Do you know who lays down the road map for the nation's annual financial plans? While it is the Finance Minister who presents the budget in the Parliament, it is the Finance Ministry's core team of ci...
04/02/2017 12:16 PM IST
They've set up an organisation called "Together".
04/02/2017 12:12 PM IST
Meet five incredible women on their journeys from homemakers to successful entrepreneurs.
24/01/2017 5:21 PM IST
Kaliyuva Mane in Karnataka takes inclusiveness to a new level.
24/01/2017 4:59 PM IST
Santosh Yadav, a curator at the Ahmednagar Historical Museum has reinvigorated the historic and important 17th-century Modi script—using the computer as his primary tool— and made it acce...
03/01/2017 1:33 PM IST
With daily news about increasing crime against women, seemingly endle clashes on the basis of religion and caste, it's clear that this country sure has miles to go in some ways. But between all the h...
02/01/2017 1:09 PM IST
Cutlery, cups and plates that won’t pollute the environment.
30/12/2016 5:58 PM IST
Fifteen years ago, Ashish Kalawar, a young electronics engineer posted in Bokaro, was waiting at the station for a train to his hometown of Pune. A little boy approached him and offered to polish his...
01/12/2016 5:42 PM IST
On a hot Amdavadi afternoon, when the roads were as deserted as they could be, the Sabarmati Ashram was buzzing with visitors. There were school kids, a group of elderly ladies and some foreigners tak...
24/11/2016 3:02 PM IST
With close to 3 million registered non-government organizations—one for every 400 people—India is witne ing a surge in its civil society movement. The magnanimity of a host of these NGOs c...
10/10/2016 5:11 PM IST
Fraught with staggering contradictions and thriving on monstrous disparities, the island city is a world unto itself. Often listed among the most cosmopolitan cities around the globe, Mumbai sees an i...
03/10/2016 7:45 PM IST
With India being the heart-disease capital of the world, this innovative, credit-card-sized ECG monitor has the potential to touch millions of hearts. Nearly 30 million Indians suffer from heart ailme...
03/10/2016 10:01 AM IST
In a country like India where infrastructure, education and health care are still pre ing needs for most of the population, the budget for sports is limited. Facilities for sportsmen and women, good c...
18/08/2016 2:17 PM IST
25 trekkers with 266 eco bags trekked for 53 km to clean Roopkund mountains. They brought down 2127 kg of garbage, which was then segregated and disposed of responsibly. Watch this video to know more...
30/07/2016 12:00 PM IST
For over six years, an entrepreneur in Hyderabad, India, has been working on an innovative idea. He relentle ly pursued it, mortgaged his apartment and funded his workshop with a loan. He was determin...
30/07/2016 11:47 AM IST
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It has been a great year for Indian advertising at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, the world's most prestigious awards show for the creative communications industry. India bagged a whopping 27 medals in various categories and for the first time, an Indian agency, Medulla Communications, bagged the 'Healthcare Agency of the Year' title at the festival. The one thing that stood out in this year's outing is that all the winning campaigns were creatively crafted and stood for values above and beyond the product or service itself.
19/07/2016 4:53 PM IST
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Here is a quick guide that gets you started with 5 easy ways to start educating the less-fortunate children around your neighbourhood.
07/05/2015 8:12 AM IST
The Better India
He used to sell bread for earning his daily bread. He gathered coal from the streets so that his mother could cook a meal. He changed tyres during his vacations to survive. He became an engineer with the money collected from his teachers. But today he is helping many others like him to become engineers, doctors, chefs and even IAS officers! Meet a true blue changemaker.
30/03/2015 11:15 AM IST
The Better India
The unique approach of ACT enables the beneficiaries to decide the intervention they require. The ACT team talks to the needy women and children and identifies what help would benefit them the most, and accordingly an action plan is decided.
11/02/2015 4:34 PM IST
The Better India
Worldwide, around 10,000 people die every day due to lack of clean drinking water. The situation is alarming, but bio-sand filters offer a simple and affordable solution. This low cost model purifies water, is locally manufactured and can also help the local community with various livelihood options. And, all of that in just Rs.3,000! Read along to know how it is done.
31/01/2015 10:31 AM IST
