Madhya Pradesh

Two organisations in Madhya Pradhesh have developed a mobile app to enable building of toilets in villages.

The snake versus human conflict is possibly one of the largest examples of animal-human conflict in India today. Yet, the problem remains largely invisible and ignored. It was with an aim of changing this that Jose Louies, founder of the website indiansnakes.org, launched his app Indiansnakes early this year.

Honoured with the Free The Slaves 2016 award, Samarthan is setting the standard for successful and sustainable anti-slavery initiatives through its innovation, hard work and dedication to fight bonded labour in the most marginalised of Indian villages.

Unlike 2016, where most of the festivals of India fell on weekends, 2017 has quite a number of holidays falling on Mondays – 7 of the holidays in 2017 are on Mondays, 6 are on Saturdays, 5 on Fridays and behold, only 2 on Sundays! So, if you love the delicious respite a long weekend brings to your packed calendar, this is definitely the right time to start planning the epic adventures you are going to have next year.

IAS officers Ashish Vashisht and Saloni Sadana got married at the Additional District Magistrate’s (ADM) office in Madhya Pradesh by spending just Rs 500!

The Baiga Trails, an art exhibition that will take place in Pune from November 24 to November 26, will bring to light the culture of the ancient tribal community of the Baigas through the work of two artists.

Multi-talented actor and politician Gul Panag spoke to The Better India about her latest accomplishment – becoming a pilot – and her plans for the future.

Though years of erosion have made it difficult to determine the exact age of the impact and the exact size of the meteorites, craters are enduring testaments to direct hits by otherworldly rocks. Here is all you need to know about India's prehistoric meteoric craters.

What is it about tea that having a cup always sounds like a great idea? Ask Madhur Malhotra, an ex-NRI who now sells tea, and he will guide you towards Chai 34 - one of the coolest tea hangouts in Bhopal. Here’s more.

Muzaffar Ansari aka Kalle Bhai is a Class 6 dropout who did not let his lack of formal education come in the way of his passion for history and heritage. Today, the man is a certified tourist guide, a painter, a collector of coins and a linguist who can speak more than 6 languages