In a landmark move, the Election Commission India has decided to introduce Electoral Literacy in schools and colleges. It hopes that this move will increase awareness amongst young people and encourage them to vote.
Keeping customer convenience in mind, the cabinet recently approved a proposal to revamp 400 stations, and give them airport-like facilities, like food courts, retail outlets, medical facilities, etc.
Siva Shantha Mother and Child Health Care Centre is a charity hospital that takes in underprivileged pregnant women, and provides them with medical care and vocational training to make them financially independent.
Meet Sheikh Abdul Rahim, an auto driver from Nagpur who has been distributing water to the needy since 2008. He intends to do this as long as he drives an auto.
College students from Rajkot, Gujarat, have designed a car that runs on air. A non polluting alternative to current vehicles on the road, this in car has been built using parts of old cars.
Meet Dr. Mamta Aggarwal, a professor at the Mumbai University, who uses her summer holidays to teach computer basics to peons, clerks and other blue collar workers at a nominal fee.
Meet Urvashi Patole, the founder of India's first all-women bike club, who is all set to create history again by organizing India's first Himalayan odyssey for women.
Gauri and Ajit Joshi have started the Kalam express, a mobile bus-cum-school that brings quality education to the doorsteps of underprivileged children in Chandigarh.