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Nicky Leif, a 52-year-old resident of London set off on a 500 km cycle ride across the state of Madhya Pradesh to raise money for victims of Leprosy. The ride was a tribute to her friend Liz Kennedy. She was accompanied by ten other cyclists on her noble journey.

The students of Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh have designed a top of the line race car that will compete in the UK. The car was designed by a team of 25 students from the Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology.

The East Coast railways has designed a sewage treatment plant in Bhubaneshwar. This plant will purify sewage water in eight steps, making it usable for non-potable uses such as cleaning coaches, toilets, watering gardens, etc. It will go a long way in conserving fresh water.

Vikram Rathore is a farmer from Telangana. Since he couldn't afford a diesel or petrol engine to pump water in his field, he invented a cheap, eco-friendly and effective alternative, using his bicycle. His innovation has even been patented.

Coolers are often regarded as the biggest sources of mosquito breeding. To combat this, the Delhi civic body has designed dengue-free coolers. By adding simple and cheap modifications to existing coolers, the Delhi government has taken a big step towards controlling the disease.

When poverty drove Gujarati farmer Mansukh Jagani to sell his two bullocks, he invented Bullet Saanti - a three wheeled ploughing machine. His invention soon became a common sight all around Gujarat, and is now making waves in Kenya too.

The government of Tamil Nadu and NGO Vetry have launched a large scale tree plantation drive across the city of Tirupur. At least two lakh trees will be planted and volunteers will also take care of the plants for two years.

Meet Arun Krishnan, a 67-year-old Chennai resident who completed the gruelling Iron Man Asia Pacific Championships in Cairns, Australia, which is a triathlon.

To minimize the loss of life and property during natural disasters, the National Disaster Response Force conducted an awareness drive across 22 states in the month of June.

The civic authorities in Noida have decided to set up water harvesting facilities in parks that are larger than one acre in area.