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Mensa India organized an IQ test for 4,000 underprivileged kids in Delhi. Many of these children of labourers, rickshaw pullers, street vendors, etc., turned out to be gifted geniuses.

Education was the last thing on the minds of Mallahipurva villagers. Especially for girls, who were considered as just extra hands to support the family. But one girl, Gudiya, fought all odds and became the first one in her village to pass Secondary School. She did not stop at just this. She started a school for other kids in her own house and made sure they embraced the gift of education too. This is how she brought about the transformation.

There has always been a stigma attached to mental health. About 80 percent of districts in India do not have even one psychiatrist in public service. However, the Public Health Foundation of India is addressing the issue through two unique initiatives in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Though still in the initial phase, these efforts have shown some great results.

When women like Jyosana and Sumitra had lost all hopes of a better life, local Panchayat and SHGs jumped in to support them and made sure they got their right place in their homes and society. This is how localised interventions are helping women of Odisha.

Children in this village form a team and act as "commandos" to make sure that no one is found defecating in the open. They keep blowing a whistle till the person defecating in open abandons the act.

The social enterprise will help the rural youth earn an extra income and, at the same time, provide clean drinking water to the villagers. It will just require Rs. 99, 000 as initial investment and can help one family earn a profit of about Rs. 30,000.

After years of living in darkness, one man got solar power installed in his house and inspired many other slum dwellers to follow in his footsteps. Know more.

Grape farmers in Nasik district, Maharashtra are going online in a bid to bypass middlemen. Learn about the e-commerce initiative by Bhaskar Kamble.

While urban India is talking about the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, rural India is actually seeing it taking place on the ground. What's more - it is students who are leading the movement from the front! The photos below show you one of the biggest sanitation and cleanliness mass awareness programs ever conducted by any government in the world.

This small town in Kerala is the first dowry free and 100% matriculate zone of India. But, the journey to this achievement has not been a smooth ride. Read more to know how the municipality of Nilambur has worked hard to set Nilambur as an example before the country.