| Hello! Here is today's edition of positive news! | Jan 18, 2017 04:02 pm | Sohini Dey
A former corporate employee, Goutham Kumar realised that his true calling lay in serving humanity. Meet the man changing lives in Hyderabad.
| | | Jan 18, 2017 03:58 pm | Lawyered
India's startup ecosystem is booming, with new startups mushrooming in a wide variety of sectors and arenas. However, many of them face similar teething troubles with financial and legal assistance. An upcoming event aims to help startups and their teams with these common problems by addressing them with an industry-led platform.
| | | Jan 18, 2017 02:34 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian
Citizens in Vadodara can now help preserve their city's green cover -- all thanks to an initiative by NGO Pagdand that has launched Green Ambulances to provide assistance to dying saplings.
| | | Jan 18, 2017 02:18 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian
One of the top neurosurgeons of the country, Dr Arvind Bhateja, helps pay for spinal surgeries of the underprivileged by using his cycling prowess to raise money.
| | | Jan 18, 2017 01:39 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian
Eti Agarwal, the national CA topper, also topped her ISC exams in Class 12. Here are a list of her achievements!
| | | Jan 18, 2017 01:18 pm | Aditi Patwardhan
The Income Tax Department has decided to make Permanent Account Number (PAN) cards tamper-proof to curb illegal and fraudulent practices in taxation and banking.
| | | Jan 18, 2017 01:01 pm | Magic Bus
Growing up in Mumbai's urban slums can be a tough challenge even under the best circumstances. Shashikant Jaiswal has faced severe hardships, but he's struggled on, and is now a shining inspiration for other members of his community.
| | | Jan 18, 2017 12:28 pm | Tanaya Singh
Constable Bheem Rao from Humayun Nagar police station in Hyderabad, didn't think about his life even once before rushing into a building on fire to rescue as many people as he could.
| | | Jan 18, 2017 10:37 am | Sanchari Pal
Author of the beautifully rendered literary masterpiece, "The Jungle Book", Rudyard Kipling shared an intrinsic bond with India, especially Mumbai. On his 82nd death anniversary, we remember the literary giant who captured the flavour of India to a point where it became folklore.
| | | Jan 17, 2017 06:29 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian
A senior railway official decided to conduct a surprise inspection of a railway station by cycling for 140 km to reach the spot.
| | | Jan 17, 2017 06:28 pm | WaterAid India
Open defecation continues to be a major problem in India. Governments and other agencies are constructing toilets in huge numbers to combat this issue, but overlooking certain basic issues which may make adoption very slow. Balaji Gopalan looks at one such key issue – toilet design.
| | | Jan 17, 2017 05:34 pm | Tamara Mathias
Delhi-based designer Kanika Gupta incorporates Design Thinking into social enterprise, and comes up with some wonderful results.
| | | Jan 17, 2017 04:54 pm | Aditi Patwardhan
Pune-based former IT professionals, Amita Deshpande and Nandan Bhat have launched their brand Aarohana Eco Social Development, which upcycles plastic bags into beautiful handbags, purses and other handicraft items.
| | | Jan 17, 2017 03:48 pm | Chinchu C
A group of youngsters in Kerala organises Gender-Neutral Football League (GNFL), an event for men, women, and transgender people to come on the same field and play.
| | | Jan 17, 2017 03:41 pm | Wishberry
The India-Pakistan conflict has been a topic of hot debate on both sides of the border. Politicians and media have been accused of sensationalising the topic for personal gains. Now, a Pakistani filmmaker and an Indian actress are teaming up for a documentary that looks at people on the ground in both countries, and their opinions on this polarising topic.
| | | Jan 17, 2017 03:39 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian
Daniben Makwana, a 50-year-old widow from Dhrangadhra, Gujarat, has inspired many by breaking tradition and performing the rites during her daughter's wedding
| | | Jan 17, 2017 02:16 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian
Six Himachal Predesh policemen helped a woman deliver her baby safely by carrying her through the snow for 10km to get her to the hospital where she could get medical attention
| | | Jan 17, 2017 01:50 pm | Aditi Patwardhan
A visually impaired child's wish came true when police officers of Raipur police department got her a police uniform on her eleventh birthday.
| | | Jan 17, 2017 01:26 pm | Sanchari Pal
In an age when most Indian women didn't even try getting into civil service, Anna Rajam Malhotra fought gender bias, stood her ground and went on to become India's first female IAS officer in 1951.
| | | Jan 17, 2017 01:10 pm | NASSCOM 10000 Startups
Various factors play an important role in deciding pricing of agriculture products and livestock. Many of these are incomprehensible and inaccessible to the farmers and producers of these products. Now, Vari, a new digital platform, is helping farmers understand these factors to get the best possible prices for their produce.
| | | Jan 17, 2017 11:21 am | Aishwarya Bhatkal
Plastic bottles that are casually discarded on railways tracks by passengers, are now being used to beautify the railway station at Aluva, Kochi.
| | | Jan 16, 2017 06:03 pm | Grassroutes Journeys
With its amazing diversity and variety, India is a tourism hotspot and sought after travel destinations for travellers from all across the world. Capitalising on this, and the growth and potential of Rural India, rural tourism has really made its presence felt recently. Shubhda Chaudhary explores this growing tourism sector further.
| | | Jan 16, 2017 05:43 pm | Aditi Patwardhan
Artistic community Kommune brings together poets, musicians and storytellers from across the country with the aim of creating quality content in performance art.
| | | Jan 16, 2017 05:42 pm | American India Foundation
Avan Antia navigates the crocodile ecosystem with the "Croc Bank" as a part of the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service.
| | | Jan 16, 2017 05:15 pm | Sanchari Pal
Over two decades ago Himachal Pradesh discovered the potential of a little known deciduous plant called seabuckthorn. Today, the cultivation of plant is laying the foundation for sustainable development in the state's high-altitude cold deserts.
| | | Jan 16, 2017 05:00 pm | Guest Contributor
11-year-old Adhya Bhatnagar writes about her experience of self-publishing a book named My Little World - a compilation of her poetry.
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