Bengaluru Techies Turn to Gardening at Work, Grow Their Own Greens to De-StressBengaluruBy Shweta Sharma02 Mar 2017 18:23 ISTNearly 70 employees own their own vegetable gardens, with over 400 more waiting for their turn in the Urban Green initiative. Read More
Green Makeover: Jharkhand Villagers Converted an Entire Wasteland Into a ForestEnvironmentBy Shweta Sharma02 Mar 2017 17:02 ISTThe village of about 800 people and now earns an annual income of Rs 40 lakh to 50 lakh through its agro-forestry initiative.Read More
Click and Send: TrafficEye App Will Allow Users to Report Traffic Offenders AnonymouslyIndiaBy Shweta Sharma02 Mar 2017 15:18 ISTThe app will also serve as an online record of all the violations, and the data can be to understand such trends.Read More
On a Cleaning Spree: Gurgaon Pond Gets a Facelift After Students, Volunteers Take out the FilthIndiaBy Shweta Sharma02 Mar 2017 12:58 ISTThe group cleaned up stagnant water in the 10-foot-deep pond as well as the area around it.Read More
These Delhi Girls Made Their Own Energy-Efficient Car, and Will Now Race in SingaporeWomenBy Shweta Sharma02 Mar 2017 11:43 ISTThe girls, all aged between 18 and 21 years, call themselves Team Panthera.Read More
Class 12 Student From Lucknow Wins the Golden Beaver Second Time in a Row for His DocumentariesYouthBy Shweta Sharma01 Mar 2017 18:29 ISTAditya won cash prize worth Rs 50,000 for his documentary Brain’s Fault at the 7th National Science Film Festival held in Kolkata.Read More
World's Oldest-Serving Warship, INS Viraat, Will Soon Sail Into the Waters of HistoryMumbaiBy Shweta Sharma01 Mar 2017 16:26 ISTINS Viraat played a pivotal role in the Indian peacekeeping operations in Sri Lanka in 1989 and also in the 1999 Kargil War. Read More
Public Spaces for All: Gudgudee Is Making Playgrounds Inclusive Through Innovative DesignChildrenBy Shweta Sharma01 Mar 2017 14:04 ISTStarted in 2014, the design firm aspires to transform public spaces and improve the quality of life for differently abled children. Read More
Sanitation Comes First for the Woman Who Mortgaged Jewellery to Build Over 100 Toilets in Her VillageSanitationBy Shweta Sharma01 Mar 2017 11:55 ISTWhen funds ran out, Kajal Roy from Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district took it upon herself to make her village open defecation free.Read More
Bengal Teens Take up Fight Against Child Marriage, Trafficking in Their Villages; Earn Government PraiseChildrenBy Shweta Sharma28 Feb 2017 18:38 ISTSuch groups, which started in 2004 in the in Sandeshkhali-Canning area, have now found presence in Kolkata, Malda and South 24 Parganas districts.Read More