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Underprivileged Children in Jaipur Can Now Sell Their Paintings Online....
Manav Kedia, a 17-year-old resident of Jaipur, has launched a website to sell paintings made by underprivileged children. An aspiring artist, Manav is motivated towards working for different social...
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14-YO Odisha Boy Who Developed a Device to Help Farmers Will Receive the...
Subhendu Kumar Sahu, a student of Class 8 in Ganjam district of Odisha will receive the prestigious National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement from President Pranab Mukherjee this Children’s Day....
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Welcome to Dharavi Art Room – A Safe, Colourful Space Where Children Come to...
A colourful room in a slum, where women and children come to work together, forget all their problems, and create art – that’s Dharavi Art Room for you. Set up by an art graduate way back in 2005, it...
View ArticleTwitter Hero: Sushma Swaraj Helps Woman & Her Newborn Stranded in the US...
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has won many hearts with her active presence on social media and the way she takes immediate action for people seeking help from her on Facebook or Twitter. This...
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Say Hello to Lakshmi, India’s First Robot to Be Appointed Customer Care...
City Union Bank is planning to install a robot in its T. Nagar branch in Chennai to answer customer queries. The robot called Lakshmi reached the city on Thursday. It is two-feet tall and will be...
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Story of Grit & Grace: Haben Girma, First Deaf-Blind Student to Graduate from...
From being the first deaf-blind student to graduate from Harvard Law School to becoming an internationally acclaimed accessibility leader and lawyer, Haben Girma’s journey exemplifies grit, grace, and...
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How E-Banking Helped India’s First Digital Village Handle Demonetization...
While several people across the country are struggling to withdraw money and exchange Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes from banks after the demonetization, one village in Gujarat is handling the situation in...
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Three Techies in Chennai Have Made It Possible for Students to Learn...
This article on using computers for change is a part of the India Digital series powered by Intel India. A website started by three Chennai-based professionals is helping students across India...
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Meet the Doctor Who Has Been Fighting a Potentially Blinding Disease in...
Meet Dr. Subhadra Jalali, an ophthalmologist at L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, who has played an important role in controlling Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in India. It is a condition that...
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Meet the Brilliant Foot Painter Who Was Born without Arms but Still Went on...
From combing her own hair to dressing up for college to working on beautiful paintings – this Raipur teenager does whatever she needs to with her toes! Born without arms, there is nothing else that...
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A Unique Experiment in Telengana Is Allowing People to Purchase Veggies Using...
The Telangana State Marketing Department has come up with a unique experiment to help people through the ongoing cash crunch. On Friday, the department set up a mobile counter of Industrial Development...
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Tackling Demonetization: 9 New Steps to Help Citizens Fight the Cash Crunch
As the immediate impact of demonetization, the country saw numerous long ques outside banks, ATMs running out of cash, farmers being unable to purchase seeds, and people facing troubles with small...
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How an Operating System Is Helping Indian Consumers Use a Smartphone in 12...
Did you know there is a ‘Made in India’ operating system for smartphones that supports 12 Indian languages and has empowered many vernacular speakers? Here’s how it can be useful for you. Mr. Patel...
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How a Village Came Together to Crowdfund a Wedding after Demonetization
Sambhaji Bagal and his family were excitedly preparing for their daughter Sayali’s wedding when everything came to a sudden standstill on November 8. The situation turned almost chaotic in the...
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This Duo Converted Boring Textbooks into Fun Videos and Animation for School...
This article on using computers for change is a part of the India Digital series powered by Intel India. Learning Delight, a company founded by two management graduates Harshal and Vandan, is making...
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Surat Couple Downsize Big Fat Wedding to an Affordable ‘Chai Pani Wala’...
Daksha and Bharat Parmar’s wedding was scheduled for November 24 and their families were preparing for the ceremony when the sudden announcement about demonetization came in. Amidst the ongoing chaos...
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Why a 30-YO Mountaineer Ran 350 Km from Vijayawada to Visakhapatnam in 8...
Mountaineer Neillima Pudota, a resident of Hyderabad, recently ran barefoot from Vijayawada to Visakhapatnam to spread awareness about breast cancer and to draw attention to women’s fitness issues that...
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For the First Time in Asia, AIIMS Will Conduct Virtual Autopsies for Better...
The mortuary at All India Institute Of Medical Science has Asia’s first digital radiological unit for doctors to conduct virtual autopsies using high-tech digital X-rays. The unit can detect even the...
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How Thousands of Children in Indian Slums Are Learning through Colourful...
Katha, an NGO based in Delhi, has been educating kids in slums and publishing books for them since 1988. “I have loved stories since childhood,” says Geeta Dharmarajan, children’s writer, editor,...
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Nanofibrous Mat Developed by IIT-Guwahati Scientists Heals Wounds Faster &...
A team of researchers, led by Prof. Biman B. Mandal from the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering in IIT Guwahati, has developed a nanofibrous mat that heals wounds faster without leaving any...
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