These Mumbai Dogs Received Radium Bands on Friendship Day to Protect Them From Accidents

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]( [These Mumbai Dogs Received Radium Bands on Friendship Day to Protect Them From Accidents]( Aug 11, 2017 02:34 pm | Jovita Aranha For Friendship Day celebration with their furry friends in the city, residents of Mulund in Suburban Mumbai tied radium bands around their necks. They called it ‘Friendship Day With Wagging Tails,’ which was an initiative kickstarted by dog lover Nisha Suhanda, a Mulund resident. Over 250 dogs were fed to their heart’s content and these […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like These Mumbai Dogs Received Radium Bands on Friendship Day to Protect Them From Accidents on Facebook]( [10 Things About Krishnaraaj Mahadik: The 2nd Indian To Win The British Formula 3 Championship]( Aug 11, 2017 02:19 pm | Lekshmi Priya S Nineteen years ago, Narain Karthikeyan was the only Indian who was a part of the British Racing Driver’s Club (BRDC) Formula 3 Championship, and won it as well. He continued to maintain the legacy until a 19-year-old from Kolhapur managed to steal the show. Krishnaraaj Mahadik has become the second Indian to win one of […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like 10 Things About Krishnaraaj Mahadik: The 2nd Indian To Win The British Formula 3 Championship on Facebook]( [Cricketer Abhinav Mukund Shuts Down Trolls Targeting His Skin Colour With a Hard-Hitting Tweet]( Aug 11, 2017 12:35 pm | Jovita Aranha Indian Cricketer and test opener Abhinav Mukund’s recent Twitter post made headlines, and for all the right reasons! The batsman, currently in Sri Lanka with the Indian team, shut down social media trolls who commented on his complexion. Ridiculing someone over their complexion is not new to India. Abhinav hopes his message will help change […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Cricketer Abhinav Mukund Shuts Down Trolls Targeting His Skin Colour With a Hard-Hitting Tweet on Facebook]( [You Can Help a Rajasthan Village Get an Eco-Friendly Sanitary Napkin Factory and Save Lives]( Aug 11, 2017 12:30 pm | Manabi Katoch The idea is to introduce the concept of menstrual hygiene, change attitudes and practices towards the demand, use and disposal of pads, and build an ecosystem that enhances the agency of girls and women. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like You Can Help a Rajasthan Village Get an Eco-Friendly Sanitary Napkin Factory and Save Lives on Facebook]( [Watch: A Delhi Cop Helped a Driver Despite Heavy Rains, Restoring Everyone’s Faith in Humanity]( Aug 11, 2017 11:52 am | Lekshmi Priya S Nobody likes to work on a rainy day. Especially not in Delhi – the traffic slows down, it’s all sticky and humid, and public transport gets inefficient! Plus, wouldn’t you want to ‘rain check’ your plans and just sit at home, look out the window and enjoy the day? For a Delhi traffic cop, that […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Watch: A Delhi Cop Helped a Driver Despite Heavy Rains, Restoring Everyone’s Faith in Humanity on Facebook]( [How a Mumbai Social Enterprise Is Helping Dementia Patients & Families Lead a Better Life]( Aug 11, 2017 10:08 am | Lekshmi Priya S Dementia is one of the most common degenerative disorders in the world, which is mainly prevalent among the elderly. Such is its pervasiveness that you are likely to know someone who struggles with it. Dementia is the umbrella term for conditions leading to the decline of mental abilities, which are severe enough to hamper activities […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How a Mumbai Social Enterprise Is Helping Dementia Patients & Families Lead a Better Life on Facebook]( [In 11 Years, This Coimbatore Auto Driver Has Helped 1,300 Students From Govt Schools]( Aug 10, 2017 06:28 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj When he was young, auto driver Raja Sethi Murali’s parents could not afford to educate him . His father was an alcoholic, which left his mother with the sole responsibility of taking care of them. She did that by working as a daily wage labourer. The days she didn’t make any money, they slept hungry, […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like In 11 Years, This Coimbatore Auto Driver Has Helped 1,300 Students From Govt Schools on Facebook]( [Booking an Ola Share or Uber Pool? Here’s One Law You Must Know About Before Confirming That Ride!]( Aug 10, 2017 06:02 pm | LawRato Ride sharing giants, Uber and Ola have transformed the way people commute in today’s world. The daily commuters have ditched auto rides for cabs. People prefer to take share rides as they are cheaper while comfortable. Ride sharing is when the commuters traveling in the same direction join forces to ride in one vehicle and […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Booking an Ola Share or Uber Pool? Here’s One Law You Must Know About Before Confirming That Ride! on Facebook]( [How a Common Man Became TN’s Weatherman, Whose Weather Forecasts Are Trusted by 2 Lakh People]( Aug 10, 2017 05:34 pm | Vidya Raja How many of us follow weather updates everyday? They seem like a mundane feature of the news – a vestigial organ. What if I told you that there is an amateur weatherman – yes, a weatherman – with an almost cult-like following, whose forecasts people follow every day? And what if you learnt that he […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How a Common Man Became TN’s Weatherman, Whose Weather Forecasts Are Trusted by 2 Lakh People on Facebook]( [How a Homemaker in Mumbai Is Transforming These Century-Old Villages in Aarey Colony]( Aug 10, 2017 05:21 pm | Jovita Aranha Up until 2011, at 7pm everyday, the residents of Vanicha Pada – an adivasi village in Goregaon, Mumbai, had no choice but to return to their houses and stay put. With no electricity, or running water and a shabby connection to the city, this village would plunge into darkness after the sunset. That was until […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How a Homemaker in Mumbai Is Transforming These Century-Old Villages in Aarey Colony on Facebook]( [Every Child Is Special, Every Mother a Hero: How One Woman Raised 12 Differently-Abled Kids]( Aug 10, 2017 04:37 pm | SOS Children's Villages of India “Motherhood is a choice you make every day, to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you’re not sure what the right thing is…and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong.” ―Donna Bal A woman does […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Every Child Is Special, Every Mother a Hero: How One Woman Raised 12 Differently-Abled Kids on Facebook]( [10 Things to Know About Neeraj Chopra – India’s First Under-20 World Champion in Athletics]( Aug 10, 2017 04:21 pm | Lekshmi Priya S The 16th edition of International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) World Championships will be special for India. For the first time, an Indian contingent will display its prowess at the biennial athletics event, with the largest number of athletes in tow. After Dutee Chand was added last month to the list, 25 athletes will represent […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like 10 Things to Know About Neeraj Chopra – India’s First Under-20 World Champion in Athletics on Facebook]( [How a 7-Year-Old Girl’s Petition to Delhi HC Stopped the Demolition of a Children’s Park]( Aug 10, 2017 01:55 pm | Jovita Aranha A 7-year-old girl’s plea to stop the demolition of a 30-year-old children’s park in her neighbourhood by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) provoked a strong response by the Delhi High Court on Wednesday. A bench of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar decided to stay the DDA’s plan acting on the […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How a 7-Year-Old Girl’s Petition to Delhi HC Stopped the Demolition of a Children’s Park on Facebook]( [Indian Railways’ 2-Year Mission Plan Is Out. Here Are 10 Exciting Things to Look Forward To]( Aug 10, 2017 01:14 pm | Lekshmi Priya S With a vision of a future with improved rail services and a better travel experience, the Ministry of Railways has released a 2-year Vision Document. It lists the long-term goals and milestones that the national transporter intends to achieve. A 33-page document, the Indian Railways Visions and Plans 2017-2019 gives an insight into the ‘strategic […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Indian Railways’ 2-Year Mission Plan Is Out. Here Are 10 Exciting Things to Look Forward To on Facebook]( [Railway Station Too Far From the Metro? Mumbai Might Get Cable Cars for Faster Commute]( Aug 10, 2017 11:51 am | Jovita Aranha Travelling from a Metro station to the nearest railway station is a hassle, most Mumbai Metro commuters would agree. But this hassle might soon end. If implemented, an elevated route will be introduced between the two stations, where you will commute via a travelator or a cable car. A travelator is a moving walkway that […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Railway Station Too Far From the Metro? Mumbai Might Get Cable Cars for Faster Commute on Facebook]( [Beary Language Got a Dictionary Recently. Here Is a Glimpse Into This Little Known Language]( Aug 09, 2017 07:10 pm | Amulya B If you take a trip along the coastlines of Karnataka and Kerala, the number of languages and dialects to be heard will leave you spellbound. For instance, Karnataka’s official language Kannada takes many shapes and forms as you move away from the capital, Bangalore. Popular culture has familiarised people in the state with some of […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Beary Language Got a Dictionary Recently. Here Is a Glimpse Into This Little Known Language on Facebook]( [‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ in Real Life – How Women Demanding Toilets as Bride Price Changed Haryana]( Aug 09, 2017 06:50 pm | Village Square In Haryana villages, walls carry a painted message: “I won’t allow my daughter to marry into a home without toilets.” It has been one of the impacts of a novel campaign started by the Haryana state government in 2005. The “No Toilet, No Bride” initiative linked social norms around the marriage market and access to […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ in Real Life – How Women Demanding Toilets as Bride Price Changed Haryana on Facebook]( [Sarpanch-Doctor in UP Saves Life of Underprivileged Man in Coma When Everyone Else Gives up Hope]( Aug 09, 2017 06:28 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj When Maniram, a 45-year-old Dalit labourer, went into coma after suffering a head injury in an accident, there was no way his family could have afforded his treatment. The accident resulted in a clot in his brain and a broken jaw. Treating him would have cost ₹4 – ₹5 lakhs. On seeing his critical condition, […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Sarpanch-Doctor in UP Saves Life of Underprivileged Man in Coma When Everyone Else Gives up Hope on Facebook]( [This Driving Institute in Gujarat Has Trained & Empowered Over 11,574 Tribal Youth Free of Cost]( Aug 09, 2017 06:22 pm | Jovita Aranha This article is a part of the #DriveSafeIndia series powered by Maruti Suzuki. “You are the son of a labourer. And that’s who you’ll always be,” a young Kiran Singh was told, when he struggled through school to pass his class 10. Where Kiran grew up, monthly pay cheques and ‘babu ki naukri’ (government jobs) […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Driving Institute in Gujarat Has Trained & Empowered Over 11,574 Tribal Youth Free of Cost on Facebook]( [Queens of Quilts: How One Women-Run SHG in Rajasthan Has Made Its Members Independent]( Aug 09, 2017 05:02 pm | Milaap The women from a small village of Hatheli have been making Rajai (quilts) since last 6 years. They wanted to become self dependent and make the best of their skills to achieve it. The stories of struggle and hope are collated together for Hatheli women. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Queens of Quilts: How One Women-Run SHG in Rajasthan Has Made Its Members Independent on Facebook]( Recent Stories You May Have Missed: [Can One Build a Low-Cost, Eco-Friendly House from Tender Coconut Shells? 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