| Hello! Here is today's edition of positive news! | Jan 25, 2017 02:58 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian
Syed Isaq is a 61-year-old illiterate daily-wage worker who has been running a free library for those in his community for several years now.
| | | Jan 25, 2017 02:33 pm | Sanchari Pal
If you want to take home something more from a vacation than just a suitcase full of souvenirs and a tan, a learning holiday might just be the thing you are looking for. Here's a selection of some of the best learning holidays in India.
| | | Jan 25, 2017 02:21 pm | Factly
The National Bravery awards will be given to 25 children for 2016, four of whom will receive them posthumously. The awards were first introduced in 1957, and are given in five different categories. But what are these awards, and how are the awardees selected? Rakesh Dubbudu from Factly takes a closer look.
| | | Jan 25, 2017 02:04 pm | TBI Team
A Naga IAS officer's efforts led to the construction of a 100km road effectively linking Manipur, Nagaland and Assam, without any financial aid from the government.
| | | Jan 25, 2017 01:59 pm | Aishwarya Bhatkal
Home to a 700-year-old settlement and perfectly terraced fields, Khonoma is a unique, self-sustaining village in Nagaland.
| | | Jan 25, 2017 01:22 pm | Sohini Dey
After a government school building was demolished in Punjab's Fatehpur Awana village, locals stepped forward to keep it up and running.
| | | Jan 25, 2017 12:57 pm | Aditi Patwardhan
In a heart-warming gesture, class 2 students of a private school in Rajasthan pooled in money from their piggy banks to buy a wheelchair for a differently abled girl from an underprivileged family.
| | | Jan 25, 2017 12:14 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian
Sushma Swaraj who is known to be active on social media, took to Twitter to fire back at a Twitter troll who had insinuated that she has a bias towards Muslims.
| | | Jan 24, 2017 07:29 pm | 5th Space – Making the other four count
Over 400 Jagriks (Jagruk+Nagriks) have undertaken an arduous journey to better understand the Indian Constitution and its tenets and apply them in their lives, under Samvidhan Live: the Jagrik Project. Kanika Sinha talks about how watching these 400 journeys progress helped her better identify with the Constitution and apply its principles in her life.
| | | Jan 24, 2017 06:58 pm | Aditi Patwardhan
The walls of houses in Jharkhand's Chandidih village are proud galleries displaying Madhubani masterpieces woven with everyday stories, thanks to Udbhav, a community art project.
| | | Jan 24, 2017 06:49 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian
On World Cancer Day, the government of India will be flagging off a new initiative where officials and members of the medical community will be going door to door to many homes in the country and conducting free cancer screenings.
| | | Jan 24, 2017 06:47 pm | TBI Team
With the goal of celebrating disability and inspiring people, this calendar has been produced by Mission Smile as a part of their project called #RisingAbove.
| | | Jan 24, 2017 05:43 pm | Sanchari Pal
From a 15-year-old who saved his cousin from a leopard attack to a 9-year-old who lost her life while trying to save two of her friends from drowning – these 25 children showed incredible bravery in the face of some very dangerous situations.
| | | Jan 24, 2017 05:42 pm | CARE India
Despite sustained efforts, India continues to have one of the most skewed ratios for equal opportunities between genders. This National Girl Child Day, it is important to realise that a huge part of improving this scenario is educating future generations about the need for gender equality. Here's how parents and institutions can contribute.
| | | Jan 24, 2017 05:15 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian
G Padmanaban is the 23-year-old who has started a new project called No Food Waste in Chennai. He will be taking fresh yet wasted food in the city and will then use it to feed the needy and homeless population
| | | Jan 24, 2017 05:07 pm | Tamara Mathias
How India is finding new ways to tell transgender stories.
| | | Jan 24, 2017 04:26 pm | Tanaya Singh
Meet Shalini Agarwal, an animal-lover who has dedicated her life to taking care of injured animals in her city. She lives with 46 animals in her flat and has no plans of stopping anytime soon. This is her story.
| | | Jan 24, 2017 04:10 pm | Sohini Dey
Aiming to support farmers growing avarekai beans in and around Bangalore, this food festival attracts hundreds of locals thanks to their lip-smacking recipes. Avarekai pani puri, anyone?
| | | Jan 24, 2017 01:21 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian
Bangalore's civic body, BBMP has announced that it will be launching an app that will help citizens upload pictures of potholes. If the pothole is not fixed in 48 hours, then the citizen will get Rs. 100
| | | Jan 24, 2017 12:54 pm | Plan India
At 17, Nisha has become the face of a revolution by taking a difficult, even dangerous, stand against child marriage in her community. Here's how it happened.
| | | Jan 24, 2017 12:25 pm | Aditi Patwardhan
Alertness and presence of mind of the locals of Cooch Behar district in West Bengal averted a major train derailment incident on January 23.
| | | Jan 24, 2017 12:10 pm | Sanchari Pal
On National Girl Child Day, here are the inspiring stories of 14 of India's most respected female soldiers. With their impressive records, they have established new frontiers for women in combat!
| | | Jan 23, 2017 08:03 pm | 5th Space – Making the other four count
Exploring religion can be a deeply moving experience, especially when one decides to overcome his/her own prejudices and explore other religions with an open mind. Jagrik (Jagruk+Nagrik) Priyanshu from Ahmedabad, Gujarat narrates his experience exploring different religions as part of a task for Samvidhan LIVE: The Jagrik Project.
| | | Jan 23, 2017 06:07 pm | Sohini Dey
Overcoming a host of legal hurdles, 27-year-old Atri Kar has become the first transgender from West Bengal to appear for the civil services examinations in India.
| | | Jan 23, 2017 06:05 pm | 5th Space – Making the other four count
The Constitution of India is one of the most important documents in the country, yet for many people, it is little more than a dusty memory from their school Civics classes. However, a group of individuals from around the country are undertaking an initiative to educate themselves and others about the significance of this cornerstone of India and its contents. Meet the Jagriks of Samvidhan LIVE.
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