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You Collect, They Pick Up: India’s Biggest Plastic Recyclothon Coming Up in...
“Plastic here. Plastic there. Plastic waste everywhere.” These lines may become the part of a nursery rhyme resounding within classrooms full of toddlers, if Mumbaikars don’t make conscious efforts to...
View ArticleFacing Domestic Abuse to Marital Rape, This Stunt Woman Is Braver Than Any Hero
At a time when the only exposure to the concept of marriage among adolescent girls was ‘playing house’, she was forcefully married off into a wealthy family. She was 14 then. Who could she blame? Money...
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Battling Cancer with Strength: This Org Is Ensuring Children Have All the...
Did you know that in India, every year, around 50,000 children are diagnosed with cancer, and because of the disparity in income and wealth across the country, only about 22 percent make it to...
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This Man Won a 30-Year-Long Fight to Save 15K Hectares of Maharashtra’s...
September 17, 2018, was a golden day for environmental activists who had been working relentlessly to save 15,087 hectares of mangroves, notified as reserved forests in Maharashtra. The Bombay High...
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This Man Left Mumbai for a Drive & Ended up Making a Mini-Forest in Dehradun!
My name is Nitin Sahrawat. Although I am primarily associated with the film and television industry, this piece is about how I created a mini forest. Disillusioned with everyday life, one sleepless...
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This Shillong-Based NGO Has Saved Over 72,000 Victims of Human Trafficking!
Meet 47-year-old Hasina Kharbhih from Shillong, whose organisation, the Impulse NGO Network (INGON) has been battling the scourge of human trafficking in the Northeast for more than two decades, and...
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Mumbai Motorman Turns Hero, Stops Train to Save Life of Injured Man!
Pankaj Maurya was on his usual way to the office in Mumbai when a tragedy struck. He got caught between two railway tracks. Reports have failed to mention how exactly he got in this situation but he...
View ArticleWatch: Lightning Quick Mumbai Local Commuters Rescue Teen From Certain Death
While it is true that the Mumbai local is the lifeline of the city, it also claims a number of lives each year. Apart from rampant footboarding, accidents also occur when people try to cross tracks,...
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Mumbai Club Converts 500 Kgs of Food Waste into Biogas Daily, Feeds 100 People!
At a time when leftover food in most homes, food joints, and clubs lands up in garbage dumps, a club in Mumbai is turning the tide. Known for being one of the largest waste generators in the eastern...
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Exclusive: Mumbai Man’s Brilliant Sketches Have Helped the Cops Nab 450...
Nitin Mahadev Yadav is a household name in the Sable chawl of Kurla, a suburb in Mumbai. Those close to him refer to the man as a half-policeman. No, he doesn’t don a uniform, nor does he carry a...
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Here’s How You Can Help Turn Recycled Tyres Into Playgrounds For 2500 Kids!
A vivid memory of my growing up years is the time I spent in the park with my friends. I remember the fights, the games, and the friendships I forged there. I am not entirely sure if my kids would feel...
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Mumbai Pvt Hospital Becomes 1st to Prescribe Generic Meds, Cuts Patient Bills...
The HJ Doshi Ghatkopar Hindusabha Hospital has become the first private hospital in Mumbai to switch from branded medicines to generic drugs, and the results they have seen in the hospital bills, is...
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Alone at Deserted Stop at 1.30 AM, Mumbai Woman Finds Guards in Bus Driver!
Newspapers and social media are filled with stories of women naming and shaming their perpetrators. Television actor Ankita Lokhande, in an open letter, speaks about how she has become fearful of...
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Mumbai Family Nurses Injured Vulture For 9 Months, Helps Him Return To Wild!
Earlier this year, on a cool February night, Shailesh Mehta, a cabbie by day and animal rescuer by night, received a call on his phone from the police about a big bird who had come crashing down on...
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Here’s Why These Mumbai Scriptwriters & Engineers Become Idol-Makers Once a...
It’s that time of the year when almost every street and nukkad in Mumbai is decorated with flowers, and illuminated with colourful lights and lanterns — with attractive idols of different deities at...
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‘Library On Wheels’: Indian Railways’ New Move Just Made Your Journeys More...
Remember those long train rides when you quietly sat and stared out of the window? While travelling on a train is always fun, there’s a limit to watching the same scenery pass by. For some of us, the...
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Murder of Mumbai Model: Alert Ola Cabbie Helps Cops Nab the Alleged Killer!
If you have ever seen an episode of Crime Patrol, then visualising this gruesome murder would be a tad bit easy. Mansi Dixit, a model and aspiring actress, residing in Mumbai, was murdered, and her...
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Traffic to Schemes: India’s Problems Can Be Solved By Adding This Simple Step
In 2013, two visual communication students from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) worked on a project that offered respite to commuters of the city’s local rail network. And how did...
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One of India’s First Female Umpires, Gritty Mumbai Woman Smashes Gender...
Major sporting events are spectacles, and the role of an umpire is to ensure that the play happens within the laws of the game. This is precisely the outlook of 29-year-old Mumbai-based Vrinda Rathi,...
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Homeless in Mumbai to Dutch Police Commissioner: A Dongri Orphan’s Incredible...
From aimlessly walking around the unforgiving streets of Dongri as a homeless and hungry three-year-old to a police commissioner in the Netherlands, the story of Jamil Meusen is nothing short of...
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