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Khushi added a new chapter in Indias history of dog cardiology.

Gurgaon cocker spaniel India's first dog to get a pacemaker

The seven-year-old's heart had been functioning at just four per cent of its capacity.

6 Feb 2020 2:21 AM IST

Strengthening of vocational skills and provision of jobs was an issue raised by many young people. Though many came from farming families, they said agriculture was no longer able to sustain small farmers.

YouthBol flags concerns of young people, will govt act?

Rajni was going to school in her village and loved her books, games and learning.

11 Dec 2019 2:55 AM IST

Nesting owls in Bharatpur

Earth Heroes green barren hill and champion Bharatpur's birds

At the state level, Pramila has been felicitated and feted, receiving the Prakruti Bandhu and Prakruti Mitra awards.

20 Nov 2019 3:59 AM IST

The Body Shop recently unveiled a giant artwork of a female Indian waste picker in Londons Borough Market. This has been made by using recycled plastic collected by waste pickers in Bengaluru.

Wet waste becomes black gold for Bihar's smart homemakers

Every 300 kg of wet waste turns into about 30 kg of khaad or manure in about 40 to 45 days. It can be sold or used by...

7 Nov 2019 4:48 AM IST

An apron with the female reproductive organ

Making adolescent care work: Sabarkantha raises the bar

The Central government's pan-India flagship project for adolescents has been a slow starter, though launched with...

5 Sept 2019 5:50 AM IST

The CFL has given women a platform to interact with 60 women from different villages and discuss their lives and aspirations.

Of smartphones, financial literacy and opportunity in Haryana's khap...

In just five months, women who had inhibitions about using smartphones are using WhatsApp, Google and making video calls...

19 Aug 2019 12:26 AM IST

National Family Health Survey-4 data for Gujarat had shown that 32.4 per cent of the 43 per cent under-five mortality was among the urban poor.

The many faces of anaemia in Gujarat's urban settlements

To ensure that healthy eating becomes the norm, a Mahila Arogya Samiti of about 20 women was formed for four slums.

12 Aug 2019 4:26 AM IST

Restoring the joys of the natural world to children is naturalist and filmmaker Rakesh Khatri, who set up Eco Roots Foundation in 2012 with his wife Monica and son Animesh.

Naturalist puts environment back on curriculum, grooms eco-warriors

In the ICSE syllabus for Class 4 students on environment, there is a chapter on sparrows and saving them by creating...

17 July 2019 2:04 AM IST

While more girls are now accessing secondary education, boys are dropping out.

Reproductive choice part of unfinished population agenda

One hundred and seventy nine governments called for comprehensive healthcare, including voluntary family planning, safe...

21 May 2019 1:05 AM IST

A picnic at a Kosara farm

Kosara: Community-based farming by the urban elite

The growth of the crops is managed by the Kosara team, which keeps you updated on the app.

25 Feb 2019 12:56 AM IST

Savtri and Pramila Devi

Pure London Fair: Bhadohi's small band of women carpet weavers going...

Understandably with its focus on organic carpets, Mandira Utsav is trying to give the women that extra edge in the...

9 Jan 2019 5:28 AM IST

Goat and poultry rearing are the second livelihood options after agriculture with 7,668 households in goat-rearing and 2595 in poultry as per a survey in March this year.

Scrambling up the entrepreneurial ladder in Khandwa

Gurpreet Bhatia, AKRSP's cluster manager at Pandhana, has found that incomes of people maintaining poultry increases by...

10 Oct 2018 12:43 AM IST