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‘I Stopped Hiding My ADHD at Work at 37. It Changed How I Do My Job’

‘I Stopped Hiding My ADHD at Work at 37. It Changed How I Do My Job’
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This Freediver Dances 15 Metres Underwater in a Saree to Tell Ancient Sanskrit Stories on One Breath

This Freediver Dances 15 Metres Underwater in a Saree to Tell Ancient Sanskrit Stories on One Breath
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How Do You Tell Your Child They Have a Rare Disease Without Scaring Them? We Asked Psychologists

How Do You Tell Your Child They Have a Rare Disease Without Scaring Them? We Asked Psychologists
04.10.2026 10

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From Smit Machchhar's Cockpit Attack to Engine Fires: 5 Times Indian Pilots Saved Lives Mid-Air

From Smit Machchhar's Cockpit Attack to Engine Fires: 5 Times Indian Pilots Saved Lives Mid-Air
01.10.2026 20

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After Seeing a Dirty Picnic Spot, 2 Sisters Removed 80000 Kg of Plastic Across Jharkhand

After Seeing a Dirty Picnic Spot, 2 Sisters Removed 80000 Kg of Plastic Across Jharkhand
01.10.2026 20

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A Bombay Mill Workers' Rally for a Sunday Off in 1890 Sparked India's Provident Fund

A Bombay Mill Workers' Rally for a Sunday Off in 1890 Sparked India's Provident Fund
01.10.2026 30

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6 Things ASHA Workers Want Every Household To Know About Dengue And Malaria Prevention

6 Things ASHA Workers Want Every Household To Know About Dengue And Malaria Prevention
28.09.2026 20

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He Walks Every Day. She Eats Healthy. What Else Should You Know About Your Parents’ Hearts?

He Walks Every Day. She Eats Healthy. What Else Should You Know About Your Parents’ Hearts?
27.09.2026 20

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‘Is This Made From Waste?’: Jharkhand Artist Turns Old Bikes, Tins & Fans Into Public Art

26.09.2026 30

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How to Control Rabies? Goa Has a Blueprint Other Cities Can Follow

26.09.2026 50

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You Don't Need to Be an Official to Audit a Voter List — Chennai Expert Explains

24.09.2026 30

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This 300-YO Tamil Nadu Craft Is Finding New Life After a 26-YO Built a Market With 30 Weavers

24.09.2026 30

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What Is Gondhal? The Centuries-Old Marathi Ritual Behind India’s Oscar Entry

23.09.2026 10

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She Once Led Operations Against Bodo Militants in Assam, Now IPS Officer Sanjukta Parashar Commands CoBRA’s 10 Battalions

22.09.2026 10

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A Queen Ruled Warangal As A King. Centuries Later, Her Kakatiya Legacy Lives On In Telangana’s Flower Festival

21.09.2026 20

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A Gym in a Car? Bengaluru Duo Packs a Van With Weights, Drives to Apartment Doorsteps

20.09.2026 30

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Your Parent Keeps Repeating the Same Story? 7 Things You Can Do to Keep Their Brain Active

19.09.2026 30

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No-Honking Roads, Shops Without Shopkeepers: The Civic Lessons Hidden in Northeast India

18.09.2026 30

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Chinu Kwatra Has Spent 9 Years Cleaning Beaches. On 26 Sept, Join Us for a Mumbai Beach Clean-Up With Him

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From Used Flowers to Paper Pulp, This Mumbai Mandal Has Made Giant Ganpati Idols for 19 Years

17.09.2026 40

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His Fields Flooded Every Year. He Turned the Water Into Fish Farms

14.09.2026 30

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India’s Pothole Problem Gets a Danish Fix: Andhra Pradesh Tests Fibre-Reinforced Roads

14.09.2026 50

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Teachers Took Nail Cutters, Not Textbooks, to This Tribal Hamlet in Tamil Nadu. Two Years Later, 50 Children Are in School

13.09.2026 30

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After Seeing Puja Waste Choke Jodhpur’s Ponds, This Priest Spent 10 Years Cleaning Them Up

11.09.2026 40

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Shampoo, Pyjamas, Loot: 10 Everyday English Words With Fascinating Hindi Origins

11.09.2026 30

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After the Delhi PG Collapse, Experts Suggest 8 Fixes for Safer Student Housing

11.09.2026 40

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IIT Bombay Put QR Collars on Campus Dogs. Now BMC Is Taking the Idea Across Mumbai

11.09.2026 30

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Her Mother Said, ‘My Daughter Will Become an Officer.’ After Years of Setbacks, Shivani Did

11.09.2026 40

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Recruited at 14, Arrested at 20: The Young Revolutionary Who Trained Bengal’s Women to Fight the British

11.09.2026 40

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Not Married, Living Together? Legal Experts Explain Your Rights In India

06.09.2026 30

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Indigo Was Once Forced on Indian Farmers. Here Is How It Changed the Course of India’s Freedom Struggle

04.09.2026 30

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What Makes a City Safe for Women? 6 Lessons From India’s Safest Cities

03.09.2026 40

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After Losing His Son in a Pothole Crash, This Mumbai Dad Filled 1,450+ Potholes by Hand

03.09.2026 40

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One Has No Potato, Another Is Square: 6 Samosas From Across India That Break Every Rule

03.09.2026 30

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No Doors, No Locks: How a Maharashtra Village Has Lived by a 300-YO Belief

02.09.2026 40

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Homesick Silicon Valley Techies Rebuilt a Flood-Wrecked Karnataka School — and 150+ Others

01.09.2026 40

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Munnar’s Rare Neelakurinji Due To Bloom in 2030 Is Flowering Now

31.08.2026 40

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Kerala Sisters Pool Money, Use Mother’s Ancestral Land To Build a Home That Stays Cool Without AC

30.08.2026 30

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How 2000 Chennai Residents Turned a Sewage-Choked 50-Acre Lake Into a Lively Public Space

28.08.2026 40

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Nepal Flash Floods: India Sends 10 Tonnes of Relief, Readies IAF & NDRF for Rescue Operations

27.08.2026 50

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This IAS Officer Raised Rs 40 Lakh on Facebook to Build a 100-km Road for Manipur Villages

27.08.2026 40

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How Railway Noise May Affect Health in India – And What India Can Do

25.08.2026 40

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100 Women Once Called ‘Kachrawala’ Decided To Disrupt How A Tripura Town Manages Waste

24.08.2026 40

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The Easy, Low-Cost Ways Bengaluru Locals Keep Street Dogs Dry & Fed in the Rains

23.08.2026 20

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A Circus Wanted Him for His Height. Today, 3-Ft-Tall Ganesh Baraiya Is a Government Doctor

22.08.2026 40

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She Spotted An Unidentified Aircraft Near The Border. Today, This Former IAF Fighter Controller Coaches Bollywood Stars

21.08.2026 40

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What Every Tourist Should Know Before Visiting India's High-Risk Travel Spots

20.08.2026 30

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From ‘Madam Collector’ to ‘Collector Didi’, How Gargi Jain Is Keeping Tribal Girls in School

19.08.2026 50

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Does Your Dog Love Puddles? A Vet Shares Simple Monsoon Care Tips for Pets

18.08.2026 40

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Born Blind, He Fought a High Court Battle for Engineering. Today, He’s a Software Vice President

17.08.2026 40

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