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IIM Bengaluru alumni develop a Gaming App to find out how well can you detect and stop the spreading of Fake News
Fake News (the new-news buzzword) is on a tremendous rise since the past few years. With the increase in digital penetration (read social media penetration), pieces of fake news are going viral like wildfire. The political environment has changed and content creation is at its peak. People are consuming news in a hundred different formats …
Ministry of Railways introduces a Happiness Junction at Sonepur, Bihar
Waiting for trains for long hours can be irksome. But in a gleefully unexpected move, Dileep Kumar, the senior divisional commercial manager, came up with an idea to make the experience rather exciting. Sonepur Junction, a town in Bihar, which attracts thousands every year for the biggest cattle fair in Asia, will now facilitate a …
Tamil-Nadu government’s Two-wheeler ambulances are saving thousands of lives in Chennai
Road and vehicular mishaps are unfortunately are the dark spot of our ever-growing nation. According to reports, there is one serious injury and one death every minute, taking place on Indian roads. Sadly, most of these deaths happen as medical-care is unable to reach the victims within the crucial “golden hour”, often called the defining …
This 24 Year old Girl fulfilled the Wishes of 110 Underprivileged Children, just through a Social Media Campaign
As a kid, we always hoped to have a genie who would secretly make all our dreams come true. But would you believe if we say that such genies exist in real. Yes they do. Nikita Kothari, a 24 year old MA graduate from Bhopal acted as a genie and fulfilled the wishes of 110 …
GoI come up with a Mobile App to make India Accessible for the Disabled
The success of any democracy lies in its scope of inclusion of citizens regardless of caste, color, shape, creed and religion. This basic notion of equality creates the very essence of a democracy and makes it a celebration of the sheer perseverance, ability and courage of human spirit which no disability can steal. Securing this …
[Video] Blind Microsoft engineer develops an App to ‘SEE’ the World
Until a few decades back, the word Artificial Intelligence (AI) was considered as an illusion , existing only in the pages of a science fiction novel. But this science fiction was made into a reality by a visually impaired software engineer from London. Saqib Shaikh, a visaully impaired software engineer working in Microsoft, has …
‘Youth Speak Forum’ to be organised by AIESEC in Bhopal to empower youth to become Leaders of Change
It is true that in a country like India, a revolutionary change lies in the hands of the largest and most productive proportion of its population- the youth. To give a thrust to the youth towards a positive revolution, AIESEC, an international non-governmental , not-for-profit organisation that provides young people with leadership development and …
Ashoka India’s Youth Venture Program leading social transformation through Young Changemakers
With its vision ‘Everyone a Changemaker world, Ashoka’s Youth Venture Program was launched in India to empower Indian youngsters to become agents of social change by encouraging them to emerge with innovative ideas and social ventures. Ashoka’s Youth Venture is an international community of young changemakers, with over 6,000 Venture teams in 23 countries …