Technology

From paying utility bills to applying for passport, this amazing app brings over 4,000 government and private services to your finger tips. Here is all you need to know about the world's largest multi-channel mobile service made possible by the Government of Karnataka.

From agriculture to health, a mobile phone is transforming the lives of thousands of people in rural India. Here are 11 simple mobile apps and initiatives that are bringing a positive change.

From helping women deal with the scourge of domestic violence to sharing secrets for growing the best coffee, these interesting initiatives using mobile phones are transforming the lives of people in Indian villages. Here are 8 amazing initiatives that show how a simple mobile can be used as a medium of change.

With the 'Incredible India' campaign successfully running for over a decade, the Ministry of Tourism recently launched Incredible India and Tripigator mobile apps to make the travel experience easier and more enjoyable for both domestic and international tourists. Here is all you need to know.

As India's Mars Orbit Mission, Mangalyaan, is on its way to creating history, here are 8 facts about the mission that make it the most amazing inter-planetary space mission in the world, regardless of the final outcome!

Over 2 million children under the age of 5 die and around 1 million face disability for life every year in India. Read how Indian Academy of Pediatrics, along with Vodafone, has launched the world's largest vaccination reminder service to tackle this problem, aiming to prevent 500,000 child deaths and disabilities by 2018 through SMS alerts.

Around 300 million people in the world are visually impaired and face difficulties every day in activities as basic as walking. Anirudh Sharma and Krispian Lawrence came up with an interesting idea to simplify the lives of visually impaired people. Read their journey of change and how they designed a special haptic shoe line that helps the blind navigate easily.

Many of us hesitate in using a public toilet because it is unclean and badly maintained. Girls miss school days every month and open defecation prevails. In spite of being in such an alarming state, sanitation is often ignored. Read how this self-cleaning, self-flushing and low maintenance eToilet is the future of sanitation and will change the way public toilets work in the country.

Millions of families in India are cut off from information that can help children grow up healthy, happy, and ready to learn. Read how the Galli Galli Sim Sim radiophone project is using radio as a medium to reach out to and educate students in some of the remotest areas of India.

The diagnostic kit by a team from IIT Bombay will enable quick and easy detection of sickle cell anemia at rural and remote locations where advanced diagnostic technologies are not available. The kit is affordable, portable and can be operated even by relatively untrained health workers. Read more to find out how it works.