Mohali

When John Ignatius Kujur found out that his senior from college was unable to find a job because of his disability, he was inspired to innovate.

Inderjit Kaur never gave up. In fact, it was her brave fight that led to the establishment of compensation and free treatment for acid attack survivors in Punjab and Haryana.

A final-year student of BTech (Mechanical) at the Chandigarh Group of Colleges in Mohali, his design of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) is gaining limelight among top brass, including the Department of Defence Production.

At a time when firecrackers are being temporarily banned, Dr Samrat Ghosh from Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISERM), Mohali, is developing 'green' firecrackers that are safer, smoke-free and most important– reusable.

Discovered by an Indo-French team, most of the nearly 1,500 fossils found on the site belong to prehistoric animals who are now extinct!

Once known as the biggest boxing legend in India, Kaur Singh at 69 is an all but forgotten man struggling to repay a loan of Rs 2 lakh he borrowed from a private lender to fund his cardiac treatment.

Mission XI Million, a joint initiative of the Indian government and the All India Football Federation has taken football to one million children and aims at reaching 10 million more!

Organic stores offer consumers a taste of healthy food and a sustainable source of income for farmers practicing traditional forms of farming.

Rotaract Club in Chandigarh has taken up the mission of making the government schools ‘happy’.

On Sunday, the Indian U-21 hockey team scripted history by becoming only the second team after Germany to win the Junior World Cup for the second time in Lucknow. Here's the inspiring story of skipper Harjeet Singh who dribbled past financial hurdles to captain India's junior hockey team to the World Cup title.