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Accredited schools

In a first of its kind initiative, about 21 schools in Chandigarh have been selected in a project funded by the health department in collaboration with the World Health Organisation to slot schools under various categories - bronze, silver, gold and platinum – based on certain health parameters

  Posted    22-Jul-2011    Vol 2 Issue 29
Barefoot inventor
Barefoot inventor

A humble Gujarati farmer’s innovation, Chetak, has revolutionised cotton industry, cutting down the cost of cotton stripping 20 times. Kavita Kanan Chandra meets the barefoot inventor, Mansukhbhai Patel, who is now a successful businessman

  Posted    22-Jul-2011    Vol 2 Issue 29
Women's dream
Women's dream

A Bengali woman, with an MBA, is helping poor women through a retail selling system that is giving jitters to supermarket chains. Soma Mitra finds out the secret of Aparna Banerjee’s dream

  Posted    15-Jul-2011    Vol 2 Issue 28
Cool jackets
Cool jackets

India will soon provide its soldiers a specially designed ‘cool’ jacket that will help them beat the summer heat in the Rajasthan desert, where temperatures shoot up to over 50 degree Celsius

  Posted    09-Jul-2011    Vol 2 Issue 27
Driving crazy
Driving crazy

A toy bike created by a Meerut mechanic for his 4-year-old son attains a high speed of 60 km/hour. People are ready to shell out up to Rs.2 lakhs to buy the bike, but its owner is refusing

  Posted    08-Jul-2011    Vol 2 Issue 27
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Triumph of love

Just like any Hollywood movie, a graduation ceremony in the US turned unforgettable for a young girl when her boyfriend of four years proposed marriage on stage as she collected her degree

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Fight for ‘space’

Anti-dam activist Akhil Gogoi accuses the Congress government in Assam of taking away "space" for democratic protests and says it would help the Maoists take over the whole State

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Know your strength

There are seven forms of human intelligence. Find out what is yours and focus on it to be successful and happy, says Rekha Shetty, in her advice to the youth and parents
 

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Diwali cause

Diwali, the festival of lights, is all about spreading cheer, says Upamanyu Raju, Founder, Tiger Protection Group, as he suggests some nice ways in which you could be involved with their tiger projects
 

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Small town topper

When Shena Aggarwal from the small town of Yamunanagar in Haryana topped the all-India civil services exam last week, her feat put women achievers from the state in the spotlight yet again

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