Turning Food Into Hope, One Meal at a Time
Seeing millions go hungry while tonnes of food went to waste pushed Aarushi into action. What began as a weekend of volunteering in 2014 has become the Robinhood Army, a volunteer-based organisation that collects surplus meals from restaurants and community kitchens and serves them fresh to those in need. Watch how Aarushi’s consistent efforts have […]
Life, Legacy & Death of a Forest Martyr Who Fought Veerappan
The interviews and reporting for this story were conducted in November 2019. In the quaint hamlet of Gopinatham, located in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district, the name of P Srinivas, the an IFS officer was martyred in a brutal assassination by Veerappan on 10 November 1991 still reverberates in the hearts of the villagers. “We are very […]
Help 100 Girls in Mirzapur #PedalToFreedom & Empower 5 Villages With Just Rs 5000
It’s a long walk through the forest — 10 kilometres, to be precise. She must set out early; how else will she reach school on time? Yet every step is shadowed by fear. Every blade of grass that brushes her kurta — the village of Dhanaita in Mirzapur is overgrown with these wild grasses — makes […]
From Rot to Revenue: Farmers Find New Hope
Each season, tonnes of crops rot in the fields because of poor storage and market fluctuations, turning surplus into waste for many farmers. Find out how Moomba addresses this with a simple, low-cost solar conduction dryer — helping farmers turn losses into livelihoods. Auto clear code: “Uprise” licensed via Music Vine: JNNA8O67KKDPER0QTitle of Musical Work: UpriseArtist: […]
5 bad study habits you need to ditch right now
Are These 5 Study Habits Holding You Back from Academic Success? (Image: iStock) Got your notes organised, your laptop and maybe even a cup of coffee but hours later, you realise that you barely remember anything you studied? If this sounds familiar, know that the problem is not always how much time you spend studying […]
How to Start a Cool-Season Garden in September
The fierce summer has passed, the rains have soaked the soil, and a gentle coolness is setting in. September is that rare sweet spot in the gardening year — when the earth is still warm, the air turns pleasant, and seeds sown now thrive with little fuss. It’s the perfect moment to fill your garden […]
Does Mars have life? – The Hindu
The first colour image of Mars transmitted by the Viking 1 lander. | Photo Credit: NASA/JPL A: Since the previous century, scientists have been reporting signs of life on Mars. In 1976, a Viking mission experiment reported signs of metabolism but another detector found no organic molecules. In 1996, the meteorite ALH 84001 was presented […]
Citizen Movements Reviving India’s Lakes & Rivers
Across India, ordinary people are rising to extraordinary challenges with courage, compassion, and perseverance. Their journeys are not without struggle, yet the causes they champion inspire lasting change. As part of Optum Presents The Better India Showcase supported by M3M Foundation, we celebrate five remarkable Water Warriors(category sponsor: Bisleri) whose citizen-led movements are safeguarding our […]
Punjab Floods Relief & Rescue; Donate To Help Victims With Relief Kits, Boats
Farmer Mohan Singh was preparing to harvest the kharif crops on his field this week. He was elated; it had been a great season. So picture his devastation when he walked out onto his field three days ago, and saw that the green had been replaced by steadily rising water. Mohan belongs to Gurdaspur in […]
Fossil energy ‘significant’ driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: Study
PARIS: Fossil fuel and cement producers have contributed “significantly” to the growing number and intensity of climate-change-driven heatwaves, according to a study published on Wednesday in Nature.An international team of scientists analysed more than 200 heatwaves around the world between 2000 and 2023 and found that climate change had made each of them more likely […]