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One Babu Bai, from the tribal majority area of Udaipur area pledged her jewellery to get toilet constructed so that the daughters and daughter-in-laws in the family would not have to go in the open. Her efforts were recently recognised at national level. उदयपुर के जनजाति बाहुल्य क्षेत्र की निवासी

A few angels in disguise have come in the form of a few architecture students of Jamia Milia Islamia, in New Delhi who have taken up the task of providing primary education to children living in the settlement where the construction workers reside. These architecture students, who will be designing

Nandini Sarkar and Aastha Verma, two girls from Varanasi, have shattered a 450-year-old glass ceiling at the medieval wrestling ring. In a major break from tradition, the akhara that's managed by the Sankat Mochan temple trust has permitted girls to practise and wrestle at its hallowed mud pit

The Railway Ministry has asked its senior staff to slug it out - at home and at work - as part of steps to end the VIP culture in India's national transporter. In an unprecedented move, the ministry has brought to an end a 36-year-old protocol where it was mandatory for general managers to present

Tthere has been an improvement in sex ratio at birth in 104 districts selected for the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme, which aims at checking female infanticide and educating the girl child. “An increasing trend in Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) is visible in 104 districts, 119 districts have

Today Haryana, which has one of the worst sex ratios in the country, is the only Indian state to have all-women police stations in each of its 22 districts. Sonepat has two. Ambala SHO Seema Singh says it’s easier for a woman to talk to another woman than to a man. “Police have a negative image

University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked universities to start courses on disaster management and financial emergencies. These courses must cover topics such as bomb threats, earthquakes, explosions, hazardous material spills/release, campus shootings, terrorist incidents. They must also cover

So often we hear of news of how organ donation has helped the needy. Here is a story of a brain-dead youth's heart being transplanted in a 42-year old woman. Time we volunteer for organ donation. "The heart of a 20-year-old brain dead youth from Ahmedabad was transplanted on Tuesday in a 42-year-old

As our civic authorities grapple with accusations of indiscriminate tree-cutting for development, and not compensating for it by replanting enough saplings, a small, sweet initiative by a city-based family may just be the example they need to emulate. It was the birth of their daughter one-and-ahalf

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has transferred the technology of Bullet Proof Jacket (BPJ) to M/S MKU Limited, Kanpur for manufacturing these for the Indian Army and Para-Military Forces personnel. Chairman DRDO and Secretary Department of Defence R&D Dr S Christopher handed

Very ofter we read of news of how cleanliness is helping improve the health of people. Very recently reports had suggested that on an average will be able to save some 50,000 Rupees annually just because of clealiness. Now a survey has revealed that cases of the dreaded disease diarrhoea in areas

Over 300 hamlets in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi were declared open defecation-free (ODF) on Monday. With this, every house in 610 villages of the district, out of a total of 1,332, have got toilets. The district administration said December 31 has been fixed as