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Monday 9 January 2017

How One Man Is Single-Handedly Making Ahmedabad’s Kite Festival Safer

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How One Man Is Single-Handedly Making Ahmedabad's Kite Festival Safer

Jan 09, 2017 03:45 pm | Manabi Katoch



Manoj Bhavsar noticed a chilling trend in the accidents occurring during Ahmedabad's Uttarayan kite-festival and decided to do something to help.

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Mumbai Chief Medical Officer Uses Local Trains, Even Traffic Jams, to Spread Awareness About TB

Jan 09, 2017 02:39 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian



Dr. Lalitkumar Anande is literally on a one-man mission to spread awareness about latent tuberculosis (TB) in Mumbai.

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Why Are NRIs Being Asked to Change from PIO to OCI? Here's Everything You Need to Know

Jan 09, 2017 02:03 pm | Sanchari Pal



At the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, PM Modi urged the People of Indian Origin cardholders to convert their cards into Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards. Here is all you need to know about the PIO-OCI merger, how these categories differ from each other and how this card conversion can help.

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TBI Blogs: Meet the Organisations and People Using Digital Literacy to Uplift India's Underprivileged

Jan 09, 2017 01:57 pm | The/Nudge



The rapid adoption of technology and the Internet has enabled thousands of Indians to become part of a global community. But, there is also a widening gap between those with access to these tools, and those without the ability or means to do so. Organisations like DEF are helping India's underprivileged classes bridge this gap in digital literacy.

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Kolkata Metro Shows the Way: To Introduce Smart Ticketing System on Phones to Shorten Queues

Jan 09, 2017 01:35 pm | Aditi Patwardhan



In the next few months, Kolkata Metro will be introducing a mobile-based ticketing system for faster and hassle-free transactions for commuters.

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