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The Weaver Resource Bridge helped nine award-winning master weavers, including a Banarasi and a Pashmina weaver sell their work online during COVID-19.

Thinking about changing your optional subject for UPSC CSE Mains? IAS officer Varun Reddy changed his after failing in his first two attempts and speaks about how that helped him boost his score.

IIT-Delhi’s Prof Archana Chugh along with her PhD students have been working in collaboration with Dr Sushmita G Shah, Ophthalmologist and Cornea Specialist, to find a cure for fungal keratitis or infection of the cornea.

Quitting her job during the Covid-19 lockdown, Bengaluru's Karen Martin built a food business out of her great-grandmother's century-old Anglo-Indian recipes that have been passed down the generations.

Sophie Johari is a Mumbai-based entrepreneur who runs SoSophie, a venture that makes traditional Dawoodi Bohra board games like Dadu and Koladaan.

Jammu-based Rashpal Singh went from earning Rs 1,000 per harvest of wheat to now earning Rs 40,000 from organic strawberries.

Harshit Sahdev's startup 'Himshakti' is boosting incomes of farmers by taking Uttarakhand's ancient 'Pahadi Namak' or flavoured salts to countries like France, UK, Russia and the USA.

The DFO of Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand, IFS officer Vaibhav Singh has set an inspiring example of conservation by restoring Himalayan forests and harvesting over 10 million litres of rainwater.

Dr Vikas Maurya, Director and Head of Department, Pulmonology, Fortis Hospital, shares his experience of the second wave and the perils doctors face in the COVID ward.

T Bhoobalan, CEO of Bagalkot Zilla Parishad in Karnataka, adopted a multi-pronged approach to tackle the sharp increase in child marriages amid the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown.