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5 Reasons to Be Excited About the Proposed Chennai-Bengaluru Expressway

The six-lane, 265-km expressway will be modeled along the lines of the Mumbai-Pune expressway.

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Milagai Podi Cheese, Anyone? Meet the 2 Women Making Unique, Artisanal Cheese...

Founded by Anuradha Krishnamoorthy and Namrata Sundaresan, Käse employs disabled women as cheese-makers and promotes local flavours.

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From Therapy to Travel, This Website Is a Virtual Directory for Disabled &...

An initiative by two Chennai-based residents, Rashmi Devaprasath and Advitya Thapa, Special Sources aims to become a nation-wide community platform.

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In a Paperless Age, This Mumbai Boy Hopes to Popularise Made-In-India...

An expert pen maker himself, Sanay Shah also guides people in finding the right stores for fountain pens around the country.

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Here’s What It Costs to Live in Some of India’s Most Popular Cities!

Dining out costs are on average twice as much in Gurugram then they are in Bengaluru, even though taxis are cheaper in Bengaluru. We used Numbeo to investigate the differences in living costs across...

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Meet the Tamil Nadu Man Relentlessly Fighting the Sand Mafia for Over 20 Years!

From fielding anonymous threats to being attacked, Mugilan is not afraid of ruffling feathers in order to fight for the truth.

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This Man’s Ingenious Method Helps Children Learn English the Way They Learn...

Karadi Path Education Company aims at facilitating organic learning using a unique methodology that focuses on contextual, musical as well as visual cues to teach English to children.

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Chennai Students Win Smart Indian Hackathon 2017 for Developing a Document...

The solution won the top prize among 50 finalists in the pan-India contest, organised by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

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Transgender Girl Makes History as the First Registered Trans Student to Clear...

Tarika, who ran away from home at 16, was adopted by trans activist Grace Banu and re-enrolled back in school.

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TBI Is Helping 20,000 Villagers in Tamil Nadu Fight Drought. Here’s How You...

The Better India, along with the Environmentalist Foundation of India, is fighting the severe drought in Tamil Nadu by restoring ponds in Nagapattinam, one of the worst-hit districts in the state.

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TBI Blogs: 3 Girls from a Chennai Shelter Home Built a Working Robot from...

Nivetha, a young schoolgirl with no exposure to posh education, has built a robot supported by volunteers and her friends.

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When Govt School Students Could Not Go to Summer Camps, These Youngsters Took...

Young changemakers across India are on a mission to offer holistic education to students of government schools through their Camp Diaries initiatives.

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As Indian Women Line up to Get New Wombs, Here’s All You Need to Know About...

While medical science is advancing at a fast pace, are we making note of the ethical, moral, social, and legal challenges that uterine transplant throws up?

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From Organic Farming to Fresh Food, This Farm Near Chennai Treats Urban...

How often have you thought of leaving the concrete jungle and living in the lap of nature, leading a simple life and having healthy organic meals? That’s exactly what Arul Futnani hoped for when he...

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Meet the Chennai Cartoonist Whose Tamil Puns & Hilarious Jokes Are Making...

Lakshman Balaji was a toddler when he first started drawing. He says, “I must be two or three years old back then and what I mostly drew was scribbles.” Today, at 23, he is a cartoonist based out of...

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A New Road Rage: Traffic Cops Promote Safety With Music Videos, Puzzles & Dance

The Indian Traffic Police have never been any cooler! From the peppy video by the Chennai traffic police over road safety awareness to the traffic marshall in Kolkata who beats the vehicular influx...

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How an IIT Alumnus Helped Thousands of Farmers Increase Productivity and...

An alumnus of the 1986 batch of mechanical engineering in IIT Madras, Madhavan was always passionate about farming and nature.

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100% Results, High Attendance & Superb Facilities: How a TN Corporation...

More often than not, government schools are derided for lack of infrastructure and poor facilities. But, that’s not the case with Kodungaiyur Corporation School in Tamil Nadu. The school, where 95% of...

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Historical Win for Transgender Software Engineer. HC Allows Change of Sex &...

Male Female Other When the third checkbox made its way to voter forms in India, it was a milestone for its transgender community. Yesterday marked yet another historical win, when the Madras High...

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The Return of the Indian Shrimp. Chennai Scientists Are Trying to Revive the...

Scientists in Tamil Nadu are exploring ways to bring back shrimp farming in India, which is currently dominated by US imports, and address address the imbalance in farmers markets.

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