Telangana

“My position as an IAS officer gives me the opportunity to work in issues that need to be addressed urgently. I feel that the opportunities that my children can get should also be given to rural children who come from a less privileged background."

Today, this 37-year-old part-time techie is a full-time farmer who cultivates paddy, coconut, oil palm and cocoa organically, making nearly Rs 10-15 lakh a year!

Yet unlike most stories of heroism and rescue, this wasn’t one-sided. He saved their lives, and in turn, all the passengers got together to save him.

She holds several records–as the first Indian to achieve 8-grade points in 10th standard; the perfect 10-grade points in Mathematics and Science; the youngest Indian to finish 12th standard at the age of 12, securing 88.6 per cent in the Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry (MPC) stream.

Experts have frequently pointed out that loan waiver is not a solution to India’s farm distress. Then what is the way out?

Wednesday was a dark day in the lives of his near and dear ones and also people in both states who have witnessed his work through the years.

Unwilling to be stifled by red-tapism, these 10 dedicated civil servants went above and beyond their duty in 2018 to change India for the better.

A dry land crop, it uses 40 per cent less water than sugarcane to produce sugar. Besides, it is a 3-4 month crop, which can be harvested twice a year.

On Friday, when about 20 students were inside the classroom, and the others were playing outside, a fire broke out at the premises of a play school.

To alleviate the pressure on new mothers who double up as women constables and officers, the Saroornagar Police Station in Telangana’s Rachakonda set up a crèche for the tiny tots of women cops.