Neeta Nair

Over a million young aspirants try to crack the UPSC exam every year. The motivation for many, several of them from poor backgrounds, is to serve the country as IAS, IFS and IPS officers. Their dreams are often exploited by coaching centres that charge in the lakhs and leave families mired in loans. Read about two young men who decided to take this system head on through Unacademy, a free online coaching portal.

Menstruation is no more a word spoken under one’s breath in this UP College. One of the oldest institutions in Lucknow, Avadh Girls’ Degree College (AGDC) has taken a great step to fight the taboo which is often associated with the term. They are leading the way by installing the state’s first sanitary pad vending machine in the college.