Priti Rajagopalan wins Commonwealth Youth Award
Priti Rajagopalan, an Indian climate activist, has been awarded the Commonwealth Youth Award 2013. The 23…
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WoNoBo : India’s Google street view-like platform launched
WoNoBo.com is a Google Street View-like platform that provides 360-degree walkthroughs to Indian cities. Users…
Eco-friendly Dussehra celebrations : Solving pollution problems during festivals
While we have a gala time during Indian festivals, our environment chokes and cries for mercy. From…
Lighting India’s slums with solar bottle bulbs
As you can see in the above video,slums and shantytowns are dark even during the…
North East News Digest
North East India is the eastern-most region of India comprising the contiguous Seven Sister States—Arunachal Pradesh,…
Indian Railways goes hi-tech: New technique installed to detect faults in coaches while on run
The Indian Railways is now adopting a unique modern technology for maintenance of its passenger…
I Lead Ranchi Youth Brigade
In the 15 years that I have spent at Ranchi, I saw 2nd October mean just two…
18 year old student with 30 inventions wins a trip to Silicon Valley
J. Nishanth is a first year student of Sona College of Technology, Tamil Nadu. He…
First National Award for Senior Citizens conferred today
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the First National Award For Senior Citizens…
Joy of Giving Week celebrations in Bengaluru
The Joy of Giving Week is India’s “festival of giving”! Launched in 2009, the festival is…
Tour de Kashmir – First of its kind cycling event in India
Tour de Kashmir : A 5 day cycling event across the extravagantly beautiful Kashmir. The…
CGNet Swara: A cellphone based voice forum for rural India
India’s tribal population is highly under-represented in our national discussion forums. You will never find an…
A trip to Bidar Fort,Karnataka
Bidar Fort is situated in Bidar district of the northern plateau of Karanataka, India. Sultan…
Sikkim: India’s greenest state!
Owing to proper conservation and protection of forest areas, Sikkim continues to be India’s greenest…
No more manual scavengers: Anti-manual scavenging Bill 2013
The first time I heard about manual scavenging was in an episode of the television show…
Karnataka minister jumps into lake to save 6 people from drowning
On September 17, Karnataka minister Kimmane Ratnakar saved a family of 6 from drowning into…
A solution to the problem of storage of foodgrains in India
In the past couple of years, the problem of insufficient facilities for storage of foodgrains in India…
India’s 5 year old chess champs!
Indians put up a splendid performance at the recently held Asian Schools Chess Championship 2013…
Groundbreaking brain research by Indian scientist
In India when it comes to health, we like to confine our discussions to weight problems, diet…
Ensuring food security with an efficient Public Distribution System
With the Food Security Bill almost ready to be rolled out, it seems like a…