It was 6 months back that we reported about India’s first ever ‘Roti-bank’ which aimed to feed the poor and needy. Though back then the idea sounded too novel to spread quickly, we are happy to report that the idea is quickly gaining ground.Here we find the second such institution in the city of Aurangabad, famous for its Ajanta-Ellora caves, for the poor.Here People can ‘deposit’ rotis and the poor, aged, […]

Ira Singhal, the IAS topper 2015, shared a moving post recently highlighting how apathetic have we become to others need. Narrating an incident in a Facebook post dated December 25 Ira wrote, she along with three of her friends was on her way to Delhi from Mussorie when they witnessed a horrible accident in Muradnagar, UP. She saw a Maruti rammed into a tractor and rushed to victim’s help. They […]

Delhi,As the festive mood envelopes the city in the last week of December, with most Dilliwallahs wishing for more chill to kick in, there are several ‘areas of darkness’ in the Capital where people are praying that the mercury doesn’t slide any further. For, they have no roof over their head, and those few who are provided with one by the government, they have to live in a dark, dingy […]

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed the ceiling prices for 530 essential medicines, including 47 for cancer and 22 for HIV, Lok Sabha was informed today.  Under its provisions, NPPA has fixed the ceiling prices in respect of 530 medicines under National List of Essential Medicines 2011 (NLEM), including 47 for cancer and 22 for HIV, based on market price data, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers […]

Aamir Khan made a “dream come true” for Nihal Bitla, who is suffering from rare genetic disorder progeria, by meeting him. The youngster, who received goodies galore from the Bollywood actor-producer, says the Taare Zameen Par star made him feel “optimistic” about life. Aamir met Bitla following a Facebook post, where it was mentioned that the latter wanted to meet the “PK” star and thank him for the 2007 film […]

Indian agriculture has had a terrible year. Unseasonal rains hit north India in February and March. The monsoon rains were inadequate in several states. Then floods hit south India in November and December. Vast stretches of farmland lie devastated and the effects are showing up in the countryside where in states like Uttar Pradesh, as Scroll.in reported, the poor are eating rotis made of weeds. In the first week of […]

It was a dream come true for Mastaan Bi, a cancer patient with a limited time to live, as she met Tollywood star Allu Arjun on Tuesday. “He is my favourite actor,” she told The News Minute. The 64-year-old had always wished to meet the actor and to fulfill her dying wish, family members of Mastaan Bi approached the Telugu news channel TV9 to reach Allu Arjun. When the actor […]

Even as Chennai is grappling to get back to normalcy and come to terms with the absolute devastation it underwent through the past week’s huge flooding, its ripples can be felt miles away at the Climate Change Summit in Paris too. The unnaturally high rains and the whopping intensity coupled with the tragic loss of life has not just left Indians in a state of shock but diplomats and officials […]

The Union government recently announced a list of 98 cities that will be developed as smart cities. The need for Indian cities to became smart becomes more important in a report published by World Health Organization( WHO) in December 2014 says that 13 of the top 20 most polluted cities are from India. India which is a developing economy and second most populous country obviously needs to improve its air […]

Continuing with our series on the Hits & Misses amongst the Policy initiatives undertaken by the Modi Government, our topic of discussion today is the Rural Electrification Drive known as the ‘Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana’. An extension of the erstwhile, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, under this scheme the Government plans to provide electricity to 1,21,225 un-electrified villages and intensive electric supply to over 5 lakh villages. To […]