Health, Hunger & ‘Native’ Robots: What Kerala’s Budget Has in Store!

Here is the latest positive news from The Better India Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. [Health, Hunger & ‘Native’ Robots: What Kerala’s Budget Has in Store!]( Feb 02, 2018 01:42 pm | Lekshmi Priya S Coastal development and women-centric initiatives also got some much-needed attention! [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Health, Hunger & ‘Native’ Robots: What Kerala’s Budget Has in Store! on Facebook]( [5 Crore Rural Indians to Get Wi-Fi, Thanks to Union Budget Scheme]( Feb 02, 2018 01:37 pm | Rayomand Engineer 2,50,000 villages are going online, phase by phase! [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like 5 Crore Rural Indians to Get Wi-Fi, Thanks to Union Budget Scheme on Facebook]( [Go Goa Green: State’s First Zero-Emission Electric Bus Hits the Road!]( Feb 02, 2018 09:59 am | Vidya Raja It is a significant move for the tiny state where 18,000 litres of fuel is consumed daily by the state's fleet of 535 buses! 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[Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Budget 2018 Unveils Rs 14 Trillion Worth of Initiatives To Boost Rural Economy on Facebook]( [Whatsapp Message to Salem Dc Led to Disabled Woman Getting Help in a Day!]( Feb 01, 2018 07:32 pm | Vidya Raja The daughter of a Maharastra farmer, the IAS officer is the district's first woman collector in 170 years! [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Whatsapp Message to Salem Dc Led to Disabled Woman Getting Help in a Day! on Facebook]( [The Next Time You Want to Board a KSRTC State Bus, You Can Take Your Pet Along!]( Feb 01, 2018 06:59 pm | Rayomand Engineer Travelling with your pet can be fun! [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like The Next Time You Want to Board a KSRTC State Bus, You Can Take Your Pet Along! on Facebook]( [In The Whistling Village of Meghalaya, Every Child Has a ‘Unique Lullaby ID’!]( Feb 01, 2018 06:28 pm | Sanchari Pal William Shakespeare once said, "What's in a name?". This Meghalaya village's unique tradition takes this famous line a tad too seriously! [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like In The Whistling Village of Meghalaya, Every Child Has a ‘Unique Lullaby ID’! on Facebook]( [Accurate Forecasts, Better Safety: Bengal Gets New Cutting-Edge Weather Radar]( Feb 01, 2018 06:20 pm | Rayomand Engineer Rain, storms, snow and hail don't give prior notice. But this first-of-its-kind radar will! [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Accurate Forecasts, Better Safety: Bengal Gets New Cutting-Edge Weather Radar on Facebook]( [Gender-Responsive Budget 2018 Gave Indian Women Six Reasons to Cheer]( Feb 01, 2018 06:09 pm | Vidya Raja Greater take-home salaries, lower tax burden and more! 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Given the stipulated time […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like 6 Steps to Make a Village Open Defecation Free on Facebook]( [IIT & NIT Grads to Teach in Rural Tech Colleges, Will Benefit as Many as 1 Lakh Students!]( Feb 01, 2018 03:12 pm | Jovita Aranha This will happen in backward districts of 11 states where technical education is suffering due to a dearth of teachers! [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like IIT & NIT Grads to Teach in Rural Tech Colleges, Will Benefit as Many as 1 Lakh Students! on Facebook]( [Known for Her Towering Sixes, This Former Cricketer Conquered Cancer to Make a Comeback]( Feb 01, 2018 02:36 pm | Rayomand Engineer Rather than letting the terrifying news weigh her down, she took inspiration from Yuvraj Singh to beat the dreaded disease! 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[Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Income Tax for the Middle-Class Indian: What Changed in The Budget 2018 on Facebook]( [This Farmer First Built His Own Milk ATM. Then He Helped it Go Cashless!]( Feb 01, 2018 12:55 pm | Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk According to the class XI dropout, farmers can get one-and-half-times more price for their milk using these indigenous machines! [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Farmer First Built His Own Milk ATM. Then He Helped it Go Cashless! on Facebook]( [Halwa to Quarantines: India’s Union Budget Has Some Quirky Traditions!]( Feb 01, 2018 11:33 am | Tanvi Patel Some traditions have been followed since 1860, some were broken in 2017! [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Halwa to Quarantines: India’s Union Budget Has Some Quirky Traditions! on Facebook]( [Kerala Man Left a Career in Law to Make South India’s Biggest Bonsai Garden]( Feb 01, 2018 11:33 am | Anakha Arikara It started as his hobby, but quickly became his life's passion [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Kerala Man Left a Career in Law to Make South India’s Biggest Bonsai Garden on Facebook]( [In Manipur, A Couple Buys Wildlife From Poachers for an Amazing Reason.]( Jan 31, 2018 08:40 pm | Jovita Aranha Inspired by the rich biodiversity and beautiful vistas of the region, they had moved from Mumbai to Manipur three years ago. 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