History of Indian rupee
The rupee is the common name for the currencies of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives, Indonesia (as the rupiah), and formerly those of Burma and Afghanistan. Here is a...
View ArticleMIT’s TR35 India 2013: Top Innovators Under 35
The TR35 India 2013 list recognizes outstanding innovators under the age of 35 for their continuing work in India that has the highest impact locally and globally. Since 1999, the editors of MIT...
View ArticleCircle of 6 APP against sexual assault launched in India
Circle of 6 is a smartphone app against sexual assault. When the Circle of 6 app saw download numbers in India rise sharply after the devastating gang rape and murder in New Delhi in December, the team...
View ArticleKalyanasundaram – Man of the Millenium
He has donated his entire salary to charity for the 35 years he worked as a librarian. His retirement benefits and his share of family property were all used for social causes.He did odd jobs in a...
View ArticleZubaida Bai – Solving a global problem with a simple solution
With a population of over a billion, life is cheap in India. Not many people care about the number of casualties during child birth due to lack of basic maternal healthcare facilities in rural areas....
View ArticleJai Prakash Singh : Farmer Scientist – 4
In this series of farmer scientist we have taken you through some amazing and inspirational stories of people who have developed indigenous and innovative techniques in agriculture without any formal...
View ArticleSolar drying of vegetables and fish bringing good profits
Drying is a method of food preservation that has been practiced since ancient times to preserve food. The traditional method of drying involves sun drying products by laying them out in the open . This...
View ArticleAparajita Datta wins Green Oscar 2013
Aparajita Datta, a wildlife biologist and senior scientist at the Nature Conservation Foundation(NCF), has won the 2013 Whitley Award, also known as the Green Oscar. The award comes as a recognition of...
View Article20 social enterprises win World Bank’s $2million grant
Twenty social enterprises were recently awarded grants totaling $2 million by the India Development Marketplace (DM) funded by the World Bank Group (WBG). The grantees received $100,000 each to extend...
View ArticleMan made forest and a RIVER!
People near the villages of the Doodhatoli mountains in Uttarakhand were leading a quiet life, rearing cattle and farming on their respective agricultural lands. Also going on simultaneously in the...
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