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The Department of Environment of Tamil Nadu, along with IIT-Madras and Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute, spent five years saving the Vaan island in the Gulf of Mannar from disappearing into the ocean

Shakhti Vel, a fisherman from Tamil Nadu, runs a YouTube channel called Thoothukudi Meenavan to vlog about the lives and struggles of his community.

"I may not be a professor or an expert, but I am happy I can make people invest time in reading," says Ponmariappan. Pretty cool, right?

While literature abounds with books on the lives of engineers, IIT students, lawyers, politicians, sportspersons, soldiers, there were very few that told the story of doctors.

One of the men who decided it was enough was V O Chidambaram Pillai, also known as VOC. A man responsible for motivating people to drive out the British with defiance.

Once a fast-shrinking island in the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu's Vaan island has started growing back thanks to a dedicated team of researchers from IIT Madras.

Here's a look at some of these delectable not-to-be-missed dishes that can be traced back to a spot on the Indian map.

The co-founders of Carbon Clean Solutions have found a technique that could potentially capture carbon emissions and prevent global warming.