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The snake is a powerful symbol in Indian mythology and Hinduism. But due to various beliefs and myths surrounding snakes, every year, thousands of them are poached from the forests for snake charming. Rise in awareness, conservation efforts, and stringent law enforcement have led to a gradual decline of this practice in big urban cities.

In a city with hundreds of suffering and homeless birds and animals, Jivdaya, an animal welfare trust is bringing hope and love to Ahmedabad’s furry and feathered residents.

Labour laws have been a point of strong contention in India since independence. With two new labour reform bills scheduled for the coming parliament session, here’s a look at five of the most important existing labour laws in India.

Evidence on what works or does not work to reduce violence against women is scanty in India. This is what the intervention ‘Do Kadam Barabari ki Ore’ sought to find out. Implemented in villages of Bihar, it has some startling insights.

Perumal Vivekanandan has been working in the NGO sector for 30 years, encouraging grassroots innovators and giving them platforms to grow and flourish.

Digital India is a transformational idea that needs to be exploited beyond its present scope to bring persons with blindness and visual impairment into the mainstream.

Green buildings are not yet a very common phenomenon in India, but policymakers, architects, and builders are increasingly identifying their benefits and pushing for them.

Finding the chalk dust in their classroom insufferable, students at a government school in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu designed chalk dusters using waste plastic bottles. The project was selected amongst the Top 20 stories at the ‘I CAN Awards 2015’ organised by Design for Change.

The efforts and determination to have cleaner water drove a group of volunteers to undertake a mammoth cleaning effort at Coonoor’s Ralia Dam.

Recent Supreme Court orders about compulsory playing of the National Anthem in movie theatres have made cinema experiences even more difficult for disabled moviegoers, but there is hope on the horizon.