| Hello! Here is today's edition of positive news! | Jun 07, 2017 03:57 pm | Manabi Katoch
Ushma Goswami, a SBI youth for India fellow went to a remote village in Mysore to open just a paralegal clinic but ended upbuilding 70 toilets in one year.
| | | Jun 07, 2017 02:42 pm | Amulya B
If there was one useful piece of advice that I received growing up as a 90s kid in Namma Bengaluru, it was this: if you get lost in the city, always catch a bus to Majestic; it will lead you home. It was common knowledge that whichever corner you were in the city, there was always a […]
| | | Jun 07, 2017 01:53 pm | Lekshmi Priya S
A railway station that looks more like a commercial hub swanked by shops, offices and hotels. Hard to imagine, right? But the Indian Railways has other plans in its mind. Habibganj, one of the suburbs in the city of Bhopal, will soon have a railway station that will redefine the entire idea that one has […]
| | | Jun 07, 2017 01:10 pm | Guest Contributor
Harihar Bazaar, a powerful grassroots initiative, is empowering the farmers of Bastar, Chhattisgarh by giving them a stable marketplace and competitive pricing for their produce.
| | | Jun 07, 2017 12:26 pm | Lekshmi Priya S
A 17-year-old boy from Odisha has discovered an ingenious mechanism to generate electricity using Rs 500 notes which went obsolete post-demonetisation last year. Lachman Dundi, a student of Khariar College, and his unusual innovation have come into limelight with the Prime Minister’s office taking interest in the project and directing the state's science and technology […]
| | | Jun 07, 2017 11:03 am | Lekshmi Priya S
For the first time in 70 years, Indian Army personnel will be equipped with bulletproof jackets manufactured completely by homegrown technology. Designed by Professor Dr. Shantanu Bhowmick, Head of Department of Aerospace Engineering at Coimbatore-based Amrita University, the jacket has passed the test of approval from the Ministry of Defence. Falling under the ‘Make in India’ project, the […]
| | | Jun 06, 2017 07:55 pm | Lekshmi Priya S
Would you buy a poem if it could save someone's life? In a unique yet heart-warming way of raising funds for a friend diagnosed with cancer, a poet from Chandigarh is leaving no 'poems' unturned and doing everything she can with her words. Anam Narula and Amy Singh became friends thanks to their common love for poetry […]
| | | Jun 06, 2017 07:37 pm | Village Square
After the century's worst drought, people in Kerala are now getting ready to harvest rain in their backyard wells, temple ponds, and lush forests. Citizens, voluntary groups, and the state government are ready with a set of measures. It just needs to rain. Ajith Lawrence and MM Paniyil take a closer look.
| | | Jun 06, 2017 06:34 pm | Guest Contributor
Almost 20 years ago, when a young Swiss student made her way to the Tibetan Buddhism Centre in San Francisco, little did she know that her life was going to be altered forever. Helen Kamph, then in her mid-twenties, had already spent a year volunteering at SEMCOL in Ladakh while falling in love with India […]
| | | Jun 06, 2017 06:26 pm | Lucy Plummer
In recent years, the Indian government has been pushing to green the country's vast railway network in a variety of ways. Here are a few of the initiatives that have been taken up so far.
| | | Jun 06, 2017 06:24 pm | Wishberry
Aryan Mishra, a 17-year-old astronomer, has lofty ambitions of studying the heavens, and encouraging more young minds like him interested in the cosmos.
| | | Jun 06, 2017 06:05 pm | Amulya B
This is an instance where technology has been successfully incorporated for social progress. In a laudable move, the Telangana government has introduced as many as 70 jetting machines in Hyderabad to end manual scavenging in the city. Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewage Board (HMWSSB) in association with the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI) […]
| | | Jun 06, 2017 04:53 pm | The MINDS Foundation
Mental healthcare services need to be integrated into India's primary health care systems so that the country's mental health burden can be reduced as soon as possible.
| | | Jun 06, 2017 04:20 pm | Manabi Katoch
What started with just four wheelchairs has now turned into an NGO called Aslot Manav Sahay Kendra, which has more than 450 pieces of equipment.
| | | Jun 06, 2017 02:34 pm | Guest Contributor
A group of tribal students from rural Maharashtra have started their own college newspaper to discuss their local issues and create a platform for expressing themselves.
| | | Jun 06, 2017 01:35 pm | Lekshmi Priya S
Great news for the bus commuters in Bengaluru! Under a free trial kickstarted by Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), 10 AC buses equipped with Wi-Fi services have already set wheels on the roads of the city. The BMTC further plans on expanding the same provision in over 200 more AC buses that will include those […]
| | | Jun 06, 2017 12:06 pm | Digital Empowerment Foundation
Two generations of a folk musician's family from Mungaska in Rajasthan are striving hard to keep their art and traditions alive while their numbers are dwindling in the community and social media is thriving in the country. Adya Parashar attended a Lok Utsav earlier this month organised by this family.
| | | Jun 06, 2017 11:46 am | Lekshmi Priya S
Manisha Koirala is all too familiar with how precarious life can be — at one moment you’re touching stars and the very next, you’ve hit rock bottom. And that’s exactly what she speaks about in her inspiring TEDx talk in Jaipur. A self-made star in the 90s from Nepal, Manisha churned out many unforgettable films like Bombay, Dil Se and […]
| | | Jun 05, 2017 07:49 pm | Guest Contributor
As many nations contemplate whether to ratify the Paris agreement, while global powers appear reluctant to devise solutions to combat drastic climate change, while countries, governments, NGOs, interest groups and individuals become increasingly involved in addressing this global challenge and as Earth became witness to its hottest months ever recorded in 2016, a small village […]
| | | Jun 05, 2017 06:59 pm | Lekshmi Priya S
Setting a great example towards managing plastic waste, a school in Jamshedpur will soon have an environment-friendly toilet in its premises made out of waste materials like plastic bottles. Manav Vikas School in Garurbasa, Telco, with its innovative sanitary installation, will be first of its kind in the city. Made of plastic bottles instead of […]
| | | Jun 05, 2017 06:55 pm | Sunvest
Few people know that solar power not only saves energy costs, it can effectively cancel them out completely. Here's how a professor from IIM Calcutta did it at his home.
| | | Jun 05, 2017 06:44 pm | Lucy Plummer
Living in the UK, I never really considered disposal of my food waste to be my personal concern. Moving to Bangalore and experiencing the critical state of waste management in the city has not only forced me to challenge this attitude I have but also to seek out my own solutions to the critical issue.
| | | Jun 05, 2017 06:06 pm | Lekshmi Priya S
The city of Bengaluru has forever left people smitten. Once you start living here, it becomes a real heartbreak if at all there comes a day you need to relocate to some other place. The old colonial Bangalore charm interspersed with the technology-driven Bengaluru; you don't just live here, you evolve. That's exactly what the […]
| | | Jun 05, 2017 05:18 pm | GreenBanao
The Indian automobile industry has reached a saturation point, but might not stay there for long. The electric vehicle revolution is on the horizon, and it promises sweeping change.
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