Do we need to be 25 years old to contest elections? Parliament should change...
Sir Alex Ferguson, the legendary manager of Manchester United football club, once said about young players, “If you’re good enough, you’re old enough.” Our Constitution, however, does not believe the...
View ArticleFrom Homeless to a Home for Migrant Kids: One Man’s Amazing Journey
While speaking to people about their stories, we come across various kinds of people. Some leave a greater impact than others. This is one such story. Meet Amar Daniel Gibran, who runs a home for the...
View Article10 IAS Officers Who Made 2017 Better With Their Brilliant Initiatives
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had famously described the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) as the “steel frame” upon which the rest of the bureaucracy would rest — a bastion of India’s best and brightest...
View ArticleConsumer Protection Bill Cleared by Union Cabinet: Six Things You Should Know
In a significant development, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the Consumer Protection Bill 2017, which will now be tabled in Lok Sabha during the current Winter Session. This is important...
View Article26 Years of Changing Lives: The Story of Lifeline Express, The World’s First...
On July 16, 1991, the world’s first hospital on a train chugged out of Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus on its maiden journey. Twenty-six years later, the Lifeline Express (also called Jeevan...
View ArticleHappy 40th Thums Up! Did You Know These 6 Things About Your Favourite Drink?
Salman Khan, Mahesh Babu, Chiranjeevi, Sunil Gavaskar, and now Ranveer Singh—what’s the link you wonder? These are the names of the brand ambassadors of Thums up over the years. As Thums up turns 40,...
View ArticleIndia’s First Indigenous Self-Propelled Train to Hit the Tracks in 2018
The first indigenous self-propelled train set in India will take to the tracks next year! A senior railway board member said that the train set will be ready and be running in December 2018. The...
View ArticleLegal Betting in Cricket Soon Be a Reality in India? Law Commission Says Yes
It’s the penultimate over of the match between India and New Zealand. Emotions are running high, and it’s one of those events that is bound to keep you on the edge of your seat. Rakesh Mehra is...
View Article5 Ways the Railways Went Green, Efficient and Sustainable in 2017
The Indian Railways, the good old nostalgia-inducing workhorse of our country, has been taking a few financial hits, over the past year. However, it has always endeavoured to innovate by trying to come...
View ArticleHere’s Why North Central Railway Is ‘First Rank’ Among All the Zones
The Railway Board has a semi-annual scoring for all the 16 railway zones in India. This year, the North Central Railway has successfully bagged gold among the newly created railway zones in their...
View ArticleTeaching Both Mud Bricks & Microchips, Unique School Is Now a Model for 65...
The Chirag School is located in the picturesque village of Simayal in the Nainital district, Uttarakhand. It is a K-5 (kindergarten to Class V) Hindi-medium school for local children. Surrounded by the...
View Article10 Unforgettable Winter Experiences in India That Will Make You Love The Cold
Perhaps it’s the shorter days, the colder temperatures or the need to get bundled up before leaving the house, but most people seem to prefer inactivity during winters. Call us crazy, but we think...
View ArticleHow Can the Indian Economy Get a $957 Billion Boost? AI Is the Answer
All across the globe, countries have been building up Artifical Intelligence capabilities due to the possibility that AI could completely transform the nature of work and create better outcomes for...
View ArticleOnly 1.7% of Indians Pay Income Tax, but Not for the Reasons You Think
In a recent revelation, the IT department stated that a little more than two crore Indians, or 1.7% of the population, paid income tax in the assessment year (AY) 2015-16. While the number of people...
View ArticleMumbai Students to Now Be Well-Versed About Elections, Thanks to This Initiative
Youth in schools and colleges across Maharashtra will receive training on all facets of electoral activities, thanks to the Election Commission of India. Come January 25th, Electoral Literacy Clubs...
View ArticleThese 10 IPS Officers Made 2017 Better With Their Amazing Work
Every day, in every city and town across India, police officers go to work — to enforce the law, to make communities safer and to protect members of these communities – people like you and me. For...
View ArticleSuffering from a Mental Illness? NIMHANS Will Help You – for Just Rs 20!
The leafy, green campus of NIMHANS, spread across multiple acres, is always teeming with patients and doctors. However, one can notice a certain sense of comfort and contentment immediately upon...
View ArticleHow Can India Rid Our Politics of Money, Muscle Power? Here Are Some Answers
The proliferation of money and muscle power in Indian politics continues to undermine our democracy. In the present Lok Sabha, 34% of our new elected representatives have criminal cases registered...
View ArticlePlanning a Rail Travel? You Can Now Dine on Pre-Packaged Food Packets
As per an article in the Financial Times, in July 2017, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, in a report, had said that the food served on trains was “unfit for human consumption.” The report...
View ArticleHow Can We Keep This Beautiful Kashmiri Art Alive? CtoK Is Making It Happen
As the temperatures plunge in the capital, it is the perfect weather to bring out those beautifully woven shawls, and as I sit down to write this, I am also admiring the artistry on my shawl. A while...
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