Nishi Malhotra

Four students living in the Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu crowdfunded money from their classmates to build a toilet for their friend who did not have this facility at home.

A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition says that the traditional Indian diet, with its very low meat consumption, is associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia.

An Ahmedabad-based auto rickshaw driver named Manilal Gohil used the money he had been saving for his daughter Mittal's marriage to buy her a German-made rifle worth Rs. 5 lakh so she can pursue her passion for shooting.

A cashless future is here with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) giving the green light for the United Payments Interface (UPI) to go live. This platform will allow people to make everyday payments by transferring money using mobile banking apps.

A tiny village called Nibi in UP is nurturing the dreams of 18 young girls who, inspired by Sakshi Malik's bronze medal winning performance at the Rio Olympics, hope to bring laurels to India too some day.

Tired of carrying 5-7 kg of books on their backs to school every day, two boys from Chandrapur district near Nagpur organised a press conference to bring their plight to people's attention.

A 16-year-old girl, whose father refused to build a toilet for her and her mother, received a surprise gift from panchayat officials who built her a toilet in one day.

Thousands of young girls have been enrolled as Special Police Officers (SPOs) by the UP Police under its 'power angels' initiative to check crimes against women. They have already succeeded in stopping 1172 child marriages across the state.

Just 13 km from the tea gardens of Kangra valley's Palampur district in Himachal Pradesh, a peaceful village and artists' colony sit on the gentle gradient below the august snow covered peaks of the Dhauladhar range.

As P V Sindhu storms into the women's badminton singles final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, here's a look behind the scenes at the training that went into making her a champion and the man responsible for it.