10 Do-At-Home Tests to Check If Your Kitchen Ingredients Are Adulterated

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]( [10 Do-At-Home Tests to Check If Your Kitchen Ingredients Are Adulterated]( Sep 06, 2017 04:27 pm | Sanchari Pal Long supply chains and grocery stores selling loose ingredients make it impossible to track where the food comes from or what sub-standard material is mixed in it. However, there is help at hand. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like 10 Do-At-Home Tests to Check If Your Kitchen Ingredients Are Adulterated on Facebook]( [For 40 Years and With His Own Money, This Mandya Villager Has Kept Drought at Bay]( Sep 06, 2017 04:04 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj In the last few years, Mandya has suffered from acute water shortage. The farmers of the region have been distressed with successive monsoon failures, and have been demanding the government to release water to sustain livestock. The groundwater level has plummeted, and there have been many failures of borewells. At a time like this, a […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like For 40 Years and With His Own Money, This Mandya Villager Has Kept Drought at Bay on Facebook]( [Five fantastic places you must visit during Durga Puja in Mumbai!]( Sep 06, 2017 03:13 pm | TBI Reader As the countdown to Durga Puja begins, here is a list of places you need to visit during the Five day festival in Mumbai A sparkle in the eyes is what the mention of ‘Durga puja’ does to a typical Bengali. And why not, a festival that denotes a five day reveling in prayers and […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Five fantastic places you must visit during Durga Puja in Mumbai! on Facebook]( [Geometry That’s Interesting? This New Model Helps Students Learn Better While Having Fun!]( Sep 06, 2017 02:48 pm | Pratham Books  Using Technology in Classrooms It’s true what they say, ‘Technology in the hands of great teachers is transformational’. Using new technology in classrooms piques a student’s curiosity, can make them more eager to learn and opens the doors to a different kind of learning experience. This can especially impact the country’s most underserved children as technology […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Geometry That’s Interesting? This New Model Helps Students Learn Better While Having Fun! on Facebook]( [Compost From Bengaluru’s Wet Waste Bring Relief to Farmers, Over 4000 Tons Sold]( Sep 06, 2017 02:14 pm | Lekshmi Priya S Most of the metropolitan cities in India have been actively advocating the benefits of segregating one’s household waste lately. And it looks like the initiative has paid off well in Bengaluru with over 4,000 tonnes of compost – processed out of wet waste – being sold out in just five months, according to the Times […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Compost From Bengaluru’s Wet Waste Bring Relief to Farmers, Over 4000 Tons Sold on Facebook]( [Not in a Day’s Work: How Odisha’s Tribal Districts Are Steadily Improving Healthcare]( Sep 06, 2017 02:06 pm | CRY - Child Rights & You An 80-year-old woman came to an Anganwadi centre in Baripada block of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha, to monitor the growth of her grandson This incident was the most positive sign of change in people’s outlook towards health in the region. And the citizens have a six-month-long campaign called ‘Giving Children of Odisha A Healthy Start’, […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Not in a Day’s Work: How Odisha’s Tribal Districts Are Steadily Improving Healthcare on Facebook]( [Women Groups Transform 5 Villages in U.P, Thanks to the Students of Banaras!]( Sep 06, 2017 01:04 pm | Manabi Katoch Alcoholism, gambling and domestic abuse were once rampant in villages like Khushiyari, Deura, Bhadrasi, Ramsipur and Jagardevpur in Uttar Pradesh, but today these places are known for empowering the women who live there. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Women Groups Transform 5 Villages in U.P, Thanks to the Students of Banaras! on Facebook]( [#FreeTheBeach: Bollywood celebs, Mumbaikars join hands to clean up city’s sands]( Sep 06, 2017 12:39 pm | Jovita Aranha Whether you live in Mumbai or not, the sorry state of beaches in the city is no secret. Just like Mahatma Gandhi said, “Be the change you want to see in the world,” a number of citizens joined forces to dirty their hands in an attempt to clean the beaches. Such cleaning is much required, […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like #FreeTheBeach: Bollywood celebs, Mumbaikars join hands to clean up city’s sands on Facebook]( [A Village In Manipur Is Now 100% Computer Literate, Thanks To This Organisation]( Sep 06, 2017 12:31 pm | TBI Reader A ffordable modern technologies and related services have not reached many parts of rural North East India. Recently, however, an initiative by a social enterprise called Mangaal Rural, headed by Surjit Ningthoujam has transformed Nungthaang Tampak as the first village in the North East region to be 100% computer literate. Nungthaang Tampak is a small village […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like A Village In Manipur Is Now 100% Computer Literate, Thanks To This Organisation on Facebook]( [From War in Sudan to Cholera in Yemen, Dr Kaki Has Faced It All to Save Her Patients]( Sep 06, 2017 12:07 pm | Jovita Aranha The clock had struck 3 am. She lay in her makeshift refugee tent in the middle of a dessert in Sub Saharan Africa. The news about armed men robbing refugees and deployed medical personnel spread like wildfire. The zipper on her tent wasn’t working. Anybody could cut it open with a knife and attack her. […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like From War in Sudan to Cholera in Yemen, Dr Kaki Has Faced It All to Save Her Patients on Facebook]( [This Motorman Stopped a Local Train in Mumbai to Save a Life – a Dog’s!]( Sep 06, 2017 11:45 am | Lekshmi Priya S Two-wheelers and four-wheelers often have the ability to jam on the brakes when a stray animal crosses the road unexpectedly. But what happens when a dog is decides to hit one of the busiest local rail networks in the world—the Mumbai Suburban train system? One would think the poor animal was run over by a […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Motorman Stopped a Local Train in Mumbai to Save a Life – a Dog’s! on Facebook]( [Mission Green Mumbai: City to Get 12,000 Coconut Trees in the Next 6 Months!]( Sep 06, 2017 11:38 am | Deepika Bhardwaj In the next six months, 12,000 coconut trees will be planted alone Mumbai’s west coast. These will run along the coast in Juhu, Versova, Aksa, Gorai, Danapani and Manori, reports Mid Day. This is part of an initiative called Mission Green Mumbai – started by environmental activist Subhajit Mukherjee with an aim to increase the […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Mission Green Mumbai: City to Get 12,000 Coconut Trees in the Next 6 Months! on Facebook]( [This Man’s Vision Is Lifting a Telangana Village From Poverty and the Beedi Industry]( Sep 05, 2017 07:59 pm | Lekshmi Priya S One of the largest unorganised agro-industries in the country, the beedi industry continues to occupy a significant place in the Indian economy. Being a cottage industry, almost 90 per cent of the work force comprises rural women—who spend day and night rolling beedis just to earn a meagre income. So was the story of Domakonda, […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Man’s Vision Is Lifting a Telangana Village From Poverty and the Beedi Industry on Facebook]( [Beyond Andaman: 7 Little Known Islands in India That Will Leave You Mesmerized]( Sep 05, 2017 06:51 pm | Sanchari Pal While the Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep inhabit prominent spots on the Indian traveller's bucket list, there are other picture-perfect islands in India that have managed to stay under the radar. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Beyond Andaman: 7 Little Known Islands in India That Will Leave You Mesmerized on Facebook]( [This Organic Forum in Karnataka Will Make Sure You Eat ‘Poison Free Food’]( Sep 05, 2017 06:42 pm | Vishaka George Small farmers in India may toil, but the hard work is no guarantee of a good price for the produce. Organic farmers have more to lose because of how labour intensive and time consuming the process is. In 2013, a group of people in Mangaluru started an agricultural collective called Savayava Krishika Grahaka Balaga to […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Organic Forum in Karnataka Will Make Sure You Eat ‘Poison Free Food’ on Facebook]( [Meet Jabna Chauhan, India’s Youngest Sarpanch, Whose Fiery Schemes Have Inspired Many!]( Sep 05, 2017 05:28 pm | Manabi Katoch On 1 January 2016, at the age of 22, Jabna was elected as the Pradhan of Thajun and became the youngest Sarpanch of India. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Meet Jabna Chauhan, India’s Youngest Sarpanch, Whose Fiery Schemes Have Inspired Many! on Facebook]( [This 90% Disabled Man Is a Singer, Graphic Designer and Motivational Speaker!]( Sep 05, 2017 05:14 pm | Niharika Sanyal Suffering from brittle bone disease, this 26-year-old has shown that disability affects only the body and not the mind. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This 90% Disabled Man Is a Singer, Graphic Designer and Motivational Speaker! on Facebook]( [How One Small Group Is Saving the Rai Gaarh River, the Life Giver of Their Town]( Sep 05, 2017 04:46 pm | Vandana Verma India is already a water-stressed country and rapidly moving towards becoming water scarce. The stats and figures being published daily in one forum or another are shocking. But who’s reading them and who needs to address the issue? As water is consumed by all of us – it cannot be the responsibility of a chosen […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How One Small Group Is Saving the Rai Gaarh River, the Life Giver of Their Town on Facebook]( [Want a Wife From This U.P. Village? Be Smart and Get a Toilet!]( Sep 05, 2017 04:33 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj Understanding the importance of the Swachh Bharat campaign, the inhabitants of a small village called Brahmaputhi in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district have promised never to defecate in the open. Their Gram Pradhan organised a panchayat in which they decided to never get their girls married into families that don’t have toilets at home. This decision […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Want a Wife From This U.P. Village? Be Smart and Get a Toilet! on Facebook]( [How NRIs in Texas Are Helping Hundreds of Victims of Hurricane Harvey]( Sep 05, 2017 03:03 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj One of the most destructive storms in US history, Hurricane Harvey has caused catastrophic flooding in southeastern Texas. According to NDTV, about 1.5 lakh Indian-Americans and Indians live in the greater Houston area in the state. One-in-four Indian-Americans has been displaced in the catastrophe, estimates Gitesh Desai, who is the president of SEWA International in […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How NRIs in Texas Are Helping Hundreds of Victims of Hurricane Harvey on Facebook]( [Interview: Dr Bharati Lavekar, the MLA Who Introduced India’s First Sanitary Pad Bank]( Sep 05, 2017 02:56 pm | Vidya Raja Dr Bharati Lavekar is a sitting MLA from Versova in Mumbai. As a member of the assembly, she has, many times, drawn the attention of fellow legislators towards the unaffordability of sanitary pads by women living in rural areas, those who work for a daily wage, or those who live below the poverty line. Dr […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Interview: Dr Bharati Lavekar, the MLA Who Introduced India’s First Sanitary Pad Bank on Facebook]( [Have a Look: Kavita Devi’s Awesome WWE Fight in a Kurti!]( Sep 05, 2017 02:39 pm | Vidya Raja I was introduced to the World Wrestling Federation, which has now been renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), sometime in the mid-90s. Playing with WWF trump cards was a favourite pastime. Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, Tatanka, and many other WWF wrestlers had become a household name back then. To see Indians making a foray into this […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Have a Look: Kavita Devi’s Awesome WWE Fight in a Kurti! on Facebook]( [Are You an Aspiring Artist in Kerala? The State Is Offering 1000 Art Fellowships]( Sep 05, 2017 01:47 pm | Lekshmi Priya S This year marks the diamond jubilee of Kerala, and many programmes and initiatives have been flagged off since the beginning of the year as part of the celebrations. The state, which has been synonymous with art and cultural heritage, is introducing a fellowship that will encourage artists – who are already well qualified in their […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Are You an Aspiring Artist in Kerala? The State Is Offering 1000 Art Fellowships on Facebook]( [Meet Jitendra Mane, Who Teaches Rural Children Despite His Crippling Disability]( Sep 05, 2017 01:22 pm | TBI Reader “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” Over the last four years, Jitendra Mane, a 32 year old teacher from a village called Tilwani in Kolhapur, has been inspiring kids with this famous line […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Meet Jitendra Mane, Who Teaches Rural Children Despite His Crippling Disability on Facebook]( [Indian Ads on Periods Have Got It All Wrong, and Here’s How to Fix That]( Sep 05, 2017 01:12 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj The manner in which menstrual products are represented in Indian TV commercials has a lot to do with how society perceives menstruation in the first place. Not only do these ads depict society’s stigmatised view of menstruation as being filthy and taboo, but they also further validate it. Advertisements are made with the sole purpose […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Indian Ads on Periods Have Got It All Wrong, and Here’s How to Fix That on Facebook]( [Kochi Metro All Set to Deploy 60 Transgender Employees in the Next 2 Years!]( Sep 05, 2017 12:23 pm | Jovita Aranha Kerala made headlines when it appointed 23 transgenders to work for the Kochi Metro. But it is a no secret that the employees started quitting when most turned a blind eye to the possible miseries the sexual minority would face. While some faced difficulty in finding alternate accommodation, some found the new lifestyle too expensive […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Kochi Metro All Set to Deploy 60 Transgender Employees in the Next 2 Years! on Facebook]( [Remembering Dr. Radhakrishnan: 8 Little-Known Facts About India’s Legendary Teacher and Philosopher President]( Sep 05, 2017 12:21 pm | Sanchari Pal Scholar, teacher, philosopher and statesman, Sarvepalli Radhakrishanan was one of 20th century's greatest thinkers. On Teacher's Day, here are some little-known facts from his inspiring life. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Remembering Dr. Radhakrishnan: 8 Little-Known Facts About India’s Legendary Teacher and Philosopher President on Facebook]( [Indian Railways Has a Lucky Escape Thanks to Alert Pinakini Express Driver]( Sep 05, 2017 11:25 am | Lekshmi Priya S Another potential train mishap was averted in the country – thanks to one loco pilot’s alertness! The Chennai-bound Pinakini Express had left from Vijayawada on Monday morning and was heading to Sunduru railway station sometime around 6.40 am when the man had observed that approaching rail track was cracked. Without wasting a second, he applied […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Indian Railways Has a Lucky Escape Thanks to Alert Pinakini Express Driver on Facebook]( [This 99 year Old School May Have Less Than a 100 Students, but Has a Rich and Long Legacy]( Sep 05, 2017 11:11 am | TBI Reader On September 5th, we celebrate our teachers – the individuals who played a large role in our education. To the men and women we love, respect and sometimes even feared as kids – a significant portion of our success today would not be possible if it weren’t for you. To all the teachers who made […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This 99 year Old School May Have Less Than a 100 Students, but Has a Rich and Long Legacy on Facebook]( [This 21-Year-Old Football Coach Is Changing the Lives of Young Slum Dwellers in Madhya Pradesh]( Sep 05, 2017 10:26 am | Jovita Aranha For over 30 kids, dwelling in the slums of Burhanpur, a small district on the border of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, football is an absolute game changer. All thanks to their 21-year-old football coach Surendra Sharma! Born in a small village called Kesur in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, Surendra was only three years old when […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This 21-Year-Old Football Coach Is Changing the Lives of Young Slum Dwellers in Madhya Pradesh on Facebook]( [Ageing Well is Not an Oxymoron: Here’s What You Need to Keep in Mind as You Grow Older]( Sep 04, 2017 07:04 pm | Vishaka George My grandmother, Mary Kurien, 80, has a range of illnesses that include diabetes, Parkinson’s and dementia. But all she grieves about is the loss of her vision, the result of suffering from Glaucoma – a condition that damages the eye’s optic nerve. Today, she is a shadow of her former self. A woman who lived […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Ageing Well is Not an Oxymoron: Here’s What You Need to Keep in Mind as You Grow Older on Facebook]( [Australian Technology Being Brought in to Improve Indian Railways Safety]( Sep 04, 2017 04:49 pm | Sanchari Pal Collaborating with Australian firms to revamp railway safety in India, Indian Railways looks all set to redefine the way the majority of Indians travel today. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Australian Technology Being Brought in to Improve Indian Railways Safety on Facebook]( [39 Kms Long: Mumbai To Get India’s Longest Cycle and Jogging Track]( Sep 04, 2017 04:38 pm | Sanchari Pal To be built alongside a British-era water pipeline, this pretty tree-lined track will have plenty of interesting and eco-friendly features for the public. 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