Sumana Narayanan

Social media is buzzing with news of what might be India's first LGBT matrimonial with Harish Iyer's mother advertising for a groom for her 36-year-old son. The ad was published in Mid Day after 3 major dailies refused to carry it.

A young girl in Bengaluru has scored 84% in her Class 12 exams while working in five houses as a domestic help! Her day starts at 4.30 am and ends late at night. Shalini and her mother, Vijaya, are the only breadwinners in the family with Shalini's father unable to work after an accident and her younger brother ill with blood cancer.

ISRO plans to launch India's astronomy mission in October 2015. The satellite named Astrosat will study distant celestial objects. This mission, if successful, with take India into an elite club; as only the 5th country to launch such a mission.

Grape farmers in Nasik district, Maharashtra are going online in a bid to bypass middlemen. Learn about the e-commerce initiative by Bhaskar Kamble.