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The move aims to ensure justice to the transgender community members.

Placing his body on a hand-pulled cart, the residents held a procession as per traditional rituals with a dhol playing in the background. He was then laid to rest with a burial.

If there has been one sweet dish that has been a true 'game changer' of the way sweets are perceived and eaten in India, it has to be the luscious rasgulla. This story traces the interesting origins of this iconic Indian sweet.

Developed by rice scientists working at IRRI in the early 60s, the IR8 rice variety is believed to have saved many regions in India from famine. This November, International Rice Research Institute is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the official release of the IR8 to the world.

D. Prakash Rao is a chai wala in Cuttack, Odisha. Denied the opportunity to complete school as a child, today he is educating the children of slum dwellers. Watch this video to learn more about this remarkable man and his mission.