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The Woman Who Travelled India on Zero Budget — With Just Two Sarees and a Tent

24.10.2025 4

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How This 18-YO's Greywater System Can Save 5000 L of Drinking Water Every Month

17.10.2025 20

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This 500 Sq Km Red Desert in Tamil Nadu Looks Like Mars — & It’s Right Here in India

12.10.2025 9

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22-YO Works Nights, Teaches Rural Tamil Nadu’s Kids Internet Safety by Day

08.10.2025 9

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How a Former Journalist & Rafting Pioneer Built a Forest Homestay That Runs Entirely on Solar

06.10.2025 4

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A Rs 200 Crore Opportunity: Is Seaweed Farming the Future of Coastal India?

01.10.2025 10

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Want to Try Mushroom Farming? Here’s How to Start Small Scale at Home

20.09.2025 10

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With Local Metal & Big Ideas, 2 Odisha Students Are Crafting Satellites to Rival Nasa-Level Space Tech

19.09.2025 10

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Replacing Concrete, This Architect Helps Families Live in Naturally Built Mud Homes

19.09.2025 10

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This 25-YO Found a Way To Turn Invasive Lake Weed Into Paper & Empower 150 Women

18.09.2025 4

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Blinded as a Baby, This Man Helped 35000 Disabled Indians Build Careers & Lead Independent Lives

What does it take to build dignity and jobs for 35,000 people with disabilities — when you’ve grown up in a town with no school willing to admit...

31.08.2025 9

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For the Love of Turtles: Meet the Volunteers Who’ve Been Protecting Olive Ridleys for 36 Years

For 36 years, the Students’ Sea Turtle Conservation Network (SSTCN) has been Chennai’s frontline defence for the endangered Olive Ridley turtles,...

27.08.2025 7

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India’s Most Accessible Stadium Gave This Wheelchair User a Day of Pure Joy

From thoughtful ramps to respectful staff, Odisha’s Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium shows what true accessibility can look like, through the eyes of...

21.08.2025 4

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Grow This Rare Black Potato & Earn Up to Rs 5 Lakh/Acre in Just 3 Months

Discover the steps to grow black potatoes, a nutrient-rich crop that can earn farmers lakhs in profit, guided by expert tips from Akash Chaurasia.

16.08.2025 10

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How ‘Sustainability Mafia’ Helps Young Indians Turn Climate Frustration Into Real Startups That Solve Local Problems

A startup that rents air conditioners. Another that designs cells to detect pollution. All led by students and young founders. The force behind them?...

24.07.2025 5

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25-YO Trains 150 Women to Turn a Harmful Lake Weed Into Sustainable Handmade Paper

What do you do with a weed that grows back in 14 days and kills everything in its path? In Trichy, 25-year-old ecologist Sushmita Krishnan found an...

23.07.2025 9

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How To Start Small-Scale Mushroom Farming at Home: A Beginner’s Guide

You don’t need a farm or big investment to grow mushrooms. From choosing the right type to harvesting your first crop, here’s how you can build a...

06.07.2025 6

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Dehradun Banker Left His Job To Follow the Mountains— Today, He Runs a Rs 10 Cr Adventure Business

What started off as a trekking activity for leisure became a serious business for Vijap Pratap Singh. Despite have a secured job in a bank, he chose...

03.07.2025 3

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19-YO Commercial Pilot Shares How to Start a Career in Aviation in India

Think becoming a pilot is only for the privileged few? Here’s a complete, step-by-step guide: from subjects in school and DGCA exams to flying...

01.07.2025 10

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This Indian Startup Is Tapping Into a $1 Billion Opportunity Hidden in Our E-Waste

From an old laptop to India’s most advanced recycling plant — this is the story of Attero, a homegrown startup transforming e-waste into gold,...

16.06.2025 30

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Why 140 Strangers Meet in a Bengaluru Warehouse Every Weekend — With Drums in Hand

When Gaurav Gupta moved to Bengaluru, loneliness set in. So he started Bangalore Drums Collective with two friends. A year later, 140 people gather...

16.06.2025 10

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This 26-YO From Chennai Is the Only Indian Racing a Ferrari in the Italian GT Championship

In a cricket-obsessed nation, Mahaveer Raghunathan chose an unlikely path: motorsport. Thirteen years later, he’s racing for Ferrari in the Italian...

14.06.2025 10

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How CRPF Commandant Raju Wagh Cracked UPSC 2024 While on Duty in Bastar

CRPF Commandant Raju Wagh cracked UPSC 2024 with AIR 871 while serving in Bastar. With disciplined study hours and support from his wife, he proved...

13.06.2025 10

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If Fast Fashion Waste Reels on Insta Shock You, Here’s What You Can Do With Your Old Clothes

India generates 7,800 kilotonnes of textile waste annually, much of it from discarded clothes. Here's how to donate responsibly and reduce fashion...

13.06.2025 5

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How to Talk to Children About LGBTQIA+ Identities: A Compassionate Parenting Guide

In today’s world, children encounter diverse identities early on; what they need most is a safe, loving space to ask questions and be themselves....

13.06.2025 4

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Started With Rs 15K and Dahibara in Odisha, His Street Food Biz Now Earns Rs 1.8 Cr

What began as a Rs 15K idea to serve Odisha’s beloved dahibara is now bringing regional street foods to plates across India and even Dubai. With a...

13.06.2025 20

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Trained Barefoot for 13 Years, 20-YO Athlete Breaks Jump Rope World Record Without a Coach

After 13 years of training without sponsors or support, 20-year-old Praveen Gupta broke a Guinness World Record. Now, just one jump away from breaking...

12.06.2025 6

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Bengaluru Startup Turned 44000 Chip Packets Into Benches So Kids No Longer Sit on School Floors

In just four months, Bengaluru-based unWOOD has recycled 10 tonnes of hard-to-recycle plastic waste into durable outdoor furniture that replicates...

12.06.2025 8

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She Started Filming on a Rs 7500 Phone in Rural Rajasthan — Now Her Home-Cooked Meals Are Loved Worldwide

In a village where women were told to stay indoors, Kaushalya picked up a smartphone and changed the rules by starting her YouTube channel. Today,...

10.06.2025 10

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Replacing Concrete, This Architect Help Families Live in Naturally Built Mud Homes

This architect from Chennai is showing that homes don’t need cement to be strong and safe. By using earth-based materials and age-old building...

08.06.2025 20

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This Arunachal Woman Revived a Lost Millet and Uplifted Women Farmers in Her Village

When her grandmother longed for a lost grain, Dimum Pertin set out to revive Adlay millet — and ended up sparking a movement that’s nourishing her...

07.06.2025 10

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What Should You Do With Old or Unused Medicines at Home in India?

You can’t recycle them. You shouldn’t flush them. So, what do you do with expired medicines? A simple guide to help you dispose of them the right...

06.06.2025 20

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Two College Students from Odisha Built This Mini Satellite And It’s Taking on NASA-Level Space Tech

Two college students, Snehadeep Kumar and Mohit Kumar Nayak, are building India’s first gamma-ray detecting CubeSat via their space startup Nebula...

06.06.2025 20

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Stay Safe in the Crowd: What To Do When Stuck in a Stampede

In the wake of Bengaluru’s stampede, these seven expert-backed tips could be the difference between panic and survival during any mass gathering.

05.06.2025 10

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In A City Running Out of Green, This Vast Vikhroli Mangrove Has Protected Mumbai for 4 Decades

In a city where every inch of land is built upon, Godrej Enterprises Group chose to protect a forest instead. For over four decades, they’ve...

05.06.2025 10

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How ‘Balrampur Bioyug’ in Uttar Pradesh Is Rethinking What Sugarcane Can Do

Balrampur Bioyug, born from a granddaughter’s vision and her grandmother’s legacy, is India’s first PLA. The brand, launched by Balrampur Chini...

05.06.2025 20

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How This Chennai Bride Pulled Off a Gorgeous Wedding With Minimal Waste!

What if weddings didn’t leave behind heaps of trash? Meet Uma Ram from Chennai, who turned her big day into a celebration of love — for each other...

04.06.2025 10

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This Teacher-Farmer Couple Left City Life to Build a Stunning Stone & Solar-Powered Homestay in the Heart of the Himalayas

For Dimple Kamra and Uppi, living amidst the mountain was a far-fetched dream. Today, they have made it a reality by turning a rocky patch of land in...

02.06.2025 10

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After Floods Destroyed Their School, Sustainable Design Gave a Tribal Village in Maharashtra a School Like No Other

Saraswati Vidyalaya once battled annual floods, broken walls, and dwindling hope. Now, it stands tall on stilts, reborn through local wisdom,...

01.06.2025 8

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How This Delhi-Based Company Saved 4.5 Million Milk Packets From Ending Up in Landfills

Once seen as a threat to the planet, plastic is getting a second life, thanks to Yuvraj Singh Ahuja’s award-winning design company that turns...

29.05.2025 10

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This Simple At-Home Rainwater Harvesting Guide Can Help You Save Thousands of Litres

Monsoon floods wreak havoc in cities like Mumbai and Delhi, yet rainwater slips away unused. Learn how to harvest it with this affordable,...

28.05.2025 4

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After the Kochi Oil Spill, How Long Will the Arabian Sea Take to Heal?

The ocean doesn't recover overnight. Here's what science, history, and experience tell us about how long the Arabian Sea might take to bounce back...

27.05.2025 2

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After His Father Gave Him Rs 1000 & Shut the Door, He Built a Rs 1 Cr Eco-Friendly Startup

Basavaraj S left home with just Rs 1,000 and a heart full of rejection. Today, he runs Rafter — a sustainable gifting startup changing how companies...

26.05.2025 20

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The Untold Truth of Early Motherhood: 5 Indian Women Share Raw, Real Stories

From sleepless nights and postpartum guilt to finding strength in support systems, five Indian women share what it's really like to be a new mom —...

24.05.2025 10

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2 Friends Grew up Watching a Kabadiwaala — Today, Their Mumbai Startup Recycles 10000 KG of Waste Monthly

Inspired by a neighbourhood kabadiwaala, Henik Gala and Shreyas Jalapur built ScrapJi — a tech-enabled scrap collection startup that now recycles...

21.05.2025 10

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Gadgets Don’t Belong in the Bin — Here’s How to Recycle E-Waste Responsibly in India

India generates over 1.6 million tonnes of e-waste every year, most of which ends up in landfills or with informal recyclers. Here’s a practical...

21.05.2025 10

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This 100-YO Tea Stall in West Bengal Runs Without Staff, Only on Trust

On International Tea Day, read about a century-old tea stall in Sampoore, West Bengal, that runs entirely on trust. With no paid staff, this humble...

20.05.2025 10

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5 Uttarakhand Treks That Offer Peace, Solitude & Spectacular Views

Not all escapes require passports or perfect plans. These five treks in Uttarakhand offer something simpler: forest paths, distant peaks, soft winds,...

20.05.2025 10

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After Heavy Rains Drown Bengaluru Again, Urban Expert Shares 6 Powerful Steps to Flood-Proof the City

Bengaluru’s flood woes are back in the headlines, but they don’t have to be. Here’s how ‘Zenrainman’ N Vishwanadhan’s clear,...

20.05.2025 10

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Mumbai’s Marol Turned a Barren Plot into a 3.5-Acre Urban Forest That Cools the Area by 4°C

In the heart of Mumbai’s industrial belt, a barren plot has been reborn as the Mahatapasvi Acharya Shri Mahashramanji Garden, a green sanctuary...

19.05.2025 10

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