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Meet Kolkata’s Momo King: From Giving Away Free Dumplings to Having the City Line Up for Them

22.10.2025 10

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Solar Panels on Railway Tracks? Varanasi Shows How Idle Spaces Can Power Stations & Towns

22.10.2025 10

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How a Simple WhatsApp Chatbot Helped 1.5 Lakh Indians Fix Potholes, Tackle Floods & More

16.10.2025 5

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Punjab Techie Quits High-Paying Google Job To Help Urban Families Grow Their Own Food

15.10.2025 30

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Soil Restoration Made Simple: 6 Practices Every Farmer Can Use to Rebuild Fertility

12.10.2025 10

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Indian Scientists Use Jackfruit & Jamun Seeds To Make Plastic-Free Packaging That Disappears in 60 Days

08.10.2025 4

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From Calm Mornings to Zero Pressure: How a Mom Helped Her 17-YO Daughter Score 100 Percentile in JEE

07.10.2025 7

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No More Missed Classes or Failed Harvests: Karnataka Engineer Brings Solar to 2700 Homes & 350 Businesses

07.10.2025 6

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From Rural Haryana to the Skies: A Woman Who Broke Stereotypes to Become an IAF Wing Commander

07.10.2025 6

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5 Nature Walks Across India Where Kids Can Meet Elephants, Explore Lakes & Learn From Nature

06.10.2025 2

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How a Simple Portable Device Is Saving Lives of Lakhs of Pregnant Women in Rural India

03.10.2025 10

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How This Engineer Turned 100 Tonnes of Delhi’s Landfill Waste Into 50000 Eco-Friendly Bricks

03.10.2025 9

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How an IAS Officer Transformed Lucknow into India’s 3rd Cleanest City in Just 3 Years

02.10.2025 10

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The New Age of Farming: High-Tech Solutions Boost Yields & Cut Costs for Indian Farmers

30.09.2025 10

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Meet TBI Showcase ‘Young Innovator’ Whose Rs 250 Bulb Shines in 10000 Rural Homes Even During Power Cuts

29.09.2025 5

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Ex-Supreme Court Lawyer Turns Chef & Builds a Farm-to-Table Food Café Run Entirely by Women

29.09.2025 4

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25000 Seniors Now Get Healthcare at Their Doorsteps Thanks to This Madurai Doctor’s Mobile Hospital

28.09.2025 4

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Meet TBI Showcase ‘Social Changemaker’ Who Secured Rights & Homes for 7.5 Lakh People From Nomadic Tribes

27.09.2025 10

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Father-Daughter Duo Turn Farmland into a Sustainable Dream with BaapBeti Farms

25.09.2025 10

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At 23 He Turned a Personal Health Crisis Into a Startup Helping Diabetes & Cancer Patients Eat Right

25.09.2025 8

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How a Teen From Rural India Used YouTube To Become a National Squash Star

25.09.2025 10

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Furniture From Mushrooms? Meet the Couple Turning Waste Into Pieces That Can Return to Soil in 180 Days

22.09.2025 10

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How a 53-YO Kerala Mom Turned Pain Into a Healing Farm With Bees, Bananas & 200+ Crops

21.09.2025 3

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Hydroponics Made Simple: 8 Tips to Grow Exotic Leafy Vegetables in Your Balcony Garden

20.09.2025 10

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This 22-YO Turned His Father’s Rickshaw Into a Viral Career With 87K Followers

20.09.2025 10

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How Punjab IFS Officer’s Silk Revival Project Helps Farmers Earn Rs 25000 With 30 Days of Farm Work

18.09.2025 6

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Rs 300, a Backyard, & a Dream: Padma Shri Rajni Bector’s Journey to a Rs 7000 Cr Food Empire

17.09.2025 10

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Beekeeping for Beginners: Farmers Reveal How To Start Earning Honey & Profits With Rs 5000

17.09.2025 4

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Once Mocked for His Accent, Today He Designs for Gucci & Dior

16.09.2025 3

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Ex-Scientist Kamini Singh’s ₹1.75 Crore Moringa Venture Is Transforming 1,000+ Farmers’ Lives in Uttar Pradesh

16.09.2025 3

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How a Rajasthan Doctor Is Turning Barren Desert Into a Flourishing Sandalwood Forest

16.09.2025 30

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How To Start Indoor Saffron Farming? 22-YO Earning in Lakhs Shares Step-by-Step Guide

15.09.2025 10

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How a Photographer Helped Build 130 Ponds That Gave Rajasthan’s Thirsty Wildlife a Second Chance

15.09.2025 20

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How a Young Architect & Filmmaker Built Eco-Toilets for 80 Kids in a Rural Tamil Nadu School

14.09.2025 10

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How 5 Farmers Transformed Turmeric, Jackfruit, Chikoo, Banana & Jamun into Big Business

14.09.2025 20

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How a Techie Brought Corporates & Communities Together to Revive 40 Wells & 6 Lakes

12.09.2025 7

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How 50,000 Kids Live the Constitution Every Day: An IAS Officer’s Bold Experiment in Dholpur, Rajasthan

12.09.2025 10

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5 Remarkable Movements Proving That Ordinary Citizens Can Solve India’s Water Crisis

11.09.2025 10

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Kerala Architect Built a Home With 6200 Discarded Toys — Kids Love It, & It Fights Plastic Waste!

10.09.2025 6

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This UPSC Aspirant Almost Gave Up on Life. Here’s How He Fought Back and Became an IPS Officer

10.09.2025 6

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The Questions Every Parent & Teacher Has About Suicide — Answered by an Expert

Trigger warning: mentions of suicide. This feature discusses suicide, suicidal thoughts, and mental health challenges. Please read with care, and take...

10.09.2025 40

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This 1000-YO Arunachal Village Proves Ancient Architecture Can Outlast Modern Concrete

High in the serene hills of Tawang lies a village that time seems to have forgotten. Nestled within Mukto circle, Mirba stands as a living museum of...

10.09.2025 10

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She Lost Both Parents as a Teen but 22-YO Rupam Kept Her Promise & Cleared JPSC in 1st Attempt

After losing both parents as a teenager, Rupam Sonali vowed to fulfill her mother’s dream. At 22, she cleared the Jharkhand Public Service...

08.09.2025 4

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‘I Turned My Life Around’: How a Farmer Built An Aloe Vera Business With a Turnover of Rs 3.5 Cr

In drought-prone Satara, Maharashtra, farmer Hrushikesh Jayasing Dhane turned adversity into success by making aloe vera products like soaps,...

08.09.2025 10

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Born in a Mumbai Slum, This Inspiring Dropout Uses Football To Keep 26000 Kids in School

Ashok Rathod founded the Oscar Foundation in Mumbai to keep children away from addiction, dropouts, and child marriage. With its ‘No School, No...

08.09.2025 5

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8 Free YouTube Channels Helping Students in the Remotest Corners of India

Free YouTube channels are bridging the education gap for rural India. Learn school subjects, prepare for UPSC, NEET, JEE and job exams with easy...

07.09.2025 10

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Farmer Turns Cashew Crop Ruined By Rains into Sprouts, Pickles & More; Earns Rs 25 Lakh

Kerala-based farmer Brijith Krishnan started Eatery Malbarikas which makes dishes using sprouted cashew nuts. Interestingly, he enhanced the...

06.09.2025 10

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‘I Knocked on Every Door’: How 1 Teacher Brought 100 Children Back to School in Raebareli

Twelve years ago, Sangeeta Maurya cried at her posting in Raebareli when only 30 of 130 students turned up. Today, through stories, songs, and...

05.09.2025 10

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Beyond ‘Sadya’ Feast: Onam Festival Traditions, Dances & Boat Races You Must See

Beyond the Onam ‘Sadya’ lies a world of vibrant traditions — from lively dances and colourful masks to folk songs and thrilling boat races....

05.09.2025 20

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How a Couple’s Biofortified Seeds Venture Is Transforming 15000 Farmers’ Lives With Rs 10 Cr Turnover

Lucknow-based Aishwarya Bhatnagar and Prateek Rastogi run Greenday to promote innovative farming methods and biofortified seeds that benefit both...

05.09.2025 20

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