Jovita Aranha

Rattled by the increasing farmer deaths and suicides in rural Maharashtra, specifically in Yavatmal and Vidarbha region, this engineer also decided to opt for farming as a second career to alleviate their sufferings.

Ashish’s biggest dream was to become an inspector for the Mumbai Police. And this magical hope came true when he was sworn in as an inspector of the city’s Mulund police station for a few hours on Thursday.

Spearheaded by the students of Anjuman-I-Islam A A Khatkhatay English secondary school in Vashi, this unique e-waste management initiative has been christened ‘Contribute your E-waste to educate a child’.

In a notification issued on March 5, the concerned authorities have given Mumbaikars a mere month’s time to raise objections to the project that includes the nature park, popularly referred to as Mahim Nature Park, in the redevelopment of sector 5 of Dharavi.

One Bengaluru footpath warrior has found an innovative way of driving away these bikers and make space for pedestrians on footpaths to walk, which is rightfully theirs. She is often seen arranging stones along sidewalks to stop motorists from driving over them.

Apart from her core work of maintaining law and order, she started training police officers on 'sensitivity' and ‘empathy’ and began using ‘social innovation’ in policing.

Journalist Majid Hyderi who clicked the picture of the jawan shared the incident in a Facebook post, the snapshots of which have garnered over 1,800 likes and 780 retweets.

The food on the menu is also intentionally ‘vegetarian,’ so the service can extend its reach to the needy from diverse religious backgrounds and food habits.

In an attempt to ensure that these plastic products are recycled, it will soon levy an extra charge over and above the the MRP on the products.

The five selected locations include Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, Shimla and Bhubaneshwar.