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How YOU Helped Bring Electricity, Safety, Education & More to Communities in 2025

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Krystelle Dsouza

One Mother's Journey Sparked a New Autism Intervention That's Helped 100s of Families

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Ragini Daliya

Delhi Brothers Recycle 1 Million Kg of Waste Across 14 Indian Cities

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Ragini Daliya

How 42 Million Farmers, 32 Million Women & 1,16,000 Youth Found Security in 2025

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Dr Angela Lusigi

How a Red & Black Highway Design in MP Is Making It Safer for Animals to Cross the Road

The Bhopal-Jabalpur National Highway in Madhya Pradesh cuts through the heart of the Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve — home to tigers, leopards,...

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Raajwrita Dutta

10 Stunning Offbeat Destinations in Kashmir For A Perfect Winter Vacation

Home to numerous scenic marvels, Kashmir leaves one spoilt for choices with a long list of beautiful tourist spots. And yet, there are several...

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Anjali Krishnan

Meet the Family Helping Thousands of Rural Women Learn Stitching, Computers & Earn Money

On most mornings in Kolia, a soft mechanical buzz rises from a small room where sewing machines line the floor. Women sit shoulder to shoulder,...

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Nishtha Kawrani

Best of 2025: 10 Indian Innovations That Solved Real Problems in Homes, Hospitals & Villages

In a Bengaluru home, an app flags unseen electricity wastage. In a remote village, a health worker confirms a diagnosis without a lab nearby. In a...

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Nishtha Kawrani

Ahmedabad’s Biker Dadis Prove You’re Never Too Old to Ride

No one embodies the adage “age is just a number” better than 87-year-old Mandakini Shah, who effortlessly zooms through the roads of Ahmedabad on...

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Niharika Dabral

A Parenting Concern Led This Indian Couple To Build Baby Care With 100% Ingredient Transparency

On a warm afternoon in Bengaluru, a young mother picked up a bottle of ‘natural’ sunscreen for her six-year-old, trusting, as any parent would,...

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Nishtha Kawrani

Meet the Delhi Man Helping 30000+ Women Feel Less Anxious About Salon Bills

The woman stands outside the salon for a moment longer than she needs to. She adjusts her bag, glances at her phone, and looks through the glass...

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Nishtha Kawrani

Watch: 17-YO Girl From UP Village Solves a Farm Dust Problem; Takes Her Idea From School to Tokyo

The whirr of a threshing machine outside her school was a familiar sound for Pooja Pal. So was the dust it threw into the air. One afternoon, as...

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Niharika Dabral

From Amputees to the Visually Impaired: How a Diverse Group of Trekkers Conquered the Himalayas

The interviews and reporting for this story were conducted in June 2025.  The mountain gods of Dayara Bugyal (12,000 ft above sea level), a meadow...

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Krystelle Dsouza

Before Chemical Cleaners, Indian Homes Relied on These Ingredients

In an age of increasing environmental awareness and growing concern over chemical exposure within the home, many households are revisiting...

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Raajwrita Dutta

A Kashmiri Engineer Made This 60-YO Berlin Restaurant a Home for Indian Flavours

A pang for Indian food hit me like a brick as I walked out of Berlin’s Brandenburg Airport. That’s what two weeks of surviving (read: attempting to...

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Krystelle Dsouza

Locals Turned Wildlife Protectors Are Safeguarding 101 Corridors To Help Elephants Move Safely

S P Pandey vividly remembers the night he received a call informing him about a commotion that had ensued near the local river in the Dooars region,...

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Krystelle Dsouza

How DeHaat Is Using AI to Transform Farming for 1.8 Million Small Farmers

This article was originally published on the NITI Frontier Tech Respository. DeHaat is an AI-driven, full-stack agricultural platform founded by...

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Tbi Team

5 Women Rode to Nathula Pass at 14000 Feet & One of Them Was a 76-YO!

The air thins as the road climbs. Engines hum against mountain silence. Wrapped in riding gear, five women stand at over 14,000 feet, smiling into...

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Niharika Dabral

At 40, an Indian Woman Climbed Antarctica’s Highest Peak

In the vast silence of Antarctica, where white stretches endlessly, and the wind cuts through every layer, a lone figure stood at the summit of...

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Nishtha Kawrani

Best of 2025: 10 IAS & IFS Officers Who Took on India’s Toughest Problems & Fixed Them

As 2025 draws to a close, some of the year’s most meaningful changes unfolded far from podiums and press conferences. They took shape in classrooms...

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Niharika Dabral