Ashok Leyland’s ‘Road to School’ Is Helping 20,000 Kids Learn Differently Every Year!

Here is the latest positive news from The Better India Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. [Ashok Leyland’s ‘Road to School’ Is Helping 20,000 Kids Learn Differently Every Year!]( Nov 17, 2017 03:54 pm | Lekshmi Priya S One of the major reasons why so many children drop out even before they reach secondary school is the idea that the time invested in education could be better utilised by doing labour that would offer a respite to families in the form of monetary support. According to a 2016 report by UNESCO Institute for […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Ashok Leyland’s ‘Road to School’ Is Helping 20,000 Kids Learn Differently Every Year! on Facebook]( [Violated Traffic Rules in Karnataka? Now You Can Pay Your Fine With a Debit/Credit Card!]( Nov 17, 2017 03:50 pm | Rayomand Engineer An all-too-relatable situation is one in which you don’t have enough cash on hand, to pay for a traffic rule you’ve just violated. Flouting traffic norms is a terrible idea, and not having the change to pay the traffic police personnel is inconvenient for both parties. In a move that will come as a relief […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Violated Traffic Rules in Karnataka? Now You Can Pay Your Fine With a Debit/Credit Card! on Facebook]( [Delhi Government Promises ‘Home-Delivery’ of 40 Key Public Services]( Nov 17, 2017 03:49 pm | Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk Tired of standing in long queues outside Delhi government offices to submit documents for your driver’s licence or a new water connection? Annoyed about dealing with pestering touts demanding a slice of your hard-earned money or rushing to the nearest cyber café to submit documents? The Delhi government has a potential solution to your problems. […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Delhi Government Promises ‘Home-Delivery’ of 40 Key Public Services on Facebook]( [500 Villages in Karnataka Can Now Go Online for free, From the Comfort of Their Homes]( Nov 17, 2017 03:45 pm | Rayomand Engineer The inaugural session of the Bengaluru Technology Summit saw the launch of the government initiative to provide 2,560 gram panchayats with free Wi-Fi. On Thursday, 500 gram panchayats across the State began using Wi-Fi services, from the comfort of their homes. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said to the Indian Express “While we continue to remain the leaders […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like 500 Villages in Karnataka Can Now Go Online for free, From the Comfort of Their Homes on Facebook]( [Railway Launches App to Ensure Safety for Women Commuters in Mumbai]( Nov 17, 2017 03:42 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj Women commuters who travel between Churchgate and Virar suburban railway stations in Mumbai can now feel safe with a new app launched by the Railway Protection Force (RPF). The app is called ‘Eyewatch Railways’ which has an alert button. Women in trouble can tap the alert button or press their phone’s power button four times […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Railway Launches App to Ensure Safety for Women Commuters in Mumbai on Facebook]( [Railways Cracks Down on ‘Absentee’ Employees; Hopes to Improve Services, Quality]( Nov 17, 2017 03:24 pm | Jovita Aranha The Indian Railways has decided to strike down heavily on its over 14-lakh employees. To help identify absentee workers, it has issued a circular that makes it mandatory for supervisors heading departments, to issue certificates stating an employee is present at work in addition to merely approving muster rolls. This circular was issued by DK […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Railways Cracks Down on ‘Absentee’ Employees; Hopes to Improve Services, Quality on Facebook]( [Here’s How a Simple Phone Call From You Can Change Thousands of Lives!]( Nov 17, 2017 03:16 pm | Tanaya Singh What difference can a phone call make on someone’s life? Ask Shubhranshu Choudhary, the founder of CGNet Swara – a voice-based news portal that allows anyone to report and listen to stories on local issues. He’ll have hundreds of stories to share with you. Like the time when Mahesh Saket, a resident of Rewa district […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Here’s How a Simple Phone Call From You Can Change Thousands of Lives! on Facebook]( [This Couple Quit Their Jobs to Raise Their Son in a Tiger Reserve !]( Nov 17, 2017 02:32 pm | Jovita Aranha Do you remember how as kids, most of us were awestruck by the life of Mowgli? The carefree, naked, feral child from the forests of Pench in Seoni, a fictional character, was immortalised by Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book series. While most of us only dreamed of living that life, a little boy living 50 […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Couple Quit Their Jobs to Raise Their Son in a Tiger Reserve ! on Facebook]( [This Young Rajasthani Trainer Left His Job to Fight Against Chemicals in Farming]( Nov 17, 2017 01:50 pm | Manabi Katoch It was in 2012 when Pawan Tak visited a hospital in Ajmer and came across a girl who had tried to commit suicide by drinking a harmful pesticide. This incident changed his entire course of life! [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Young Rajasthani Trainer Left His Job to Fight Against Chemicals in Farming on Facebook]( [Good, Fast and Reliable Healthcare Is Our Right, and Here’s How We Can Get It]( Nov 17, 2017 12:37 pm | Swapna Majumdar Phulmati is dressed in a bright yellow sari. But its glittery embroidery doesn’t hide the anxiety on her face. As she awaits her turn to see the doctor, the 50-year-old keeps glancing at the sheet of paper in her hand. Thankfully, she doesn’t have to wait long. Phulmati is able to meet the doctor within […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Good, Fast and Reliable Healthcare Is Our Right, and Here’s How We Can Get It on Facebook]( [500 Kms in 6 Hours! Kerala & Its Citizens Come Together to Save a 31-Day-Old Baby’s Life]( Nov 17, 2017 12:37 pm | Lekshmi Priya S The distance between Kannur and Thiruvananthapuram is roughly around 500km, which makes the travel time between these two cities nothing less than 13 hours. Additionally, if one is to include road congestions and traffic blocks, it can easily become a 14-hour long journey. However, on Wednesday night, the entire state of Kerala and its citizens […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like 500 Kms in 6 Hours! Kerala & Its Citizens Come Together to Save a 31-Day-Old Baby’s Life on Facebook]( [How a Kochi-Based NGO Is Helping Parents Open Up To Their Kids About Child Abuse]( Nov 17, 2017 10:15 am | Deepika Bhardwaj As of May last year, a survey conducted in 26 states by World Vision India revealed that one in every two children is a victim of child sexual abuse in India. One in every five lives in the fear of being sexually abused. Despite these alarming statistics, parents still hesitate to have a dialogue with […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How a Kochi-Based NGO Is Helping Parents Open Up To Their Kids About Child Abuse on Facebook]( [How a Crime Ridden Mumbai Slum Is Keeping Its Girl Students in School]( Nov 16, 2017 07:53 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj Malwani is a slum in North Bombay, known for alcoholism, drug abuse, domestic violence, and girl child abuse. Kusum, a class 8 student of Holy Mother English School, studies in a Teach for India classroom. She has lived in Malwani all her life. A bright student, she has participated in several state and national olympiads. […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How a Crime Ridden Mumbai Slum Is Keeping Its Girl Students in School on Facebook]( [Udhyam & Project Potential: Coming Together to Solve Bihar’s Unemployment Crisis]( Nov 16, 2017 07:38 pm | Guest Contributor Over 1 million Indians turn 18 each month, meaning that a population greater than half the size of the United States will join the workforce over the next 15 years. However, in 2015, the top 8 sectors only created 1,35,000 jobs. The situation is even worse in rural states like Bihar, where 25% of college […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Udhyam & Project Potential: Coming Together to Solve Bihar’s Unemployment Crisis on Facebook]( [Want to Have a Green and Clean Event? Here’s a Delhi Woman Who Can Make That Happen]( Nov 16, 2017 07:35 pm | Lekshmi Priya S From fairs and conferences to concerts and weddings, every event leaves behind a substantial trail of waste on the venue. While waste disposal should be an entailed responsibility of organisers upon the event’s culmination, it has been observed more often than not that the trash is left behind strewn all around the place. Because the […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Want to Have a Green and Clean Event? Here’s a Delhi Woman Who Can Make That Happen on Facebook]( [This Vegetarian Runs Thousands of Kilometres to Convince You to Donate Blood Regularly!]( Nov 16, 2017 06:44 pm | Rayomand Engineer Sunil Sharma’s incredible story has its origins in the scenic mountainous regions of Himachal Pradesh. The earliest memory of a race Sunil has is one from school, in which he ran a kilometre or two. The prize for the race was Rs 2. This, till date, is one of the most memorable runs of his […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Vegetarian Runs Thousands of Kilometres to Convince You to Donate Blood Regularly! on Facebook]( [Power of Press: 5 Times India Was Rocked By Investigative Journalism]( Nov 16, 2017 06:04 pm | Sanchari Pal Here are five moments that serve as an inspiring reminder of why investigative journalism is so valuable in what it can do for ordinary folks and for society. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Power of Press: 5 Times India Was Rocked By Investigative Journalism on Facebook]( [Karnataka’s Anti-Superstition Bill: Here’s a Look at What Is Banned]( Nov 16, 2017 05:51 pm | Vidya Raja In December 2013, Maharashtra passed The Black Magic Prevention and Prohibition of Exploiting Practices Bill. Following its example, the Karnataka Cabinet cleared the Karnataka Prevention and Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices and Black Magic Bill in September 2017. On November 14, H Anjaneya, the Minister For Social Welfare, tabled this Bill in the assembly. Once […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Karnataka’s Anti-Superstition Bill: Here’s a Look at What Is Banned on Facebook]( [Delhi’s fightback against smog: BS-VI fuel to roll out two years earlier than planned]( Nov 16, 2017 05:13 pm | TBI Team In response to a public health emergency brought on by rising air pollution in the national capital, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas announced on Wednesday that the introduction of BS-VI grade automobile fuel would be advanced by two years to April 2018. Evidently, the government has decided to up the ante since it […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Delhi’s fightback against smog: BS-VI fuel to roll out two years earlier than planned on Facebook]( [New Mobile App Lets Chennai Cops Scan Faces, Track Criminals; And It’s Already Nabbed Five!]( Nov 16, 2017 01:49 pm | Lekshmi Priya S The Chennai police will now catch criminals and offenders through a face detecting mobile application! Following the successful implementation of face detection software, which was tested on CCTV cameras, the police officials decided to expand the provision and roped in a city firm to develop the mobile app. ‘FaceTagr’ app has the ability to scan […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like New Mobile App Lets Chennai Cops Scan Faces, Track Criminals; And It’s Already Nabbed Five! on Facebook]( [Coimbatore Introduces Bio-Compostable Bags That Dissolve in Hot Water & Burn to Ash!]( Nov 16, 2017 01:42 pm | Jovita Aranha India generates over 5.6 million metric tons of plastic waste annually. And the consequences of it are far from a mystery. Landfills and water bodies continue to choke on plastic waste. While plastic bottles take anywhere around 70-450 years to decompose, a plastic bag takes a whopping 500-1000 years. And even though plastic bags below […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Coimbatore Introduces Bio-Compostable Bags That Dissolve in Hot Water & Burn to Ash! on Facebook]( [After Reservations, Bengaluru Mayor Gives yet Another Boost up to City’s Transgender Community]( Nov 16, 2017 12:59 pm | Rayomand Engineer Another victory for the transgender community in Karnataka occurred, when on Tuesday, in a meeting with Bengaluru Mayor R Sampath Raj, the Mayor promised them that the BBMP would fulfil all their demands. The community, only this October, got a much-required reservation at all levels of formal education across the state, a move that got approved […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like After Reservations, Bengaluru Mayor Gives yet Another Boost up to City’s Transgender Community on Facebook]( [Chennai Girl’s Device to Help Smokers Quit Lands Her on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List]( Nov 16, 2017 12:23 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj Akshaya Shanmugam, the 29-year-old CEO of Lumme Labs, has made it to Forbes’ ’30 under 30′ list in the field of healthcare. Akshaya was chosen for the software she developed for smokers who want to quit their addiction. She is an Anna University, Chennai, graduate in Electrical Engineering with a Master’s degree and PhD from […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Chennai Girl’s Device to Help Smokers Quit Lands Her on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List on Facebook]( [Railways Plans to Equip All Trains With Bio-Toilets by December 2018]( Nov 16, 2017 12:22 pm | Lekshmi Priya S Despite the extensive foray of airways with more affordable travel options in the country, Indian Railways continues to be hailed as the national transporter for obvious reasons. Almost every person in the country can corroborate to the fact that they have travelled in the railways at least once in their lifetime. Catering to the travel […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Railways Plans to Equip All Trains With Bio-Toilets by December 2018 on Facebook]( [Be Inspired! Abandoned as a Baby, Kerala Girl Is Now a State Swimming Champion]( Nov 16, 2017 12:04 pm | Jovita Aranha Nirmala was only a month-and-half old when her father disappeared down the highway to never return. He abandoned the newborn and his ailing wife and left his old mother to take care of the two. The old lady, Shyamala strived day and night doing menial jobs and household chores at homes in their neighbourhood of […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Be Inspired! Abandoned as a Baby, Kerala Girl Is Now a State Swimming Champion on Facebook]( [Sunita Behera Is Being Hailed as the Gladiatrix of the East. Here’s Why!]( Nov 16, 2017 10:00 am | Vidya Raja Sunita Behera, all of 23, is the founder of the first-all-women Paika Akhada Dal in Odisha. The ‘Paika Akhada’, is the traditional martial art form of Odisha. Practising this art-form not only changed Sunita’s way of thinking but also made her more confident and empowered to fight back. The Akhada (arena) imparts training to women […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Sunita Behera Is Being Hailed as the Gladiatrix of the East. Here’s Why! on Facebook]( [Wow, That’s Old! How Heritage Researchers Stumbled Upon ‘Bengalur’ in 1247]( Nov 15, 2017 06:15 pm | Rayomand Engineer Ever since Bangalore was renamed as Bengaluru, interesting stories about the name and it’s possible origins have cropped up. The Begur stone inscription of the 9th Century mentioned the name Bengaluru. The stone, dating back to around 890 AD, mentions the ‘Bengaluru Kadana’ (the Battle of Bengaluru). Now another one has been unearthed. An inscription […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Wow, That’s Old! How Heritage Researchers Stumbled Upon ‘Bengalur’ in 1247 on Facebook]( [Helmets for All: This Family Is Mourning Their Patriarch in the Best Way Possible]( Nov 15, 2017 06:13 pm | Rayomand Engineer Road-safety is often taken for granted and numerous mishaps occur frequently, but rarely does a lesson get learnt from it. This time however, things turned out different. After a 30-year-old community member, Rajesh Raoria, died in a road accident in September, Ramnarayan Tikoliya became even more insistent that all his family members wear helmets while […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Helmets for All: This Family Is Mourning Their Patriarch in the Best Way Possible on Facebook]( [Mumbai Professor Begged on Trains to Set up English Medium Schools in Rural India]( Nov 15, 2017 05:04 pm | Jovita Aranha Sipping a cup of tea at his Goregaon home, Sandeep Desai chuckles as he recalls the first day he boarded a local train with an agenda in mind and a transparent acrylic box in his bag almost seven years ago. His friend and co-trustee of his non-profit organisation, Shloka Missionaries, Prof. Nurool Islam, Emeritus Professor […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Mumbai Professor Begged on Trains to Set up English Medium Schools in Rural India on Facebook]( [This Man Is Fighting Against the System to Give Beggars a Dignified Life]( Nov 15, 2017 04:50 pm | Manabi Katoch Sharad Patel, a farmer’s son from Mirzapur in the Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, was supposed to acquire a degree and settle for a well-paying job to support his family. However, he took a different path and decided to help thousands of homeless people who are forced to beg on the streets of Lucknow. 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