Child Marriage, Domestic Abuse Did Not Stop Rehana From Helping Other Women Fight Injustice & Rape

Here is the latest positive news from The Better India Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Hello! Here is today's edition of positive news! [Child Marriage, Domestic Abuse Did Not Stop Rehana From Helping Other Women Fight Injustice & Rape]( Apr 16, 2017 03:45 pm | Shreya Pareek Rehana Adeeb faced sexual abuse and violence at a very early age. But today, she has not only learnt to raise her own voice but is also helping other women fight against injustices like rape, domestic violence and honour killings. 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However, women’s inclusion in the workforce could be majorly beneficial to the country’s economy, with a […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like In Salmon-Coloured Autos and White Uniforms, Mumbai’s First Women Auto Drivers Are Ready to Go on Facebook]( [A Woman Who Fought Breast Cancer & Dyslexia Now Works to Empower People With Disabilities]( Apr 15, 2017 03:45 pm | Shreya Pareek Meena Dadha had to overcome several personal challenges at an early age. She was able to do so with the support of a loving husband and family. Now, she is giving back to society by helping people with disabilities, and her efforts have already touched the lives of 3 lakh people. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like A Woman Who Fought Breast Cancer & Dyslexia Now Works to Empower People With Disabilities on Facebook]( [How a Group of Transgender Persons Adopted Trees to Save Them from the Axe in Mumbai]( Apr 15, 2017 03:02 pm | Aditi Patwardhan Four transgender persons from Mumbai have come forward to adopt median plants to save them from getting chopped, under the citizen initiative Adopt a Plant. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How a Group of Transgender Persons Adopted Trees to Save Them from the Axe in Mumbai on Facebook]( [Breakfast for 600 People From 101 Nationalities. Here’s How a UAE Gurdwara Set a World Record!]( Apr 15, 2017 03:00 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian The event was held around Baisakhi, a historic and religious festival celebrated across the world by Sikhs. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Breakfast for 600 People From 101 Nationalities. Here’s How a UAE Gurdwara Set a World Record! on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: These 4 Disabled Girls Were Abandoned as Infants. Today, They Have Won Olympic Medals for India]( Apr 15, 2017 02:57 pm | SOS Children's Villages of India Four special-needs girls have overcome great odds and difficult circumstances to represent India at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria, and win medals too. Barnali Das finds out more about these intrepid sportswomen. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: These 4 Disabled Girls Were Abandoned as Infants. Today, They Have Won Olympic Medals for India on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: One Girl’s Simple Plan Aims to Help Reduce Human-Animal Conflict in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore]( Apr 15, 2017 02:51 pm | American India Foundation When Avital (Tali) Datskovsky came to Rajasthan as part of the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India to work on a project conserving local knowledge and traditions at the verge of extinction, little did she know that a tiger conservation project in a nearby forest had a crucial role to play. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: One Girl’s Simple Plan Aims to Help Reduce Human-Animal Conflict in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore on Facebook]( [Mumbaikars Come Together to Clean up 20,000kg Trash From City’s Beloved Mangroves]( Apr 15, 2017 01:08 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian The region has been beset by encroachment and fires. The residents hope this drive will ensure the preservation of the mangroves. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Mumbaikars Come Together to Clean up 20,000kg Trash From City’s Beloved Mangroves on Facebook]( [Confused About How the Bhim-Aadhaar App Works? Here’s All You Need to Know]( Apr 15, 2017 11:50 am | Aishhwariya Subramanian No cards or smartphones. Here's how the BHIM-Aadhaar app is set to change the way you pay. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Confused About How the Bhim-Aadhaar App Works? Here’s All You Need to Know on Facebook]( [This IITian Left His Lucrative Job Abroad to Become a Natural Farmer at a Village Near Kolkata]( Apr 15, 2017 10:00 am | Manabi Katoch Abhishek Singhania could have enjoyed his corporate job, which earned him more than a lakh’s salary every month. Or he could have chosen to stay back at his stately house in Kolkata, joining his parents’s well-established business. But he chose a rather tough path to make a smoother road to success for our farmers. 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[Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: How 25-Year-Old Sandhya Reclaimed Her Life After an Acid Accident and Now Helps Others Too! on Facebook]( [The Incredible Life of Subroto Mukherjee, the Father of the Indian Air Force]( Apr 14, 2017 06:07 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian One of the Indian Air Force's first recruits, he was the first Commander-in-Chief as well as the first Chief of the Air Staff for the IAF. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like The Incredible Life of Subroto Mukherjee, the Father of the Indian Air Force on Facebook]( [How a Group of Parents in Delhi Helps Needy Children with Heart Diseases Receive Quality Treatment]( Apr 14, 2017 05:14 pm | Aditi Patwardhan Delhi-based NGO Child Heart Foundation is trying to make critical medical care available to underprivileged children with congenital heart disease. 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