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This German Woman Did Not Send Her Harasser to Jail. Instead, She Did...

Ulrike Reinhard, a German woman working in Madhya Pradesh recently found a brilliant way to teach a lesson to a 14-year-old boy who misbehaved with her. She started a campaign named “how to treat women...

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6 Videos That Capture the Breathtaking Beauty of Spiti Valley from the Sky

Pranshu Dubey, a resident of Mumbai, recently went on a 40 days long road-trip to North India. Accompanied with two of his friends, he covered about 6,800 km in 40 days – starting from Mumbai on June...

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Why Eat out of Toxic Plastic Containers When Tableware Made of Sugarcane...

Whether it’s the styrofoam plate you eat from at a wedding, or the plastic lunchbox your kid carries to school, or the disposable cutlery you use when the maid does not come to do the washing — your...

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Madras HC Adopts Differently Abled Man Whose Life and Property Were in Danger

The Madras High Court on Tuesday took up the role of a parent for 37-year-old Manoj Rajan, a differently abled man whose life and property were in danger. Justice PN Prakash invoked the doctrine of...

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How 6 Underprivileged Girls in Vellore Used Crowdfunding to Support Their...

As a part of an empowering initiative in Vellore, a group of girls from underprivileged backgrounds, some of whom are orphans, started their own crowdfunding pages to raise money for college education....

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How a Bhubaneswar-Based NGO Is Recording Audio Books for Students with Visual...

We4You, a Bhubaneswar-based NGO working for people with disabilities across India has started a project to record audio books to help thousands of visually impaired students. The team has set up a...

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Remember the Nursery Rhyme “Chubby Cheeks, Dimple Chin”? This Powerful Ad...

“Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” ― Coco Chanel If we go by this famous quote, it should be clear enough that the definition of beauty varies. Different features, different...

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This FB Group Helps Book Lovers Get the Best Deals Online & Also Connect with...

More than 17,000 members, daily book deals with amazing discounts and a super vibrant community of book-lovers who just can’t stop discussing all things books – welcome to the Book Deals for Broke...

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Women Might Soon Be Able to Take 6 Months Long Maternity Leave. RS Passes...

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the much-awaited Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which increases maternity leave from the present 12 weeks to 26 weeks. The bill was moved for consideration...

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This Hand-Held Device Can Diagnose Anaemia Instantly. Without Needles, Pricks...

Biosense, a Mumbai-based medical technology organization has developed a non-invasive anaemia screening tool called ToucHB. It helps measure haemoglobin levels in the patient’s blood without the need...

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Tech for Toilets: How a Mobile App Is Helping MP Villagers Get Toilets...

This article on using mobile technology for social good is part of the #Connecting4Good series & is made possible by Vodafone India. The government offers subsidies of Rs. 12,000 each to rural...

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“I Am Not a Hijra”: 18 Transgender People Challenge Gender Stereotypes with...

This article is made possible by Transgender India. Transgender people in India have to face many negative stereotypes in all walks of life. People ridicule and humiliate them without any knowledge or...

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When the Authorities Did Not, These Pune Women Built a Road for Their School...

The residents of Baner and Balewadi areas in Pune came together on Sunday to construct an approach road to a school for the convenience of students. After several failed attempts to convince civic...

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A WhatsApp Group in Coimbatore Has Brought Citizens & Govt Officials Together...

Namma Kovai is a WhatsApp group comprising of citizens, government officers, police officials, heads of education institutions, any many others in Coimbatore. And together they are solving one issue...

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This Website Offers Free Video Lectures on Accountancy for Commerce Students...

“My brother and I are from Jodhpur in Rajasthan and we have seen many people struggling for access to quality education. In big cities like Mumbai, you always have provisions for tuitions, extra...

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They Refurbish Your Old Shoes & Create a New Pair for a Needy Child to Walk...

Discarding your old shoes? Ever thought of how the non-biodegradable pair will reach landfills and remain there for ages, adding to carbon emissions and polluting the environment? This is what you can...

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A Tea Cafe in Raipur Blazes a New Trail By Hiring Only Hearing & Speech...

Welcome to Nukkad the Teafe, a unique cafe in Raipur where having a good time means a lot more than just drinking a steaming hot cup of tea. It means communicating in sign language with hearing and...

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How Mothers in Ladakhi Villages Are Earning by Renting out Rooms in Their...

FarmStays Ladakh is an interesting initiative involving mothers and other middle-aged women in Ladakhi villages who rent out rooms in their homes to tourists. This is how it works. “Half of the...

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He Struggles to Pay His Daughter’s College Fees but Provides Meals to the...

Take a one-rupee coin. Go out to the market. And bring back a packet of food that contains rice, curry, sambar, and rasam. Sounds possible? Ask V. Venkatraman, a resident of Erode in Tamil Nadu, and he...

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This Bin Not Only Recycles Your Kitchen & Garden Waste but Gives You Useful...

Mrinal Rao and Anjana Aiyyer, two Bengaluru-based entrepreneurs, have come up with a brilliant bin that recycles wet and organic waste right at the source, collecting the by-products separately for use...

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