capital continues to battle the thick smog that coats everything in sight on its streets. And while schools continue to remain shut and people resort to buying air purifiers and masks to breathe easier within the four walls of their homes, a 24-year-old is going out of his way to protect homeless, runaway […]
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[International Film Festival Selects 14-Year-Old Telangana Girlâs Creation](
Nov 11, 2017 01:11 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj
An 11-minute short film, Dosth (Friend) is a story about two close friends from different castes – one from an upper caste and the other from a lower one – being pressurised into ending their friendship by their families due to their differences. The short film was made by a 14-year-old girl, Anusha Yanam, who […]
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[How Kerala Pilgrims Rebuilt a Flood-Affected Uttarakhand Boyâs Life](
Nov 11, 2017 12:44 pm | Lekshmi Priya S
From hindered mobility to extensive damage to livelihood, life came to a standstill in Uttarakhand when a devastating bout of floods rampaged the state. Himanshu had been one amidst the thousands who had lost everything to the floods and had been living in the local government primary school with his mother Rakshmi, for they had […]
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[As You Sow, so You Eat: How a Tuber and Some Tricks Beat Malnutrition Among Farmers](
Nov 11, 2017 12:34 pm | Hema Vijay
âLeveraging agriculture for nutritionââ sounds pompous and redundant, a statement of the glaringly obvious. But it isnât so really…how else would you explain malnutrition and undernourishment in a farmer household? Take this cluster of 556 households in five villages in the Wardha region of Vidarbha district of Maharashtra and the 658 households of seven villages […]
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[This 24-Year-Old Started an Organic Food Brand Out of Her Farm in Madhya Pradesh](
Nov 11, 2017 12:20 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj
Niharika Bhargava had always felt an aversion towards packaged foods, because of the additives and preservatives found in them. After completing her Master’s degree and working in a digital marketing firm for a few months, she decided to start her own company, and The Little Farm Co. came into existence in July 2016. The organic […]
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[This App Helped Over 25,000 Differently Abled People Find Friendship & Love!](
Nov 11, 2017 11:59 am | Jovita Aranha
Over 25,000 differently abled persons across India found long-lasting friendships, love and prospective partners, thanks to an innovative initiative called Inclov. Launched in Bengaluru in 2015, the Inclov app helps differently abled persons connect to prospective partners online, and interact with them personally through its offline meetups. Shankar Srinivasan, the co-founder of Inclov discusses the […]
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[Here Are 10 Amazing & Innovative Methods Transforming How Indians Are Learning!](
Nov 10, 2017 06:14 pm | Guest Contributor
With more than 1.5 million schools, 260 million enrolments and 12 million teachers, India has the largest, most diverse and complicated learning systems in the world. While access to education has been an enormous success story and is now nearly universal, children are not learning well, and the trend has been worrying â 52.2% of […]
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[Meet Anil Patil, Who Trains Rural Kids in Sports and Refuses to Charge Them Any Fees!](
Nov 10, 2017 05:49 pm | Guest Contributor
âI could not complete my dream of making a career as a sportsman, but I now see thousands of children from rural India fulfilling their dreams with a little help from me,â says 42-year-old Anil, with a hint of a proud smile. Anil Kumar Patil lives in Korochi, a village in the Kolhapur district, and […]
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[With Some Help from Kerala, Andhra Pradesh to Start Houseboats in Its Own Backyard](
Nov 10, 2017 05:44 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj
Inspired by Keralaâs backwater tourism, the Andhra Pradesh government wants to start one of its own. The tourism department and district administration of East Godavari are in talks with the entrepreneurs in the state to develop Konaseema into a beautiful tourism hub. Konaseema in the Godavari delta is often known as East Kerala due to […]
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[This Dutch Innovatorâs Project Could Clean up Delhiâs Smog!](
Nov 10, 2017 05:39 pm | Vidya Raja
As the air quality in Delhi drops to an all-time low thanks to smog and is being likened to smoking 50 cigarettes a day, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has declared a public health emergency. Schools and colleges across Delhi/NCR have been asked to remain shut until Sunday, children are being asked to stay at […]
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[Sher Shah of Kargil: The Story of Indian Army Legend, Captain Vikram Batra](
Nov 10, 2017 05:33 pm | Sanchari Pal
Actor Siddharth Malhotra will be portraying the role of Captain Vikram Batra, the legendary Sher Shah of Kargil, in an upcoming biopic.
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