Nishi Malhotra

Sudheer and Hema Piddi of Gadag celebrated the birthday of their 5-year-old daughter differently this year. They sponsored the educational expenses of a girl child from an underprivileged background.

On the occasion of India's 70th Independence Day, an ex-soldier of the Indian Army has gifted a road to the people of his village.

A new pro-transgenders organisation called Kinnar Akhara will hold post death rituals for all transgenders who have died in recent years. The ceremony will take place on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi.

The dabbawalas are using tiffin carriers to take the message of organ donation to Mumbaikars, besides pledging to donate their own organs too.

A minor rag picker girl from Kalakhamb village in Belagavi Taluk stood up to her family and refused to be married off despite immense pressure from the community.

In a heartwarming gesture, children of a primary school in Assam voluntarily gave up their midday meal for a day so that eight orphaned rhino calves, saved from the flooded Kaziranga park, could be given milk.

Indian Railways will soon roll out the 3-tier Humsafar Express train with brand new features, giving a huge boost to the middle class.

In Tiring, a tiny tribal-dominated village in Jharkhand, all houses will now have nameplates that bear the names of unmarried girls and their mothers residing there.

The Royal Plaza Hotel in Connaught Place in New Delhi has an open buffet or bhandara once a week to serve fresh free food to everyone from autorickshaw drivers to office goers.

A woman from Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh has set an example for her community by gifting a toilet to her son's bride on the occasion of their marriage.