For Low Fees, This Ex-IAS Officer Has Helped Over 300 Students Become Officers
An erstwhile Indian Administrative Officer (IAS), Israel Jebasingh made the transition to becoming an educator in 2013, when he started the Officers IAS Academy in Chennai to train aspiring Civil...
View ArticleWant to Help Daily Wage Workers? City-Wise Helplines to Get Them Food,...
I cannot help but count my blessing as I sit at home and carry on with my usual work. Of course, the COVID-19 lockdown has been a setback in the usual routine. But there are thousands of migrant...
View ArticleExclusive: Delhi’s First COVID-19 Survivor Has An Important Message to Share
Adversities work in mysterious ways. They can either bring out the best or the worst in you. And, the story of Rohit Dutta is a living proof of that. The first survivor of COVID-19 in Delhi, Rohit has...
View Article#CoronaLockdown: 6.7 Lakh Needy Fed So Far & You Could Help Feed More
“Kitchens should never stop functioning. Even at our homes, the only time the kitchen stops working is if something is seriously wrong. If I feel that way about my home’s kitchen, why should my...
View ArticleStruggling After Floods, Kerala Village Found a Guardian...
This article has been sponsored by SBI Youth for India Fellowship Decades ago, the dense forests of Wayanad, Kerala were inhabited by the dominant Paniya tribe, and its members flourished as gatherers...
View Article‘OK To Say You Don’t Know’: IAS Officer Shares How To Tackle UPSC Interview
Dhivya Loganathan is a 2015 batch IAS officer currently posted as Joint Secretary Forest, in the West Bengal cadre. Dhivya attempted the Civil Service Examination thrice and secured an All India Rank...
View ArticleCBSE Changes Syllabus for 2020-21 & Launches Free Live Fitness Classes....
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has changed the 2020-2021 syllabus for classes 9 to 12. The new syllabus has been reduced as per NCERT’s new academic calendar due to the COVID-19...
View ArticlePuducherry Engineer’s Invention Makes Car Travel Pain-Free for the Elderly,...
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. Road trips can be a...
View Article200 Indian Singers Create an Anthem to Honour Frontline Heroes Fighting COVID-19
This article has been sponsored by Asian Paints Tamaso mā jyotirgamaya Andhkār ko jeete man Yahi prarthanā karta bharat, vijayi bhava mānav jeevan… Vishwapremki odhe chadariya Jayatu jayatu bharatam,...
View ArticleStudents, Anxious About Exams? Here Are 30 Helplines for All Your Questions
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. An Alert for All...
View Article70-YO Madurai Man Grows 20+ Fruits & Vegetables On His ‘Floating’ Terrace Farm!
“Few things are as satisfying as plucking fresh fruit or vegetables from your own garden to prepare a meal,” observes Madurai-based DD Rajeshvaran who started his urban farming journey in 2016, and was...
View ArticleSenior Citizens, These Schemes By LIC, SBI Can Help You Get A Monthly Income
Amidst the chaos of life, many people focus on making money and forget about making provisions for a secure future. But, it is never too late to start investing and reap the benefits. Here are six...
View ArticleCan Centre’s Agriculture Reforms Positively Impact Farmers? Experts Have...
On 15 May 2020, the Central government announced major reforms that could completely reconfigure the agriculture sector in India as we know it. According to finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, these...
View Article3 Entities Share The Private Sector Ideas That Can Transform India’s Farmers
The Central government’s recent announcement about introducing long-standing reforms in the agriculture sector has definitely created a buzz. In an earlier article on agriculture reforms, we...
View ArticleHere’s How Experts Believe We Can Make India’s Farmers Worry-Free
In the past two instalments of our series on agriculture in India, we have looked at the possible impact of the Central government’s agriculture sector reform announcement on 15 May, which seeks to...
View ArticleAgra Woman Grows Pearls In a Bathtub, Earns Over Rs 80,000. Here’s How She...
“Sometimes, resistance only fuels one’s passion to pursue something harder,” says 27-year-old Ranjana Yadav, an entrepreneur and owner of Vidhivani pearl farming, a startup in Agra, Uttar Pradesh....
View ArticleUPSC Prelims Coming Up: 2 IAS Officers Share the Best Way to Utilise Your Time
“I would have been very happy if I had managed to get some more time to prepare for the CSE,” says Surabhi Gautam, All India Rank (AIR) 50 in the 2016 examination, speaking about utilising this...
View ArticleOnline UPSC Coaching Is Being Given By These State Govts: How to Apply
The allure of cracking your way through the Civil Service Examination is, undoubtedly, a strong one, pulling lakhs of students each year to trudge through the months-long preparation. Sadly, coaching...
View ArticleNRI Gives Back to His Roots, Educates 2 Lakh Kids While Living in USA!
Biswajit Nayak, is a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) and is all too familiar with the diasporic conundrum of straddling two worlds (and cultures) at the same time. “Many of us living away from the country,...
View ArticleIITs Across India Announce Jobs for Teaching, Tech & Admin Roles. How to Apply.
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted job security for millions of people around the globe, and according to a report by Global Consultants, India is set to lose around 130 million jobs due to...
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