Bas Timmer innovated a unique, temporary but highly efficient solution to homelessness.

Innovation

Dutch Innovator makes a sleeping coat for the homeless that can be converted into tents

Bas Timmer innovated a unique, temporary but highly efficient solution to homelessness. The...

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Innovation

An engineer duo is making online education accessible to the hearing-impaired children

The global pandemic deprived physically impaired children of education. Amanpreet Chopra and...

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Tarun Jami from Vishakapatnam, through his startup GreenJams, has developed a special kind of brick out of the agricultural waste that sucks out carbon from the atmosphere.

Sustainability

Meet the Man who is making bricks that reduce carbon from the atmosphere

Tarun Jami from Vishakapatnam, through his startup GreenJams, has developed a special kind of brick...

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This Ability!

Bengaluru girl employs people with disabilities to reintegrate them back into the society in a dignified manner

Alina Alam from Bengaluru started Mitti Cafe in 2017, a cafe that is run and managed by a group of people with disabilities ranging from autism, Down’s Syndrome to visual and hearing impairments. The...

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People

This young couple from Nagaland is parenting tribal children with extremely traumatic pasts

Eliezer home in Dimapur, a remote area of Nagaland has become a safe haven for children with toxic-troubled childhood. Tinu Meren Ozukum and Aosenla Imchen, a God-fearing couple, have been nothing less than saviours for...

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People

This 28-year-old has recycled millions of used soaps from hotels and redistributed them to the deprived communities

Samir Lakhani is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh who founded Eco-Soap Bank. The initiative collects leftover soap from hotels – diverting it from landfills – recycle and redistribute it to people...

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Padma Shri Awardee Gulabo Sapera was buried alive right after she took birth. Years later, her achievements compelled her community to pledge against killing any female child ever again.

Women

Buried hours after birth, this woman survived atrocities to revive snake dance globally

Padma Shri Awardee Gulabo Sapera was buried alive right after she took birth. Years later, her achievements compelled her community to pledge against killing any female child ever again. The villagers of her remote...

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People

A traveller duo lights up the darkest tribal villages of Arunachal Pradesh with solar bulbs

A nomadic journey to a remote village in Arunachal Pradesh gave Rajiv and Merwyn a first-hand experience of the warm-welcoming culture of the natives. Despite lacking even basic necessities like electricity, the...

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Education

How a Bangladeshi Youth started the country’s biggest virtual School

Ayman Sadiq went from being a coaching centre tutor to founding The 10 Minute School to make quality education affordable and accessible. What started as an individual effort has now become Bangladesh’s biggest...

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Education

A Kenya-based shelter home is giving teenage mothers a second chance to continue their education

Elizabeth Muriuki from Kenya started Serene Haven as a shelter home, it now provides education to over 26 Teenage mothers and takes care of their babies. Teenage-Mom Dropouts : A global problem Increasing crimes...

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Sustainability

London-based startup is creating fabrics that suck out Carbon and breathe out Oxygen

Post Carbon Lab is a biotech startup from London that is making the fashion industry sustainable by using microbial pigmentation and photosynthetic coating for textiles. The microbial layer on the clothing would suck...

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Actions that Matter

Locals in Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir, revive 65 natural spring water sources within 4 months

A group of seven citizens started purifying step-wells in the Udhampur district of Jammu & Kashmir in early 2021. It slowly turned into a local phenomenon as citizens in large numbers joined the mission to revive...

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People

Assam professor develops a filter that removes toxic elements from drinking water at 1paisa/litre.

Dr Robin Dutta from Tezpur University designed a DIY Filter, Arsiron Nilogon, that removes toxic elements such as Arsenic and Iron from water for just 1 paisa/ litre. The low-cost filter effectively removes other toxins...

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Science & Technology

IIT Guwahati develops biodegradable bandages that cost half the regular ones

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology – Guwahati have invented Hydrogel Composite Films, biodegradable bandages that are low-cost, transparent, natural and safe. This invention promises to change the...

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Innovation

IIT-K Grads make a solar-powered invention that helps 72,000 Farmers retain the quality of their produce

Pune-based startup Ecozen Solutions has set up over 300 cold-room units that have helped close to 72,000 farmers in the country to protect their Agri produce against the poor supply-chain management systems. In India...

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Colombia based company Woodpecker Housing is building affordable, sustainable houses using coffee husks and a recycled polymer.

Sustainability

Now Making: Cost-effective and sustainable houses made from coffee husks

Houses made from coffee husks sounds unbelievable. But it is really happening. More interestingly, it is solving two crucial problems for the people of Colombia. One is the housing crisis, second is the pile of coffee...

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Insha Bashir : Kashmir's First Wheelchair Basketballer

This Ability!

Story of Inshah Bashir : Kashmir’s first female wheelchair basketball player

Getting bound to a wheelchair after a tragic accident could spiral anyone’s life downward. But not of Inshah Bashir. The gritty girl from Kashmir went on to become the first wheelchair basketball player from the...

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Sustainability

Students from TERI develop a soil-less unit that grows 50kg of Fodder daily

Lavkesh Balchandani and Souryadeep Basak, an engineer duo from TERI developed a cost-effective and energy-efficient hydroponic fodder unit to produce green fodder for livestock. The completely indigenous solution uses...