| Hello! Here is today's edition of positive news! | Jun 04, 2017 03:45 pm | Shreya Pareek
A documentary film maker wanted to revive a dead lake and that too as soon as possible. So she brought together a team of people to bring the beautiful lake back to life. Today, the serene lake is not just a welcome haven for people, it is also host to birds, animals and snakes.
| | | Jun 03, 2017 03:45 pm | Tanaya Singh
Be it The Satanic Verses, The Journals of Andre Gide, volumes of Encyclopedia of Religion by Mircea Eliade, or The Lives of Sri Aurobindo by Peter Heehs — Tarun Kumar Shaw can get you most of the books you ask for, irrespective of how elusive or unavailable they might be. At 53 years of age, […]
| | | Jun 03, 2017 03:33 pm | Nawnika Upadhyay
In the run up to the much-awaited ICC Champions Trophy ODI this weekend, here's a look back at some of the better photographs India and Pakistan shared through cricketing history. ‘Great captain and leader, big inspiration for cricketers around the world’– Pakistan heavyweight Shahid Afridi on MS Dhoni. A respectful shake off between two skippers […]
| | | Jun 03, 2017 03:12 pm | Lekshmi Priya S
Many mosques and dargahs in India have been standing tall for centuries, with beautiful yet intricately mastered domes and minarets that shed light over our country's rich past. While much of these revered spaces of worship had taken form during the Mughal reign, the architectural marvel and grandeur of these mosques, continue to mesmerise people irrespective […]
| | | Jun 03, 2017 03:07 pm | Aditi Patwardhan
An ailing Pakistani infant got visa to undergo treatment in India after his father Ken Sid tweeted to the Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj.
| | | Jun 03, 2017 02:16 pm | Amulya B
The events that happen behind the closed doors of a palace have always been unreachable for people of modest means. And series like The Crown on Netflix, whose first season brilliantly introduces us to the behind-the-scenes of the British royal family, always has a curious audience. Media is the only window that common people have to […]
| | | Jun 03, 2017 02:08 pm | Eyeway
There are plenty of visually impaired people making waves in the world of stand-up comedy. Here are five of the best.
| | | Jun 03, 2017 01:43 pm | Aditi Patwardhan
Gopal Jee has invented a means of producing electricity from banana stems, while Shalini Kumari has ideated a walker that also helps people climb stairs.
| | | Jun 03, 2017 01:40 pm | Lucy Plummer
Until now, India only recognised 7 categories within the Disability Act, 2016. Now it's adding 7 new categories so that even more people will be able to benefit from it.
| | | Jun 03, 2017 12:50 pm | Niharika Sanyal
To encourage younger students to pursue music, besides the conventional STEM subjects, students in Leh made innovative instruments out of waste to share the joy of music. The project won the Grand Prize at the 'I CAN Awards 2015' organised by Design for Change.
| | | Jun 03, 2017 11:33 am | Pratham Books
Pragat Shikshan Sanstha is using openly licensed e-books to take stories to children in Phaltan, Maharashtra.
| | | Jun 03, 2017 11:20 am | Lucy Plummer
US President Trump has announced the withdrawal of the US from the Paris Agreement committed to reduce climate change. As a country vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, India on the other hand continues to show its key player status in the matter, and it's no-one more than its individual citizens who are showing the world how it's done.
| | | Jun 02, 2017 07:00 pm | Lekshmi Priya S
Swan Lake, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet… apart from being famous stories, these are also fables that have been the narrative of some of the most sought-after ballet recitals, globally. An art form whose origins could be traced back to the Italian Renaissance courts of the fifteenth century, classical ballet has made inroads to almost every […]
| | | Jun 02, 2017 06:37 pm | Aditi Patwardhan
This amazing innovation is lifting the weight off the shoulders of countless women in the drought prone regions of Maharashtra.
| | | Jun 02, 2017 05:36 pm | Guest Contributor
In 2014, V Sai Vamsi Vardhan from Timmanayunipeta village of Kurnool district was abducted by Maoists when he was working as a Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellow (PMRDF) in Jharkhand's Giridh district. He was targeted as he was travelling to many of the interior areas to undertake developmental activities like constructing roads and conducting Gram […]
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