Sakhi Unique Rural Enterprise (SURE) incorporates a legion of rural women(Sakhis) marketing eco-friendly products within their community. By helping these women set up their own retail business, dealing in energy efficient products, not only are the women made more self-sufficient, their lifestyle is also altered for the better. In this conversation with Rajashri Sai of SURE she

Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM), the second science museum in the country under the National Council of Science Museums has launched an Innovation Hub for students to engage in innovative and creative activities and experiment with their innovative ideas. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson and MD, VITM inaugurated ‘Innovation Hub’ that will engage the youth over weekends in

Indian scientists at the Center for cellular and Molecular Biology(CCMB), Hyderabad have revealed that they have been able to solve the mystery of nature in protein synthesis. This finding would help to understand evolution of life and also unravel several mysteries in the field of medical sciences. The research explaining the breakthrough titled ‘Mechanism of

Let’s say you are relocating to a new city and you don’t have any friends or family there. You want to look for a house in a safe neighbourhood. How would you judge the safety levels of a locality? Zerocrime.org can come to your rescue in such situations. Zerocrime, an initiative by three youngsters Mukesh Gupta,

Two-wheeler riders in Kochi are in for a surprise. Till now those riding without helmets first tried to escape being spotted by traffic police and if that didn’t work out, they paid a fine and got going. Life isn’t going to be so easy for them now onwards. In a move to make helmet must for

Banka BioLoo has set out to solve a dirty and embarrassing problem existing in India - the lack of toilets in half of India’s households. The problem of open defecation is not only humiliating for the 626 million people who don’t have a closed toilet but also for a nation that has the calibre of executing a Mars

Clean drinking water is indispensable to human survival. Yet,the grim statistics about accessibility to clean water in India force one to wonder whether it is a basic human right or a luxury. According to figures published by water.org, 97 million people lack safe water and 814 million have no sanitation services. The good news however is that people around

About A network of volunteers who are zealous of making a difference to the community and to help people who are in need. Mission Change the world This is what the Facebook page of Youngistaan says. These youngsters who claim to be making a difference, actually end up doing much more than they promise. They

Priti Rajagopalan, an Indian climate activist, has been awarded the Commonwealth Youth Award 2013. The 23 year old received a 5,000-pound grant towards her work at a ceremony held at the Commonwealth Secretariat headquarters in London, the Commonwealth said on Saturday. The Commonwealth Youth Awards for excellence in development work recognise the contribution of young people

While we have a gala time during Indian festivals, our environment chokes and cries for mercy. From elaborate lighting to polluting fireworks, our ten day bonanza turns into a huge environmental disaster. Nothing much can be done to reverse the effects of our negligence, but measures can be taken to avoid such an eco-debacle. A number of