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From Pokkali rice to Barahnaja farming, explore 10 sustainable food practices from across India that are both eco-friendly and future-ready.

Each winter, stubble burning worsens air quality in Delhi and North India by releasing harmful pollutants. Recognising the need for urgent solutions, these entrepreneurs have devised innovative methods to fight pollution.

In 2020, Tajinder Mehra, a resident of Delhi, started his own food stall to help his family financially during the pandemic

In fact, oyster mushrooms, one of the lesser-known varieties are rich in nutrients and grow very well with leftover straw.

Costing a maximum of Rs 25,000, the inventors guarantee that the method is a long-time investment, as its life expectancy is 20-25 years!

Women are defying odds and becoming successful in every field today. If we talk about 2017, women in unconventional careers won’t surprise you. But what if we told you that Himachal Pradesh’s first woman transporter and petrol pump owner started her business way back in 1978? We are talking about Nirmal Sethi, who says she is the only woman to become an Indian Oil dealer in north India.

Wildlife rescue & rehabilitation organisation Wildlife SOS came up with a unique way to protect their rescued elephants from the harsh winters in Mathura. The elephants received jumbo jackets and knitted jumpers made by women of the indigenous Kalandar community to help them brave the cold.

Pranshu Dubey, a resident of Mumbai, recently went on a 40 days long road-trip to North India. Accompanied with two of his friends, he covered about 6,800 km in 40 days – starting from Mumbai on June 20, they reached Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh on July 30.

The gharial is endemic to the Indian subcontinent. Since the late 1970s, efforts have been on in the country to conserve and rehabilitate this critically endangered fish-eating crocodile.

The two boys have recently travelled 30,000 km in 300 days across India on a Royal Enfield Bullet and are still going strong.