Five-time world champion MC Mary Kom ensures India a fourth medal at the Olympics thrashing Tunisian Maroua Rahali to enter the semi-finals of women’s boxing (51kg) event

A man from Tamil Nadu, Kulandei Francis, who has been doing community service in Krishnagiri district without any publicity, is one of the winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2012

An American traveler, who was taken to Jharkhand by a friend to teach tribal children English, has turned a football coach and is helping tribal girls become football champs, says Saadia Azim

Badminton ace Saina Nehwal, who is one of India’s medal hopes in the London Olympics, was a born vegetarian but became a non – vegetarian in 2005, says a just released book

The ‘handmade’ tea of Gobin Hazarika, which fetches $35 a kg, is mostly consumed abroad. Azera Parveen Rahman finds the man passionately making the organic tea at a mud hut factory in Assam

In the hills of Uttarakhand, women have ushered a white revolution through SHGs. By rearing cattle they make money and also provide better food to their children, says Nitin Jugran Bahuguna

The Onida devil has died and so has the Liril girl and Air India's Maharaja, but thanks to a consistent creative campaign by daCunha Communications, Amul girl’s hit 50 and still going strong

Dimple Yadav who has created a record by being elected unopposed to the Lok Sabha is a die-hard Metallica fan, a serious painter, and one who rode horses happily, says Mohit Dubey

The son of a government primary school teacher, Mohammad Ismat, has done both his father and the entire North East India proud by topping the class 12 CBSE exam with a total of 495 out of 500

Varanasi based activist Ajeet Singh, who has rehabilitated over 100 sex workers, and who was recently profiled in The Weekend Leader, has been chosen as The Week magazine’s Man of the Year

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

For senior journalist Sankarshan Thakur journalism was more attractive than the civil service. The Roving Editor of The Telegraph opens up to Anuradha Preetam on his life and passion

Women in many drought hit areas are leading a revolution in farming through water management programmes. Ajitha Menon tells us how SHGs in W Bengal have ushered in some much needed changes
 

The inclusion of women’s boxing in the Olympic Games has raised India’s hope for a gold as M C Mary Kom is all geared up for it. Sneha Theeng meets the girl, who was inspired by Muhammad Ali

A 22-year-old Assam Police constable, Abhijit Baruah, was Tuesday officially entered in the Guinness World Records as the longest barefoot runner, having run 156.2 km in 24 hours in January