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IIM-A Ranks 24 in FT’s Global MBA Ranking. 2 Other B-Schools Also Make the List.
The annual Global MBA Ranking of the Financial Times has been released, and three Indian universities have made it to the list of top 100. The annual ranking features the best full-time MBA programmes...
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Girls in Nashik Schools Don’t Quit School after Puberty Any More. Thanks to...
An Australian man, Mark Balla, has been raising funds for the construction of toilets in Indian schools since 2013. After making an eye-opening visit to a school in Dharavi, Mumbai, he decided to set...
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In Pictures: Mumbai Stations Got a Colourful Makeover. And They Look Smashing!
The Borivali and Khar stations in Mumbai have got a brilliant makeover – from the staircases and walls to overhead bridges and ticket windows, everything is covered in vibrant colours. There are...
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In Pictures: This Is How the Rashtrapati Bhavan Gets Ready for the Beating of...
Culminating the four-day long Republic Day celebrations, the Beating of the Retreat ceremony will be held at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi today. 15 military bands, 18 pipes and drums bands from regimental...
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This Man Grew up Among the Adivasis. Today, He Is Changing Their World with...
This article on using mobile technology for social good is part of the #Mobile4Good series & is made possible by Vodafone India. This is the story of one man who decided to democratise...
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One Man in Gujarat Broke a Taboo by Inviting 18,000 Widows to His Son’s Wedding
A widow’s presence at a wedding is considered a taboo at many places in India. It is believed that they bring bad luck, and are no invited to festivals and other celebrations. But when a businessman in...
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Kolkata Girl Makes It to Forbes 30 Under 30 List for Developing Pathbreaking...
28-year-old Sampriti Bhattacharyya, a PhD scholar from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has designed an underwater drone that can map ocean floors at places where GPS does not work. She is the...
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IN PICTURES: An Indian Artist Portrays Train Engines in a Way They Were Never...
Kishore Pratim Biswas used to live near a locomotive workshop in Kolkata when he was a child. It was very easy for one to spot steam locomotives every now and then, and as an enthusiastic 5-year-old...
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How a Vigilant Passenger and Cops Helped Prevent a Major Bomb Blast in a Train
Alert cops of Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF), along with a vigilant passenger, helped prevent a major accident by diffusing a bomb found in a train on Friday. A...
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India Exports the First Six ‘Made in India’ Metro Coaches to Australia
Six metro coaches made in the Bombardier Transportation Plant located in Savli, Vadodara, were shipped to Australia from Mumbai port on Friday. According to plan, 450 such coaches will be exported to...
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6 Things to Know About Kalpana Chawla: The First Indian Woman in Space
Kalpana Chawla, an Indian-American astronaut and the first Indian woman in space, was one of the seven astronauts who lost their lives in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003. A role...
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How a Tweet to the Railway Ministry Helped Parents Find Their 15-Year-Old...
A tweet to the Railway Minister, Suresh Prabhu, and the Ministry of Railways, helped the parents of a 15-year-old girl find their daughter recently. The girl, a student of class 10 in Jharkhand, had...
View ArticleHow Twitter and Police Came Together to Reunite an 80-Year-Old Woman with Her...
When an 80-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer's went missing, the police officials and Twitterati collaborated in an amazing way to reunite her with her family. Kamla Gupta, a resident of Patel...
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5 Things to Know About Archana Ramasundram – the First Indian Woman to Head a...
For the first time in India, the government has appointed a woman IPS officer as the chief of a paramilitary force. 58-year-old Archana Ramasundram, a Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer, will take over as...
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A 46-Year-Old Is Filling Potholes in Mumbai. For a Heartbreaking Reason.
On July 28, 2015, Dadarao Bilhore lost his 16-year-old son after a road accident that occurred because of a pothole. Since then, every time this Mumbai resident sees potholes on the streets, he fills...
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This NASA Programme Is Coming to India for the First Time and Taking...
On August 9, 2015, a team of scientists from NASA, Mars Society Australia and Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany in Lucknow, will set out for a 10 day long planetary analogue field expedition to...
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A Hairdresser in Gujarat Is Fighting Addiction Through Haircuts
Pravin Master, a resident of Gandhinagar, lost three friends to diseases caused by alcohol addiction. He wanted to help them but couldn’t do much because of his weak financial condition. This loss...
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VIDEO: They Raped His Daughter and Broke His Limbs, but They Could Not...
Bant Singh is a Dalit singer and social activist who lives in Jhabhar village of Mansa district in Punjab. In 2000, some men belonging to upper-caste families raped his eldest daughter -- then a minor...
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In Pictures: The Colourful and Magnificent Truck Art of India
‘Horn Please, Blow Horn, India is Great, Use Dipper at Night, Wait for Side...’ – these are some of the many messages we find painted on the rear end of Indian trucks. But if you pay attention to more...
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A Helicopter Made of Metal Sheets, Car Seats & SUV Engines – Designed by a...
Chandra Siwakoti Sharma, a resident of Shyamjuli village in Assam, has built a ‘jugaad’ helicopter and named it Pawan Putra. An automobile mechanic by profession, Chandra Siwakoti decided to spend Rs....
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