With the opening of Phase 1 of Lucknow Metro stations looming, officials have reported that the city's brand new metro stations will have complimentary drinking water and no charge for toilet facilities, a first for India's metro projects.
A New York-based advocacy group is using the case study of St Marks Road in Bengaluru, which has implemented the road improvement project TenderSURE, in a global guidebook of best practices.
Spearheaded by Pearl Academy, the lab will introduce women to the basics of tailoring and garment construction, and help them secure a means of livelihood.
Five students from IIT Kanpur designed a playfully educational kit that can be used by teachers or parents to teach children about sex abuse and how to keep safe from it. The kit consists of game cards and informational posters.
When asked to give some raincoats to kids in Ahmedabad’s slums, Anuj Sharma decided to teach them how to make them instead — using some tarpaulin, buttons and rubber bands!