Shivani Gupta

Iris Strill and Bishwadeep Moitra founded SilaiWali, a social enterprise in India that empowers Afghan refugee women by helping them turn waste fabric into handcrafted rag dolls. Through this, they have also diverted around 15,000 kg of fabric from landfills so far.

Delhi police constable Amit Lathia has 'adopted' more than 350 underprivileged children to help them secure government jobs by providing them with food, study material and a safe place to live.

Radhesh Agrahari runs Golden Feathers, a startup which converts chicken butchery waste including feathers into a ‘wool-like’ fibre and handmade paper.

Kerala-based Padma Suresh grows 20 varieties of organic vegetables on her terrace. By meeting daily needs and selling extra produce in the market, she saves and earns up to Rs 5,000 a month.

From sitting at a corner and watching others play at sports courts, para badminton star Palak Kohli braved ridicule to reach the ground of the Paris Paralympic 2024.

As urban gardeners strive to grow organic fruits and vegetables, these five unique, easy-to-make fertilisers make the job easy and keep potted plants healthy and thriving.

Pritpal Singh turned to hydroponics to avoid soil-borne diseases. He runs a thriving business with thousands of leafy vegetables growing on his 2.5-acre land.

Shilpa and Suneet Kotwal's home in Pune harvests solar power for uninterrupted electricity. Using solar panels, they run everything from a refrigerator, air conditioners, and other appliances.

Margaret Pak and Vinod Kalathil started ‘Thattu’ restaurant in Chicago, which has now become the Keralan comfort food destination for the city's people.

It is believed that aspirants need to relocate to Delhi to prepare for the UPSC examination. Busting this misconception, IRMS officer Akash Chavda cleared the UPSC examination 2023 with AIR 1007 from his village in Gujarat.