Can One Build a Low-Cost, Eco-Friendly House from Tender Coconut Shells? This Mumbai duo did it!

Here is the latest positive news from The Better India Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Don't miss! Our amazing [#BossWomen series]( [Can One Build a Low-Cost, Eco-Friendly House from Tender Coconut Shells? This Mumbai duo did it!]( Aug 09, 2017 04:17 pm | Ranjini Sivaswamy Manish Advani, a marketing professional, and Jayneel Trivedi, an architect, have put together a solution for two seemingly unrelated issues – the need for low-cost housing, and to arrest the epidemic of dengue.  The solution – tender coconut shells! Manish, who has been trying to fight Mumbai’s garbage woes said the idea came to him […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Can One Build a Low-Cost, Eco-Friendly House from Tender Coconut Shells? 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The epileptic seizures cause a temporary disturbance of motor, sensory, or psychological function and can cause other health […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like All About Epilepsy – a Condition Rarely Talked About & Only Occasionally Understood in India on Facebook]( [Bengaluru’s Water Scarcity Could Become a Thing of the Past, Thanks to IISc’s Brilliant Idea]( Aug 09, 2017 02:39 pm | Lekshmi Priya S After prolonged discussions on tackling the issue of drinking water scarcity in cities like Bengaluru and Mangaluru, a group of researchers have found a possible solution. Could coastal water from a reservoir in the Arabian Sea put an end to all our water-related woes? This group of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Bengaluru’s Water Scarcity Could Become a Thing of the Past, Thanks to IISc’s Brilliant Idea on Facebook]( [Cigarette Butts Could Soon Help in Road Construction, Instead of Just Adding to the Litter!]( Aug 09, 2017 01:48 pm | Jovita Aranha An appalling number of cigarette butts litter our sidewalks. An estimated 1.3 million tons of them are produced in a year worldwide. It takes years for them to decompose, and even then the toxic chemical load continues to pollute water bodies. Disposing them in landfills doesn’t eliminate the problem, as the plastic filters aren’t biodegradable. […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Cigarette Butts Could Soon Help in Road Construction, Instead of Just Adding to the Litter! on Facebook]( [All You Need to Know About the 45th Chief Justice of India – Justice Dipak Misra]( Aug 09, 2017 12:03 pm | Jovita Aranha Tuesday marked the appointment of Justice Dipak Misra as the 45th Chief Justice of India. Succeeding incumbent J. S. Khehar, the 63-year-old will become the torchbearer of the Indian Judiciary. One of the senior-most judges in the Supreme Court, he will replace Khehar after he retires from office on August 27. Justice Dipak Misra will […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like All You Need to Know About the 45th Chief Justice of India – Justice Dipak Misra on Facebook]( [How a Mumbai Lady Bravely Confronted Her Stalker When He Showed up at Her Home]( Aug 09, 2017 11:46 am | Lekshmi Priya S At a time when cases of women getting stalked and harassed publicly by fearless perpetrators is in the news, one woman in Mumbai stood up to her stalker, who followed her all the way to her house. Confronting the man who had not just followed her, but also showed no fear in turning up at […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How a Mumbai Lady Bravely Confronted Her Stalker When He Showed up at Her Home on Facebook]( [In an Inspiring Event, a Bengaluru Society Honoured Its Sanitary Workers to Thank Them]( Aug 08, 2017 06:35 pm | Guest Contributor The Coconut Garden Residents Welfare Association (RWA) is an informal body of residents in Nagarbhavi, Bangalore, and comprises around 130 houses. As is with most of the RWAs, the work of the association with its dedicated team is to ensure water supply, internal road work, tackling problems of electricity, cleanliness, helping with documentation and organising […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like In an Inspiring Event, a Bengaluru Society Honoured Its Sanitary Workers to Thank Them on Facebook]( [A Town Named After a Spice? Lesser-Known Stories of How 14 Kerala Towns Got Their Unique Names]( Aug 08, 2017 06:32 pm | Lekshmi Priya S The etymology of a place’s name is often hard to trace. Especially in a country like India that has been subject to multiple cultural transitions because of various invasions and conquests through the sands of time. Take Kerala, for instance. The earliest mention of the word Kerala finds its way back to the 3rd century […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like A Town Named After a Spice? Lesser-Known Stories of How 14 Kerala Towns Got Their Unique Names on Facebook]( [How an MP Village Inspired an Entire District to Use Their Water Bodies in Impactful Ways]( Aug 08, 2017 05:48 pm | Village Square A few years ago, Barkheda village in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh was a typical example of how rural communities neglect their common resources and let them degrade or be used by a few influential households. Then a few villagers decided it was time for change. With the help of development workers from a non-profit […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How an MP Village Inspired an Entire District to Use Their Water Bodies in Impactful Ways on Facebook]( [How an India-Europe Collaboration Is Working for Women Entrepreneurs by Bridging Gender Gaps]( Aug 08, 2017 03:40 pm | Make Room India Entrepreneurs are critical to economic growth and prosperity of any community across the world. The recent boost of entrepreneurship in Europe and Asia has led to launch of new enterprises and currently more and more young adults view entrepreneurship as a viable livelihood option. Yet most startups are run by men and often women are […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How an India-Europe Collaboration Is Working for Women Entrepreneurs by Bridging Gender Gaps on Facebook]( [Chennai Scientists Design India’s First Manned Submersible Craft for Deep Sea Exploration]( Aug 08, 2017 02:40 pm | Lekshmi Priya S Imagine being able to explore the deepest of oceans and stumbling upon shipwrecks and treasures. An adventure straight out of a movie, isn’t it? A team of scientists in Chennai have come up with a preliminary design for a manned submersible that will soon make deep-sea exploration a reality in India. Designed by the scientists […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Chennai Scientists Design India’s First Manned Submersible Craft for Deep Sea Exploration on Facebook]( [UP Farmer Refuses Loan Waiver, Appeals to PM & CM to Use It for the Nation’s Progress Instead!]( Aug 08, 2017 02:24 pm | Jovita Aranha At a time when farmers in the country are reeling under the pressure of insurmountable debts and demanding farm loan waivers, a 60-year-old farmer, Naga Kushwaha, from a remote village in Uttar Pradesh, has refused his loan waiver. Hailing from the village of Prithvipur, Naga is a small-time farmer who took a loan of ₹1, […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like UP Farmer Refuses Loan Waiver, Appeals to PM & CM to Use It for the Nation’s Progress Instead! on Facebook]( [“I Am Proud of You” – IAS Officer Praises Daughter for Being Brave When Stalked in Chandigarh]( Aug 08, 2017 01:26 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj A Haryana BJP chief’s son stalks a woman during the early hours of Saturday. Accompanied by a friend, the two chase her in his SUV, and try to block her car multiple times until she reaches a traffic signal and can’t get away. Now, explaining what his intentions were when he tried to break into the […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like “I Am Proud of You” – IAS Officer Praises Daughter for Being Brave When Stalked in Chandigarh on Facebook]( [A 13-Hour Train Journey Between Mumbai and Delhi Might Soon Become a Reality]( Aug 08, 2017 12:34 pm | Jovita Aranha If you think travelling from Delhi to Mumbai through train is too tedious, you will soon change your mind. A train will now take you there in less than 13 hours overnight! To ease long-distance commuting woes, the Indian Railways will soon connect the country’s most high-profile Delhi-Mumbai route by upgrading an existing train, and […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like A 13-Hour Train Journey Between Mumbai and Delhi Might Soon Become a Reality on Facebook]( [How A Group of Alert Bikers Saved a Woman from Being Abducted in Delhi]( Aug 08, 2017 11:52 am | Lekshmi Priya S The presence of mind of a group of bikers, coupled with swift action by the police helped save a young woman who had been abducted by a group of three men in Mangolpuri, Delhi, on Saturday. The group of youngsters were eating at a dhaba, when they heard a woman’s frantic call for help coming […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How A Group of Alert Bikers Saved a Woman from Being Abducted in Delhi on Facebook]( [A Guide to Teaching English – Part 4: Simple Ways of Introducing Students to an Interesting Concept]( Aug 08, 2017 01:43 am | Volunteer Curriculum The last lesson plan was all about introducing adjectives. This lesson plan is going to be all about describing the location of objects. We are going to create words that describe the location of an object with respect to its surrounding objects. Whether the object is under the bed or beside the Almirah, forming these […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like A Guide to Teaching English – Part 4: Simple Ways of Introducing Students to an Interesting Concept on Facebook]( [Restrooms Aren’t Meant for Nursing Babies – Here’s to Normalising Breastfeeding in Public Places!]( Aug 07, 2017 09:48 pm | Vidya Raja Earlier this year, the Maternity Benefit Act was amended to increase maternity leave from the existing 12 to 26 weeks. The announcement came as a boon to many new mothers and mothers-to-be across India. Malathi (name changed), a new mother was to re-join work in July this year, was happy about the amended law and […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Restrooms Aren’t Meant for Nursing Babies – Here’s to Normalising Breastfeeding in Public Places! on Facebook]( [Applying for an H-1B Visa to the US? This Is What the New Norms Mean for Indians]( Aug 07, 2017 06:28 pm | LawRato With the advent of new visa norms introduced under the Trump administration, the Indian IT sector is set for a debacle. The Indian technology industry is a multi-dollar mammoth. Around 15% of the workforce deployed in the United States in the IT industry is from India. The H-1B visa is granted to 65,000 individuals every […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Applying for an H-1B Visa to the US? This Is What the New Norms Mean for Indians on Facebook]( [How a Visually Impaired Man Helped Employ Over 7,000 Persons With Disabilities]( Aug 07, 2017 05:39 pm | Jovita Aranha In 2004, Dr. Jitender Aggarwal, a dentist, was robbed of his vision due to macular degeneration. After losing his sight, he came to realise the hardships differently abled people struggle with, especially in an environment characterized by limited resources and opportunities. But Jitender was not resigned to his fate. 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