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Dr Anil K Rajvanshi, the man behind the e-rickshaws and biomass gasifiers, was awarded the Padma Shri this year for his work in the field of renewable energy research.

The farmer earned Rs 3 Lakh by selling his 10-ton yield in the first harvest season. "With all the investment and expenses gone, I still earned a profit of Rs 1.5 lakh in 14 months and that too from just two acres,"

Instead of dumping their produce and losing their life savings, these initiatives in Satara, Bengaluru and on Twitter are helping farmers earn an income during the COVID-19 lockdown. If successful in the long run, these initiatives could revolutionize farming in India.

Apart from fetching him a profit of Rs 40000 per acre, Babulal's cultivation method has a capacity of saving 400 crore litres of water in monsoons!

"Until I left home for college, I had never used shampoo from a bottle! It was all home-made," says founder Sunita Jaju #LiveGreen

“When I quit my job in Singapore, my parents, particularly my father, wasn’t happy at all. But they knew I always had the dream to educate children. Today, they are very proud of what I’m doing for nearly 250 underprivileged children in Assam.”

Life was as good as it could get until the day of delivery. A complication during delivery led to excessive bleeding and unfortunately, the girl lost her life, soon after delivering the twins.

Yogesh Chavan was heading to his home in Satara after completing his night duty at the Kothrud fire station when he saw the bus on fire.

Pack your bags, hop on to one of these trains, and head to your dream destination.

Dhapata is a Maharashtrian snack. It is made of bajra, wheat, jowar and various other pulses and is very nutritious.