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Despite being blind from birth, 40-year-old Aijaz Ahmad Ahangar from Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, impresses people with his musical talent. Aijaz developed an interest in singing at the age of ten. He also learned to play the Sarangi by the time he was 17 years old. He has composed over 56 songs but is unable…

The initiative named ‘Umbrella by the Differently Abled’, was started by a government schoolteacher in Kollam, Kerala, in 2015, to provide livelihood opportunities to people with severe disabilities, and empower them. Started as a WhatsApp group, the initiative now has 70 members in 14 districts of Kerala. The members train differently abled individuals to make…

World Nature Conservation Day is observed annually on 28 July. The day is marked to spread awareness about the importance of protecting the environment and the necessity of conserving natural resources. On this day, NGOs and educational institutions organise several events to educate people about the challenges of climate change and the risks of depleting…

9-year-old Hamsika Besetti from Visakhapatnam, earned a name in the ‘Worldwide Book of Records’, for being the youngest child to perform Kuchipudi dance with hula-hoop spins, for the longest time. She performed for 2 minutes and 11 seconds to set the world record. Hamsika started learning Kuchipudi at the age of five and the art of…

Eight years ago, the auto-drivers in Bhubaneswar formed a group named, ‘Smart City Online Auto Association’ to help auto drivers in need and to improve customer experience. The members of the association provide free rides to differently-abled passengers and ensures free medical treatment to drivers injured in road accidents. The welfare works of the association…

World Embryologist Day, also known as ‘World IVF Day’, is observed annually on 25 July, to spread awareness among people about the contribution of Embryologists in reproductive science and the process of Invitro fertilisation (IVF). On this day, various seminars, workshops, and conferences are held globally to address the challenges of infertility and to explain…

Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen defeated Li Shi Feng from China, to claim the men's singles title at the Canada Open 2023, on 9 July, 2023. Sen secured a straight-game win, 21-18, 22-20, over Li Shi Feng, in 50 minutes. The final match was held in Calgary. This is Lakshya’s second Badminton World Federation (BWF)…

Dr Shivranjani Santosh, a consultant paediatrician from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, says that one out of six deaths can be prevented by giving the right first aid at the right time. Shivranjani has been providing first-aid training to various individuals through workshops, for the past 14 years, free of charge. Apart from first aid and CPR…

Four women from Bhubaneswar, Odisha, have found a sense of purpose in giving dignity to unclaimed dead bodies. Madhusmita, a former nurse, started carrying and cremating dead bodies along with her husband. She was later joined by three friends Smita, Swagatika, and Snehanjali. The four have bought an ambulance and pick up unclaimed bodies from…

World Chocolate Day is celebrated annually on 7 July, to commemorate the anniversary of chocolate's introduction to Europe in 1550 and to bring people across the world closer together, in celebration of the world’s most favourite treat. On this day, people treat themselves to variety of chocolates, watch chocolate-inspired movies and share chocolates with their…

Instagram's parent company Meta launched ‘Threads’, a text-based conservation app, in more than 100 countries including India, on 6 July, 2023. The users can sign in with their Instagram credentials and can publish short posts or updates that are up to 500 characters. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, said that the application has recorded…

A thoughtful initiative was launched by Puducherry prison authorities in association with Sri Aurobindo Society (SAS), to help inmates enter a world of new opportunities and be able to earn a livelihood by training them in arts and crafts. The hand-made products are marketed by Sri Aurobindo Society, through its Aura Experience Store and are…

IAS officer M.G. Rajamanickam started a free coaching centre in his ancestral house in Thiruvathavur village in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, in 2018. The aim of this initiative is to help underprivileged youngsters in the village, prepare for competitive exams and secure government jobs. The centre is open 24x7 for all aspirants, so that they can access…

Journalist-turned-social worker Chandra Mishra, from Odisha, established ‘Beggars Corporation’ in 2021 to impart entrepreneurship skills to those, who had been surviving on alms and to encourage them to start a new life. So far, he has helped 12 families to stop begging. They are now able to earn at least Rs 10,000 a month by…

After her husband’s death in 2001, Shashikala Sanadhya from Udaipur, decided to start cooking classes to support herself and her sons. Known as ‘Udaipur’s Kitchen Queen’, Shashikala now teaches Indian cuisine to foreign tourists across the world. So far, she has taught around five thousand tourists from more than thirty countries. She had also learned…

Guru Purnima is celebrated annually on the full moon day of the month of Ashadh. This year, the day falls on 3 July, 2023. As the name suggests, people greet and pay respects to their teachers on this day. Known as ‘Vyasa Purnima’, the day is also observed to commemorate the birth anniversary of Veda…

60-year-old Vasanthi from Odakadu village, Tamil Nadu, has been raising her young grandchildren, Kousalya and Karthi, alone ever since their parents abandoned them. To her relief, the villagers came forward to help her in the children's upbringing. In 2017, a committee was formed by the village administration to offer financial support to the grandmother to…

19-year-old Medagam Jyothi Reddy efficiently balances her studies and sports career, with the support of her parents and physical director Bala Govind Tiwari. While pursuing her engineering degree at the Rajeev Gandhi University of Knowledge Technology - IIIT RK Valley campus in Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, Jyoti has also won several medals in powerlifting in…

Siblings Teja, Savitha and Sai Pratap from Annamayya District, Andhra Pradesh, never let their financial difficulties to stop them from pursuing their dreams. With the encouragement and support of Syed Shameer Basha, a physical director in a government school, the trio have won more than 70 medals in various volleyball tournaments. While Teja is a…

Maheshwari, a class 10 student in Villupuram town, Tamil Nadu, reached the wrong school to write her supplementary examination. By the time Maheshwari realised her mistake, she had only a little time left. Seeing no other option left, Nirmala, a social science teacher at that school, covered a total of 36 km of travel back…

International Asteroid Day, also known as ‘World Asteroid Day’, is observed every year on 30 June. Asteroids are celestial rocks that are smaller than a planet and revolve around the sun. The day is marked to spread awareness about asteroids and the risk of an asteroid collision. The day is also observed to commemorate the…

The ex-soccer striker Jeevan Kaneria from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, was affected by Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), a rare auto-immune disorder, at the age of 34 and was confined to bed for nearly 21 months. But with his family and doctor’s psychological and medical support, he survived the disorder. Now, Kaneria is working as a counsellor to…

Daily wage worker Krishnaveni from Keezhmalaiyanur village in Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu, restarted her school education by joining Class 10 with her eldest daughter Kavitha, in 2022. Both Krishnaveni and Kavitha passed the Class 10 examination this year with flying colours. Krishnaveni, a single mother of three daughters, said that she wishes to get a…

International Day of the Tropics is observed annually on 29 June. The day is observed to create awareness about the importance of tropical regions and to address the challenges faced by them, including deforestation, urbanisation and climate change. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a resolution designating 29 June as International Day of the…

Four years ago, the sight of a distressed cow moved Jai Ram Pathak, a home guard from Aurangabad district, Bihar, so much that he decided to protect and help stray animals, from thirst and hunger. Since then, Pathak has been feeding 10-15 animals, including stray cows, dogs, and goats, three times a day, from his…

The Indian Football team advanced to the semifinals of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship, by defeating Nepal, with a 2-0 win on 24 June, 2023. The match was held at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. The incredible goals from Captain Sunil Chhetri and Naorem Mahesh Singh, helped the national team secure a…

The reading and writing habit Bhadra developed at a young age, improved her creativity and imagination and enabled her to release her first book, ‘Kunjumegham’ or ‘Small Cloud’, a collection of short stories, in 2021. Following the good reception of her first book, the 10-year-old from Thrissur district, Kerala, released her second book, ‘Appooppanthadikal’ or…

59-year-old Suresh Ragavan, an illustrator from Coimbatore, is using his artistic skills, to create awareness about wildlife conservation. To preserve the memory of native species for future generations, he has painted over 50 endemic birds, 42 endemic wild animals, and 155 endemic orchids. Suresh said that he has been visiting schools and colleges to display…

Odisha, a coastal state, has faced many devasting cyclones, including the Super Cyclone in 1999, when 10,000 people lost their lives. Due to the disaster management methods of IAS officer Pradeep Kumar Jena, no lives were lost during the recent cyclone Asani, in 2022. According to Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) data, 879 multi-purpose…

World Blood Donor Day is celebrated annually on 14 June, with a different theme each year. The day is observed to create awareness about the necessity of blood donation and honour blood donors, who have helped save countless lives, with their selfless acts. This year, the theme, ‘Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often’,…

Thirteen college students from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, volunteered to distribute food to the destitute, in 2020. Even after the end of the pandemic period, they didn't stop their work. They started an NGO named, ‘Suvadugal’(Traces), and are now a group of 70 members. ‘Suvadugal’ has provided healthy food to over 100 elderly and destitute people…

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Museum in Mumbai, started an initiative named, 'Museum on Wheels’, in 2015, to areas to bring museums to the doorsteps of children, for free.  As a part of this initiative, buses filled with interactive and educational displays, travel to rural areas, to give the experience of museums to children. Currently,…

Low-quality food affects both an individual’s health and the economic stability of a country. World Food Safety Day is observed annually on 7 June, to create awareness about good-quality food and to encourage people to adopt safe food practices. The theme of this year is, ‘Food Standards Save Lives’. People can visit nearby food safety…

Every year, World Environment Day is celebrated on 5 June, with a different theme. The day is observed to spread awareness about the importance of protecting our environment and to promote eco-friendly practices. This year, the theme, ‘Solutions to Plastic Pollution’, is created to encourage people to stop the usage of plastics, as it is…

It is difficult for former bonded labourers to find work, even after being rescued by the government. To provide livelihood options for rescued bonded labourers, IAS officer Alby John Verghese from Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, launched ‘Siragugal (Wings) Bricks’, a brick kiln, where workers can make and bake bricks. So far, the initiative has helped…

Preethi Srinivasan’s life changed when she was confined to a wheelchair at the age of 18. But she overcame her struggles and graduated in psychology with flying colours. With her mother, Preethi decided to help people with disabilities and their families, through donations, educational and employment opportunities. In 2021, Preethi launched, ‘The Soulfree INSPIRE Centre’,…

Did you know that there are currently 33 districts in Telangana state? Telangana, the 29th and youngest state of India, was formed on 2 June, 2014, due to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. The day is observed as, ‘Telangana Formation Day’, to celebrate the achievements of the people of Telangana and to honour its cultural…

Seven Haryana civil services (HCS) officers from the same batch, have cleared the prestigious Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) civil services examination with flying colours, this year. Officers Anjali Garg, Sakshi, Kamal Chaudhary, Pragati Rani, Rahul Sangwan, Arti and Bhawesh Khyalia, are currently under training at the Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA) in Gurgaon. 

Junior veterinary officer Kallu Rajeswari from Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, recently won two medals in the ‘Asia-Pacific Open Masters Sports Meet-2003’, held in South Korea. Rajeshwari, who is in her early 40s, won a gold medal in the discus throw and a silver medal in the 5-kilometre walk. She hopes to inspire other mothers to…

World No Tobacco Day is observed annually on 31 May, by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The day is observed to spread awareness about the ill effects of tobacco consumption on our health. This year, the theme, ‘We Need Food, Not Tobacco', is created to encourage tobacco growers to stop tobacco farming and produce more…

Teenage brothers Likith Kumar and Praneeth Kumar from Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, have earned their names in several world records, including the Guinness Book of World Records, the Indian Book of Records, and the Wonder Book of Records, for their skill in speed typing. Their father Chemuduru Sivaprasad, said that parents have to recognise and encourage…

Jaffer Bowli (well), located on the premises of Khammam Fort, Telangana, was constructed by the Kakatiya rulers in the 13th century. To remove the silt that has accumulated over the years and to preserve its heritage, the Khammam district administration, with the archaeology department and the municipal corporation, is taking measures for the restoration of…

Every month, six truck drivers from Narayanapura village, Karnataka, donate money to the Narayanapura Government School, so that the students can gain a quality education. They started their organisation, ‘Rajratna’, in 2022, through which they collect information about students’ requirements from the teachers. Apart from offering free English courses, Rajratna members have donated to build…

Basanti Tudu, Latika Murmu, Meeru Hansda, and Sumitra Tudu became the first four women in the tribal village of Sahebdanga in West Bengal, to pass the Class X examination with their sheer determination and hard work. All four girls have single mothers and worked with them as daily wage labourers from a very young age.…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s New Parliament Building on 28 May, 2023. He also installed, ‘Sengol’, a historic sceptre, near the Lok Sabha Speaker's chair. The newly constructed building has 888 seats in the Lok Sabha chamber and 384 seats in the Rajya Sabha chamber. The Prime Minister laid the foundation of the new…

11-year-old Lakshay Krishna Kumar from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has recently earned his name in the Asia Book of Records, for swimming 15 km in three hours and eighteen minutes. Akshay was diagnosed with autism at an early age. Around the same time, his parents recognised his talent in swimming and encouraged him to develop his…

Goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan is a pioneer of women’s football in India and became the first Indian woman to play in the English League in 2015. In 2018, she started the ‘She Kicks Academy’, to provide free tailor-made football training to talented, underprivileged girls in Delhi. Aditi says that she desires to create the right professional…

Using his funds, Veeranna Madiwalar, the headmaster of the Nidagundi Ambedkar School in Vijayapur district, Karnataka, has transformed the Shabby and worn down school into a well-maintained one with a colourful wall, a library stacked with books, and a garden. Due to these facilities, the number of students who joined has grown over the years…

Nearly 80 children from slum areas in Delhi, who had earlier been engaged in menial work such as rag picking, are now able to gain an education due to the efforts of constable Than Singh. Than Singh started his school, ‘Than Singh ki Pathshala’, in 2015, to provide free education and to help children in…

Have you ever thought about using sunlight to create artwork? Inspired by the works of celebrated sunlight artist Michael Papadakis, engineer-turned-artist Vignesh from Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, started practicing sunlight art by etching sunlight onto wood in 2016. His stunning portraits went viral during the COVID pandemic and eventually paved the way for more orders from…

Chemical engineer Niyati Kukadia’s trip to the Rann of Kutch in 2016, changed her life and career. She was so impressed by the traditional beadwork of the Mir community, which had been passed down from women to women for generations, that she started her own venture, Tokar Sustainable Designs. Through this venture she helps Mir…

When his father suffered a heart attack in 2013, Rahul Rastogi from Noida, decided to design a device that could monitor heart conditions regularly and immediately connect the patient with a doctor in case of an emergency. With his wife Neha, he founded Agatsa Software and developed a pocket-sized portable ECG machine named, ‘SanketLife 2.0’.…

Researcher Rajul Patkar from IIT Bombay, claims that it takes fifteen days for farmers to get their soil testing results due to the complicated methods used currently in India. To solve this issue and increase awareness among farmers, the scientist has recently developed Nutrisens, a portable device that will test and show the soil's health…

Indian Air Officer A.C. Barua’s retirement plans changed when he saw the struggle of a distressed woman in her 80s, during the Assam flood in 2007. He founded ‘Seneh’, a shelter home to help and rescue poor and abandoned women, in 2011 in Guwahati. Since then, he has provided food, medical aid and lifelong shelter…

NRI mother-daughter duo, Vasavi and Alak Nanda, wanted to create a brand from their love for ‘podi’ (the dry spicy powder sprinkled on food to add flavour and popular particularly in South India). They started ‘Podi Life’ in Hyderabad, to spread the essence of South Indian podis beyond South India. Podi Life offers a wide…

Mumbai-based engineer Bhumika Marwaha and her colleague started their startup, ‘Jhappi’, a retail store in the city in 2022, to sell quality products made by NGOs. Jhappi is a platform that connects NGOs with consumers across India. NGOs can sell the products made by their beneficiaries, especially people with disabilities, women from low-income groups, and…

International Family Day is celebrated worldwide on 15 May, with a different theme each year. The day is observed to spread awareness of the importance of families and their role in society. The theme of this year is, ‘Demographic Trends and Families’. which includes ageing and inter-generational changes and their impact on modern families. People…

Despite being diagnosed with epilepsy at a very young age, Priti Vishwakarma from Uttar Pradesh found solace in travelling. She noticed that there were not many platforms that provided a safe travel experience for women. Hence, Priti launched her startup, ‘Womaniya on Roadtrips’, a travel initiative in 2016, where women can travel and explore the…

Did you know that International Nurses Day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing? The day is observed annually across the world on 12 May, to honour the contribution of nurses to society and acknowledge their vital role in the overall healthcare system. The theme of this…

Cancer survivor Hari Subramaniam from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, experienced the complex and time-consuming process that patients undergo during a cancer diagnosis. Hence, he came up with his innovation, the iMS biosensor, a palm-sized wireless device that monitors patients’ vital signs in near real-time, helping clinicians to maximize treatment and allows remote patient monitoring. He also added…

Did you know that National Technology Day was created by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee? The day is observed annually in India on 11 May, to commemorate the anniversary of the successful nuclear tests conducted in Pokhran in May, 1998. The first successful nuclear test was conducted in 1974. National Technology Day is also…

Bontha Tirupathi Reddy from Posupalli village in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, has recently secured two railway jobs, Grade-4 Assistant and Commercial Cum Ticket Clerk (CCTC), only with the help of YouTube. Due to his family’s financial status, the 27-year-old could not attend any special coaching classes. Instead, he watched videos on general knowledge (GK), reasoning, and…

Have you thought about how art can be used to address hunger problems? 38-year-old Chitresh Sinha founded, ‘The Plated Project’, in 2019, The Plated Project is a digital, direct-to-consumer business that sells art-led decor and dinnerware objects. The organization donates 50% of its profits to hunger-related charities and sponsors meals for the underprivileged every month. 

New Delhi will soon witness the beauty of Chinar trees and the soft bloom of the Cherry Blossom. The saplings were planted by Vinai Kumar Saxena, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, in the floodplains of the Yamuna River on 7 May 2023. The Territorial Army has been given the responsibility of protecting these saplings. For…

Numismatologist Harikrishnan Valmiki, from Secunderabad, feels that the touch and feel of the coins cannot be replaced. Hence, Harikrishnan has collected various coins and currencies from over 100 countries in the past 35 years. He added that students could gain valuable knowledge about the historical, socio-economic, and cultural traditions of different communities living worldwide by…

15-year-old NRI girl Umasri Pujyam, collected plastic waste from the Godavari River for hundred days to create awareness about the ill effects of water pollution and the need for clean drinking water among residents of Godavari districts. Over the past few years, she has organised over 100 clean-up drives and worked hard to guide the…

Buddha Purnima, also known as ‘Buddha Jayanti’ and ‘Vaisakhi Buddha Purnima’, is celebrated annually on the full moon day of the Vaisakha month. This year, the day falls on 5 May, 2023. On this day, devotees visit Buddhist shrines and recite hymns and sermons about the life, teachings, and principles of Lord Buddha. 

Kanchan Bhadani from Jhumri Talaiya, Jharkhand, started her entrepreneurial journey in her 60s, to share and pursue her passion for crocheting. She started her toy business, ‘LoopHoop’, in 2021, to empower the tribal women of Jhumri Talaiya. So far, she has trained over 50 tribal women in crocheting and has sold over 3,000 handmade crochet…

Annamraj Saritha from Karimnagar, Telangana, was passionate about trekking since childhood. The 43-year-old software engineer recently fulfilled her dream of reaching Mount Everest’s south base camp from Nepal, on 19 April, 2023. Saritha mentioned her previous trekking experience, where she climbed Machu-Picchu in Peru, within five days. Currently, Saritha lives with her husband Annam Raj…

After he shot a rare bird, Ruvuotuo Belho's heart was filled with regret. He decided to give up hunting and vowed to preserve and protect the wildlife. Today, the 64-year-old from Nagaland, takes care of injured birds and animals and has saved over 60 species. Belho added that he would keep preserving and protecting the…

Chetna Gala Sinha from Mumbai, saw that her neighbour was not allowed to open a savings account in multiple banks, as she could not deposit a substantial sum of money. This incident prompted Chetna to establish the ‘Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank’ in 1997, especially for rural women to exercise their right to save money,…

Dancing is loved globally as it brings people together in their joyous moments. International Dance Day is observed on 29 April since 1982, to highlight the extraordinary diversity and skill of talented dancers worldwide. The day also marks the birth anniversary of French dancer Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), who is considered the creator of modern ballet. 

On 15 March 2023, long jumper Shaili Singh, won the gold medal at the 2023 Indian Grand Prix 4 at the Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru. She also created a record for the second-best jump (6.76m) by an Indian woman in the nation, after her mentor and athlete Anju Bobby George (6.83m in 2004). With this win, the 19-year-old…

A 75-year-old building named ‘Ballygunge Place’, located in South Kolkata is all set to become India’s first private single-artist museum. The house belonged to the Padma awardee and veteran artist Jamini Roy (1887-1972) and was recently acquired by the Mumbai-based art gallery DAG. The house is to be converted into ‘The Jamini Roy Museum’, so…

An expedition with the 2041 Foundation’s ClimateForce team to Antarctica, gave a new purpose to Hyderabad-based Divya Nawale. The trip motivated her to preserve the beauty of polar regions. She became a climate activist and eco-advocate and now works with the UN Climate Change Secretariat to reduce global warming. Divya carried out various projects on…

The pandemic opened the doors to art and creativity for 84-year-old Mattar Prabhakar Kini from Udupi, Karnataka. As a devotee of Lord Ganesha, Kini saw the deity on every page of the magazines and books that he read during the Covid-19 pandemic and began cutting pages from the magazines into required shapes. He then pasted them…

Did you know that a chewing gum generates more than 105 tonnes of plastic garbage annually? Brothers Mayank and Bhuvan from Bengaluru, Karnataka, launched their start-up ‘Gud Gum’ in 2022, to provide a biodegradable and healthier alternative to regular chewing gum and to reduce gum waste. Their product, ‘Gud Gums’, eliminate all the plastic element…

Encouraged by her grandsons, Bhagwani Devi Dagar began her career in sports, at the age of 94. The 95-year-old recently won three gold medals in 60-metre running, shot put, and discus throw, in the 9th World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships held in Torun, Poland. Bhagwani Devi said that she wants to keep playing till her last…

With his parents’ support and encouragement, Nikhil Gowtham, diagnosed at the age of three with autism and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), recently won gold medals at the National Para Swimming Championships conducted by the Paralympic Committee of India. Manda Narasimha, the father of the 12-year-old from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, believes that ‘a disability should not…

Around 1,140 students at Silver Oaks School in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, came together for a noble cause and donated Rs 5.47 lakh to Abode of Peace and RDWA, two NGO organizations that help orphaned children and underprivileged communities. It is more impressive to note that they earned the money by doing household chores, helping their…

Did you know that India is one of the biggest homeopathic medicine manufacturers and traders globally? World Homeopathy Day is celebrated annually on 10 April, to commemorate the birth anniversary of German physician Dr Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, and to honour the contributions of homeopathy in treating patients across the globe. Homeopathy is…

Despite battling ovarian cancer for the past few months, Kathak performer Alaknanda Dasgupta refuses to give up performing on stage, which she has been doing for 32 years. The 48-year-old dancer said that dance is like her oxygen, and she cannot give up on it. She also added that dance has helped her to fight the…

When he took over charge of the government school in Chikladih, Chhattisgarh, as headmaster in 2011, Kripashanker Srivastava, was aware of the challenges including low enrolment rate and poor infrastructure. Determined to create a positive environment, he used his own funds to give a new makeover to the school. Retiring this year, Srivastava has completely renovated…

Inspired by his father, Dasari Jayachandra from Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, aspired to master stick and sword fighting and wanted to teach the ancient martial form to future generations. So far, the 26-year-old has trained around 500 students including women, to master this self-defence martial art form in the Kadapa district. His students have won accolades…

After witnessing the struggles of a paralysed man, Shruti Babu from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, decided to build something to help people with immobility issues. Hence, the 27-year-old innovated a smart wheelchair cum stretcher, with a self-cleaning commode and rechargeable battery, that can work for up to 30 days. This wheelchair also won Shruti a deal…

Duo M.P. Deepu and Rahul Gupta from Haryana, founded SeniorWorld, a wellness company in 2015, to promote positive ageing. SeniorWorld organises customised tours for senior citizens, including cancer patients, parents in old-age homes, and persons with disabilities. Currently, there are 5000 senior citizens associated with the company, travelling around the world and redefining ageing. 

Ram Navami, one of the nation’s significant festivals, is celebrated annually on the ninth day of the Chaitra month. The festival is marked to celebrate the birth of Rama, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. This year, the day falls on 30 March. On this day, devotees observe a day-long fast and offer their prayers…

Professor Jayadheer Tirumala Rao, a historian and professor at Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University (PTSU), Hyderabad, has been touring the states in Andhra Pradesh with his team, to collect artefacts used by ancient nomadic communities. Professor Rao has collected around 4000 artefacts so far. He mentioned that there is a need to preserve and protect the…

The students of VR Law College in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, have been providing legal aid through their organisation, ‘Helping Organisation for People Empowerment’ (HOPE), to impart legal literacy among people in villages. They also aim to create awareness on various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Protection of Children and Sexual Offences (POCSO)…

Did you know that over 90 International Theatre Institute (ITI) Centres, celebrate ‘World Theatre Day’, annually in varied ways all over the world? World Theatre Day is celebrated on 27 March to create awareness about the importance of theatre in entertainment and its positive impact on society. The theme of this year is, ‘Theatre and…

Happy Ugadi and Gudi Padwa! Ugadi and Gudi Padwa are regional new year festivities, celebrated annually in India on the first day of the month of Chaitra. This year, the day falls on 22 March. The new year is celebrated as ‘Ugadi’, in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and in Maharashtra and Goa, it is…

Pujari Anitha Bai from Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, was born without hands. But that never stopped the seventeen-year-old from pursuing her dreams. Anitha recently appeared to write her Intermediate second-year exams by using her feet. She trained herself years ago to write with her feet. Anitha secured a 9.0 GPA in her 10th exam and…

As the first woman entrepreneur in her family and as a partition migrant, Sarla Ahuja started her venture, ‘Shahi Exports’, with 5000 rupees in Delhi, in 1974. Today, Shahi Exports is among the nation’s largest apparel manufacturers, with an annual revenue of Rs 8,000 crore. The 87-year-old has established 51 factories across eight Indian states…

Inspired by John Lennon’s song Imagine, friends Melisha Noronha, Vinod Lobo, Nitin Kumar and Vignesh, started ‘Imagine Trust’ in 2013, to donate pre-loved clothes i.e., clothes loved by someone before being offered for sale, to the poor every week. Through their initiative, the four friends collected pre-loved clothes from people willing to donate. The clothes are…

Neeru Yadav, the sarpanch of Longheer village, Rajasthan, is helping around 20 young girls in the village to make a career in Hockey. After becoming the sarpanch in 2020, Neeru used her sarpanch’s salary of two years and bought kits, sticks and clothes for the young female hockey players. Neeru personally arranged for the girls to play…

The Kagaznagar and Asifabad forests in the Kumarmbheem Asifabad district in Telangana, is a home to a variety of birds and wild animals. To protect wildlife and to increase water resources for the birds and animals, the forest officials are taking measures to fill natural water bodies and saucer pits using solar pumps, during the…

Surekha Yadav, Asia’s first woman loco pilot, became the first woman to operate the newly-introduced Vande Bharat Express train, on 13 March, 2023. Yadav piloted the semi-high-speed train between Solapur station and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai and the train reached CSMT five minutes before the scheduled arrival. She became India's first female…

This year, Asia's largest tulip garden in Srinagar would be open for visitors on 19 March, 2023. The garden has become one of the major tourist attractions and has advanced tourism in Kashmir, since its inauguration in 2007. Inam-ul-Rehman, the garden's in-charge, said that this year the garden will have 16 lakh tulips of 68 varieties,…

Sleep is one of the most fundamental physiological needs of humans. World Sleep Day is observed every year on 17 March, to create awareness about sleep-related disorders such as insomnia and sleep apnea, and to highlight the importance of having healthy sleep habits. This year, the theme, ‘Sleep is Essential for Health', is created to…

To reduce the amount of plastic waste, Anish Malpani from Mumbai, came up with an innovative idea to make the world’s first recycled sunglasses from discarded packets of chips. The entrepreneur said that the sunglasses are light in weight, UV polarised, durable, and bendy. He added that they use the 10 percent of their sales…

In 1997, Scientist Lal Singh founded the NGO Himalayan Research Group (HRG) in Shimla, to offer grassroots innovative solutions. When Singh learnt about the difficulty village women faced heating water in remote areas, he innovated the Solar Hamam, which warms water within minutes and works all day, to help people across villages to have warm…

Have you ever thought of building a house without using cement and bricks? Vaanmathi, the founder of Container Care from Chennai, uses marine containers to create beautiful homes, site offices, hospital rooms, and marriage halls. Vaanmathi hopes that the cost of constructing container houses will be more affordable in the future, so that she can…

Happy Women’s Day! Every year, International Women’s Day is celebrated across the globe on 8 March. The day is observed to acknowledge and celebrate the cultural, political, and socio-economic achievements of women, all over the world. This year, the theme, ‘Embrace Equity’, is created to make people understand the difference between Equity and Equality and…

Jhunbala Malick, a tribal woman from rural Odisha, started her life anew in 2018, after ending an abusive marriage. Today, she contributes 10,000 rupees every month to her family and treats her 70-year-old ailing father with her hard-earned money by working as a farmer and selling agricultural produce. Jhunbala said that she feels more confident…

Architect Shruti Dandekar from Maharashtra, found her passion for quilting after the birth of her son in 2009. She bought her first sewing machine in 2012 and realised that she loved making portrait quilts. In 2015, Shruti’s work was displayed at Quiltcon, the world’s largest quilting convention, held in the United States. Her quilt depicting…

The festival of colours is around the corner.  Holi is celebrated annually as a ‘Spring Festival’, in different parts of India. It is a celebration of joy, liveliness and close bonds and is marked with great cheer and happiness across the nation. This year, the festival will be celebrated on 7 and 8 March. Happy…

Friends, Mohan Munusamy and S. Udhayakumar, share a common dream. They hope to make healthcare accessible to those who need it the most but cannot afford it. So, they founded, ‘The Foundation for Friendly Environment and Medical Awareness (FEMA), an NGO which offers free medicines through their evening clinic, to patients for a one-time registration fee…

Hailing from a family of musicians, Violinist Natarajan, aims to impart his knowledge of the violin to the younger generation in Thanjavur, as he feels only two or three violinists are currently practicing in the city. The 76-year-old has been teaching violin lessons to his students since he was 31. Natarajan said that he wants…

The Uttarakhand health department plans to set up a ‘Mother Milk Bank,’ the first such facility in India. Through this initiative, the state government aims to reduce the infant mortality rate in Uttarakhand and to give nutritional elements of the mother’s milk to a new-born, whose mother died during childbirth. Under this scheme, lactating women…

Swastik Saurav Das, alumni of IIT Madras, from Balasore, Odisha, with his fellow IITians Ashish Sharma and Siddarth Dag, co-developed India’s first indigenous motorised wheelchair, ‘NeoFly and NeoBolt’, to make mobility on streets easier for wheelchair users. NeoFly is a wheelchair, that can be customised according to the body type of a person facing locomotor…

Lanka Suryanarayana from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, has always surrounded himself with books since his early years. So far, the octogenarian has collected over 1.35 lakh books in his personal library. As his love for books started with the translated novels of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, his library also has translations and commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita, 99…

Bamboo has been a major source of livelihood for the Kolam tribes in Telangana. Gedam Kiran, from Adilabad, Telangana, has been creating bamboo-made articles such as water bottles, chairs, baskets and sofa sets, to promote them as an alternative to plastic. The environmental activist has also provided training to around 1,200 tribal and non-tribal youths,…

Inspired by the Dabbawalas and their tiffin service, 31-year-old Pendyala Saikrishna Reddy, has launched his startup, ‘Sahasra Dabbawala’, with four delivery boys, in Karimnagar, Telangana. The delivery boys deliver lunchboxes to students, bachelors and officials staying away from their families. Within one month of launching the service, Saikrishna Reddy has got around 50 customers and…

National Science Day is celebrated annually in India on February 28, to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect. Dr Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, also known as Sir C.V. Raman, discovered the Raman effect in 1928 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for this game-changing discovery in 1930. The day is also observed to…

Sitaben, a determined tribal woman from Gujarat, was one of the entrepreneurs who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of the Aadi Mahotsav celebration, the National Tribal Festival, in Delhi. After her husband’s death, Sitaben started her journey as a businesswoman by making and selling various millet biscuits, such as Chakri, Papad, and…

Venkatesulu, a constable from Guntakal, Andhra Pradesh, and his wife Jayamma, believe that along with human beings, other creatures also have an equal right to thrive on this earth. Therefore, the couple has followed a daily ritual of feeding street dogs across the town between 4 pm and 10 pm for the past 27 years.…

World Thinking Day is observed annually by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), on 22 February, to spread awareness about issues that affect girls and young women. This year, the theme, ‘Our World, Our Peaceful Future’, is created to highlight how we can cooperate with nature to build a more secure…

Subhashree Sahu from Karimnagar, Telangana, was recently awarded at the CBSE National Exhibition 2022-2023 in Delhi, for her project. The Class IX student designed a multi-functional eco-friendly agricultural (agro) machine to reduce air and sound pollution useful in the farming sector. Her project, under the theme of environmental concern, was chosen as the best among…

Every year, the World Day of Social Justice is observed on 20 January. As the name suggests, the day is observed to raise our voice against social injustice and to work towards creating a more just and equitable world. The theme for this year is, ‘Overcoming Barriers and Unleashing Opportunities for Social Justice’. 

Did you know that there are 22 scheduled languages in India and the majority of the Indian population uses one of these languages as their mother tongue? International Mother Language Day is celebrated annually on 21 February, to promote and preserve multilingual diversity. The theme of this year is, ‘Multilingual education – a necessity to…

Did you know that World Human Spirit Day was started by Author Michael Levy in 2003, to encourage people to lead a peaceful and meaningful life? The day is observed annually on 17 February, to make people aware of the simple ways such as meditation, through which we can empower ourselves daily. On this day,…

Maha Shivratri is one of the important festivals in India. It is observed annually to celebrate the marriage of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. It is also believed that Lord Shiva drank the poisonous elixir that was produced during the churning of the ocean on this auspicious day. This year, the day falls on 18 February, 2023.…

Neal Mohan, an Indian-American executive, has been chosen as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of YouTube. Mohan joined Google in 2008 and has been working as the Chief Product Officer for YouTube, since 2015. With this announcement, Mohan will be joining a growing list of Indian-origin CEOs, including Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Microsoft CEO…

It is unfortunate that India produces 3.5 million tonnes of plastic, annually. To help reuse plastic waste, Namita Kapale and Kalyani Bharmbe, two young women from Aurangabad, built an eco-friendly mud home with walls made of thousands of plastic bottles. The duo used mud instead of cement and made eco-bricks using bamboo, soil and non-biodegradable plastic…

Did you know that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), listed the hippopotamus as a ‘vulnerable species’ in 2006? Every year, World Hippo Day, also known as ‘World Hippopotamus Day’ is observed on 15 February, to spread awareness about the illegal trading of these animals in the form of hunting and poaching and…

Despite the challenges the year 2020 created, accounting to the pandemic, some used this time to create new opportunities for themselves. One among such is Sudharsanam Adhikari from Dolapeta village, Andhra Pradesh. The 40-year-old came up with an idea of cultivating dragon fruits, after his work hours. After eight months, the plants produced nearly 150 kg…

Did you know that the radio was invented by the Italian physicist and inventor Guglielmo Marconi, in 1895? World Radio Day is celebrated annually across the globe on 13 February, to acknowledge the important role the radio plays as a medium of communication. This year’s theme, ‘Radio and Peace’, has been created to focus on…

Led by Captain Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian Women’s Cricket team defeated Pakistan in their first match at the Women's T20 World Cup 2023, in Newlands, Cape Town. Chasing 150 to win, the incredible performances from Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh, led India to a seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Group B match. 

Seven years ago, Vikram Pandey from Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, met a hungry old woman outside the Lucknow railway station. Seeing her condition inspired him to start a noble initiative named, 'Indian Roti Bank' (IRB). By now, the 38-year-old has provided food to about 12 lakh people. Pandey said that the IRB now has branches in…

Several days ago, Shanti Murmu of Kujram village in Jharkhand was surprised to learn that she can avail free medical up to Rs 5 lakh under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana. To spread awareness about the scheme and to create Ayushman cards for each villager, volunteers ride in a motorcycle-mounted TV units called ‘E-AVAS' and explain…

This year, author-researcher Antaryami Mishra from Odisha, was chosen as one of the recipients of the Padma Shri, in the field of literature and education. Mishra has dedicated five decades of his life to researching and writing on Odia language and Jagannath culture. Dedicating his award to the Odia society, the differently-abled (locomotor disability) author…

The Saharan sisters Manju, Roma, Anshu, Reetu and Suman from Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, owe their success to their father, Sahdev Saharan. Born in an impoverished family of farmers, Sahdev did not let his financial difficulties hinder his daughters’ education and taught them at home. His efforts paid off as all the five sisters have now cracked…

India paid tribute to the legendary singer and Bharat Ratna recipient, Lata Mangeshkar, on her first death anniversary on 6 February, 2023. Known as the ‘Nightingale of India’, Mangeshkar started singing from the age of five. She has been credited with having sung 25,000 songs in 36 Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Tamil and Bengali.  

Every year, International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is observed globally on 6 February, to amplify the efforts on the elimination of this cruel practice. FGM is a procedure which involves altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons and it is considered as a brutal violation of human rights.…

Lack of resources and his family’s financial difficulties prevented Dipak Sahu from pursuing his higher education. Hence, the 48-year-old businessman, from Kalahandi District, Odisha, opened a coaching centre with his wife Sitarani, on 1 November, 2021, to provide free coaching to children from poor families, in all subjects. Currently, 105 students from primary to high…

Did you know that Lantana camara is an invasive species that can quickly suppress the growth of native plants and turn forests into shrub-lands. To prevent these toxic species from destroying forests, the talented tribal women in Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, are using them to manufacture furniture and other decorative items. They sell the items to tourists, who…

Did you know that 2023 has been declared as the ‘International Year of the Millet’, by the United Nations? Lahari Bai, a Baiga tribal woman from Silpadi village, Madhya Pradesh, has emerged as a true brand ambassador of these coarse grains. The 27-year-old has turned one of the rooms in her two-room home, into a ‘Beej Bank’,…

Did you know that the International Day of Human Fraternity was established by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in 2020? Since then, the day is observed annually on 4 February, to promote greater cultural and religious tolerance. The day is marked to spread awareness about various beliefs, cultures and religions and the importance of…

Every year in India, Martyr’s Day or Shaheed Diwas is observed on 30 January, to mark the death anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as the ‘Father of our Nation’. The day is also observed to pay tribute to the bravery of all freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the freedom movement. 

Did you know that Mahatma Gandhi was a big crusader against leprosy? In India, Leprosy Day is observed on 30 January, to coincide with the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Globally, World Leprosy Day (WLD), is observed on the last Sunday of January to raise awareness about Leprosy, a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium…

On 29 January, 2023, Google celebrated the popularity of the Bubble Tea, with an interactive doodle. Bubble Tea, also known as ‘Boba Tea’, is a non-alcoholic, non-carbonated cold tea beverage. The beverage gained popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic. The popular search engine has selected 29 January to mark the third anniversary of the tea emoji. 

Every year, the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, is observed on 27 January, to take initiatives such as educational programmes to prevent such genocide in the future. This year, the day will be observed under the theme, ‘Home and Belonging’, to highlight the humanity of the survivors of…

13-year-old Masilamani from Puducherry, decided to improve the pathetic condition of the Sendhanatham road, by himself, after his grandfather sustained injuries due to a pothole. The eighth-grade student collected sand, gravel and other materials. After mixing them with cement, he filled the pothole and other damaged portions of the road. The boy was praised for…

Himanshu Kafaltia, a Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Karnaprayag, Uttarakhand, has opened 16 libraries in the state to help aspirants to get all the resources they need, to clear the civil service exams. He also established a Reader’s Club in all these libraries. So far, 38 aspirants, who are members of these libraries, have succeeded…

Happy Republic Day! The Constitution of India came into effect on 26 January, 1950. To commemorate this historic event, Republic Day is celebrated every year in India on 26 January. In 2023, India will be celebrating its 74th Republic Day. The day is celebrated in all Indian cities with great joy and pride with flag…

Did you know that India established its tourism department under the Ministry of Transport and Communication, in 1958? Tourism is essential for the economic development of a country. Hence, National Tourism Day is celebrated annually in India on 25 January to encourage the arrival of both foreign and domestic tourists in the nation.  

It was a big day for Indian cinema on 24 January, 2023, as the nation secured not one but three Oscar nominations this year. Indian movie RRR’s song, ‘Naatu Naatu’, which recently won the Golden Globe award, scored an Oscar nomination in the Best Original Song category. Two Indian documentaries, ‘All That Breathes' and ‘The…

Did you know that the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is celebrated as ‘Parakram Diwas’ in India? Since 2021, Parakram Diwas is celebrated on 23 January, to honour his selfless contribution to the freedom movement. Born in 1897, Netaji formed a military regiment named ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ and a woman battalion named ‘Rani Jhansi regiment’,…

The International Day of Education is established in 2019. It is celebrated worldwide on 24 January, to highlight the role of education in peace and development. This year, the fifth International Day of Education will be dedicated to support the girls and women in Afghanistan, who have been denied their right to education. The theme…

Did you know that the National Girl Child Day was first initiated by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in 2008? Since then, the day is celebrated annually on 24 January, to promote the well-being of girl children in India. The day is also observed to spread awareness about their importance and rights. 

The India Open Badminton Tournament started at the Indira Gandhi (IG) Stadium in New Delhi on 17 January, 2023. On the Day One of the nation’s biggest badminton tournament, shuttler Lakshya Sen defeated compatriot H.S. Prannoy in straight games, while India’s Saina Nehwal defeated Danish badminton player, Mia Blichfeldt, to qualify for the second round.…

Pradeep Kumar Rath, from Odisha, decided to dedicate his time to nurturing environment, when he retired in 2017. Hence, he founded an NGO named ‘Paribesh Suraksha Abhijan’, to plant more trees. With the help of nearly 40,000 rural women, Pradeep has planted over 60,000 trees in the rural parts of Odisha and has conducted many…

When she was 17, Janak Palta McGilligan made a promise to protect the environment. Now, as a 74-year-old, she has kept her promise and transformed her home in Indore into a zero-waste household, powdered by windmills. Fondly known as ‘Janak didi’, the Padma Shri recipient has trained more than 1,50,000 youths in solar cooking and…

The 17-year-old Anaya Jethanandani, from Bengaluru, Karnataka, founded FINWIN, a not-for-profit initiative in July, 2021, to spread awareness about the importance of financial literacy, especially among women from marginalised backgrounds, such as domestic helpers, factory workers, and others. So far, the Grade 11 student has helped over 400 women to gain more information on financial literacy and to…

Shrey Arora got an idea for a food startup, when he tasted his wife’s grandmother’s traditional snacks, during their visit to Lucknow. Inspired by these recipes, the MBA-graduate co-founded ‘Trick or Treat Foods’ with his wife, Urvashi Srivastava. The aim of the venture is to provide chemical-free, healthy snacks with no refined sugar and artificial…

Did you know that Wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav won the first individual Olympic medal for India in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics? Google honoured the wrestler, popularly known as ‘Pocket Dynamo’, with a doodle on his 97th birth anniversary, on 15 January, 2023. Jadhav was posthumously awarded the Chhatrapati Puraskar by the Government of Maharashtra, in…

The festival of Lohri marks the end of severe winter and is celebrated a day ahead of Makar Sankranti. People in north India celebrate Lohri by singing folk songs, dancing and eating jaggery and groundnuts around a bonfire. Happy Lohri!  

Makar Sankranti, the festival dedicated to the sun god, is celebrated annually in India to mark the occasion of sun entering the Makara Rashi or Capricorn sign. This year, the festival falls on 14 January. Makar Sankranti is celebrated in different regions with different names, such as Maghi in Punjab, Magh in Assam and Pongal in…

The Indian cricket team defeated Sri Lanka by four wickets in the second ODI match at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on 12 January, 2023. With this win, the Indian team secured the three-match series win and a 2-0 lead. Chasing a target of 216, the incredible performance of Indian batsmen, K.L. Rahul and Hardik Pandya,…

At the 80th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, ‘Naatu Naatu’, a song from the Indian film, RRR, has won the Best Original Song Award at the ceremony. The composer of the film, M.M. Keeravani, received the award. In addition to the historic win, RRR was also nominated in the Best Non-English Language Film category. 

India paid tribute to Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 57th death anniversary on 11 January, 2023. Known for his slogan ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’, Shastri served as India’s second Prime Minister from 1964 till his sudden death in January, 1966. He was also known for his leadership during the Indo-Pakistan war in 1965.  

Did you know that the Government of India declared 12 January as the National Youth Day in 1984? Since then, India celebrates National Youth Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda and to encourage the youth to take inspiration from his life. On this day, interested individuals participate in various educational and cultural…

Did you know that Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, also known as NRI Day, was first observed in India in 2003? The day is observed on 9 January, to commemorate the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s return to India from South Africa, in 1915. The day is also celebrated to acknowledge the contribution of the Non-Resident Indian (NRI)…

15-year-old Vineel Mittapalli, started an organization named ‘GivingGreat’ in August 2022, to provide opportunities for aspiring and talented basketball players to showcase their talent and to improve the infrastructure facilities of basketball courts. In the past five months, Vineel has managed to organise five basketball tournaments with an average of 100 participants in each event. 

Did you know that Hindi is the fourth most spoken language in the world? World Hindi Day, also known as ‘Vishwa Hindi Divas’ is celebrated all over the world annually on 10 January. The day is observed to commemorate the anniversary of the first time that Hindi was spoken in the United Nations General Assembly…

It is unfortunate that children, who have never been a part of a war, often end up suffering the most at the end of wars. World Day for War Orphans is observed annually on 6 January, to create awareness about the plight and challenges faced by children who have lost their parents because of wars…

Did you know that Balshastri Jambhekar, is the first journalist in Marathi language? To honour the pioneer of the Marathi journalism, the Government of Maharasthra has declared the birth anniversary of Balshastri Jambhekar, to be celebrated as Marathi Journalists’ Day or ‘Marathi Patrakar Din’ every year in the state on 6 January. The first Marathi daily…

Krishna Nayaka embarked on a 15,000 km walkathon from Mysuru, Karnataka, in October 2022 to promote the health benefits of yoga among people. The 29-year-old, who aims to complete his mission in two years, walks 30 km a day and has covered 2,000 km so far. Krishna also visits educational institutions to spread yoga awareness…

The Indian Cricket team defeated Sri Lanka in the first T20 International (T20I) match by two runs at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on 3 January, 2023. With this win, the Indian team takes a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Choosing to bat first, the Indian team scored 162/5 in 20 overs. With the help…

Did you know that it was Louis Braille, a Frenchman accidently rendered blind at a young age, who invented the famous Braille system? Braille is a writing system, which helps millions of blind and visually impaired people to read. World Braille Day is celebrated every year on 4 January, to commemorate the birth anniversary of…

Navaneeth Krishnan, a native of Angamaly, Kerala, recently processed images of the Northern Cyclones on Jupiter taken from JunoCam, the public engagement camera aboard the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Juno spacecraft. NASA credited Navaneeth for enhancing the colour and contrast of the image and published four images he processed of its Jupiter Mission. 

In 2011, Prince Mehra from Chandigarh found two electrocuted pigeons, in a roadside dustbin. This unfortunate incident motivated him to do something for birds in distress. Mehra converted his bicycle into an ambulance for injured birds and has treated 1,150 birds in the past 11 years. He also buries the dead birds properly, by digging…

Chinta Devi retired from the municipality two years ago. But her commitment to her work as a sweeper and her active participation in social work during the pandemic, has won the hearts and respect of the residents of Gaya, Bihar. The 60-year-old was recently elected as the new deputy mayor of Gaya among eleven candidates,…

Vaikunta Ekadashi is celebrated annually in India on the eleventh day of the Pausha month. This year, the day falls on 2 January, 2023. It is believed that the doors of Vaikuntha (Lord Vishnu's heavenly abode) remain open on this day. Devotees fast throughout the day and worship Lord Vishnu with their families. 

Are you ready to welcome 2023? The new year is just around the corner. We are all set to say goodbye to the present year and welcome a new year on 1 January 2023 with open arms and smiling faces. People celebrate this day with their loved ones. Wish you a happy and prosperous New…

Samir Lakhani started his initiative, Eco Soap Bank, in 2014, to provide freshly prepared soap bars to the poor for free. He does this by collecting and recycling unused or partially used soaps from hotels. Then, he sanitises and sterilises them to prepare fresh ones for the rural population, who lack access to fresh soaps. 

Although K. Govindan hails from the Mullur Kurma community of Wayanad, who hunted animals for food, he turned into a vegetarian a few years ago. The 72-year-old decided to put his archery skills to better use. He now teaches ancient archery techniques to the younger generation in an attempt to preserve this age-old skill. People…

Kandula Savitri, a history lecturer of the Government Degree College for Women, Srikalahasti, with her team, has recently discovered two hill caves in Andhra Pradesh, believed to be used by early man. One cave was found near Bhairavakona hill temple in Prakasam district, and the other on the banks of the Jampaleru rivulet. Savitri gathered…

As babies outgrow things including clothes that were bought for them a few weeks before, many baby products in a perfectly good condition end up in a truck or storage room. In order to solve this issue, friends duo, Neha Goenka Shroff and Swarna Daga Mimani started a platform ‘Yobler’, which gives the opportunity to…

B.L. Bengani from Chennai, wanted to find an environment-friendly and sustainable alternative to plywood, after working in the plywood manufacturing industry for four decades. After two years of research, he innovated a zero-wood board made with agricultural husk and named it as ‘The Natural Fibre Composite Board’ (NFC Board). This alternative is water-proof, fully recyclable,…

Dr Jeyachandran Karunakaran, a paediatric surgeon from Bengaluru, established a mini health centre named ‘The Samaritan Medical Aid and Research Trust’ (SMART) at Kamagiri village, Tamil Nadu, to provide free treatment to residents of the Bettamugilalam tribal panchayat. SMART also bears the travel and treatment expenses of the patients, if the treatment required is not…

Inspired by his father, Paramkusam Sarath Chandra from Peruru, Tirupati, started learning Bharatnatyam, when he was in Class 5. Now, the 32-year-old has given more than 2,000 performances in India and abroad and has received several honours, including the Natya Mayura and Nrutya Chudamani. The versatile dancer has established Natraj Dance Academy, to teach the…

Johnny Basha, from Chittoor, started conceptualising about starting his own company, during his second year of engineering. He launched his educational start-up, Study Comrade, in December 2021. Study Comrade is a platform that aims to help students learn from the professionals and gives them an opportunity to interact with their peers.  

Did you know that Farmer’s Day also marks the birth anniversary of India’s fifth Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh, who was also known as ‘The Messiah of Farmers’? Farmer’s Day or ‘Kisan Diwas’, is celebrated annually in India on 23 December, to acknowledge the important role that farmers play in ensuring the nation’s food security…

Christmas is just around the corner. The festival is marked to commemorate the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ and is celebrated annually on 25 December with great joy and enthusiasm. People decorate their homes to celebrate the last festival of the year and exchange gifts and greetings with their friends and family. Have a Merry…

Did you know that the first National Consumer Rights day was established in India in 1986, by then President, Giani Zail Singh? Since then, National Consumer Rights Day is celebrated annually across the nation, on 24 December, to empower consumers to know and demand their rights and to fight for them when necessary.  

The Indian women’s hockey team, led by Captain Savita Punia, defeated Spain 1-0 in the final match to win the first-ever International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women’s Nations Cup in Valencia, Spain, on 17 December, 2022. With this win, the Indian team ended the tournament with a record of five wins in five matches and qualified…

Whether you love it or hate it, it is impossible to ignore Maths in our lives. National Mathematics Day is celebrated annually in India on 22 December, to commemorate the birth anniversary of legendary mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan and to honour his contribution to mathematics. On this day, teachers and students from various educational institutions attend…

While on a trip to Europe in 2015, Bittu John Kallingal from Ernakulam, Kerala, came across ‘green stores’ for the first time. Inspired by this, the engineer started a ‘7 to 9 Green Store’ in his hometown, in which every grocery item is sold without using a single piece of plastic. Customers are encouraged to…

Did you know that Goa was liberated by the Indian forces in 1961, after 450 years of Portuguese rule? Goa Liberation Day is celebrated annually in the state on 19 December, to commemorate the anniversary of the state gaining its independence from the Portuguese. Goa celebrates the day with various events, including a torch procession…

Inspired by multi-storied buildings in cities, 32-year-old Akash Chaurasia from Bundelkhand, has innovated a multi-layer farming method, which not only allows farmers to grow multiple crops on a smaller piece of land, but also saves 80 per cent of water. Along with training them in person, Akash also has a YouTube channel with informational videos…

Solidarity was acknowledged as one of the essential values of the twenty-first century by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), on December 22, 2005. International Human Solidarity Day is observed globally every year on 20 December, spread public awareness and to remind our governments to uphold their commitments to international agreements. 

On December 16, 1971, the Indian army defeated Pakistan after thirteen days of battle, which led to the formation of Bangladesh as an independent nation. To commemorate this victory, Vijay Diwas is celebrated annually in India on 16 December. The day is observed not only to pay tribute to the soldiers martyred during the war,…

Sonam Parashar, a young traffic policewoman, saved the life of 61-year-old Anil Upadhyaya, when he was found unconscious at one of the busiest road crossings in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, on 12 December 2022. Parashar first administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to revive Upadhyaya. Then, she rushed him to a prominent private hospital in the police’s Dial-100…

Have you ever thought about what goes into the making of an edible cup? T. Jayalakshmi, a teacher-turned-entrepreneur, from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, has been manufacturing 30,000 to 40,000 edible tea cups in her small unit, using ragi and rice flour as the main ingredients. Jayalakshmi said that she took around two months to figure out…

Monkey Day, also known as International Monkey Day and World Monkey Day, is observed on 14 December to celebrate the inquisitiveness, intelligence and occasionally mischievous behavior of monkeys and to spread public awareness about the modern threats to these magnificent creatures. The day is marked by environmental activists and non-Government organizations (NGOs) including Jane Goodall and…

National Energy Conservation Day is celebrated annually in India on 14 December to advocate initiatives that conserve energy resources and to spread public awareness about climate change and global warming. To mark the day this year, President Droupadi Murmu will felicitate the winners of the National Energy Conservation Awards, National Energy Efficiency Innovation Awards, and…

Pattan Allah Bakshu, the founder of a charitable trust, Guntur Covid Fighters, started feeding people in need during the pandemic two years ago. The 33-year-old from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, with the help of his three brothers and 25 volunteers, collects leftover food from functions and weddings, to prevent food wastage and has served them to over 300…

Did you check the doodle on the popular search engine today? Today’s Google doodle commemorates the birth anniversary of Dr Maria Telkes, who believed that the power of the sun could change human lives. Also remembered as the ‘Sun Queen’, Dr Telkes was the first to receive the ‘Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award’ in…

It is important to note that the issue of universal health care affects everyone. Hence, the International Universal Health Coverage Day, is observed annually on 12 December, to promote the need for building robust, resilient and world-class healthcare systems for everyone all over the world. This year, the theme is, ‘Build the world we want:…

The Indian women cricket team defeated the Australian team in the Super Over of their second T20I match, at the D.Y. Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai, on 11 December, 2022. The Indian team posted 20 for one in the Super Over, while the Australian team managed to reach 16 for one. With this win,…

International Anti-Corruption Day is observed annually all over the world on 9 December, to spread awareness about creating a corruption-free society. The day also aims to make people aware about the negative consequences of indulging in corruption and encourages them to follow a righteous path. The theme of this year is, ‘Uniting the world against…

Did you know that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights holds the Guinness World Record as the most translated document? Every year, Human Rights Day is celebrated worldwide on 10 December, to create awareness about the absolute rights to which all humans are entitled, irrespective of their race, religion, national origin or any other status.  

Olympic medalist Mirabai Chanu, won a silver medal in the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Bogota, Colombia, despite a wrist injury, on 7 December, 2022. The weightlifter lifted a total of 200kg, six kg behind Jiang Huihua, from China, who won the gold medal. Sharing her joy, Chanu tweeted that this was a small step towards…

Every year, Armed Forces Flag Day is celebrated in India on 7 December, to honour Indian soldiers, sailors and pilots and to recognize their contributions and achievements. The day is also observed to raise donations for the welfare of the Armed Forces staff. On this day, the Indian Armed Units, i.e., Indian Army, Air Force…

India’s Under-19 women’s cricket team defeated the New Zealand team by four wickets in the fifth and final T20 match at the Mumbai Cricket Association’s Bandra-Kurla Complex ground on 6 December, 2022. With this win, the Indian team, under skipper Shwetha Sehrawat, completed a 5-0 series sweep. Having chosen to field first, the Indian bowlers…

Datta Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Lord Dattatreya is celebrated throughout India, particularly in Maharashtra, on the Full Moon Day in the Margashirsha month. This year, the day falls on 7 December, 2022. On this auspicious day, devotees observe a day-long fast and offer their prayers to Lord Dattatreya, who is regarded as a sage…

Do you want to know why World Soil Day is observed? It is observed every year on 5 December, to spread awareness about the importance of soil, soil quality and its vital role in forming the ecosystem. The theme of this year is ‘Soil: Where food begins’. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), designated this…

Did you know that International Volunteer Day (IVD), is celebrated in 80 countries across the world? IVD, also known as International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, is observed annually on 5 September, to recognize and promote the contribution of volunteers worldwide. This year, the theme is ‘Volunteering is where compassion meets solidarity’. 

The 102-year-old State Seed Farm in Aluva town, Kerala, is all set to be declared ‘carbon neutral’ by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, on 10 December, 2022. According to the officials’ report, this is the first seed farm in India to achieve a carbon neutral status. The farm, located on Thuruth Island in the Periyar river,…

It is unfortunate to note that new forms of slavery have emerged with the abolishment of ancient ones. Hence, the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed every year globally on 2 December, to spread awareness about the people who are forced into modern slavery, in the form of child labour, human trafficking,…

Every year, the International Day for Persons with Disabilities is observed on 3 December, to champion the well-being and fundamental rights of people with disabilities and spread awareness about the issues faced by them. This year, the theme is ‘Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world’. 

45 students across disciplines, from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, introduced their invention, RFR 23, a first-of-its-kind electric formula race car on 28 November, 2022. The students, under the name ‘Team Raftar’, expect to see significant improvements in the speed and lap times of race cars, compared to the previous internal combustion engine…

Did you know that Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose was the first Asian to be awarded a US patent? His 163rd birth anniversary is being commemorated on 30 November, 2022. Born in 1858 in Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh), the Indian physicist, biologist and botanist, is also recognized as the father of radio and wireless communication by…

The Digital Rupee is coming soon. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), announced that the first pilot for retail digital Rupee or e-rupee will be launched on December 1, 2022. Digital Rupee (e₹-R), is a form of digital token that represents legal tender. Currently, RBI has partnered with four banks - State Bank of India…

World AIDS Day is observed annually across the globe, on 1 December. The day was established as the first International Health Day in 1988. The day is observed to show support to people living with HIV and to pay tribute to those who have died from AIDS and related illnesses. The theme of this year is…

The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is observed every year globally on 25 November. The day is observed to spread awareness about gender-based violence against women. This year the theme is, ‘UNITE! Activism to End Violence against Women and Girls.’ This year’s campaign is a 16-day initiative starting on 25 November…

Did you know that it took two years, eleven months and eighteen days to prepare the Indian Constitution? Constitution Day, also known as ‘Samvidhan Divas’, is celebrated every year in India on 26 November. This is the day when the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the present constitution in 1949, and it came into effect…

With an investment of $ 297 million, Asia’s largest US Consulate office is set to be opened in Hyderabad’s Financial District in January 2023. The new US Consulate office, developed on a site of 12.2 acres , will have 54 visa interview windows, to make visa processing easier and faster. The first US consulate office…

The United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, appreciated Indian gender activist and social entrepreneur, Elsa Marie D'Silva, on 22 November, 2022, for her efforts towards combating gender-based violence. The UN Secretary praised the activist in his opening remarks at the 9th Global Forum of the Alliance of Civilisations in Morocco. D’Silva is the President…

Dr Purnima Devi Barman has been awarded the Champions of the Earth award 2022, the UN's highest environmental honour, in the Entrepreneurial Vision category. The Indian wildlife biologist leads an all-female grassroots conservation movement, the ‘Hargila Army’, which consists of over 10,000 women. This army is dedicated towards protecting the Greater Adjutant Stork (or Hargila)…

While fishing near the shores of Naripaiyur village, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, on 22 November, 2022, the fishermen realised that a big size fish, the dugon, had accidentally got stuck inside their fishing net. The men quickly untangled the net and released the endangered species into the sea. According to the official reports, some of these…

Biju Narayanan, a self-taught electronic technician from Thodupuzha, Kerala, built a working radio all by himself at the age of 12, due to his love for electronics. Now, as a 52-year-old, he has created a smart solar mixie, with a battery backup of eight hours and 15 unique features, including a mobile charging port and…

International Men’s Day focuses on celebrating the positive contributions made by to society and their families and on promoting gender equality. Every year, the day is celebrated globally on 19 November and aims to focus on issues affecting men and boys worldwide, including their mental health and well-being. This year, the theme is, ‘Helping Men…

Around 3.6 billion people worldwide, are still using poor-quality toilets, that are harmful to their health. World Toilet Day is observed every year globally on 19 November, to raise awareness about the need for more safe sanitation options for everyone and access to clean water. This year, the theme is, ‘Making the Invisible Visible’. 

International Day of Tolerance is observed every year globally on 16 November. As the name suggests, the day is observed to promote tolerance and spread awareness about the dangers of intolerance. It is interesting to note that the United Nations (UN) established this day in 1995, to honour the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi…

Happy Bhairava Ashtami 2022! Bhairava Ashtami, a festival which celebrates the birth anniversary of Lord Bhairava, falls on the eighth day of Krishna Paksha in the Karthik month. Lord Bhairava is a powerful manifestation of Lord Shiva. This year, the day falls on 16 November. On this day, devotees observe fasting and worship Lord Bhairava. 

Moirangthem Loiya, from Imphal West district, Manipur, came across barren land in the Langol Hill range, while hiking in early 2000. The nature lover, who also lived there, started planting trees on the barren land. He has converted it into a 300-acre forest, with a wide variety of plant species, such as oak, jack fruit…

Happy Children’s Day, India! Did you know that Children’s Day, or Bal Diwas used to be celebrated on 20 November till 1964? After the death of the nation's first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, his birth anniversary was chosen as the date for Children's Day, in India, due to his fondness for children. 

World Diabetes Day (WDD), an important healthcare event, is observed annually in more than 160 countries, on 14 November. The day is one of the largest annual diabetes awareness campaigns and aims to educate more people regarding the impact of diabetes on a person’s health and about necessary preventive measures. This year, the theme is…

Shlok Mukherjee from Delhi Public School in New Town, Kolkata, was declared as the winner of the 2022 Doodle for Google competition, India. His inspiring doodle titled ‘India on a center stage’, was featured for 24 hours on 14 November, 2022, on Google.co.in. The contest received over 115,000 entries from children in classes 1 to…

Every year, National Education Day is celebrated in India on 11 November. The day is observed to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a renowned freedom fighter and the first education minister of India. On 11 November, 2008, then President Pratibha Patil, inaugurated the first National Education Day celebrations at Vigyan Bhawan,…

M. Sivasamy from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, has built an eco-friendly clay fridge that requires zero electricity to keep vegetables, fruits and curd fresh up to four days. Born into a family of potters, the 70-year-old created two variants of the fridge. One is 1.5 feet in length and the other one is 2 feet, which…

World Pneumonia Day is observed annually on 12 November. The day is observed to raise awareness about pneumonia and to encourage people to take preventive measures such as vaccinations. The theme of this year is, ‘Championing the fight to stop pneumonia’. To observe this day, volunteers across the globe organize several programs and discussions to…

Uttarakhand Foundation Day, also known as ‘Uttarakhand Diwas’, is celebrated every year in India on 9 November. The day is observed to commemorate the formation of Uttarakhand on 9 November, 2000, as India’s 27th state. The ‘State Foundation Week’, which annually begins on 3 November and ends on 9 November, is a special celebration that lasts…

Subash Babu became the first Indian scientist to win the prestigious Bailey K. Ashford Medal and the Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (FASTMH) award for 2022, in its 82-year history. Dr Babu, who is the Scientific Director of the ICER (International Centre for Excellence in Research)-India Programme, was awarded for…

Every year, World Science Day for Peace and Development is celebrated worldwide on 10 November. The day is observed to highlight the importance and relevance of science in our daily lives and to remember the significant contribution of science in achieving global peace. The theme of this year is, ‘Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development’. The…

National Cancer Awareness Day is observed annually in India, on 7 November. According to World Health Organization (WHO), Cancer is the leading cause of death across the world. The day is observed to spread awareness about early diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The day also coincides with the birth anniversary of the Nobel prize…

India paid tribute to Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, better known as C.V. Raman, on his 134th birth anniversary on 7 November, 2022. Born in 1888, the physicist is known for his work in the field of light scattering, known as the ‘Raman effect’ and was awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in 1930. With this honour, Raman…

Every year, Guru Nanak Jayanti is celebrated on the full moon day of the Kartik month. The festival, also known as Guru Purab or Prakash Parv, is observed to commemorate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. This year, the 553rd birth anniversary of Guru Nanak falls on 8 November, 2022. On this day, devotees…

Seema Devi, a housewife and mother of three teenagers, broke the gender stereotype, by becoming the first woman electric rickshaw driver in Jammu and Kashmir. Seema, who is in her mid-40s, has been driving the electric rickshaw in Nagrota town and its adjoining areas, for the past four months. She said that she got inspired…

Seventy-year-old Narayana Bhat, was awarded the gold medal by Higher Education Minister, Karnataka, Ashwath Narayan, in the first-ever diploma convocation held in the nation, on 2 November, 2022. Bhat graduated with a score of 94.88 percent, from MES College, Sirsi, Karnataka, along with 106 students. In his statement, the minister said that the decision to…

The world witnessed its most devasting tsunami in December 2004, when the natural disaster affected 14 countries including India and Sri Lanka. Hence, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), designated 5 November as World Tsunami Awareness Day in 2015, to spread tsunami awareness and to find methods for the reduction of risk, along with keeping…

Three decades ago, Mukutmoni Moirangthem, from Kakching district, Manipur, started knitting woolen shoes, as she couldn’t afford to buy new shoes for her school-going daughter. Now, she has employed around 20 people to work for her and found recognition for her work not only in India but also abroad. She was also awarded the Padma…

Trained by his father in just three months, Mohammed Rayan Baig, from Bengaluru, Karnataka, recently won a gold medal in the (A-01) Small Bore Free Rifle Prone (NR) Championship, 50M Men Individual event, in West Bengal. With this win, the engineering graduate qualified for the national-level shooting championship in Thiruvananthapuram, organized by the National Rifle…

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI), is observed every year on 2 November. The day aims to bring attention to the crimes against journalists and to find methods to prevent violence against them, along with bringing perpetrators to justice. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), established this day on December 2013. 

The festival of lights is just around the corner. Diwali, also known as Deepavali, is one of the nation’s biggest festivals. This year, Diwali will be celebrated on 24 October. On this day, people wish their families and friends, light up their homes with diyas and fairy lights and put rangolis. The festival signifies the…

Every year, Diwali begins with Dhanteras, which is considered to be an auspicious occasion to buy gold and other metals as it is believed to bring happiness and prosperity to the family. The word dhan means money and teras, symbolising the thirteenth day of the month of Ashvin. On this day, devotees worship Goddess Lakshmi…

Muskan Rajput, from Delhi, created a huge buzz online, with her creative rangoli art as her piece can last for entire duration of the festival. In her shared clip, Muskan took a circular wooden board and coloured it black, before drawing a floral mandala-type design on it. She then used colourful threads in a string-type…

Indian junior shooters, won four more medals on the sixth day of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship, in Cairo, Egypt, on 18 October, 2022. These four medals raised India’s tally to 20, including nine gold, three silver and eight bronze medals. Currently, India is ranked second behind China, who claimed eighteen golds…

Dr Ganesh Babu was surprised by the low number of women delivering their babies at the Barsur Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, when he joined the centre, five years ago. To remove the communication gap between pregnant women and medical professionals, the 59-year-old medical officer, began distributing mobile phones to women, living in…

Research team, led by Professor M. Manivannan, from IIT- Madras, Tamil Nadu, have developed a new touchscreen technology, named ‘iTad’ (Interactive Touch Active Display), to make users feel the textures of objects on display. Manivannan said that iTad can take online shopping experience to the next level, as users can touch and feel things before…

World Standards Day, also known as International Standards Day, is observed every year, on 14 October, to spread awareness among consumers, policymakers, and businesses about the importance of standardisation. The process of standardisation is crucial for promoting trade and resolving technical issues. This year, the day is centered on the theme, ‘Build Back Better’. Various…

Every year, World Egg Day is celebrated on the second Friday of October. This year, the day falls on 14 October. The day is observed to highlight the importance of eggs for human nutrition as the food item also lists as one of the widely consumed foods all over the world. The day was first established…

On 12 October, 2022, 40-year-old fish seller, Pookunju, from Mynagappally village in Kollam district, Kerala, was served with a bank attachment notice for not paying a loan amount of around Rs 12 lakh. To his surprise, he found out that he had won the Rs 70-lakh Akshaya lottery prize, one and half hour later. Pookunju…

Karwa Chauth, also known as Karak Chaturthi, is celebrated every year mostly in northern parts of India, during the Krishna Paksha of the Kartik month. During this day, married women worship Chauth Mata and observe a strict fast, which begins before sunrise. The women break their fast after seeing the Moon. This year, the day…

Mountaineer Jogabyasa Bhoi, a native of Rupra village in Kalahandi district, Odisha, has been training over 1000 youths including school and college students in mountaineering, for the past five years, free of cost. The 38-year-old, who had scaled the highest peaks of the continent including the Mt. Everest, imparts theoretical and practical mountaineering skills to…

Poonam amma, a trans woman from Mumbai, started an initiative last month to feed the poor and hungry, breakfast and lunch for just one rupee. Her organization named, ‘Khwahish Foundation’, has 5000 members of the trans community and runs a kitchen managed by 16 staff members. Currently, 700-800 people are being fed daily through this…

World Mental Health Day is observed every year on 10 October. Mental Health is necessary for every individual as much as physical health. The day is observed to create awareness and de-stigmatize mental health and to advocate the need for advanced treatment for mental health. The theme of this year is ‘Make mental health & well-being…

World Post Day is celebrated every year on 9 October. The day is celebrated to highlight the importance of postal services. The Indian Department of Post, the world’s largest postal system, will celebrate the National Postal week this year from 9th to 13th October. This year, the activities for the week will be in line…

27-year-old Muna Sethy, a son of a daily wage worker, secured 76th rank in the Odisha Civil Services (OCS) examinations, with his perseverance and determination. Muna said that as an Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer, he would work for the proper implementation of poverty alleviation schemes, in order to help the poor and also for…

Dussehra, also known as Vijayadashami, is an auspicious festival celebrated in India, to mark the end of Navratri and Durga Puja celebrations. This year, the day falls on 5 October. On this day, people celebrate the victory of Lord Rama over Ravana, the demon king, and to mark the victory of Goddess Durga over the…

World Teacher’s Day, also known as International Teacher’s Day, is celebrated on 5 October, every year, in about a hundred nations across the globe. This year, the theme is ‘The Transformation of Education Begins with Teachers’. The day is observed to honour the contribution of teachers all over the world towards their students and to…

Kantesh Kumar Mishra, a 2015-batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre, has decided to open a library in Chakrabandha forest area, a remote Maoist stronghold in Aurangabad district, Bihar. By doing so, he aims to draw the children into the mainstream and help them prepare for competitive exams. “Education is an important tool as it motivates the…

Every year, Navratri, the nine-day auspicious festival, is celebrated widely all over India, with love and enthusiasm. During this festival, devotees welcome and worship the nine forms of Goddess Durga in their homes, while praying and fasting. This year, Navratri begins on 26 September, 2022 and will end with the celebrations of Dusshera, also known…

World Environmental Health Day is celebrated globally every year on 26 September. The day is observed to spread awareness about environmental health issues and the significant contribution of environmental health professionals. This year, the theme is ‘Strengthening Environmental Health Systems for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals’. Various seminars and workshops regarding environmental health, are…

World Tourism Day is celebrated every year, globally on 27 September. The day is observed to spread awareness about the importance of tourism and its social, cultural and economic impact on our society. This year, the theme is ‘Rethinking Tourism’. We can plan a vacation using many travel apps such as to celebrate this day. 

Every year, International Day of Sign Language is celebrated all over the world, on 23 September. The theme for this year is ‘Sign Language Unites Us'. There are around 70 million deaf people across the globe. The day is observed to make them feel part of community with the frequent use of sign language, and…

Though he had not gained education himself, 50-year-old scrap dealer, Ismail Kanathur, has built a small library with 2000 books, at his house in Balepuni village, Karnataka. Ismail lends his books for free not only to the teachers, students and any other interested individuals, but also donates some of them to the libraries of educational…

35-year-old Asha Kaithwas, the sarpanch of Jhiri panchayat in Burhanpur district, Madhya Pradesh, mortgaged her jewellery for installing night vision CCTV cameras, in her Jhajhar village, which forms a part of the Jhiri gram panchayat. The need for CCTV cameras became a concern after the abduction of a tribal boy, from Jhajhar. Though the boy…

International Day of Peace, also known as World Peace Day, is observed every year globally on 21 September. The day is observed to solidify peace among countries and people all over the world and to work towards an environment where all humans are treated with respect, regardless of their race. This year, the theme is…

Every year, World Alzheimer’s Day is observed across the globe, on 21 September. Alzheimer's is a mental illness that more often affects old people and weakens their memory, thus affecting their brain functions. The day is observed to spread awareness about this disease. The theme for this year is’ Know Dementia, know Alzheimer's’. 

World Gratitude Day, also known as Appreciation Day or the World Day of Gratitude, is celebrated annually on 21 September. The day is observed to motivate people to be thoughtful by expressing their gratitude and also encourage them to share happiness and appreciation with their loved ones. The first Gratitude Day was observed on 21…

28-year-old Bajrang Punia, became the first Indian to claim four medals at the World Wrestling Championships, by winning a bronze in the current edition, in Belgrade, Serbia, on 18 September, 2022. The Indian wrestler had earlier won two bronze medals in 2013 and 2019 and a silver in 2018. 28-year-old Vinesh Phogat, also won her…

The Indian Women Cricket Team defeated England, by seven wickets in the first One-Day International (ODI), at Hove, England, on 18 September, 2022. The Women in Blue, reached their target (232) in 44.2 overs, with seven wickets in hand, due to the incredible fifties from Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana. With this win,…

The two-year-old Siriki Vidhyardhari, from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, earned her name in the Wonder Book of Records, due to her extraordinary photographic memory. Siriki can recite the names of capitals of all Indian states in 40 seconds and can identify nine types of shapes, body parts, fruits and vegetables, flowers, birds, animals and alphabets, among…

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, also known as World Ozone Day, is observed every year, across the globe on 16 September. The day is observed to create awareness regarding the depletion of the ozone layer and explore possible solutions for its preservation. On this day, environmentalists, scientists and experts all around…

The Cheetah, the fastest animal on the earth, was declared extinct in India about 70 years ago. Now, the reintroduction of the Cheetah in India, is being done under an initiative, titled ‘Project Cheetah’. The Kuno-Palpur National Park (KPNP) in Madhya Pradesh, is all set to welcome eight cheetahs under an agreement signed earlier this…

Vishwakarma Puja, also known as Vishwakarma Jayanti and Bhadra Sankranti, is marked to celebrate the birth of Lord Vishwakarma, the chief architect of the world. This year, the day falls on 17 September, 2022. The festival is mostly observed by architects, carpenters, engineers, sculptors, craftsmen and other skilled workers. On this day, devotees worship the…

Every year in India, Hindi Diwas, also known as Hindi Day, is celebrated on 14 September. Hindi was adopted as an official language by the Constituent Assembly of India on September 14, 1949, under Article 343. The day is observed to honour Hindi literature and promote its cultural importance. On this day, various Hindi literary…

International Day of Democracy is celebrated every year across the globe on 15 September. The day is observed to promote and uphold the principles of democracy. In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), passed a resolution to observe 15 September as the International Day of Democracy. Currently, Indian democracy is considered the largest in…

The Digi Pullampara project, was launched in late 2021, by the Pullampara panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram, to achieve 100 percent digital literacy. 3300 residents, who are all aged above 45, were taught how to use smartphones to make calls, perform internet banking and use WhatsApp and YouTube, without anyone’s help. Due to this initiative, the local…

International Day to Protect Education from Attack is observed every year worldwide on 9 September. The day is observed to create awareness about the protection measures that should be implemented in schools, to make it a safe place for children and to safeguard them from crisis and threats. The day was established by the United…

24-year-old Indian athlete, Neeraj Chopra, created a new record on 8 September, 2022, by becoming the first Indian to win the Diamond League title. He won the title with a massive throw of 88.44m in the javelin throw event, in Zurich, Switzerland. Czech Republic's Jakub Valdejch, stood second in the tournament with an 86.94m throw,…

Anant Chaturdashi is celebrated in the Bhadrapad month of Shukla Paksha and on the last day of Ganesh Chaturthi, when Lord Ganesha is bid farewell by immersing his idol in water. On this day, devotees worship both Lord Vishnu and Lord Ganesha. The Anant Sutra, a 14-knot thread, is tied on the individual’s right hand…

International Day of Clean Air For Blue Skies is observed across the globe every year, on 7 September. The day is observed to create awareness about the negative impacts of air pollution and to encourage people to work towards increasing air quality across the globe. The theme for this year is, ‘Air We Share’. On…

Every year, International Literacy Day is celebrated all over the world, on 8 September. The day is observed to spread awareness about the importance of literacy in society. This year, the theme is, ‘Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces’. On this day, organisations and individuals mentor children, donate books to libraries, help with students’ tuition and encourage…

Onam is a harvesting festival, celebrated widely in Kerala for ten days. This year, the festival started on August 30, 2022 and will end on September 8, 2022. The festival is celebrated to welcome the kind-hearted demon king Mahabali, who is believed to return to Kerala, during these ten days. During this festive period, devotees…

Teacher’s Day is celebrated all over India on 5 September. The day is observed to honour all the teachers in India and to acknowledge the important role they play in shaping their students’ lives. The day also commemorates the birth anniversary of former President, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. On this day, students wish and give gifts…

India paid tribute to Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the nation’s first Vice-President and second President, on his birth anniversary on 5 September. Born in 1888, Radhakrishnan was the recipient of Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour and is known for his notable work as a scholar, teacher and philosopher. To honour his dedication towards education and…

International Day of Charity is celebrated every year on 5 September. The day is observed to commemorate the death anniversary of Mother Teresa. It is also observed to inspire and encourage individuals and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) across the globe to participate in more charitable and volunteer work. The day was first established by the United…

World Coconut Day is celebrated worldwide on 2 September. The day is observed to spread awareness about the importance and advantages of coconut. The theme of this year is ‘Growing Coconut for a better Future and Life’. Due to the efforts of Coconut Development Board (CDB), the day is prominently observed in Indian states such…

Laxman Narasimhan, formerly the CEO of Reckitt, a multinational consumer health and nutrition company, will be joining the board of Starbucks, on 1 April, 2023. The appointment of Narasimhan was announced by Starbucks on 1 September, 2022. According to their statement, Narasimhan will initially join as an incoming CEO, on 1 October, 2022, and will…

The 25-year-old Rehna Shajahan, from Kottayam district, Kerala, recently created a world record by obtaining the maximum number of online certificates in a day. She received 81 certificates in a day, due to her determination and passion to learn. Prior to this feat, the world record for maximum online certificates received in one day was…

Ganesh Chaturthi, the day which marks the birth of Lord Ganesha, is one of the most widely-celebrated festivals in India. The festival is celebrated on the Chaturthi Tithi of Shukla Paksha in the Bhadrapada month. This year, the celebrations began on 31 August, 2022 and will end on 9 September, 2022. On this day, devotees pray…

World Letter Writing Day is celebrated every year worldwide on 1 September. The day is observed to recognize the significant role that letter writing played in the evolution of humans and to encourage people to take more interest in letter writing, in order to keep the tradition alive. The day was established by Australian artist,…

Divya T.S, from Karnataka, won the women's 10m air pistol T6 event at the national shooting trials in New Delhi, on 30 August, 2022. Though she trailed through 8-10 till the end, Divya defeated Rhythm Sangwan from Haryana, in the end with a 16-12 win, to claim the gold, at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting…

National Sports Day is celebrated every year in India on 29 August. The day is commemorated to celebrate the birth anniversary of late hockey player, Major Dhyan Chand and to create awareness about importance of overall health, physical activity and participating in sports. The day is also dedicated to honour the contribution and dedication of…

International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed every year annually on 29 August. The day is marked to create awareness about the devastating negative effects of testing nuclear weapons and to urge governments all over the globe, to put an end to such tests. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) established 29 August as International…

Despite not being able to walk and having weak hands, 15-year-old Payel Pal from Balurghat district, West Bengal, topped her school in the Class X examinations and scored 80 percent, due to strong willpower and determination. Pal, a student of Kurmail Sonaulla High School, dreams of joining civil service by becoming an administrative officer so that…

Bail Pola is a thanksgiving festival which acknowledges the domestic and agricultural importance of bulls and cows. It is widely celebrated by the farmers in the region of Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, on the Pithori Amavasya in the Marathi Calendar. This year, the day falls on 26 August. On this day, farmers wash their bulls and…

International Dog Day is celebrated every year on 26 August. The day is observed to recognize the efforts made by dogs in saving human lives and to promote dog adoption. The day was established by Animal Welfare Advocate and Pet Lifestyle expert, Colleen Paige. On this day, dog lovers can buy toys for their dogs,…

The Government Model Higher Secondary School for Boys, a 203-year-old educational institution in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, admitted girl students for the first time. S. Fiya Mary and Profulla S. Vijay, two of the 12 girls, admitted to the science and humanities streams, on 23 August, 2022, will be a part of the first batch of girls…

Aanchal Gupta, a panipuri seller in Kolar, Madhya Pradesh, came up with a unique initiative to celebrate the first birthday of his daughter. He installed 21 stalls under a large tent, on 17 August, 2022, and distributed 1.01 lakh pieces of panipuri for free with the message 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' (nurture girls, educate them).…

57-year-old Sowdamini Mallapragada and her 61-year-old husband, Ravi Kishore Mallapragada, the power couple from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, began their trek on 25 July, 2022, to reach Gilman’s Point on Mount Kilimanjaro. The couple successfully reached the top of the mountain in six days, in extreme cold weather. They also created new records as Sowdamini became…

58-year-old Mary,a craft teacher at Dr B.R. Ambedkar Residential Government School in Ragigudda, Karnataka, has been training interested children and other craft teachers, in craftwork, for decades. Since 2016, she has been teaching them on how to convert waste cloth and paper into decorative pieces, free of cost, in order to achieve a zero-waste footprint.…

Janmashtami is around the corner. The festival is celebrated nationwide on the eighth day of the Krishna Paksha in Bhadrapada month. Janmashtami is marked to celebrate the birth of Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. This year, the celebrations will begin from 9:21 pm on 18 August, 2022 and will end at 10:59 pm…

33-year-old Prafulla Shashikant, from Beed district, Maharashtra, wanted to provide quality education to children from low-income families in the state and help thousands of teachers and students to adopt to an easier and inclusive way of learning. Hence, he developed a free online platform and app, named ‘VSchool’, that would help students with the resource…

This year, the Janmashtami celebrations at Udupi temple, will witness the tiger dance (Huli Vesha), which will be performed by seven differently-abled people, as they wish to add their own uniqueness to the dance. The dancers are currently undergoing a 15-day customised training under Ananda Sherigar. The troupe is being trained daily for two hours…

Every year, International Youth Day is celebrated globally on 12 August. The day is observed to acknowledge the contribution of youth in various fields and to spread awareness about the problems faced by them such as health, employment and many more, across the globe. The theme for this year is 'Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World…

World Elephant Day is celebrated every year globally on 12 August. The day is observed to create awareness about elephant conservation and highlight the plight of these majestic creatures. The day also aims to highlight the measures put into place to save elephants from illegal ivory trading to harmful human activities. Elephant Day was first…

This year, India is all set to celebrate its 75th Independence Day on 15 August. The Government of India has launched ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ (Tricolour in Every house) campaign from 13 to 15 August, 2022 and Independence Week from 11 to 17 August, 2022, to celebrate 75 years of the country’s independence. On this day,…

Raksha Bandhan is celebrated in India on the full moon day of the month of Shravan. The festival is celebrated to cherish the bond between a brother and sister. This year, the festival will be celebrated on 11 August, 2022. On this day, the sister ties a rakhi (sacred thread) on her brother’s wrist, which…

Every year, World Lion Day is celebrated globally on 10 August. The day is observed to celebrate the jungle king and to spread awareness about lion conservation in their natural environment. The day was first observed in 2013. In India, the population of Asiatic lions has increased from 523 to 674, between 2015 and 2022,…

World Biofuel Day is observed globally every year on 10 August. Biofuel is derived from biomass, like plants, agricultural wastes, crops, algae and many sources. The day is observed to create awareness about the use of non-fossil fuel as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels. The day is also dedicated to honour Sir Rudolf Diesel,…

On 8 August, 1942, the Quit India Movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi. The event is commemorated every year to pay tribute to the freedom fighters, who sacrificed their lives for the nation’s freedom. This peaceful civil disobedience movement started with an aim to force the British Government to grant India independence and played a…

International Cat Day is celebrated every year globally on 8 August. The day is observed to celebrate cats and their importance as pets and companions. It was established by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in 2002. The day is also marked to protect many unfortunate kittens from human abuse and extreme weather conditions…

India added 15 more medals to its tally on 07 August, 2022, the second last day of the Commonwealth Games (CWG), in Birmingham, including the bronze by women’s hockey team. Till now, Indian athletes have won 55 medals – 18 golds, 15 silvers and 22 bronzes, at the event. More medals are expected as Badminton…

Fondly known as the ‘Bamboo Lady’, 29-year-old Meenakshi Walke, from Chandrapur, Maharashtra, launched her business, ‘Abhisar Innovatives’, four years ago. Meenakshi makes bamboo products such as baskets, trays along with innovative bamboo rakhis, bamboo QR codes, friendship bands and more. Till now, she has not only sold them all over the nation but also shipped…

R. Premila, a traffic constable from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, won three gold medals and a silver medal in World Police and Fire Games 2022 (WPFG) held in Rotterdam, Netherlands. WPFG had over 10,000 athletes, who participated in 63 different events. Premila won gold in 100m dash, 400m, long jump and silver in 200m run. A…

Pratiksha Tondwalkar, started her career as a sweeper at a Mumbai branch of the State Bank of India (SBI), at the age of 20, following her husband’s death. Now 37 years later, she is working as an Assistant General Manager (AGM) at SBI, due to her strong will and determination. While working at SBI, Tondwalker…

20-year-old Weightlifter, Achinta Sheuli won the gold medal in the men's 73kg category, by lifting a total of 313kg, at the Commonwealth Games 2022, on 31 July, 2022. It was a third gold for India as the 27-year-old Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and 19-year-old Jeremy Lalrinnunga won the gold medal in the women’s 49kg weight lifting…

Breastfeeding is crucial for the development of a baby and establishes a precious bond between a mother and her new-born baby. Every year, Breastfeeding Week is celebrated all over the world from August 1 to 7. The week is observed to spread awareness about the advantages of breastfeeding as the antibodies found in breast milk…

India paid tribute to Freedom Fighter and Social Reformer, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, on his 102nd death anniversary on 1 August, 2022. Lovingly called ‘Lokmanya’, which means ‘accepted by the people’ and as the ‘The Maker of Modern India’, by Mahatma Gandhi, Tilak strongly believed in Swaraj (self-rule) and is credited as the first leader of…

International Tiger Day is observed every year on 28 July. According to the World Wildlife Fund, the tiger population has declined over 95% in the past 150 years, with only around 3900  tigers remaining. The day is observed to create awareness about the importance of the conservation of tigers and to expand its habitats. Currently,…

The 22nd Commonwealth Games was declared open on 28 July, 2022, in an impressive opening ceremony, in Birmingham, the host city in England. The Indian team, which was led by double Olympic medallist and Badminton Player, P.V. Sindhu and Men's Hockey team Captain, Manpreet Singh, consists of 215 athletes. The Indian athletes will be competing…

Four siblings, Yogesh Mishra, Kshama Mishra, Madhuri Mishra and Lokesh Mishra, from Lalganj town, Uttar Pradesh, have cleared the UPSC Civil Services Examination and all of them are now IAS and IPS officers. Yogesh and Madhuri cleared the exam in 2013 and 2014 respectively and became IAS officers. While Lokesh had secured 44th rank in…

India paid tribute to former President, Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen (A.P.J) Abdul Kalam, on his seventh death anniversary, on 27 July, 2022. Popularly known as the ‘People’s President’ and ‘Missile Man’, Kalam was an aerospace scientist who served as the nation’s 11th President, from 2002 to 2007. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest…

World Hepatitis Day is observed globally every year on 28 July. The day is observed to commemorate the birth anniversary of American Physician, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, who not only discovered the hepatitis B virus, but also created a diagnostic test and vaccination for it. The day is also marked to create awareness about this viral…

Ann Mary Ansalen, a Law College student from Ernakulam, Kerala, has been driving a private bus named ‘Hey Day’, for the past eight months, every Sunday through the city roads, for free. The 21-year-old took up this activity due to her passion for driving and vehicles. Ann said that she had the support of her…

On 25 July, 2022, President-elect Droupadi Murmu, was sworn in as the 15th President of India, in the Central Hall of Parliament in New Delhi. 64-year-old Murmu is the first President to be born after independence and the youngest to occupy the top constitutional post, till now. The ceremony was followed by a 21 gun…

Indian Olympic gold medalist, Neeraj Chopra, created a new history on 24 July, 2022, after he won silver with his historic throw (88.13m), in the men's javelin throw final in World Championships. With this win, the 24 year old became the second Indian and first male track and field athlete to win a medal in…

Louise Joy Brown became the first baby to be born, through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) method, on 25 July, 1978. World Embryologist Day, also known as World IVF Day, is celebrated every year on 25 July, to commemorate the birth of the world's first IVF baby. The day is also observed to spread awareness and…

Google commemorated the 112th birth anniversary of German electronic music pioneer and physicist, Oskar Sala, with a doodle, on 18 July, 2022. Known as the ‘one-man orchestra’, Sala was born in Greiz, Germany, in 1910 and was known for developing and producing sound effects on a musical instrument, named ‘Mixture-Trautonium’, which introduced a unique sound…

Mandela Day, also known as Nelson Mandela International Day, is celebrated annually across the world on 18 July. The day is observed to commemorate the birth anniversary and achievements of the former South African President and leader and acknowledge his 67-year-long fight against the racial discrimination and human rights abuses. The day is also observed…

Double Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu won the Singapore Open Super 500 trophy, in a gripping women's singles final, on July 17, 2022, by defeating Wang Zhi Yi, from China. This was the third title of the season for the 27-year-old, having previously won two Super 300 crowns in Syed Modi International and Swiss Open. Sindhu…

World Youth Skills Day is celebrated globally every year on 15 July. The day is observed to spread awareness about the importance of training youngsters across the globe with essential skills for entrepreneurship and employment. The theme for this year is ‘Transforming youth skills for the future’. The day was declared as World Youth Skills…

Licypriya Kangujam, the ten-year-old environment and climate activist, recently started an initiative to reduce single-use plastic waste in the nation. The Class V student has opened the world’s first ‘plastic money shop’ at the Delhi University (DU) and has been giving out free school stationery items, rice and saplings in exchange of single-use plastic waste…

For the past few-years, the residents of Ganivada village in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, have been facing a tough time due to the lack of well-lit streets in the village. Hence, Dr Meesala Appalayya, a native of the village created a WhatsApp group, 'Ganivada Development', to solve this issue. Around 150 people from Ganivada, who…

NASA, the space research agency in the United States, released a statement on 11 July, 2022, in which they mentioned that its James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the most powerful and largest telescope ever built, has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe dating to 13 billion years ago. It is…

Guru Purnima is observed every year not only in India, but also in Nepal. This year, the day is being observed on 13 July, 2022. Also known as Vyasa Purnima, the day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sage Ved Vyasa and to pay respect to  teachers. The festival is celebrated by Hindus,…

17-year-old Prem Kumar, from Gonpura village in Phulwari Sharif area, Patna, received a Rs 2.5 Cr scholarship, to complete his education at Lafayette College, in Pennsylvania, United States. The 12th grader has been chosen along with six other students across the globe, for the 'Dyer Fellowship' from Lafayette College. Kumar is the first person to…

Bhargav Sri Prakash, the CEO and founder of FriendsLearn, a bio and health tech startup, was awarded the world’s first patent for a Digital Vaccine in June 2022. The digital vaccine is a non-invasive technology that uses sensory pathways like sight, touch, and hearing to create patterns of neural responses in the brain. These patterns…

32-year-old Naresh Kumar Patel and his 29-year-old wife Aarti Patel, a differently-abled couple, from Bhojpur district, Bihar, are on a mission to motivate other people like them to be optimistic and self-reliant. Naresh has started a firm,’ Aarti Enterprises’, which  provides labourers for the execution of various government schemes, including MGNREGA. Aarti has also trained…

World Population Day is observed every year across the globe, on 11 July. Overpopulation is a major concern for every nation. The day is observed to create awareness regarding the negative impacts of population growth on the steady development of nature. This year’s theme is 'A world of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future for…

Molly Joy from Ernakulam, Kerala, dreamed about travelling all over the world since childhood. Once her children had settled down, the 61-year-old grocery store owner started to pursue her dream. In the past ten years, she has travelled around 11 countries, including France, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States, with her savings of Rs. 10…

Inspired by his father, who was an expert weaver, 42-year-old  V. Umapathy, an art teacher from Puducherry, makes intricate pieces of art from biodegradable materials such as bamboo, husks, branches, and vegetable waste, which are inexpensive and mostly discarded. He makes these beautiful crafts to endorse sustainability in his creations. Umapathy also convinced many of…

53-year-old Benny Kottarathil and his 46-year-old wife Molly Benny, from Kottayam, Kerala, created a new record by covering seventeen Indian states in 216 days, on foot. They have shared their expedition on their YouTube channel, ‘Vicky’s Wonder World’. Benny and Molly started their walking expedition on 1 December, 2021 and were awarded the 2022 National…

World Zoonoses Day is observed globally on 6 July. Zoonotic diseases such as rabies, ebola, influenza, are caused by viruses, fungi, parasites and bacteria. The day is observed to commemorate the french biologist, Louis Pasteur, who discovered and successfully  administered the first vaccine against rabies, on 6 July, 1885. The day is also marked to…

World Chocolate Day, also known as International Chocolate Day, is celebrated every year globally on 7 July. Chocolates, if consumed moderately, can provide many health benefits to our body and mind, apart from being tasty. The day is celebrated by chocolate lovers all over the world. Apart from indulging themselves, people also give their favourite…

Air Commodore Sanjay Sharma, recently created a new record by flying with his daughter, Flying Officer, Ananya Sharma, in the same formation of Hawk-132s, at the Air Force Station in  Bidar, Karnataka. The Indian Air Force (IAF) spokesperson, Wing Commander, Ashish Moghe, said in his statement that this was the first instance in the IAF,…

India paid tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his 120th death anniversary, on 4 July, 2022. Born in Calcutta on 12 January, 1863, as Narendranath Datta, Swami Vivekananda was the disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Vivekananda was known for his historical speech on religious tolerance at the World Parliament of Religion in Chicago, in 1893. The renowned…

Sini Shetty, from Karnataka, won the Femina Miss India World 2022 title, at the grand finale of Femina Miss India in Mumbai, on 3 June, 2022. Rubal Shekhawat from Rajasthan and Shinata Chauhan from Uttar Pradesh, were announced as the first and second runner-up, respectively. Former winner, Manasa Varanasi, crowned her successor, Sini Shetty, at…

Nanma Gireesh and Ben K. George, from Kerala, launched their startup, NestAbide, with a small team without any capital funding, in 2018, with a focus on flood-resistant technologies.  In 2021, the duo successfully designed India’s first amphibious house that could stay afloat in flood waters. Their prototype was featured on BBC’s World Podcast, ‘The Climate…

Every year, National Doctors’ Day is celebrated in India on 1 July. The day is celebrated to honour each and every doctor for their selfless contribution to humanity. The day also commemorates the birth anniversary of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy, doctor, who served as the Chief Minister of Bengal (1948-1962) and was the recipient of…

The Jagannath Rath Yatra festival is celebrated annually at the well-known Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha. This year, the Rath Yatra is being celebrated on 1 July. On this day, a large number of devotees gather to worship Lord Jagannath, his elder brother, Balarama and their sister, Subhadra. During the festival, three wooden chariots are…

Olympic gold-medalist and India’s ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, broke his own national record for the second time in a month on 30 June, 2022, and finished second at the Stockholm Diamond League, with a massive throw of 89.94m. Earlier on 14 June, 2022, the 24-year-old created a new national record throw (89.30m) at the…

Every year, National Statistics Day is celebrated on 29 June, in India. In 2007, the Government of India designated 29 June as National Statistics Day, to commemorate the birth anniversary of the late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, also known as the father of Indian statistics. The day is also observed to acknowledge the importance of…

The Indian Cricket Team defeated hosts Ireland by four runs in the second T20 International (T20I) match in Dublin, on 28 June, 2022. The opening batsmen, Deepak Hooda and Sanju Samson, created a new record by registering the highest partnership for any wicket by an Indian pair in T20Is. Hooda’s maiden century and Samson’s first…

Namrata Anand, a government school teacher in Patna district, Bihar, utilises her leisure time to help the children from poor families and slum areas by giving them free education and work for the welfare of differently-abled and transgender people. Namrata supports differently-abled people by providing them with artificial limbs and tricycles and has also helped…

Micro-Small and Medium sized Enterprises (MSME),are important for the development of a country. Every year, 27 June is celebrated as World MSME day, to acknowledge the contribution of MSMEs in strengthening the global economy and sustainable development. The theme for this year is, ‘Resilience and Rebuilding: MSMEs for Sustainable Development’. On 6 April, 2017, the…

Solaire Initiatives Pvt Ltd, a startup in Kolkata, West Bengal, has recently introduced a device named, ‘OM Redox', which produces oxygen from water just by pressing a switch. Dr Soumyajit Roy and his wife Dr Pei Liang, the co-founders of the startup, said in their statement on 23 June, 2022, that their machine generates oxygen…

Dr Risha Jasmine Nathan, a Delhi-based forensic scientist, has recently earned her name in list of the world’s top 50 leading gastronomy game-changers. She was selected from more than 400 candidates across 30 territories and joined the list of next generation leaders, who are creating sustainable solutions for the global food and drink industry. Risha’s…

This year, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), has adopted a resolution to designate 24 June as the International Day of Women in Diplomacy. In their statement, the UNGA said that women's participation, on equal terms with men, is necessary at all levels of decision-making, for the achievement of peace, sustainable development, and democracy. Top…

Anurag Daru, a graduate in electrical and electronics engineering from Bengaluru, Karnataka, has secured 569th rank in the All India Civil Services examination in his fifth attempt and has opted to join the Indian Police Service (IPS). His father, Manik Rao, works as a driver in the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC). To celebrate…

Inspired by her mother’s small tiffin venture, Geeta Patil started her business, Patil Kaki, to support her family in 2016. She made and sold authentic Maharashtrian dishes such as modak, puran poli, chakli, poha, and chivda, across Mumbai and Pune, with minimal investment. Now with the help of her son Vinit Patil, her business earns…

The Internet lauded the timely action of Captain Monica Khanna, the commander of the SpiceJet Patna-Delhi flight, after she successfully landed the aircraft which was also overweight, on 19 June, 2022, thus saving the lives of 185 passengers. One of the engines of the plane caught fire soon after take-off, and Khanna, with the support…

With their continuous efforts and determination, a group of 30 women from the tribal-dominated Badakudi village in Jeypore town, Odisha, stopped the liquor sale in their village in two months. The women started their awareness campaign in April, 2022, to end  liquor consumption deaths in Badakudi. The activists imposed a penalty of 10,000 rupees on…

Four years ago, Ankit Thakor, an IIM-Ahmedabad alumnus, started a school in Palanpur in Banaskantha district, Gujarat, to change the students’ perception regarding their textbooks and schools. In addition to this, Thakor also launched an app named Edutor, to provide education free of cost to anyone from any part of India. Now, more than 41,000…

World Refugee Day is observed globally every year on 20 June. The day is observed to honour the strength and courage of numerous refugees across the globe, who have been forced to leave their homeland to avoid war and persecution. The theme for this year is ‘Whoever, Whatever, Whenever. Everyone has the right to seek…

Yoga helps us to reduce the stress and anxiety caused due to our fast-paced lives, besides providing physical relaxation. International Day of Yoga is celebrated every year on 21 June, to honour the practice of yoga and spread awareness about its benefits. In 2014, the idea of Yoga day was proposed by Prime Minister, Narendra…

Captain Rupam Das, a young army officer, saved over hundred people in the flooded areas in Assam before saving his own family. The Army joined the rescue operation four days ago. In their statement, the army recognized the efforts of Das and said that the dedicated officer had first saved the lives of over hundred…

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed annually across the globe on 17 June. The theme for this year is ‘Rising up from drought together’.The day is observed to create awareness about desertification and drought. The day also focuses on finding solutions for turning degraded land into fertile soil to combat desertification and…

Father is the first hero, friend and mentor for a child. Every year, Father's day is celebrated to cherish this unbreakable bond between father and his child on the third Sunday of June, in most parts of the world, including India. This year, the day was celebrated on 19 June. On this day, children spend…

Both Nand Kishore, a migrant worker from Surat in Gujarat, and Mrtiyunjay Sharma, an engineer who had lost his job in Covid-19 crisis, were uncertain about their future when they returned to Bihar during the nationwide lockdown in 2020. Now, two years down the line, Nand Kishore’s startup produces around 2,000 sarees every month, stitches…

Olympic gold-medalist and India’s ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won a silver medal and set a new national record throw (89.30m) at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, on 14 June, 2022. With this performance, the 24-year-old broke his own record (88.07m), from March, 2021. In August, 2021, Neeraj had won the Tokyo Olympics…

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is observed annually across the globe, on 15 June. Elder abuse, which also includes mistreatment and neglect, can be physical, social, financial, or psychological in nature. The theme for this year is ‘Building Strong Support for Elders’. The day is observed to create awareness about the negative impact and consequences…

54-year-old Om Prakash Jaiswal, from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, has been providing physical training to youngsters from poor families free of cost, since 2011. He aims to train at least one lakh aspirants and help them get recruited into the police, paramilitary forces and the Indian Army. Jaiswal retired as a firefighter six years ago.  Due…

19-year-old Kunja Rajitha, from a tribal village in Alluri district, Andhra Pradesh, recently won the gold medal in the 400-metre sprint at Khelo India Youth Games 2022, held in Haryana. Despite facing various struggles as a migrant family from Chhattisgarh, Rajitha and her three siblings continued their education due to their parents' support and encouragement.…

Indian lifters Akansha Kishor Vyavhare and Vijay Prajapati, won silver medals in the 40 kg and 49 kg categories respectively, on 11 June, 2022, in the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth World Weightlifting Championships for men and women. The tournament was held in Leon, Mexico. Sahdev Yadav, President of the Indian Weightlifting Federation, said that…

Every year, International Albinism Awareness Day is observed globally on 13 June. Albinism is a congenital disorder that affects the pigmentation of the hair, skin and eyes. This year, the theme is ‘United in making our voice heard’. The day is observed to spread awareness about this rare disease and the rights of the people…

22-year-old mountaineer Poorna Malavath, from Nizamabad district, Telangana, has created a new record by completing her ‘Seven Summits Challenge’. Poorna, who has climbed six other major peaks in the past, reached the summit of Mt Denali (6,190 mt), the highest mountain in the continent of North America, on June 5, 2022. At the age of…

D.S. Roopkala, the head of R.R. Architects and Associates in Bengaluru, Karnataka, successfully led a team of architects, comprising three women and two male structural engineers, to design the newly launched Sir M. Visvesvaraya air-conditioned railway Terminal, at Baiyappanahalli in Bengaluru. The terminal was opened for commercial operation on 6 June, 2022. Roopkala said that…

Adhil’s interest in learning magic tricks started when he was just 10 years-old. Now as a first-year engineering student from Kochi, Kerala, the automobile enthusiast  has earned his name in the India Book of Records, Asia Book of Records and International Book of Records for performing 23 magic acts in just 60 seconds. Adhil said…

World Brain Tumour Day is observed globally every year on 8 June. A brain tumour is identified by a growth of abnormal cells in the brain. According to the National Health Portal (NHP), every day across the globe, more than 500 new patients are diagnosed with a brain tumour. The day is observed to create…

Aster MIMS Hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala, has become the first hospital in the state to introduce the use of drones for the delivery of essential items, especially blood samples and medicines, to hospitals. Farhan Yasin, the regional director of Aster Kerala, said that the firm is planning to employ drones for transporting organs in the…

Every year, World Oceans Day is celebrated globally on 8 June. This year, the theme is Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean. The day is observed to create awareness among people about the negative impact of human activities such as garbage and sewage disposal on the ocean. On December 5, 2008, the United Nations General…

On his 171st birth anniversary, Google paid tribute to inventor Angelo Moriondo with a special doodle, on June 6, 2022. The doodle featured a GIF image of the first-known espresso machine and was painted wholly with coffee. Known as the ‘Godfather of Espresso Machines’, Moriondo was credited for patenting the earliest-known espresso machine in 1884.…

83-year-old Prakash Singh Bhatty from Amritsar, Punjab, has planted over one crore saplings across the nation, in the past five decades. With the help of his NGO Missionaries Khudai Khidmatgaran, Bhatty has saved thousands of acres from becoming barren lands in many states with his plantation work. The environmentalist said that he prefers to plant…

This year in Khelo India Youth Games, 10 out of the total 12 players in the Andhra Pradesh kabaddi girl’s team, are the daughters of farm labourers from Kapusambham village near Vizianagaram. These talented teenage girls participated in this tournament not only to win a medal, but to become future sporting stars and buy fields…

Every year, World Bicycle Day is celebrated worldwide on 3 June. Bicycles are one of the oldest means of transport and used for the conservation of our environment. It also offers fun, as well as, many health benefits to its riders, regardless of their age. The day is observed to promote the use of bicycles…

94-year-old Palekanda P. Bopaiah and 85-year-old Palekanda Beliappa, residents of Kuttandi village in Kodagu district, Karnataka, recently won three gold and two silver medals in the Pan India Master Games held in Bengaluru. The Palekanda brothers, who identify themselves as all-rounders, participated in javelin throw, relay race, 1,500 metre running race, walkathon and 100 metre…

World Environment Day is observed every year globally on 5 June. The day is celebrated to raise awareness about the importance of mother nature and its conservation and to encourage people to participate in developing environmental safety measures. In 1972, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on the first day of the Stockholm Conference,…

Every year, World Milk Day is celebrated globally on June 1. The day is marked to acknowledge the significance of milk as global food and to honour the dairy industry. The day was adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in 2001. Currently, India is the world's largest producer of milk,…

Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Dutch partner Matwe Middelkoop entered the Grand Slam semifinal at the French Open on May 31, 2022. The duo defeated Britain’s Lloyd Glasspool and Finland’s Henri Heliovaara in the men's doubles quarterfinal. The Indo-Dutch duo will face 12th seeds, Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Roger in the last four,…

45-year-old Khulana Barik, currently working as a staff nurse in Jagatsinghpur District Headquarters Hospital, Odisha, has been selected for the Florence Nightingale Award 2021. She was awarded for going above and beyond her nursing duties, especially by handling the delivery of COVID-positive pregnant women and taking care of newborns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Florence…

On May 29, 2022, Gujarat Titans lifted the Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy 2022 in the final, after defeating Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. With this win, Gujarat Titans, led by Captain Hardik Pandya, became the second team to ­lift the IPL title in their debut season after…

43-year-old M. Babu, a bus conductor from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, dedicates almost 20 percent of his salary to feed about 30 people, and buy clothes and food for children who cannot find a home. He also helps people get admitted to care homes if they express their wish to shift there. Babu hopes that more…

49-year-old Timmapuram Suresh Reddy, a police constable and numismatist from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, has collected currencies of 167 countries. Suresh has been collecting coins since childhood and collected coins that belong to the ancient empires, including Pallava, Chola and Mughal. The numismatist has earned his spot in the Indian Book of Records this year for…

Delhi-based author Geetanjali Shree became the first Hindi language writer to win the International Booker Prize for her novel, 'Tomb of Sand’, on May 26, 2022. She shared the award with the American translator of her book, Daisy Rockwell. Originally published in Hindi as ‘Ret Samadhi’, the novel narrates the journey of an 80-year-old woman…

Captain Abhilasha Barak from Haryana became the first woman officer to join the Army Aviation Corps of the Indian Army as a combat pilot. The valedictory ceremony was held on 25 May, 2022, at Combat Army Aviation Training School in Nashik. She and 36 other Army pilots were awarded the coveted wings by Lieutenant General…

Two years ago, Seema Kumari from Jamui district, Bihar, lost a leg in an unfortunate road accident. But this tragedy didn't stop her from pursuing her dream of becoming a teacher. The 10-year-old has become a source of inspiration for other children of her age as she continues to attend her school by walking 1…

Six years ago, A. Noujisha, from Kozhikode, Kerala, was a victim of domestic violence. But she didn't lose hope and was determined to change her life for the better. Now, the 32-year-old has fulfilled her dream and joined the police force as a civil police officer with sheer perseverance and courage. A video of Noujisha…

On 24 May, 2022, India's first Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), was launched in Odisha by Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik. The OVEP is a practical set of resources, which will be integrated into the school education system of Odisha. It aims to impart the olympian values of respect, excellence,…

2.7-year-old Saathvik Sarath, from Ernakulam, Kerala, earned his place in the India Book of Records, by recalling 52 antonyms in one minute. The toddler started practicing by remembering 12 antonyms. Then, he started learning the names of 11 states and its capital cities, days of the week, parts of a computer, along with the names…

World Turtle Day is celebrated every year globally on May 23. Turtles are one of the oldest reptile groups. There are 300 species of turtles in the world and 129 of them are endangered. The day is observed to create awareness among people about helping turtles survive and thrive in their natural habitat. On this…

Popularly known as ‘Gopi Lakkidi’, in Palakkad, Kerala, P. Gopalakrishnan, an autorickshaw driver, saves road mishap victims and takes them to hospitals, free of cost. He even accompanies the victims, sometimes in ambulances, to hospitals in Thrissur and Perinthalmanna. Due to his noble service, Gopi was appointed as the convener of the quick response team…

Google paid tribute to Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt, one of India’s greatest wrestlers, with a doodle on his 144th birth anniversary, on May 22, 2022. The doodle showed an image of a strong moustachioed gentleman with a mace slung over his shoulders. Popularly known as ‘Gama Pehlwan’ or ‘The Great Gama’, the wrestler remained undefeated…

World Bee Day is celebrated across the globe, every year on May 20. Bees carry pollen grains from one flower to another and facilitate the production of seeds, fruits, and nuts. The day is observed to create awareness about their importance as pollinators and their contribution in conserving our biodiversity. The day also marks the…

World Metrology Day is celebrated every year on May 20.  Metrology is the scientific study of measurements and plays a vital role in scientific discovery and innovation, industrial manufacturing and many more fields. The day is observed to commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875. The Metre Convention, also known…

Indian boxer, Nikhat Zareen, won the gold medal in the 52kg category, at the Women's World Boxing Championship in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 19, 2022. The 25-year-old defeated Jitpong Jutamas from Thailand in the final. With this win, Nikhat became the fifth Indian women boxer to win a gold at the World Championships after Mary…

35-year-old Veera Sekhar, a businessman from Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, started a  volunteers' organization, 'Friends Society', in 2003. Through this organization, he helps 2000 families every month, along with orphans and those in need, by donating clothes, rice, and other essentials to them. In addition to this, Sekhar also conducts education awareness camps in slum…

World AIDS Vaccine Day is observed globally every year on May 18. The day is marked to create awareness regarding the importance of developing a vaccine to prevent Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. The day also honours scientists, health professionals and volunteers across the globe, who are working towards developing…

Every year across the globe, International Museum Day is celebrated on May 18. The day is observed to create awareness about the significance of museums in our society. Museums are one of the best places to expand our knowledge as they provide more information about history, science, and culture. This year in India, the National…

Buddha Purnima is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. The day falls on the full moon day in the month of Vaisakha. This year, Buddha Purnima, also known as Buddha Jayanti, is being celebrated on 16 May, 2022. On this day, devotees visit monasteries and holy shrines and…

The Indian men’s badminton team has created history by defeating 14-time champions Indonesia 3-0, in the Thomas Cup final, on May 15, 2022, in Bangkok. India lifted the prestigious Thomas Cup for the first time in history. With this win, India became the sixth country to win the tournament. The other five countries are Indonesia…

Four engineering students, Naveen, Shubhan Sain, Supreeth, and Vivek Chandrashekhar, from Mysore, Karnataka, have developed a cost-effective cooling cart. The cart would help  vegetable vendors to keep their products fresh while they sell, especially during the summer months. The students have built an air-cooled chamber in the cart and sourced solar energy for electricity so…

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) head constable Sanatan Munda, saved two women passengers from coming under the train at Bhubaneswar railway station, on May 11, 2022. K. Saraswati and B Chandrama, were deboarding  the Palasa-Cuttack passenger train on platform number 3 when they slipped on the steps and fell.  Using his presence of mind, Sanathan…

The Sainik School Bijapur in Vijayapura, Karnataka, is one of the 25 Sainik schools in India, that provides training for boys to join the army forces. As a welcome change, the school started offering admission to girls from the academic year, 2020-2021. For the first time, the girls will now attend the regular classes on…

Age is not a barrier to learning. To prove this quote true, Day Time Secondary School in Kidwai Nagar East, New Delhi, provides admission for adult women, who have not had the opportunity to complete their school education. This is the first school in the city that gives education facilities to women dropouts. The school…

Every year in India, National Technology Day is celebrated on May 11. On this day in 1998, India successfully conducted the famous Pokhran nuclear tests in Rajasthan. To commemorate this major technical breakthrough, then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee declared 11 May to be celebrated as National Technology Day in India. Since then, the day…

Indian Journalists Adnan Abidi, Sana Irshad Mattoo, Amit Dave and the late Danish Siddiqui won the Pulitzer Prize 2022 in the feature photography category. They won this prestigious award for their images of the Covid toll in India. Unfortunately, Siddiqui was killed last year during the conflict between the Afghan and Taliban army. The winners…

Veteran santoor virtuoso and composer Pandit Shivkumar Sharma died due to cardiac arrest at the age of 84, in Mumbai, on May 10, 2022. Born in 1938, Sharma was known for popularising santoor, a folk instrument from Jammu and Kashmir, and giving it global recognition. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1995 and the…

On his birth anniversary on May 9, 2022, India paid tribute to Maharana Pratap. Pratap Singh I, popularly known as Maharana Pratap, was the 54th ruler of Mewar from the Sisodia dynasty. Maharana Pratap is remembered for his role in the Battle of Haldighati against Mughal emperor Akbar, and the bravery of his loyal horse,…

33-year-old Sujitha from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has helped over 300 students, mostly girls, from economically backward families to find sponsors to continue their studies. The sponsors cover the college and hostel fees along with the transportation costs for the students. Sujitha acts as an intermediary, who helps the donor and recipient to connect with each…

Every day, 70 autorickshaw drivers from the Neyyattinkara bus station junction, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, provide food and water free of cost to those in need. In addition to this, they cultivate spinach, chillies, bananas, jackfruit and guava, in a space close to the autorickshaw stand. The drivers are even reluctant to let themselves be photographed as…

The relationship that a mother and her child share is a special one. Mother’s day is celebrated to cherish this unique bond, in several nations including India, on the second Sunday in May. This year, the day is being celebrated on 8 May, 2022. The day is observed to acknowledge and thank every mother across…

Every year, International No Diet Day (INDD), is celebrated on May 6. The day is marked to encourage people to follow a healthy lifestyle irrespective of their body shape and size. The day aims to educate people about the side effects of unhealthy dieting and teach them how to diet responsibly. It also urges people…

Indian paddler Hansini Mathan Rajan has returned home with two medals, a gold and a bronze, in the Under-13 and Under-15 categories of the World Table Tennis Youth Contender tournament held in Linz, Austria. Hansini won the U-13 championship defeating Andreea Baisu from Romania in the final. She also secured a bronze in the U-15…

International Firefighters Day is celebrated every year globally on May 4. The day is observed to honour and recognize the sacrifices of firefighters, who risk their lives to save ours. The day is also marked to thank the current and past firefighters, across the globe, for their selfless contributions. Firefighters also handle non-fire emergencies, such…

Harshada Sharad Garud became India's first weightlifter to win a gold medal, on May 2, 2022, at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships in Heraklion, Greece. Harshada claimed the yellow metal on the opening day of the competition in the women's 45kg category. The other Indians who had won medals previously at the…

Khushboo Patel, the founder of Tetrel Innovations from Gujarat, designed an insulated jacket for Indian soldiers to help them withstand extreme temperatures. The product was made lighter and more efficient than the one currently used by the armed forces. In addition to this, the AI technology ensures comfortable warmth to the wearer, irrespective of the…

20-year-old Annam Mahita from Swarna village in Andhra Pradesh has engraved 67,230 letters of shlokas from Mahabharata on 810 pencil leads. Now, she aims to earn her name in the Guinness World Records book, by creating miniature art with verses from the Quran and the Bible in Arabic and Hebrew respectively. Mahita, who has completed…

World Tuna Day is celebrated every year on May 2. The day is observed to spread awareness about conserving the tuna fish, as it has become an endangered species due to the high demand for their meat. The population of its species has declined by more than 97 percent in the past few years. To…

On his 101st birth anniversary on 2 May, 2022, India paid tribute to film-maker Satyajit Ray. Regarded as one of the greatest Indian filmmakers in the world, Ray was born in 1921, in Calcutta. He was also the recipient of many awards, including 36 Indian National Film Awards, a Golden Lion, and an Academy Honorary…

TNSTC bus driver V. Arumugasamy and conductor K. Esakki alias Kuttisamy, saved the life of a 69-year-old passenger Sahul Hameed, who reported chest pain, by taking him to a government hospital on time for treatment, on April 27, 2022. Their timely efforts were appreciated by the public and higher officials of Tamil Nadu State Transport…

Indian shuttler and Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu qualified for the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Championships after defeating Yue Yann Jaslyn Hooi of Singapore in the women's singles competition in Manila, Philippines, on 28 April, 2022. The Indian men's doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also advanced to the quarterfinals, with their…

Against all odds, Anita Kumari, along with six other girls from Jharkhand, have been selected for the forthcoming FIFA Under-17 World Cup team. The footballer, despite facing poverty and nutritional deficiency at a young age, was determined to do her best and fulfil her dream. Asha Devi, Anita’s mother, who managed to get all five…

International Dance Day is celebrated worldwide annually on April 29. Dance is an art through which we can express our emotions and forget all our worries. The day is observed to celebrate all the talented dancers and wonderful dance forms, across the globe. The day is also marked to commemorate the birth anniversary of the…

Entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla, Inc, Elon Musk, acquired the deal to buy Twitter, the social media network, for approximately 44 billion dollars, with shares valued at 54.20 dollars. This acquisition is considered as one of the biggest deals in the world of technology. In his press statement, Musk said that he wants to make…

47-year-old Raja Sur, from Kolkata, successfully underwent two-staged Robotic-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy (RAPN) surgery, at Rela Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to remove tumors in both his kidneys. Dr Vasantharaja, who performed this surgery, said that RAPN is an advanced procedure, performed to remove complex tumours without damaging much of the kidney itself. Post-surgery, Raja Sur was…

Maths is a dreaded subject for most children. To remove the fear of mathematics from the minds of children, Subash Chandra Sahu, a school teacher in Bargarh district, Odisha, has built a ‘Maths Park’, on the premises of the government primary school in Pujharipali village. He built this unique park to teach the subject to…

Every year, World Malaria Day is observed globally on April 25. Malaria is caused due to the bite of the female Anopheles mosquitoes that are infected by the plasmodium parasite. The day is observed to create awareness about this deadly disease, which has claimed the lives of 6.27 lakh people across the globe in 2020.…

World Penguin Day is celebrated across the globe, annually, on April 25. Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds, which are becoming endangered due to drastic climate change. The day is marked to create awareness about the importance of these aquatic birds in our ecosystem. This day can be celebrated by watching penguin documentaries,…

13-year-old Amey Sanjay Gawale, from Adilabad district, Telangana, became the youngest person to reach the south base camp of Mount Everest. Accompanied by his parents, Amey started his trek on 4 April, 2022, towards the Everest Base Camp (EBC), located at an elevation of 17,598 feet (5,364 meters), from Lukla, Nepal. The class 8 student…

Forty-two-year-old Vijay Pathak, in Ranchi, Jharkahand, has been running a food bank for the past 2.5 years, to battle hunger. . Through his initiative named Roti Bank Ranchi, launched on 1 March, 2020, Pathak has been serving homemade food to around 200 economically underprivileged people, free of cost. Pathak also collects prepared food from marriage…

Visitors  to Chinnamanur police station in Theni, Tamil Nadu, can now engage themselves in the world of books, while waiting for their turn to file a complaint. A small library has been set up at  the police station to engage the public with a collection of seven hundred books in various genres, including periodicals and…

32-year-old robotics scientist, Balaji Thirunavukarasu, from Kandachipuram near Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu, hopes to inspire government school students by creating a small module on robotics and introducing the subject to them. In 2014, Balaji started a company to invent small-sized robots for day-to-day work. It was through his first small commercial invention, Lillibot, which was…

World Heritage Day is celebrated across the globe every year, on April 18. The day is marked to create awareness about the cultural heritage and diversity on our planet. There are a total of 3691 monuments and sites in India. Among those, 40 including the Ajanta Caves and Ellora Caves, and Taj Mahal, are designated…

Every monsoon season, 73-year-old Kallur Balan, a resident of Mankurissy town in Palakkad district, Kerala, plants saplings in different parts of the district, due to his love for nature. Over the past ten years, he has planted lakhs of saplings on roadsides and public places. During summer, Balan also collects damaged fruits such as oranges,…

To promote  communal harmony, the famous Chennakeshava temple in Belur town, Karnataka, continued its age-old tradition of starting its rathotsava (chariot festival) celebrations, after reciting the verses of the Quran. Though it is not known exactly when this tradition started, the temple manual, which dates back to 1932, mentions the existence of this tradition. The…

On April 13, 2022, India paid tribute to those who were martyred in the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, 103 years ago. . Hundreds of people who were protesting peacefully against the Rowlatt Act on Baisakhi Day in April 1919, at Jallianwala Bagh, were indiscriminately fired at and killed. The action was initiated by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer. 

Baisakhi marks the beginning of the spring season. On this day, farmers express their gratitude to God, for the crop they harvested  during the year. This year, Baisakhi, which also marks the beginning of the new year, is being celebrated on 14 April, 2022. The festival is celebrated annually with great joy and enthusiasm in…

Every year, Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated in India, on April 14. The day is marked to commemorate the birth anniversary of the first Law and Justice Minister of India, Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. Born in 1891, Ambedkar is known as the father of the Indian Constitution. It was under his leadership that the world's longest…

67-year-old Antony John, a career consultant, and environmentalist, from Kerala, has built a unique electric car that reduces maintenance costs and the environmental impacts of burning fossil fuels. The vehicle, named 'Pulkoodu', has a speed of 25 km per hour and is legally cleared for its use on the roads. Antony is currently working on…

Ramesh Chand, a train passenger, lost his suitcase containing 350 grams of gold, worth Rs 20 lakh, at the KSR Railway Station, in Bangalore, Karnataka, on April 5, 2022. Fortunately, he got his suitcase back in a few hours, due to the efforts of Gururaj, a home guard. Gururaj, who has been working with the…

31-year-old constable Netresh Sharma, has emerged as a hero, for saving a child and three women from a house that had been set ablaze by a mob, in Karauli district, Rajasthan. A picture of him with a child in his arms amid burning houses has gone viral on social media. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot spoke…

International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP), is celebrated every year on April 6. The day is marked to acknowledge the significant role of sports and physical activities in our daily lives. The day also aims to make people understand the positive impact that physical activities and sports have on the peace and…

Indian boxer Sumit entered the semifinals of the Thailand Open in the 75kg category, after defeating Timur Nurseitov in Phuket, Thailand, on April 5, 2022. With this win, Sumit became the fourth Indian to enter the semifinals. India's Ashish Kumar (81kg), Monika (48kg) and Manisha (57kg) have already qualified for the semifinals. In 2019, India…

Health is fundamental to human well-being and happiness. World Health Day is celebrated all over the world annually on April 7. The day is observed to create awareness about the importance of good health and quality of life. The day is also celebrated to recognize the contributions of our medical faculty all over the world.…

India’s Ricky Kej won his second Grammy for his album ‘Divine Tides’ along with Stewart Copeland, in the Best New Age Album category at the 64th Grammy Awards held in Las Vegas. The Bangalore-based music composer won his first Grammy Award for his album, Winds of Samsara, in the Best New Age Album category, in…

The residents of Ramgarh District, Jharkhand, have been creating opportunities for themselves by introducing fish farming in the coal mines of the Central Coal Fields Limited (CCL), which had been abandoned, for the past 10-12 years. Madhvi Mishra, the Deputy Commissioner of Ramgarh, said that the initiative created a new source of livelihood for the…

33-year-old Aromal Padmajayan and 41-year-old Ivin Gancius, two entrepreneurs from Kerala, are on a mission to produce electric auto-rickshaws through their EV (electric vehicle) startup. Their startup is called Eternium Locomotion & Navigation Pvt Ltd and is in Thiruvananthapuram. They launched the prototype of the vehicle on 24 March, 2022. This is the first time…

April Fools’ Day is celebrated across the globe every year on April 1. The day is celebrated to share laughter and joy with our loved ones. On this day, people greet each other and tell funny jokes. They also pull harmless pranks on each other to have a good laugh. Though April 1 is not…

Odisha Day is celebrated every year on April 1. Known as the land of Lord Jagannath, Odisha celebrates this day as Utkal Divas, to commemorate the formation of the state. On 1 April, 1936, Odisha was separated from the Bengal and Bihar province, after three centuries. The state is renowned for its historical significance and…

Gudi Padwa, also known as Samvatsar Padvo, is a festival celebrated mostly in Maharashtra and Goa on the first day of the Chaitra month. This year, Gudi Padwa is being celebrated on 2 April. The festival indicates the arrival of the spring and marks the beginning of a new year for people, who are native…

Rajasthan Day is celebrated every year across the state on March 30, to commemorate the formation of the state. On 30 March, 1949, the kingdoms of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and Bikaner were accessed together to form the present-day Rajasthan. The state, which turned 73 this year, is also a home to popular tourist destinations such…

On March 28, 2022, the Science fiction movie Dune won six awards including the Best Visual Effects and received ten nominations, at the 94th Academy Awards. Namit Malhotra, CEO of DNEG, an Indian VFX company that made visual effects for Dune, won his seventh Academy Award this year at the Oscars. The company has previously…

Diya, a student from Bangalore, Karnataka, has recently donated 750 repurposed notebooks to 200 underprivileged children from Classes 1 to 7. The 17-year-old got the idea from her mother's recycling methods. She upcycled unused paper from her and her friends' notebooks and rebounded them. Then, she donated the rebounded notebooks to a local government school…

Indian Shuttler PV Sindhu won the Swiss Open 2022 women’s singles title on March 27, 2022. The two-time Olympic medalist defeated World No. 11 Busanan Ongamrungphan, from Thailand, in 49 minutes, at St. Jakobshalle arena, Switzerland. With this win, the 26-year-old has claimed her second Super 300 title of the year as she had won…

Jeegi Sarat, a resident of Cheranalloor, Kerala, decided to learn Kathakali at the age of 51. Her passion to learn the complex artform led her to make her kathakali arangettam (debut) in 2018, at the age of 57. Having proved that nothing is impossible, the 61-year-old now yearns for the cherished Krishna vesham (role) on…

23-year-old Suraj Kumar, an under-trial prisoner since April 2021, recently secured 54th rank in the Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) 2022, conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee. A native of Mosma village, Bihar, Suraj took help from educated inmates and jail officials to learn Maths and other subjects, to clear the…

Indian long jumper Someswara Rao Ramudri and javelin thrower Mohit, won gold medals in their respective individual events, at the 2022 World Para Athletics Grand Prix, in Dubai, on March 24, 2022. Paralympian Dharambir also received his second silver medal in the discus wheelchair men F51 final, where he covered a distance of 10.93m. India…

Dr Nawal Kishore Choudhary, an IAS officer serving as the district magistrate of Gopalganj, Bihar, recently launched an initiative named ‘Pustak Daan Maha Abhiyan’ (Book Donation Campaign). The initiative aims to impart reading habits among people and to help students, who are preparing for competitive exams. Choudhary has also received several awards, including the Best…

Despite suffering from autistic spectrum disorder from the age of two, 13-year-old Jiya Rai, from Maharashtra, became the world’s fastest and youngest female swimmer to swim across the Palk Strait. Rai created a new record by swimming in 13 hours and 10 minutes, on 20 March, 2022. She had earlier covered a distance of 29…

Shaheed Diwas, also known as Martyr's Day, is observed every year in India, on March 23. The day is marked to remember the death anniversary of valiant freedom fighters, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Shivaram Rajguru, who sacrificed their lives for our nation, in 1931. Singh and his revolutionary comrades Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged…

World Meteorological Day is celebrated on March 23. The day is observed every year to create awareness among the people about their role in protecting the atmosphere of the earth. The day is also celebrated to mark the anniversary of the establishment of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), on 23 March, 1950. The day is…

Guni village, located in Khunti district, Jharkhand, is becoming self-reliant in fulfilling its water needs. The village has adopted several measures such as increasing their farm-productivity by community farming and taking advantage of the ‘Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Swawalamban Yojana’ (DDUSY) of the Rural Development Department, for water conservation. The village also won the ‘National Water…

Children are educating their unlettered elders through an initiative named ‘Padhna Likhna Abhiyaan’, in Latehar District, Jharkhand. As per this initiative by the district administration, ten children per batch are selected as Voluntary Teachers for around 600 schools, to teach their elders. The classes are conducted in the evenings and the selected children studying in…

World Poetry Day is celebrated every year on March 21. Poetry is one of the best forms to express our thoughts in a rhythmic way. The day is marked to honour and support poetry and poets across the world. The day can be celebrated by reading the poems of well-known poets and reviving the oral…

International Forest Day is observed every year globally on March 21. The day is marked to raise awareness about the significance and contribution of all types of forests. Forest plays an important role in providing food, shelter and water, not only to animals, but also to human beings. Hence, the day is celebrated to make…

After 18 years, 33-year-old Kedar Prasad Mahto, from Ramgarh, Jharkhand, had succeeded in making a turbine on a rivulet flowing near his village. Mahto made this turbine, which is now generating 5 Kilowatt (kW) electricity, to solve the problem of frequent power cuts in his village. Mahto said that he started working on this project…

Every year, World Sleep Day is observed globally on the third Friday of March. This year, World Sleep Day is being celebrated on 18 March, 2022. Lack of sleep can lead to several health issues. This day is marked to raise awareness about the importance of good sleep. It is necessary for everyone to have…

The festival of colours is here. This year, Holi is being celebrated on 18 March, 2022. The day is marked to celebrate the victory of good over evil. Holi is celebrated with a lot of colours, joy and happiness. People across the nation celebrate the festival by smearing friends and relatives with colours and exchanging…

National Vaccination Day is observed every year in India, on March 16. The day is marked to raise awareness about vaccination and its importance. The day also holds more significance as the nation has recently completed COVID-19 vaccination for over 180 crore people. The day is also observed to mark the anniversary of the first…

Holi is one of the prominent festivals celebrated all over India. The festival begins with the celebrations of Holika Dahan, also known as Choti Holi. This year, Holika Dahan falls on 17 March, 2022, and the festival of colours falls on 18 March, 2022. On Holika Dahan, people gather with their friends and relatives around…

On March 16, 2022, Google celebrated the 200th birth anniversary of famous French painter Rosa Bonheur, whose successful career inspired a generation of women in the arts. The doodle featured an animated image of Bonheur, painting a flock of sleep on a canvas. Born in 1822, Bonheur was considered one of the most renowned female…

20-year-old Indian badminton player, Lakshya Sen, won a silver medal in the finals of the German Open 2022, on March 13, 2022. Sen, who hails from Almora, Uttarakhand, put up a good fight against Kunlavut Vitidsarn, from Thailand, who claimed the title. Earlier, the Indian badminton player defeated the reigning world champion and World No.…

International Day of Mathematics is observed every year globally, on March 14. The day is also celebrated as Pi Day, by  math lovers, for its numeric representation of 3.14. The day is marked to highlight the importance of mathematics in our education. In 2019, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), recognized this…

Fondly known as ‘Mama’ (Grandmother in Sambalpuri), Santhoshini Mishra, from Sambalpur, Odisha, has been running a successful catering business, for the past thirty-six years. The 74-year-old, started this venture with a small catering team at the age of 38, to support her family. Now, she is the most sought-after caterer in the town and her…

International Women’s Day is celebrated annually, across the globe, on March 8. The day is marked to acknowledge and celebrate the cultural, political and socio economic achievements of women, all over the world. The day also aims to spread awareness about gender equality and encourages everyone to work towards creating a society with no gender…

The Indian Cricket Team won their opening match of the Women’s World Cup, 2022, by defeating Pakistan by 107 runs. Pooja Vastrakar, Smriti Mandhana, and Sneh Rana, helped India to set a 245 run-target for Pakistan, with their stunning half-centuries. Indian bowlers, led by left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad, contributed to the victory, by dismissing Pakistan…

Indian shooting trio, Esha Singh, Shri Nivetha and Ruchita Vinerkar, won the gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol team event of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup, in Cairo, Egypt. The trio won the nation’s third medal and a second gold on 3 March, 2022. On 1 March, 2022, Saurabh Chaudhary…

Every year, National Safety Day is observed in India on March 4, by the National Safety Council of India. The day is marked to create awareness among the general public and employees and encourage their commitment to work safely. The day also aims to highlight the importance of following safety measures and regulations, which would…

On her 73rd death anniversary, India paid tribute to Sarojini Naidu, on March 2, 2022. Known as ‘Bharat Kokila’ or ‘Nightingale of India’, Sarojini Naidu was one of the prominent figures in India’s Independence struggle. Born on 13 February, 1879, Naidu was the first woman to become the governor of Uttar Pradesh. She was also…

50-year-old Daniel Vijayaraj was the first male nurse from India, to receive the prestigious Nightingale Award, instituted by the National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, in England. A native of Keeladi village in Tamil Nadu, Vijayaraj joined South Tees Hospital Middlesbrough, England, in 2001. Now, he is a specialist in dialysis and cardioversion and also…

Vinay Goswami, a Deputy Director, Office of Commissioner of Schools, Gandhinagar, visits archaeological structures on his weekly offs and holidays. Goswami uploads his visits on his YouTube channel, Health Holding, so that people can learn more about these little-known places. He also prepares documents on these places to preserve the architectural heritage of Gujarat. Currently,…

In India, National Science Day is celebrated every year on February 28. The day is marked to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect. Dr Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman or Sir C.V. Raman discovered the Raman effect in 1928 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for this game-changing discovery in 1930. The day is…

On 27 February, 2022, at around 3 am, 250 Indian students from war-torn Ukraine arrived in India. Then, at around 9.20 am, another evacuation flight with 240 Indians landed at IGI, followed by the day’s third flight at 5:35 pm, with 198 on board. Till now, 688 Indian nationals have returned from Bucharest, Romania, and…

64-year-old Bhavani Jogi, from Mangaluru, Karnataka, recently won three gold, a silver, and a bronze medal in the 35th Annual Masters (Open) Athletic Championship, held in Sri Lanka. She had also previously won 200 medals in field and track events. Jogi said that she would continue her journey in sports and try to win gold…

22-year-old Anvita Nair recently met Karnataka Health Commissioner, D. Randeep, who welcomed her idea to treat  pre and post partum mental health issues faced by women. Nine months ago, Anvita Nair, from Bangalore, Karnataka, started an online petition campaign BeatTheBlues, to help women in their pre and post natal period. She asked the Ministry of…

17-year-olds Sarah Varghese and Devika Girish, from St. Peter’s Senior Secondary School, Kadayiruppu, Kerala, have been selected to represent India at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) to be held in Atlanta, United States (US). The class XII students prepared a highly porous polymer membrane with exceptional oil absorption properties with the help…

Five years ago, Sivapriya and Haripriya, teenage sisters from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, started farming, when their family suffered a major financial crisis. They cultivated cabbage, tomato, and cauliflower in the 10 cents of land around their house. Now, the sisters farm on 80 cents of land given to them by three landowners and use organic fertilizers…

16-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated 31-year-old World champion Magnus Carlsen, in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters - an online rapid chess competition, on 21 February, 2022. Praggnanandhaa, nicknamed Pragg, from Chennai, Tamil Nadu,  won with black pieces in 39 moves. He also became the third Indian and youngest player to beat Carlsen, after Pentala…

Parvathy Unnikrishnan, from Eroor, Kerala, has been learning tabla from the age of seven. Now, she has entered the India Book of Records, 2022, for playing tabla for the longest duration. The 10-year-old played the tabla in different layas for 46 minutes and 36 seconds on 19 January, 2022. She had also attended an online…

Kallichanda Nishan Nanaiah’s short film Alpha Beta Gamma is now being screened at the Berlin Film Festival.  A native of Kodagu district, Karnataka, Nishan graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. The short film revolves around three people stuck in a flat during the COVID-19 lockdown. The movie premiered at the International…

Every year, International Mother language Day is observed globally on February 21. The day is celebrated to promote and preserve multilingual diversity. According to the census analysis in 2011, there are 22 scheduled languages in India and 96.71 percent of the Indian population use one of these languages as their mother tongue. Hindi, Kannada, Tamil,…

The Indian Cricket Team defeated West Indies by 17 runs in the third and final T20 International (T20I) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 20 February, 2022. With this win, the team registered a 3-0 clean sweep over the West Indies in the three-match series. This win was also a third successive clean sweep…

Krishna Nayak has been quenching the thirst of visually challenged people by offering them juice, free of cost. Nayak, who owns a juice centre in Dharwad, Karnataka, said that he was inspired by the work of the visually challenged Hindustani and Carnatic vocalist, late Puttaraj Gawai, and views his act as a payback to society.…

Aymanam, a small village in Kottayam city, Kerala, has been featured in Conde Nast’s 30 best places in the world to visit in 2022. Conde Nast, a global mass media company, mentioned that Aymanam, bordered by Vembanad lake and Meenachil river, encourages people to take a writing retreat and to live a simple life close…

Government General Hospital (GGH) in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, recently created a new record by curing a breast cancer patient with stereotactic radiation. Venkataratnamma, from Vijayawada, had been suffering from breast cancer for the past one-and-a-half years and was admitted to GGH on 31 January, 2022. Dr Durga Prasad, the head of the Oncology department, said…

22-year-old Dasari Lakshmi Parvati, a native of Lakkasagaram village in Kurnool District, was one of the contestants in a popular television channel show. After the video of Parvati, mentioning in the show that she wished for a bus facility service in her village, went viral, Transport Minister Perni Venkataramaiah discussed the issue with the corporation…

For the past ten years, 60-year-old Pallivalappil Nizamuddeen, from Panjikkeel, Kerala, has been sending indigenous vegetable seeds to those interested in farming, free of cost. He buys seeds from various agriculture research institutions such as the Institute of Horticulture Research Centre, Bengaluru and Agriculture Research, Pattambi and also cultivates vegetables and fruits in his house.…

A group of migrant workers, who are earning their livelihood in other states, has been funding an English medium school in Kade village, Jharkhand, so that the children of the village can get better job opportunities in future. The school, which started in 2017, with eight classrooms and 24 students, currently has 217 students. The…

13-year-old Anoushka Jolly, a class 8 student from Gurugram, Haryana, has come up with a mobile application named 'Kavach', to prevent bullying in schools. Kavach allows parents and students to report bullying incidents anonymously so that the schools can intervene and take suitable action. Anoushka became the youngest contestant to pitch her social initiative idea…

On 14 February, 2022, at 6:17 am, The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched EOS-04, Earth Observation Satellite, into an intended sun-synchronous polar orbit of 529 km altitude. The satellite with a mission life of 10 years, was launched to get high-quality images in all weather conditions for applications, including agriculture, forestry, flood mapping…

A year ago, Dr. Shankar Ramchandani, an assistant professor in the medicine department at VIMSAR, opened his one-rupee clinic in Burla town, Odisha. To mark the first anniversary of this facility, Dr. Ramchandani launched his ‘One Rupee’ medicine service on 12 February, 2022. Under this new service, medicines will be provided to needy patients, who…

Worried about the rapid deforestation, 104 women from Mahishgeda village, Jharkhand, started an awareness campaign, Jungle Bachao Abhiyaan (Save the Forest), to protect nine acres of forest land in their area. Divided into four groups, these women guard the forest with bamboo sticks and keep tabs on the tree count. The campaign is also promoted…

Every year, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated on February 11. A significant gender gap still exists in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. This day is marked to create awareness about the contribution of women and girls in the fields of science and technology and to encourage…

Jacob, a retired employee from Palluruthy, Kerala, carries a hand pump during his morning walks and sprays insecticides in the open drainages to kill mosquitoes. The 62-year-old said that he started the intervention a month ago, after his friends complained about the mosquito problem. The shopkeepers and autorickshaw drivers of Palluruthy, said that the mosquito…

The video of 69-year-old Ammini Amma, from Cherpu village, Kerala, with her grandchildren, hoisting the national flag in front of their small hut on 26 January, 2022, went viral, after it was uploaded by headmaster Praveen Kumar on social media. To honour the enthusiasm of the children in the video, Ammini Amma along with the…

‘Writing with Fire', directed by Delhi-based filmmakers Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas, has won an Oscar nomination for the Best Documentary Feature category. The documentary is the story of fearless Dalit women journalists, who stand by victims of caste and gender violence. It is also the first time an Indian documentary has been nominated for…

Every year, World Cancer Day is observed globally on February 4. Cancer is the world's second leading cause of death after cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). The day is marked to create awareness about cancer and encourage its prevention, diagnosis, and treatment among people. It is also observed to remove the stigma associated with this condition.   

Vijay Kumar Chansoriya, a teacher of a government primary school in Khandia village, Madhya Pradesh, has donated Rs 40 lakh, which he received from his employee provident fund and gratuity, to poor students. He made this announcement at a program organized for him by his colleagues on the day of his retirement. Chansoriya said that…

Ganesh Jayanti celebrates the birth of Lord Ganesha. The festival is observed on Shukla  Paksha Chaturthi during the Magha lunar month. This year, Ganesh Jayanti is being celebrated in India on 4 February, 2022. On this day, devotees fast and worship Lord Ganesha. The day is also celebrated by different names such as Maghi Ganesh…

25 years ago, Bheemavva, from Bagalkot district, Karnataka, migrated to Kundapur taluk of Udupi district, with her family. In December, 2020, Bheemavva, a daily wage worker in her 50s, contested the panchayat election and became the president of Tallur grama panchayat in Kundapur taluk. She was encouraged to contest by Karun Poojary, a former member…

Teacher-turned-sub-inspector Bakhat Singh from Brijpur village in Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, recently started a study center-cum-library on the premises of police station to impart education, free of cost, to underprivileged children. The 41-year-old teaches students from Class 4 onwards between 7 am and 10 am and also those who aspire to appear for various competitive …

Nine-year-old Nirupama Ratheesh and her seven-year-old sister Niranjana Ratheesh, from Kakkanad, Kerala, are not only adept in Bharatanatyam and sloka chanting but can also recite difficult Sanskrit words. Niranjana earned her name in the British World Records, Asian World Records, and Kalam's World Records for the fastest recitation of Sandhya Naama Keerthanams and Nirupama made…

18-year-old Gaddam Meghana became the first Indian-origin teenager to get elected as a Youth Parliament member representing the Waikato Parliament segment in New Zealand. Born and brought up in New Zealand, Meghana used to take part in various social service activities including raising funds for children and orphans, who migrated from Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and…

Uma Maheswar Rao from Tirupati city, Andhra Pradesh, has turned his terrace into a rooftop garden because of his passion for plants and trees. The 58-year-old has been growing a variety of vegetables, including leafy greens, tomato, okra, mushroom, mint, and 15-20 varieties of flowering plants, for more than four years. He even encourages his…

14-year-old Unnati Hooda from Haryana, and 21-year-old Kiran George from Kerala, won the women’s and men’s singles title respectively in the Odisha Open Super 100 tournament on January 30, 2022. With this win, Unnati Hooda became the youngest Indian to win a Super 100 badminton tournament. Hooda defeated Smit Toshniwal in just 35 minutes in…

Every year, numerous birds are killed after being cut by manja (kite string) that stays entangled on  trees, buildings and powerlines. To save birds from kite strings, Chetan Patel, the owner of Jay Gopinath Khaman and Locho, a fast-food restaurant in Surat, Gujarat, offered people 1 kg of khaman (snack) in exchange for 1 kg…

This year, 92-year-old veteran clarinet player Aenjala Kuppuswami Chinnikrishna (AKC) Natarajan, from Trichy District, Tamil Nadu, has been chosen as one of the recipients for the Padma Shri Award. In his 75-year-old music career, Natarajan is known for modifying the clarinet to suit Carnatic music by reducing the 14 finger holes by closing eight with…

On the occasion of his 157th birth anniversary, India paid tribute to Lala Lajpat Rai, also known as Punjab Kesari, on January 28, 2022. Born in 1865, in Dhudike village, in Punjab, Rai was one of the prominent leaders in India’s Independence movement. In 1928, Lala Lajpat Rai led a non-violent march against the all-British…

Every year, Republic Day is celebrated in India on January 26. In 2022, India is celebrating its 73rd Republic Day. The Constitution of India came into effect on 26 January,1950, and the country became a sovereign state, and was declared a republic. The main event of the Republic Day celebrations is the annual parade which begins…

To celebrate India’s 73rd Republic Day, the homepage of Google India displayed the elements of the Republic Day parade. The doodle artwork features the parade elements like the parade animals (an elephant, a horse, a dog, a camel), a red tabla, the parade path, a saxophone, doves, the tricolors of our national flag. This year,…

13-year-old Anvi Vijay Zanzarukia, from Surat, Gujarat, has been  awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar. Avni has been battling serious mental and physical disabilities since birth. She has participated in over 42 yoga competitions, and that too with non-disabled children as there is no special category for the physically or mentally disabled. Dubbed ‘Rubber…

International Day of Education is celebrated every year globally on January 24. A resolution proclaiming 24 January as the International Day of Education, was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2018. Education is a basic essential for every human being. The day is marked to acknowledge the role and importance of education in…

This year on January 26, the army parade will display both the old and new eras of the Indian military including their uniforms and weapons. The Republic Day celebrations will also witness the inclusion of a laser mapping and drone show in the Beating Retreat ceremony. The number of troops in marching contingents in the…

Every year in India, National Girl Child Day is celebrated on January 24. The day is marked to create awareness about the rights of the girl child and the importance of female health, nutrition, and education. This year, the Ministry of Culture is organizing an event called Umang Rangoli to celebrate this day. The participating…

The official Twitter handle of the Andhra Pradesh police shared a video of traffic cops from Vizianagaram, serving food and water to an orphaned elderly man and shifting him to hospital. On 18 January, 2022, two traffic constables, Suresh Kumar and Satyanarayana, found an elderly man lying near the Clock Tower Junction while on duty…

Mountaineer Suresh Babu from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, created a new record by becoming the fastest solo-trekker to reach Mount Everest base camp in four days. Suresh Babu started his solo marathon trek from Lukla in Nepal on 20 December, 2021 and concluded it at the Everest base camp on 24 December, 2021. He also became…

Environmentalist and Padma Shri awardee Daripalli Ramaiah and his wife Janamma have been growing 50 sandalwood trees on their seven-acre land in Khammam district, Telangana, for the last 20 years. Though the Telangana government allowed them to sell the red sandalwood, they decided to donate 20 tonnes of the precious wood for the State’s Haritha…

Two minor boys from Alavandhipuram village in Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, were saved from drowning by a 60-year-old couple, on January 13, 2022. The three minor boys, Mohanraj, Ashwath, and Rahul, entered the river despite the heavy flow and got caught in a quicksand. The couple, Saroja and her husband Santhanan, heard their cries and…

Errando, a hyperlocal delivery startup in Kerala, recently launched the world’s first WhatsApp API-powered delivery service. Customers can now use their WhatsApp to order food, grocery, medicine and also avail pick and drop services. According to Shameer Pathayakandi, the co-founder of Errando, customers can make payments and receive updates of their orders using the auto-generated…

The newly set up hotel, Sign with Hands, in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, is quite different from other eateries in the city, as it is run by four hearing and speech impaired people. The owners started this place with an aim to achieve self-reliance and financial independence. In this unique place, various signs are displayed in…

On January 16, 2022, Para-athlete Kamalakanta Nayak, from Puri District, Odisha, entered the Guinness Book of World Records, by covering 213 km in 24 hours, on his manual wheelchair.  Earlier, a similar feat was performed by Mario Trindade of Portugal, who covered 182.4 km in 24 hours by wheelchair, at the Vila Real Stadium in…

83-year-old legendary Kathak dancer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Birju Maharaj, passed away in the early hours of January 17, 2022. Born as Brij Mohan Nath Mishra, on 4 February, 1937, he was known for his perfect rhythm, expressive abhinaya and for developing a unique dancing style. Birju Maharaj was the recipient of numerous awards in…

In 1985, the Government of India marked January 12, the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, as National Youth Day. The day is celebrated in India, to honour the great philosopher, who strongly believed that youth who were dedicated and hard working could transform the fate of India. Born as Narendranath Datta, in 1863 in Kolkata,…

In India, Rajmata Jijau Jayanti is celebrated every year on January 12. The day is marked to honour the birth anniversary of Jijabai Bhosale, the mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji. Born in 1598, Jijabai was the queen regent in her son’s kingdom and also a skilled administrator who would not bow down to the might of…

The Nettukaltheri open prison in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, has recently launched a culinary program to help prisoners pursue a career in the food industry. This initiative aided by an NGO, the Family Planning Association of India, aims to provide cooking lessons to interested inmates, so that they can earn their living as chefs during the parole…

Every year, World Hindi Day is celebrated on January 10. The day is observed to promote the use of the Hindi language across the globe. The day also marks the anniversary of the first World Hindi Conference, inaugurated in Nagpur in 1975, by the then Prime Minister - Indira Gandhi. While World Hindi Day is…

23-year-old Prabhu, a native of Avinashi Town, Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu, won the gold medal in the under 74-kg category, at the Asian Powerlifting Championship, Istanbul, Turkey, held in the last week of December, 2021. The victorious, post-graduate student was welcomed with flowers and firecrackers at the Coimbatore Airport, on 31 December, 2021. It was…

Seven-year-old Jewel Mariam Basil, from Kothamangalam, Kerala, is all set to write her name in the Guinness Book of World Record. On 8 January, 2022, the Class II student of the Vidya Vikas School, swam four km across the Vembanad lake, in one hour and 53 minutes,  accompanied by two boats and coast guard officers.…

For the past two years, Rajesh Kumar, an assistant teacher at Government Middle School in Tetri village, near Ranchi, Jharkhand, has turned his car into a classroom simply by fixing a whiteboard on it. Rajesh took this initiative to teach children in his village by reaching out to them, when he noticed that many students…

Shafi Vikraman from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, spent his time gaining knowledge during the lockdown by enrolling himself for virtual courses. He has earned over 130 online certifications from overseas universities including Yale, Columbia and Princeton. Shafi, in his mid-fifties, has received certifications from 16 countries and ended up learning diverse subjects such as finance, forensics, medicine,…

Viswanadhula Vinisha is just two years and ten months old. However, in the past three months, she has won five different awards and earned her place in the India Book of Records, International World Records, Genius Book of Records and the Noble World Record. The preschooler from Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, can sing 30 rhymes,…

74-year-old Padma Shri Awardee Sindhutai Sapkal, better known as Anathanchi Maye or Mother of Orphans, passed away following a heart attack, at a private hospital in Pune on January 4, 2022. Sindhutai had adopted more than 1,000 orphan children in her lifetime. She was also remembered for her work towards the rehabilitation of women. In…

Chennai International Airport has been ranked eighth for its on-time performance (2021), by Cirium - a provider of aviation data to the aerospace, aviation, finance and travel industries. It is the only Indian airport among the global international airports, to be ranked within the top 10. The top three ranked airports are Miami Airport, United…

Schools in Korba, Chhattisgarh, with the support of IPS officer Bhojram Patel, recently came up with a new program - Khaki Ke Rang, School Ke Sang (Enriching School with Experience of Khaki-police), to address and resolve the fear of police from young minds. As per this initiative, police personnel visit schools twice a week to…

On the occasion of her 191st birth anniversary, India pays tribute to Savitribai Phule – one of the foremost social reformers, on January 3, 2021. Savitribai was the first Indian female teacher, who established the first school for girls in India, with the help of her husband Jyotiba Phule. Savitribai died on 10 March, 1897,…

25-year-old Adithya Nidin, from Kozhikode District, Kerala, has entered the Guinness Book of World Record, for drawing the most number of Mehndi designs on the hands of people – 910 – in an hour. She achieved this feat at an event organized exclusively for her, on 1 January, 2021, from 10 am to 11 am,…

13 years ago, Srivathsa Govindaraju, a software engineer, started his farm Nature Inspires - Chiguru Ecospace, at Singadasanahalli village near Magadi Town, Karnataka. The farm has over 300 species of trees and plants - some native, a few from other countries and some that he calls ‘forgotten foods and healing herbs’. These include edible sweet…

On the occasion of New Year’s Eve on December 31, 2021, Google created a celebratory doodle to prepare for 2022 with zeal. The colourful doodle, decorated with tiny star lights and giant candy in the middle, went live on the Google homepage as soon as the clock struck 12 on 30 December, 2021. New Year's…

2022 is around the corner. People all over the world are looking forward to the New year with great enthusiasm and hope. This year, the celebrations will be low-key in India due to the Omnicron variant scare. Hence, people are making traditional rangolis with festive lights to decorate their homes and to keep the festive…

The Covid-19 essential materials counter at Trichy railway station, Tamil Nadu, has recently started selling one-time-use linen bed sheets along with face masks, gloves and sanitizers. The railway had stopped providing bed sheets and blankets to passengers as a precautionary measure. But this initiative has pleased several long-distance travellers. This counter on Platform No-1 also…

For the past fifty years, 73-year-old Nagesh Shanbag from Dharwad, Karnataka, has been teaching mathematics to high-school students for free or for a nominal fee which he donates to students in need. Nagesh, who worked at All India Radio (AIR) as a newsreader, feels that teaching mathematics keeps him mentally fit and helps to give…

Waste-dumping grounds are being transformed into micro gardens in different places across New Town, Kolkata, due to the efforts of the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA). The dumping grounds have been cleaned and laid with lush green grass. Saplings were planted on each side and a walkway was built with benches for people to…

Jahnavi Dangeti, an aspiring astronaut from Palakollu, Andhra Pradesh, became the first Indian to complete NASA’s International Air and Space Program (IASP), at Kennedy Space Centre in Alabama, United States. The second-year engineering student was among the 20 young people selected for IASP, from all over the world. Jahnavi says that her dream is to…

Christmas is just a day away. The twenty-fifth day of December is celebrated all over the globe as Christmas Day. Christmas celebrates  the birth of Jesus Christ. It is the day of joy and hope. People exchange greetings and gifts  and celebrate the day with their families.

National Consumer Rights Day is celebrated annually in India on December 24. The day is marked to create awareness among the consumers about their rights and responsibilities. The day is also known as National Consumer Day, to commemorate 24 December, 1986, when the Consumer Protection Act received the approval of the President of India. Meanwhile,…

Roshni Iyer, from Thane, Maharashtra, has been recently commissioned as a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force (IAF). The 23-year-old said that she aspired to be a pilot and dreamt of serving the country from a very young age. The first three women to be commissioned as fighter pilots in the IAF, were Flight…

National Mathematics Day is celebrated annually in India on December 22. The day is marked to honour the birth anniversary of the renowned mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. Born in 1887, in Erode, Tamil Nadu, Ramanujan was a prodigious mathematician who discovered his own theorems and independently compiled 3900 results. He died at the young age of…

Though his fascination to climb trees had resulted in a spinal-cord injury which confined him to a wheelchair, 29-year-old Adaikkalam Anandhan from Aruppukottai Town, Tamil Nadu, never gave up his quest to find and preserve lost plant seeds. Till now, Anandhan has retrieved four varieties of vegetable seeds, which had almost become extinct. He also…

On December 21, 2021, Google marked the beginning of the winter season with an animated doodle. The animated doodle featured a hedgehog covered in snow. Termed as the Winter Solstice, the day marks the beginning of the winter season in the northern hemisphere. The season that began on 21 December, 2021, will end on 20…

35-year-old R Yuveraju, an aeronautical engineer in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu,  recently came up with his new innovation – a portable oxygen concentrator, upon seeing the struggle of people, who had to run to get oxygen concentrators during the Covid-19 pandemic. Last year, the drones developed by Yuveraju were purchased by the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation…

28-year-old Kidambi Srikanth, won a historic silver in the Men’s Singles Final at the World Badminton Championship, against Loh Kean Yew of Singapore, on December 19, 2021. The 20 -year-old Lakshya Sen, also won the Bronze in this championship. It is the first time that India has won two medals in the Men’s Singles at…

International Human Solidarity Day is celebrated annually on December 20. The day is marked to create awareness among the public, regarding the importance of solidarity in the global arena. According to the United Nations, the day is designed to celebrate our unity in diversity. The day is also observed to encourage new initiatives aimed at…

On December 14, 2021, French fashion house Chanel, one of the biggest luxury goods groups in the world, named Leena Nair as its new global CEO. The 52-year-old alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur had joined HUL, the Indian subsidiary of Unilever in 1992. Nair recently stepped down as the Chief of Human Resources, Unilever, to join…

On December 15, 2021, India paid tribute to the nation's first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, on his 71st death anniversary. Famously known as the Iron Man of India and Unifier of the Nation, Vallabhbhai Patel was responsible for the integration of more than five hundred princely states into India,…

Tea Time Group, the largest network of tea franchise outlets in India, recently launched its eco-friendly initiative of offering 100 percent biodegradable paper cups to people in the Nationwide Awards, 2021, Hyderabad. The organization has taken this initiative of expanding its products in a different field to reach more customers and to reduce wastes and…

The youth of the Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh, especially girls, are considering a career in Fencing, as a few of them have won the national-level tournaments. Fencing was introduced in Srikakulam six years ago. Now, around eighty enthusiastic students are learning the sport. Many have landed government jobs and secured admission for higher studies under…

21-year-old Harnaaz Sandhu from Chandigarh, India, was crowned as Miss Universe 2021, at Universe Dome in Eilat, Israel. Harnaaz beat 79 contestants from various countries, including the first and second runners-up from Paraguay and South Africa, to win the crown. India has won the crown twice in 1994 with Sushmita Sen and in 2000 with…

On December 13, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to inaugurate the Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi, which would connect Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple to the Ganga river. This improvement in the infrastructure of the ancient Varanasi temple is expected to give a boost to tourism, not only in the city but also…

100-year-old World War II veteran Colonel Prithipal Singh Gill (retd), passed away peacefully on December 5, 2021. Born into a family with army roots, Prithipal Singh Gill was the only officer in India to serve in all the three defence services - the Indian army, Navy and Air Force, for 48 years. He commanded the…

Human Rights Day is observed annually across the globe, on December 10. The day is celebrated to create awareness about the absolute rights to which all humans are entitled, irrespective of their race, religion, property, national origin, sex, language, political and other opinions, birth or any other status. The day is also marked to ensure…

Teacher and Padma Shri Awardee Nanda Prusty, popularly known as Nanda Master, passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar, on December 7, 2021, while undergoing treatment for Covid-19. For the past seventy years, the 104-year-old was educating children and senior citizens of his village, free of cost. He was presented with the Padma Shri…

Nouf al-Marwaai is the first certified Yoga Instructor in Saudi as she played an important role in legalizing yoga in her country. Born with an auto-immune disease, Nouf traveled to India and defeated both lupus and cancer with the help of yoga. She was the first Saudi-national to be felicitated with Padma Shri Award in…

Susanta Kumar Dash, a professor at the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, has helped the state to register eight of its native livestock breeds and secure their Intellectual Property rights, for the past twenty years. Since 2004, the animal geneticist has been working on the native livestock breed conservation. Susanta Kumar believes that Breed…

Tree Tag, an application developed by climate-conscious individuals from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, provides complete transparency in tree-planting and ensures the survivability of trees. With the help of Tree Tag, anyone can sponsor a tree at the rate of rupees 170. The sponsored trees will be planted by the NGOs affiliated with the application and the benefactor…

Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award of our country, was presented to Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan and Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo, for their outstanding contribution to literature. 90-year-old Nilmani Phookan is a Sahitya Akademi and Padma Shri Awardee and 77-year-old Damodar Mauzo is also a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and his books have…

On December 6, 2021, Google created an interactive doodle to celebrate pizza, one of the world’s favourite dishes. The pizza puzzle game features the eleven most popular pizza toppings across the globe and encourages its users to slice based on the type of pizza ordered. The search engine also stated that an estimated five billion…

In India, the death anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is observed every year on December 6, as Mahaparinirvan Divas. Also known respectfully as Babasaheb, Dr Ambedkar was among the seven members of the Drafting Committee, who prepared the draft of the Constitution of independent India. From 1947 to 1951, Babasaheb also served as the…

Till now in the history of the Kerala Kalamandalam Deemed University, only boys were admitted to the vesham courses, which included teaching both southern and northern styles of Kathakali. For the first time in 91 years, eight girls were admitted for this course with two boys. Three girls and one boy joined the vesham course…

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), is observed every year globally on December 3. More than one billion people across the world live with some form of disability. This day is marked to raise awareness about the well-being of these people and promote their rights and positive contributions to society. The day was…

After 25 years of hardships, the residents of Mangi village in Komaram Bheem-Asifabad District, Telangana, have managed to convince the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC), to resume bus services to their area. In 1995, the bus services were suspended in Mangi, after the village became a Maoist stronghold. The authorities are now focused on…

Gita Gopinath, currently working as the Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF),Washington, is all set to become its First Deputy Managing Director. The economist, who hails from Mysore, India, will be serving under Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of IMF. Kristalina described Gopinath as the right person to take up the leadership role…

22-year-old Naziya Parvin, from Jhalawar District, Rajasthan, is all set to become the first doctor in her locality. Naziya scored 668 marks in the NEET, 2021 and ranked 1759th among eight lakh candidates, at the national level. Naziya never gave up on her dreams and cracked this prestigious exam in her fourth attempt by taking…

38-year-old Pankaj Kumar Tarai, a truck driver from Hasina village, Jagatsinghpur District, Odisha, has rescued 400 accident victims in the last 16 years. Though Pankaj initially started this rescue mission alone, many joined to help him over the years. Currently, there are 25 members who rush to rescue the victims with him and coordinate with…

Every year, World AIDS Day is observed globally on December 1. The day is marked to create awareness about this dangerous disease, which not only attacks the immune system but also reduces its resistance to other diseases. 1st December has become one of the most recognised health days as it provides more opportunity for government…

The 45-year-old Chidambara Nataraja, son of Hamsa Awardee Kondapalli Veerabhadraiah Bhagavatar, is a well-known Mridangam artist in Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh. On 17 November, 2021, he played 18 tablas at a time at a program in Hyderabad. The videos of him performing this feat, under the name Navaraga Tarangini, have been sent for consideration into…

Sathyanarayana Beleri, from Kerala, grows 650 varieties of traditional rice in a 25-cent artificially created paddy field, since his land is not conducive for the cultivation of paddy. On 11 November, 2021, he was presented with the Plant Genome Saviour Farmer Reward, by Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar, in Delhi. The techniques applied…

Matilda Kullu, from Sundargarh District, Odisha, recently entered Forbes India’s W-Power 2021 list, for her work during the outbreak of Covid-19. The 45-year-old ASHA worker has been donning the role of a health worker, motivator and counsellor, for the villagers in Sundargarh District, since 2005. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated Matilda for her dedication and…

Dr Deepak Rudrappa, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon from Bangalore, Karnataka, started farming not for commercial gains but to get close to nature. He converted a barren two-acre land, which he bought in 2017, into agricultural land. In the last four years, the land has seen the growth of twenty Ayurvedic trees, eighteen types of fruit…

The District Administration of Trichy, Tamil Nadu, has started encouraging all the government schools to open kitchen gardens, where they can grow vegetables on their own, for their mid-day meals. This scheme aims to make all government schools self-sufficient and to ensure there is no reduction in the quality of food served to students.

Seven-year-old Noel Alexander from Kochi, Kerala, holds an Asia Book of Records for recalling the countries of origin of 120 multinational companies, just with their official logos. The Class I student has recently entered the India Book of Records for performing the same feat in three minutes and 40 seconds. Noel, who shows interest in…

The Government Higher Secondary School in Somarasampettai, Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu, has re-enrolled 50 school dropouts this year as part of a special drive. This drive, initiated by Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, aims to bring young potential dropouts back to classrooms as the teachers go door to door, to identify and re-admit them.

33-year-old Jyoti Nainwal, from Dehradun, graduated as an officer from the Officers Training Academy. She is the widow of Naik Deepak Nainwal, who was martyred during a terrorist encounter in Kulgam District, Jammu and Kashmir. Jyoti, after the death of her husband in 2018, was motivated by her mother to join the army and is…

On 21 November, 2021, India beat New Zealand by 73 runs in the third and final T20 International (T20I),to win the three-match series 3-0 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. This win was the second clean sweep for the Indian Cricket Team against New Zealand in a T20I series, having registered a 5-0 win over…

Gurpurab, also known as Guru Nanak Jayanti, is celebrated in India and different parts of the world, on 19 November 2021, as the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak. Guru Nanak was one of the ten celebrated Sikh gurus. On this day, devotees offer their prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The day is celebrated…

Napanda Poonacha, from Kodagu district, Karnataka, was recently awarded the Plant Genome Saviour Farmer Reward for his contribution and promotion towards the conservation of Adi Pepper - an indigenous variety of pepper. He is extensively involved in identifying the native crops that have the potential to become commercial crops with little or no ill impact…

International Men’s Day is celebrated every year across the globe, on November 19. The day is observed to honor the positive contribution of all men to society and to spread awareness about their well-being. The day was first established by Jerome Teelucksingh in 1999, who chose this day to mark the birthday of his father.

On November 19, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his tributes to Indira Gandhi on her 104th birth anniversary. Born in 1917, Indira Gandhi was the only woman Prime Minister of India till now. She served as the first women Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination…

Chalamala Renuka, an engineering student from Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, not only won a bronze medal in the AP Wrestling Championship, 2021, but also secured a silver medal in the AP South Zone Tennis Cricket tournament. In addition to these achievements, she also excels in karate. Renuka believes that extra-curricular activities are as important for students…

On 14 November, 2021, female candidates appeared for the written entrance exam, conducted by UPSC, to join the first batch of the elite National Defence Academy for girls. 75% of the registered girls appeared for the written test. Those who clear the written test, will appear for the five-day Service Selection Board (SSB) interview, to…

28-year-old Devaki Vijayaraman, from Tamil Nadu, was crowned as the winner in MasterChef Tamil. She started making cakes as a hobby during the first lockdown but soon, with the encouragement of her friends and family, started selling her products. She sold more than 450 cakes as the demand for home bakers grew in the pandemic. 

Environmentalist Tulsi Gowda has nurtured more than forty thousand trees and is actively involved in the afforestation program of the Forest Department, even at the age of 72. She was recently awarded the Padma Shri by President Kovind at an august ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan. Dressed in her tribal attire and walking barefoot, Tulsi Gowda…

22-year-old Vedhapriya Ganesan, from Chennai, is a snake rescuer with experience in handling 500 snakes. She volunteers for the Tamil Nadu Fire & Rescue Services (TNFRS) to rescue snakes within the city and its suburbs during the rains. Vedhapriya is the first volunteer to be a woman snake rescuer at TNFRS and shares her techniques…

To celebrate the birth anniversary of iconic tribal leader Birsa Munda, who led a rebellion against the British, Janjatiya Gaurav Divas celebrations are to be launched in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on November 15, 2021, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Janjatiya Gaurav Divas is marked to recognize the sacrifice and valour of many unsung tribal heroes…

On 15 November, 2000, Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar to become the 28th state of India. Since then, November 15 is celebrated as Jharkhand Foundation Day. Known as the land of forests, Jharkhand is the 15th largest state based on its area. With Ranchi as its capital, the state has 24 districts. The existing…

From Rahibai Soma Popere, a tribal farmer known as Seed Mother, Manjamma Jogayati, the first trans-president of Karnataka Janapada Academy, Krishnammal Jagannathan, the social worker who propagates the philosophy of non-violence, to 102-year-old Nanda Prusty, who provided free education to children in Jaipur, these unsung heroes were presented with Padma Awards on November 8, 2021,…

27-year-old Darpan Ahluwalia, from Punjab, believes that her decision to become an IPS officer, after completing her medical degree, is not a change of career but an extension of what she has been doing in the past. She also hopes that she will be more approachable to people, particularly women in her new role. Ahluwalia…

Ritika from Badarpur, Delhi, cleared NEET in 2021 with the help of books and by using classes from YouTube. Though she could not afford private coaching, she aced the entrance exam with her self-preparation and with the guidance she received from her teachers and Principal. Ritika is a student of Sarvodya Kanya Vidyalaya, Molarband and…

This year on November 14, 220 students of Rajasthan got an opportunity to be members of the State Assembly. To mark the occasion of Children’s Day and the birth anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister - Jawaharlal Nehru, the government held an Assembly session for the students to educate them on the functioning of the…

Chhath Puja, the four-day festival, is mainly celebrated in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and some parts of Nepal. This year, the festival began on November 8. Dedicated to lord Surya, the third day is considered as the main day of the festival and is being celebrated on November 10, 2021. During this auspicious period, devotees…

43-year-old Sanjeev Gohli, from Vadodara, Gujarat, travelled to Himachal Pradesh with his friend Pushpak Kotiya to scale Mount Friendship, also known as Friendship Peak. In 2001, Sanjeev was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a progressive vision disorder. Though Sanjeev lost his vision, he followed his passion for mountaineering to scale the 17,000-ft Himalayan Peak with the…

Harekala Hajabba was awarded the Padma Shri on November 8, 2021, by President Ram Nath Govind at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. Hajabba is an orange vendor from Harekala village in Mangalore, Karnataka. He was honoured with the award for building a government primary school and high school in his village, with the money he had…

World Science Day for Peace and Development is celebrated worldwide on November 10. The day is marked to highlight the importance of science in society. The recent pandemic has made us realize the crucial role science plays in the survival of humankind. The day is also marked to encourage people to help each other for…

The Mahatma Gandhi English medium schools in Rajasthan, will become the first in north India, to conduct pre-primary classes for children aged three years and above. These pre-primary classes will be spread across three years - Nursery, KG1 and KG 2 in the existing buildings of the schools. The number of students per class will…

Every year, World Radiography Day is celebrated on November 8. Radiographers across the world celebrate this day to commemorate the discovery of X-radiation on November 8, 1895. The day is observed to spread awareness about radiographic imaging which plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. The occasion is additionally marked to…

Google paid tribute to the Indian cell biologist Dr Kamal Ranadive, with a special doodle on her 104th Birth Anniversary on November 8. Kamal Ranadive was born in Pune and is best known for her groundbreaking research in cancer. Kamal Ranadive and her eleven colleagues founded the Indian Women Scientists’ Association in 1973, to support…

In 2001, Dinesh Kumar, a pickup autorickshaw driver started Volley Friends Sports Centre (VFSC) to save the youth of his village Payambra, Kozhikode District, Kerala, from alcohol abuse. Twenty years later, the 49-year-old has produced four national team players, six state team players, and many others at the district level. Thirty players also got jobs…

Every year, World Vegan Day is celebrated on November 1. The day is marked to celebrate vegan food and highlight the benefits of consuming a plant-based diet. Vegan food reduces the risks of many diseases and provides us with healthier alternatives to satisfy our hunger. The recipes of dairy-free sweets such as Vegan Gudh Ke…

On 1 November, 2021, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Haryana, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh are all celebrating their respective formation day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his good wishes to these states on their special day. The day is celebrated as Kerala Piravi Day in Kerala, Karnataka Rajyotsava in Karnataka and Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava in Chhattisgarh. Kerala,…

Dr Neenu George became Kerala's first person to win silver at the World Amateur Chess Championship held at Rhodes in Greece. The 35-year-old is currently working as the Head of Department and Assistant Professor in the Department of Commerce at Bharata Mata College, Thrikkakara. Neenu George is from Ernakulam. Her sister Neelima George is also…

Vishnu K.R, from Thrissur, Kerala, recently gained a place in the India Book of Records by singing ten folk songs at a stretch for 20 minutes and 13 seconds. The 25-year-old had impeded speech since his birth but with practice and treatment with homeopathy, he improved his speech and got better over a span of…

On 28 October, 2021, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company is changing its name to Meta, to reflect its focus on building the metaverse. Zuckerberg also said that this new change would bring its different apps and technologies together under one new brand. The name of the apps the company builds - Facebook,…

Every year, International Internet Day is celebrated on October 29. The day marks the anniversary of the first electronic message that was sent between two computers on October 29, 1969. The internet has monumentally changed the lives of people, making it unthinkable to live in a world without it. In India, 90 percent of the…

Padma Shri awardee Sharada Srinivasan has been chosen as one of the three recipients of the Woman Engineer of the Year award in 2021. The title is awarded by the Indian National Academy, to women who have made significant contributions to the fields of technology and engineering. Sharada is a professor at the National Institute…

The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is celebrated every year on October 27. The day is marked to create awareness about the need to preserve audio-visual documents. Audio-visual documents tell us stories about the lives of people and their cultures from all over the world. Competitions, special screenings and panel conversations are being organized on…

Google paid tribute to the 108th birth anniversary of Czech chemist Otto Wichterle with a unique doodle on 27 October, 2021. The chemist invented the modern soft contact lens, now used by an estimated 140 million people across the globe. According to Google, the doodle would enlighten people with new insight on the scientist, regardless…

Sanathan Selvan, from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, is spreading a new initiative of recycling cycles. Selvan and his team collect old, discarded cycles and then refurbish them for a new user. Till now, the team has collected fifty old cycles and fixed them with the help of local mechanics. Twenty-five of these renovated cycles have been…

12-year-old Kasyap Ram from Mookkuthala, Kerala, narrates stories and sings songs for his audience through his YouTube channel, Love Laugh Live with Ani. Kasyap has been confined to his wheelchair for the past two years as he suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy that causes the muscles to weaken. However, it has not stopped Kasyap from…

International Artist Day is celebrated globally on October 25th. The day is marked to celebrate all kinds of art forms such as paintings, photography, architecture, music. The day also honors artists for their creativity and contribution to society. Through this celebration, we show our respect and admiration for the passion and hard work of all …

On October 22, 2021, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) released the online quota of Special Entry Darshan (SED) tickets for November and December, on its official website. The TTD provided a statement in a press release that the Slotted Sarva Darshan (SSD) tickets quota for November would be released on October 23, 2021. Currently, the pilgrim…

73-year-old Balakrishnan and his 66-year-old wife Lakshmi, from Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, run an eatery that sells parottas/parathas for just Rs 2 per piece. Three decades ago, the couple started their business named 'Amma'. They sold parotta at a lower price to make it affordable to everyone. When they first started, the price of a parotta…

Vidyun R. Hebbar, from Bangalore, Karnataka, recently won the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021 award for his photograph of a tent spider taken in a car park. The class 5 student of BGS National Public School, has won the award at the contest organized by the Natural History Museum, London. The award ceremony…

On 21 October, 2021, India completed 100 crore vaccinations in a span of nine months. With this, the country achieved a new milestone and joined the exclusive club of nations that have administered 1 billion Covid-19 doses. Until now, this milestone had been achieved only by China. According to a recent report from the government,…

Principal Arvind Tiwari found a unique way to get his students interested in coming back to school, post-Covid lockdown. He painted his school, Utkramit Madhya Vidyalaya, in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, to resemble a train coach, waiting for passengers to enter. Also, the school floors have been painted as a giant Snakes-and-Ladders board game so that the…

Anand Prasad Gope, from Ranchi District, Jharkhand, may not have fulfilled his dream to make it to the Indian football team, but he has been giving free football coaching to interested youths since 2013. The 30-year-old now trains 300 youths, of which 250 of them are girls. Among the girls, Soni Munda and Anita Kumari,…

61-year-old Dhamodharan has been using solar panels to generate electricity for his tea stall, for the past six months. He has placed two solar panels in front of his tea stall inside the Mahindra Tech Park, in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu. The solar panels have been cost-effective for his business as he has not spent a…

The eighth day of Navratri is known as Maha Ashtami. This year, Maha Ashtami is celebrated on October 13, 2021. The day is also known as Durga Ashtami as it is dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga. Ashtami is also the day for Kumari Puja, in which nine young girls, symbolising the goddess, are…

A group of second-year students from the Government Engineering College in Thrissur, Kerala, have developed a water-level monitoring system to conserve water by reducing wastage and promoting rainwater harvesting. The engineering students were one of the top nine teams from the country in the recent global hackathon, organized by IBM. They are also the only…

The Indian women’s shuttlers team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Uber Cup, with an impressive 4-1 victory over Scotland. The singles wins of shuttlers Aditi Bhatt and Tasnim Mir sealed the fate in India’s favour, on Tuesday. India is now second in Group B and will face Thailand on Wednesday. The Indian team has…

Aditi Maheshwari recently became the British High Commissioner to India for a day. The 20-year-old, from Rajasthan, won the 'High Commissioner for the Day' contest, which was conducted to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child. As the UK’s diplomat in India, Aditi experienced a broad variety of diplomatic activities alongside Ministers Kwasi Kwarteng…

Suchetha Satish, has earned her place in the Guinness Book of World Records, by singing 120 songs in 120 languages in 7 hours and 20 minutes. The 16-year-old, accomplished this feat during a concert ‘Music Beyond Borders’ in Dubai, on August 19, 2021. By achieving this feat, the young Suchetha has broken the record created…

The International Day of the Girl Child is celebrated every year on October 11, to empower and amplify the voices of young girls and safeguard their rights. The day is celebrated to promote the progress of women and girls, who represent half of the world’s population. On December 19, 2011, the United Nations General Assembly…

The Telangana government has developed the nation's first smartphone-based e-voting solution. The software helps the voters including senior citizens, persons with disabilities, to vote through their mobile phones. The application has a detailed help section with tutorial videos to aid its users and the use of AI solutions enables three-stage authentication of voters. A dry…

Five years ago, Balireddy Suribabu started a hockey academy at Nakkapalli, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, with 10 students. Now, the armed reserve force constable's academy has 180 students. 20 boys, who were trained in the academy, have played at the state level. Suribabu, a former hockey player, joined the police force on sports quota. He…

Indian Air Force (IAF) Day is proudly celebrated on October 8 in India. Every year, it is celebrated at Hindon Air Force Station, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. The IAF was established on October 8, 1932 and it is ranked the fourth largest and powerful Air Force in the world. The day is celebrated to honour the…

Navratri is one of the most widely celebrated festivals in India, during which nine forms of Goddess Durga are worshipped. The festival marks the victory of good over evil and it is celebrated over nine nights with great zeal and enthusiasm. During Navratri, devotees fast for nine days. This year, the festival begins on October…

Rajat Kumar Panigrahi, a lecturer from Nuapada district in Odisha, has travelled to nearly 1000 villages in the region, to document rare crafts and art forms. He documented them on his YouTube channel, ‘Matir Kala’. Some of his recordings include folk-instrument makers of Nuapada, Ghumra dance of Kalahandi, Dalkhai folk dance of Bargarh, the folk…

The Muthuvan tribes of Muthuvakudi village, in Theni district, Tamil Nadu, have managed well with the pandemic, strictly following the isolation measures and sticking to their traditional diet. As a result, not even one person in the village, which comprises 35 families, has so far contracted Covid 19. Muthuvakudi is in a reserved forest. The…

The largest handwoven Indian National flag, made from Khadi and weighing 1000 kg, was unfurled on top of a high mountain overlooking the Leh valley in Ladakh, by Lieutenant Governor R.K. Mathur, on October 2, 2021. The ceremony was held to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Indian Independence and the 152nd Birth Anniversary of Mahatma…

Every year on October 4, World Animal Day is celebrated to emphasise the importance of caring for all animal species and recognising their rights. The lives of animals are profoundly affected by the actions of humans. Hence, the celebration of this day aims to encourage people towards making the world a better place for them.…

India has administered over 900 million vaccines so far, according to a recent report from the Health Minister. The Government further informed that more than five crore unutilised vaccine doses are still available in all States and Union Territories. The first phase of the Vaccination drive was launched on January 16, 2021.

The practice, which began on August 15, 2017, has become a daily routine for the residents of Jammikunta town in Telangana. Every morning at 7:58 am, people stop their work and stand still for 52 seconds as the national anthem is played over speakers installed in 16 locations in the town. Here is a great…

Saturday, October 2, 2021, marks the 152nd birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. On Gandhi Jayanti, as the occasion is known, the country will pay homage to the father of the nation. Mahatma Gandhi, also known as Bapu, was born on October 2, 1964, in Porbandar, Gujarat. Gandhi also shares a birthday with Prime Minister…

Every year, World Smile Day is celebrated on the first Friday of October. Smiling improves mood and is a great stress reliever. The intention behind celebrating this day is to do something that can make others smile. We need to smile more and cherish small things in our lives that make us happy. Whatever the…

Google paid tribute to the late Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan on his 93rd Birth Anniversary on October 1, with an eye-catching doodle. Sivaji Ganesan was born in Villupuram district in Tamil Nādu. The actor has appeared in over 300 films and was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award by the Indian Government in 1997.

Ashok Kumar, from Madurai, decided to do something when he found tons of plastic water bottles thrown on the roadside, constituting a large portion of garbage. He now collects empty bottles and fills them with soil to plant herbs and medicinal plants. He has found plants like oregano, tulsi, and veldt grapes. He then donates…

Patayat Sahu of Nandol village in Odisha, was overjoyed when he got a mention in the Prime Minister’s Mann Ki Baat, on September 26, 2021. The 65-year-old farmer has grown around 30,000 varieties of medicinal plants and documented them in his manuscript. Following the radio program, visitors are coming in large numbers to the farmer’s…

World Heart Day was observed on September 29, to remind people to take care of their hearts. To keep our hearts in the pink of health, we should add barley, berries, mixed nuts, fatty fish and oatmeal to our daily diet. These five foods are extremely healthy for our heart and regularly keep our cholesterol…

Khirod Jena, a former army man, has planted 20,000 trees on public spaces and roadsides across 11 villages since 2005. A resident of Kalashree village in Odisha, Jena decided to plant trees after getting inspired by a similar initiative taken by a local teacher, Kishore Chanda Das. Jena aims to plant over one lakh fruit…

Jobis Joseph, a native of Kattappana town in Kerala, never forgot that he belongs to the family of farmers, even though he migrated to Ireland ten years ago. Jobis cultivated vegetables and fruits, with his other Malayali friends, Shabu Paul and Brijoy John, in the farmland allotted to them. Their hard work yielded fruits as…

World Tourism Day is celebrated on 27 September every year, globally. For any country, tourism goes hand in hand with the economy. India has plenty of beautiful places that would pique the interest of an explorer. Adding the top tourist destinations in India to your bucket list is a great start to celebrating World Tourism…

Google is celebrating its 23rd birthday today. The company was established officially on this day in 1998. To celebrate this occasion, our favourite search engine came up with an animated doodle on its homepage. The current CEO of Google is Mr Sundar Pichai. There are currently billions of searches on Google in more than 150…

A campaign, known as Kitab Daan, was started this January in Bihar’s Purnia district. The mission of this campaign was to set up libraries in each panchayat of Purnia. Now, Purnia, which has a low literacy rate of 52 percent, has become the first district to have a library functioning in each of its panchayats.…

66% of the adult population in India has received at least one dose of vaccine and 23% received both doses, according to a recent report from the government. Union Health Secretary, Rajesh Bhushan noted that the average daily dose has increased from 43.41 lakh in July to 59.19 lakh in August. It is a major…

Deepak Narayan Nayak has turned walls into classrooms to teach the children of his village. Deepak is a teacher in the tribal village of Joba Attpara, located in the district of West Bengal. He has painted backboards on the walls of the houses and taught children on the streets for the past year. The local…

Gandham Bhavan Jai, from Kurnool, has become the youngest person to scale Mount Elbrus (5642 meters), the highest peak in Europe and one of the seven highest summits in the world. The eight-year-old proudly displayed the tricolour upon reaching the summit on September 18. He was accompanied by two other mountaineers- K.Sankaraiah from Anantapur and…

World Rhino Day is celebrated on September 22 to preserve the rhino species from the threat of poaching and the possibility of natural extinction. In India, the one-horned rhino is increasing in numbers due to the conservation initiatives taken by the government. Throughout the world, Wildlife groups, NGOs and concerned people mark this day as…

Sajeesh Pulavar entertains people by introducing robotics and automation in shadow puppetry. For the first time in the history of puppetry in India, leather puppets moved in a three-minute show with the help of robotics to perform the epic, Ramayana, in Kerala. Sandeep hopes to revive the interest of people in puppetry again through this…

Hindi Diwas is celebrated all over India on September 14 every year to raise awareness about the language and commemorate the event when it was adopted as one of the official languages of India. Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language, written in the Devanagiri script and was recognised and adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India…

'Gothraprabha' is a project rolled out to help tribal students from Wayanad in the higher education sector. On Monday, September 13, as many as 13 students got admission to SB College, Changanassery, thanks to the project launched by the district administration in March this year. The project is the brainchild of Dr K P Nitheesh…

India celebrates Engineer's Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of the great Indian engineer, Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, on September 15 every year. Engineer's Day is celebrated to pay tribute to Bharat Ratna Visvesvaraya, regarded as the 'Father of Modern Mysore.' He constructed the famous Krishna Raja Sagara Dam in the city. He brought significant reforms in…

Syed Hussaini pursued higher education abroad and got employment in Dallas, Texas, in the 1970s because he received monetary aid from Nizam’s Charitable Trust in Hyderabad. In 2009 he took a step to help Indian students who needed financial assistance, by setting up the organisation Support for Educational and Economic Development (SEED) USA. This organisation…

Prasenjit Chatterjee, the officer-in-charge of the south-west traffic guard in Kolkata, is helping children from the slum near Majherhat railway station by arranging classes for them with the aid of his subordinates. He makes sure the kids attend regular coaching classes to help them with their studies since they can’t afford smartphones or books. The…

September 12th was celebrated as Grandparents’ Day. The love we receive from our grandparents is way more precious than parental love. They are our friends, playmates and they also protect us when we get scolded by our parents. Here are some sweet messages and wishes that we can share with our grandparents.

Ayaan Shankta, a 12-year-old environmental activist from Mumbai, has been named a 2021 International Young Eco-Hero to recognise his efforts to solve challenging environmental problems. He won this title for his project Conservation and Rehabilitation of Powai Lake. He is one of the 25 young environmental activists from across the globe honoured by the Action…

September 8 is observed as literacy day internationally. The UNESCO International Literacy Day reminds the international community of the importance of literacy in society. According to UNESCO, India is aiming to achieve universal literacy in less than 40 years.

If we learnt something during 2020 and 2021, it is that we should work towards a healthier environment devoid of pollution. We are approaching one of the biggest celebrations in India– Ganesh Chathurthi. A lot of small businesses are working towards making this festival as eco-friendly as possible. Here are some simple ideas to celebrate…

Vandana Singh, an English Lecturer at Chandra Shekhar Azad Inter College, started distributing sanitary pads among women in rural areas to battle the lack of awareness on menstrual hygiene. She devotes 10% of her monthly salary to purchasing sanitary pads and has already distributed 1.25 lakh sanitary pads. Vandana also bought five sewing machines for…

The Durand Cup is famous for being the oldest football tournament in Asia. The very first edition of the contest was held in 1888. The 2021 edition of the tournament features 16 teams. The first match of the 130th Durand Cup was held on Sunday, September 5, in Kolkata, between the Mohammedan Sporting Club and…

In India, Teachers' Day is celebrated annually on September 5 to mark the birth anniversary of the country's former President, scholar, philosopher and Bharat Ratna awardee, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was born on this day in 1888. When Dr Radhakrishan took the office as the second President of India in 1962, his students approached him…

Poshan Vatika is a unique initiative by women from 12 villages in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district to help communities generate income by turning barren land into nutritious food gardens. The coordinators of Prabhat Jal Sanrakshan Yojana - a project led by a non-government organisation (NGO) in the region - started providing guidance and basic training…

India reached a new milestone on 31st August by vaccinating over 1.09 crore people in a day. In total over 65 crore people have been vaccinated in the country. India had already achieved the one-crore dose milestone on 27th August. 

Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar respectively won the silver and bronze medals in the men’s High Jump (T63) at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics. India has already won two gold, five silver and three bronze medals at this event. Another Indian and Rio 2016 bronze medalist, Varun Singh Bhati finished seventh with a season-best of 1.77m…

India celebrated hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand’s 116th birth anniversary on 29th August, which is also celebrated as National Sports Day. The National Sports day was celebrated across Jammu by conducting various sports events and by paying floral tributes to Major Dhyan Chand. Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council hosted the sports events, including hockey and…

Avani Lekhara created history on Monday, 30th August, as she became the first woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympics. The 19-year-old also created a new Paralympic record in the R-2 women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event, by finishing with a world record, equalling a total of 249.6 points. Discus thrower Yogesh…

The eighth day of the dark fortnight of Bhadrapada month (July-August), is celebrated as Krishna Janmashtami. Lord Krishna is believed to have been born on this day and it is one of the most auspicious days for Hindus. People celebrate this day by observing a fast, decorating their homes and making sweets.

Thejaswi Abhilash has entered the India Book of Records and Asia Book of Records for being the youngest in the country and in Asia to finish a digital doodle in less than a minute. The ten-year-old completed a doodle in Procreate in 59 seconds. Thejaswi claims to have set a new record rather than break…

India has administered 594,765,751 vaccine doses by Tuesday, 24th August, 7 PM. India’s first indigenous mRNA-based Covid vaccine candidate has been found safe in its interim Phase 1 clinical trials, and the national drug regulator has granted approval to its maker, Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, to begin Phase 2/3 trials, on the same day. 

Sunitha R, an autorickshaw driver based in Kochi, Kerala, is turning heads by ferrying Covid-19 patients in her autorickshaw ambulance. Among the 18 volunteers selected for this service, 42-year-old Sunitha could be the lone woman in the state to step up to serve Covid patients in this manner. 

A special Indian Air Force aircraft will bring in 78 people from Tajikistan to New Delhi, according to the Ministry of External Affairs. India is expected to evacuate more people, including its own nationals and Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, from Kabul, Afghanistan. India has already evacuated nearly 540 people from Kabul, Dushanbe and Doha. 

For the first time, five women officers have been granted the Colonel (Time Scale) rank after they completed 26 years of service. The five women officers selected for Colonel (Time Scale) rank are Lieutenant Colonel Sangeeta Sardana from the Corps of Signals, Lieutenant Colonel Sonia Anand and Lieutenant Colonel Navneet Duggal from the Corps of…

Bengaluru FC ended its AFC cup campaign with a terrific 6-goal-win, against Maziya, at the Maldives National Football Stadium. Despite not making it to the next round, the team put up a great performance with goals coming in throughout the match. 

Many photographers celebrated ‘World Photography Day’ with their lens. However, some also celebrated the day remembering and paying tribute to the legendary women photographers who documented life in India. The list includes Homai Vyarawalla, the first Indian female photographer, who captured historic moments of India’s Independence in her camera, alongside other veterans such as Parotima…

The embassy staff and 126 commandos are not the only people brought back from Afghanistan as the Taliban takes over the country. Maya (a female Labrador), Roobie (a female Belgian Malinois) and Bobby (a male Doberman) were among the evacuees from Kabul, Afghanistan. The sniffer dogs from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police were not forgotten by…

Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister that India has ever had. Until his brother’s death, in 1980, he remained a commercial pilot for Indian Airlines and was not interested in politics. Under his leadership, after his mother Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination, the Congress party won a staggering majority of 414 seats in the…

A teenager from Bhopal has made India proud by winning a team Gold medal at Cadet Youth World Archery Championship held in Poland’s Rocklaw City on Sunday. Kumar trained hard and performed excellently in his first international tournament despite facing a personal tragedy when he lost his mother to COVID-19 in May, earlier this year. 

Giani Gurcharan Singh was one among the millions who lost everything during the Partition. He had to leave all his possessions and move from Lyallpur in Pakistan and settle as a refugee in Chandni Chowk, Delhi. But what he didn’t leave behind were the skills and experience in making traditional sweets. The shop that he…

Karthika Raghu and Rahul Raj, two young doctors from the tribal community Irula, have come out with flying colours this academic year. After completing their house surgency period they are ready to serve the people of Attappadi, a tribal hamlet in Kerala, which has witnessed several infant deaths and premature births. The two doctors thank…

V. Prabhu, a 42-year-old basketball coach from Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, is an example of kindness and passion. He has been coaching underprivileged children for free since 2000. Being a class 10 dropout did not hinder him in helping his students achieve their dreams. Some of his pupils, like Akilan Pari, who plays in the pro-basketball league,…

Proving that prosperity is indeed the fruit of labour, a check dam built by villagers of Bhompura is brimming with water post the recent spell of rain in eastern Rajasthan. The dam was built entirely on the initiative of the villagers, who contributed 45 lakhs to hire equipment and construct the dam through months of…

Amidst the growing panic over the Afghanistan crisis, the IAF squadron C-17 Globemaster III, successfully evacuated over 200 Indians from war-torn Kabul in the past few days. This operation was a success in spite of various obstacles like Indian Embassy employees not being able to reach the airport and general turmoil caused by panic-stricken citizens…

In a historic move forward, Justice B.V. Nagarathna, a judge with the Karnataka High Court, has been recommended for elevation to the Supreme Court, leading to the possibility of her becoming India’s first female Chief Justice in 2027. Among the nine judges recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium, Justice Nagarathna is accompanied by two other…

Taking inspiration from the ideas given by collector P. Madhusudhan Reddy, residents of Kanjirangal village of Sivanganga district in Tamilnadu, have started producing electricity from the waste produced by the village. They are set to get more waste from Sivaganga municipality to increase the production of electricity. In a world that is burning up non-renewable…

Manasa Gonchigar, a 25-year-old entrepreneur from Bengaluru, is one of the ten teams which won the agri-enterprise challenge S.O.L.V.E.D. (Social Objectives-Led Volunteer Enterprise Developed) and was felicitated by Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur. Her startup company, PureScan AI, helps players in the food supply chain and assists them in making…

On India’s 75th Independence Day, the news of 98-year-old freedom fighter Ishwarlal Dave beating Covid-19 has garnered attention. Dave attributed his recovery to yoga, which he has been practising for 20 years now. The freedom fighter and his wife were felicitated on the eve of Independence day by Ahmedabad District Collector, Sandip Sangle. Ishwarlar Dave…

Dr Ravinder Kancherla, the founder of the Global Hospitals Group, has pledged over 350 crores, which is about 70% of his wealth, to building a not-for-profit medical education, research and innovation institute in Hyderabad. The institute would help provide a new model for sustainable development of medical infrastructure and has been declared a first-of-its-kind project…

Aisha Nazia, a 26-year-old mechanical engineer from Kozhikode, has become the only Indian woman to be selected for the FIFA Master programme. An avid football fan, Aisha is one of only 32 candidates across the world who would avail the opportunity to pursue the FIFA endorsed post-graduate sports executive programme in three universities across Europe.…

Indore, the cleanest city in India according to the Swachh Bharat Survey, has now added another feather to its cap by becoming India’s first water-plus city. According to government guidelines, a city would be declared water-plus if all its domestic and industrial wastewater is treated to a satisfactory level as per norms laid down by…

In a heartwarming move, 600 milkmen from Assam came together to donate 1 lakh rupees to a higher secondary school in a financial crisis. The milkmen, who belong to a cooperative society, agreed to donate 15 paise from every litre of milk sold to collect 1 lakh rupees until now. They stated that this donation…

In a first for the Indian border forces, two women officers, who had joined Indo-Tibetan Border Police through the UPSC exam, were inducted in a combat role as they took on the position of Assistant Commandants. This move up was even more special for Diksha Kumar, whose father is also an ITBP officer and was…

In further news of the fight against COVID, 14 states are planning to reopen schools for grades 10 to 12, given the sustained low rate of infections. The Health Ministry reported that 50% of all teachers across the country have been vaccinated, thus raising hopes for normalcy to resume in educational institutes in states like…

Earlier this month, Komaki, a Delhi based Electric Vehicle producer, launched the XGT X5 model electric scooter, specially designed for the elderly and persons with disabilities. The three-wheeled scooter has special features that simplify parking, reduce chances of collision and ensure superior balance. 

In a major milestone for the Indian Navy, the indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant returned to Kochi on Sunday, after the successful completion of its five-day test run. The carrier being proved satisfactory in all parameters is especially commendable given the restrictions and challenges posed by the COVID pandemic. Further rounds of testing have…

Medical student Mahendra Rathore of Harsaur, a town in Rajasthan, has been working tirelessly throughout the pandemic to better menstrual hygiene in rural regions. The son of a social worker, Mahendra cites his late mother as his inspiration for this mission to raise awareness and distribute free sanitary napkins to women. Despite facing many challenges…

Teen volunteers in Bengaluru raised 3.3 lakh to aid three remote Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in Anekal Taluk. The group of teens, led by Aadiv Reki, worked under the Project Breathe initiative and used the funds to supply centres with medical kits and oxygen concentrators. 

Bhandara became the first district in Maharashtra to be COVID free on 6th August, after the sole patient recovering from the infection was discharged and no new cases were reported throughout the day. Proper planning and collective efforts towards testing and treatment of the infection have been cited as chief factors in making the district…

Harihar Behera, a native of Tulubi village in Odisha proved that where there is a will, there is indeed a way, by carving a three-kilometer-long road through a mountain. Tired of waiting for government support, Harihar,  his brother and other villagers took matters in their own hands and have today completed the task he started…

Mirabai Chanu, who won India’s first medal in the Tokyo Olympics, treated about 150 drivers from Manipur to gifts and a sumptuous lunch. She expressed her gratitude towards these truck drivers for giving her lifts to and from her village and her training centre, everyday for several years. 

A recent paper by Bahahta Ansumali Mukhopadhyay has uncovered evidence that Ancestral Dravidian languages were possibly spoken by a significant population of the Indus Valley Civilization. This finding has opened new doors to decoding the complex prehistory of the South Asian subcontinent. 

In another triumph for India at the Olympics, wrestler Bajrang Punia entered the semi-finals after defeating Iran’s Morteza, thus placing him in medal contention. There are high hopes from Punia who has started his first Olympic journey with two consecutive wins, despite some concerns about a previous knee injury.

In the high jump event, athletes Gianmarco Tamberi from Italy and Mutaz Barshim from Qatar found themselves in a tie. Instead of proceeding with a tiebreaker, the two heartwarmingly decided to share the win. Barshim said that they both truly deserved the gold, while Tamberi said that sharing the win w