Hyderabad Traffic Police Stay Cool in Summer With Special ‘Smart Vests’ to Beat the Heat

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! [Hyderabad Traffic Police Stay Cool in Summer With Special ‘Smart Vests’ to Beat the Heat]( May 24, 2017 03:59 pm | Lucy Plummer 200 cooling jackets have been given to Hyderabad's Traffic Police in order to help them cope with standing under the city's unbearable heat for long periods of time. If successful, the vests could be used to help others across the country. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Hyderabad Traffic Police Stay Cool in Summer With Special ‘Smart Vests’ to Beat the Heat on Facebook]( [This Mechanical Engineer Quit His Job to Become a Beekeeper. His Life Has Been Buzzing Ever Since!]( May 24, 2017 03:49 pm | Manabi Katoch ‘SBI Youth for India Fellowship’, an initiative of SBI Foundation provides a platform to the urban youth to participate in Rural Development with their innovative ideas to address the rural struggles and also benefit from the learnings through on-ground experience. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Mechanical Engineer Quit His Job to Become a Beekeeper. His Life Has Been Buzzing Ever Since! on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: Using Waste Cloth and Towels, 4 Rajkot Schoolkids Created Reusable Sanitary Pads for Women]( May 24, 2017 03:36 pm | Niharika Sanyal To shatter taboos surrounding periods and promote menstrual hygiene, a group of friends in Rajkot designed an affordable DIY pad using waste cloth and taught women in nearby slums and villages how to make them. The project won the Disney Innovation Award in the ‘Large Impact’ category at the ‘I CAN Awards 2014’ organised by Design for Change. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: Using Waste Cloth and Towels, 4 Rajkot Schoolkids Created Reusable Sanitary Pads for Women on Facebook]( [Suresh Raina & His Wife Mark Daughter’s Birthday With an Initiative to Help Underprivileged Moms]( May 24, 2017 12:28 pm | Lekshmi Priya S Contrary to the assumption that everything goes back to being normal post childbirth, people often fail to acknowledge the massive changes that a woman goes through, physically and emotionally, during and after pregnancy. Intending to impart greater awareness about pregnancy, post-birth care and nutritional needs for both mother and baby, Indian batsman Suresh Raina and his wife […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Suresh Raina & His Wife Mark Daughter’s Birthday With an Initiative to Help Underprivileged Moms on Facebook]( [India’s First Bicycle Mayor is From Baroda and Her Mission is Truly Awesome!]( May 24, 2017 09:59 am | Lekshmi Priya S It’s a recurring thought that often strikes people waiting in endless traffic jams: wouldn’t it be so much simpler to use bicycles as a mode of commute? Not only is the humble bicycle a pollution-free mode of transport, it is the perfect way to keep a check on your health as well. With more cars on […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like India’s First Bicycle Mayor is From Baroda and Her Mission is Truly Awesome! on Facebook]( [A Small Village in Uttarakhand Shows How to Gain Financial Benefits by Protecting Forests]( May 23, 2017 07:45 pm | Vidya Raja Dudhai village is setting trends by being the first to get financial reward for protecting the biodiversity. Took on illegal mining and won [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like A Small Village in Uttarakhand Shows How to Gain Financial Benefits by Protecting Forests on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: This Intellectually Disabled Hockey Player Is an Olympic Gold Medallist, and a True Inspiration]( May 23, 2017 07:26 pm | Jai Vakeel Foundation and Research Centre Meet Shubham Kardile, one of the members of the floor hockey team that won gold in the Special Winter Olympics 2017. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: This Intellectually Disabled Hockey Player Is an Olympic Gold Medallist, and a True Inspiration on Facebook]( [How I Am Learning to Be a Better Guest in Indian Households, One Dinner Goof-Up at a Time]( May 23, 2017 06:07 pm | Lucy Plummer For foreigners, getting it 'right' in India is tricky. I learnt the hard way recently when my local friend invited me to her place for dinner and was kind enough to reveal to me afterwards that I was in fact, a terrible dinner guest. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How I Am Learning to Be a Better Guest in Indian Households, One Dinner Goof-Up at a Time on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: How Children Are Learning All About Saving & Managing Finances While Playing Innovative Games]( May 23, 2017 05:56 pm | Sesame Workshop India Using innovative games and comic strips, the Sapna Bachat Udaan programme is inculcating fiscal responsibility in India’s future citizens. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: How Children Are Learning All About Saving & Managing Finances While Playing Innovative Games on Facebook]( [One Woman and Her Homeschooling Initiative Is Empowering 80 Underprivileged Girls in Garhwal]( May 23, 2017 04:57 pm | Aditi Patwardhan Uplabdhi Misha Chandola’s initiative Teach Girls is using the homeschooling methods to educate girls who have had to drop out of school in the Garhwal region. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like One Woman and Her Homeschooling Initiative Is Empowering 80 Underprivileged Girls in Garhwal on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: This Programme Helps Hindi-Medium Teachers in India’s Hinterland Learn How to Teach English]( May 23, 2017 04:56 pm | Sampark Foundation Often, teaching in English in India’s hinterlands can be a challenging task for even the most well-meaning and dedicated teacher. Recognising this, an organisation has created an innovative way of teaching teachers how to teach. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: This Programme Helps Hindi-Medium Teachers in India’s Hinterland Learn How to Teach English on Facebook]( [30,000 Farmers Are Ditching Middlemen & Selling Their Produce Online. Thanks to These 2 Brothers]( May 23, 2017 03:57 pm | Manabi Katoch What if you could actually meet and thank the farmer who grows your food? It’s possible, thanks to two enterprising brothers. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like 30,000 Farmers Are Ditching Middlemen & Selling Their Produce Online. Thanks to These 2 Brothers on Facebook]( [From Makhana to Carrots, a UP Village Aims for Big Profits With Innovative Farming Practices]( May 23, 2017 03:34 pm | Lekshmi Priya S Innovative farming experiments have often ‘cropped’ up with great results, sometimes even in the midst of droughts. In Itaunja, a village in Uttar Pradesh not far from capital city Lucknow, a farming experiment is being carried out involving a pond and makhana or fox nut seeds. Roasted Makhana seeds. Source: Wikimedia The idea is the brainchild […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like From Makhana to Carrots, a UP Village Aims for Big Profits With Innovative Farming Practices on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: Farmers in Rural Jharkhand Are Boosting Their Income by Switching to Small Pumps for Irrigation]( May 23, 2017 03:24 pm | Village Square Many small and marginal farmers in Lohardaga and Gumla are using tiny pumps to irrigate vegetable fields, an entrepreneurial model that has the potential to increase incomes for smallholders, since groundwater is abundant in the state. Bikalp Chamola takes a closer look. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: Farmers in Rural Jharkhand Are Boosting Their Income by Switching to Small Pumps for Irrigation on Facebook]( [An Indian Woman Is Part of the Largest All-Female Expedition That Will Leave for Antarctica in 2018]( May 23, 2017 01:08 pm | Lekshmi Priya S Last year, an expedition set sail to Antarctica in December. You might wonder what makes this particular expedition worth mentioning, since scores of people taking up the challenge of reaching the other end of the world every year. What makes this sojourn different is that the entire crew onboard consisted of 76 women from across the globe, […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like An Indian Woman Is Part of the Largest All-Female Expedition That Will Leave for Antarctica in 2018 on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: Nirbhaya’s Mother Has Launched a Foundation That Offers Free Legal Aid to Female Victims of Violence]( May 23, 2017 01:03 pm | LawRato On May 5th, 2017, the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for four accused in the Nirbhaya case. Encouraged, Nirbhaya’s mother, Asha Devi, has launched the NyayaJyoti Foundation to help other female victims of crime. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: Nirbhaya’s Mother Has Launched a Foundation That Offers Free Legal Aid to Female Victims of Violence on Facebook]( [How Kochi Metro Is Leading the Way Towards a More Inclusive Society]( May 23, 2017 12:55 pm | Lucy Plummer Kochi Metro may not have officially opened it's door to the public, but it's already making headlines, for all the right reasons. From hiring individuals from the transgender community to employing women to pilot it's trains, Kerala's first metro system is showing all the signs of working towards a more inclusive society. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How Kochi Metro Is Leading the Way Towards a More Inclusive Society on Facebook]( [Is Your Bank Levying Hidden Charges? This Petition Will Help You Understand & Take Action]( May 23, 2017 10:26 am | Vidya Raja Raised by journalist and author Sucheta Dalal, the online petition makes a case against the hidden charges levied by banks and demands fair treatment for customers. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Is Your Bank Levying Hidden Charges? This Petition Will Help You Understand & Take Action on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: Poverty Forced This Young Girl to Work as a Maid. Today, She’s Preparing to Become a Teacher.]( May 22, 2017 07:33 pm | CRY - Child Rights & You Narsamma, a young girl from Andhra Pradesh, has been able to put a life of servitude behind her to focus on studies, thanks to the concerted efforts of a group of well-wishers. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: Poverty Forced This Young Girl to Work as a Maid. Today, She’s Preparing to Become a Teacher. on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: How Manipur’s Festivals & Traditions Are Intrinsically Linked to Its Sporting Heritage]( May 22, 2017 06:46 pm | Milaap Manipur has many diverse festivals, observances, and events celebrating the Gods, along with a rich history of sporting prowess. A Milaap Fellow discovers how the two traditions are more closely interlinked than one imagines. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: How Manipur’s Festivals & Traditions Are Intrinsically Linked to Its Sporting Heritage on Facebook]( [This Auroville Woman Beautifully Decodes the Meaning Behind Indian Myths Through Art]( May 22, 2017 05:38 pm | Lekshmi Priya S India is an amalgamation of diverse beliefs, rituals and practices. While many of us unquestioningly follow our traditions, just as our parents and grandparents did, do we really know the significance or the underlying meaning behind the time-honoured practices? Aparajita Barai, an artist and a graphic designer who graduated from National Institute of Design, has […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Auroville Woman Beautifully Decodes the Meaning Behind Indian Myths Through Art on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: How an Ahmedabad Organisation Is Taking Sustainable Menstrual Practices to Rural Jharkhand]( May 22, 2017 05:22 pm | 4th Wheel Social Impact Saathi is an Ahmedabad-based social enterprise aiming to revolutionize menstrual hygiene in rural Jharkhand with biodegradable sanitary pads made from banana fibre. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: How an Ahmedabad Organisation Is Taking Sustainable Menstrual Practices to Rural Jharkhand on Facebook]( [Kerala Agri University Releases a ‘Package of Practices’ to Simplify & Standardise Organic Farming]( May 22, 2017 05:06 pm | Lekshmi Priya S With the progressive ambition of becoming an organic state, an awesome initiative has been flagged off in Kerala. Kerala Agriculture University or KAU has become the first Indian varsity to formulate and release an exclusive package of practices enabling organic cultivation of crops. Released on May 20, 2017, the initiative will help instilling standardised practices in […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Kerala Agri University Releases a ‘Package of Practices’ to Simplify & Standardise Organic Farming on Facebook]( [As Indian Women Line up to Get New Wombs, Here’s All You Need to Know About Uterine Transplants]( May 22, 2017 04:55 pm | Vidya Raja While medical science is advancing at a fast pace, are we making note of the ethical, moral, social, and legal challenges that uterine transplant throws up? 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