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Home Delivery of Meals For COVID-19+ Patients in Mumbai, Delhi & 10 Other Cities
My friend and her family were infected with COVID-19 last week. With mandatory isolation and a lack of avenues to get vegetables, she was forced to step outside. She did break the law and norms that...
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Remdesivir for COVID: This Freedom Fighter & His Son Built Cipla Into What It...
In a significant development earlier this week, Indian pharmaceutical giant Cipla Ltd lowered the price of its generic version of Remdesivir—an antiviral drug originally made by US biopharmaceutical...
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Looking For Oxygen Cylinders? Sources in Mumbai, Indore, Hyderabad, & Delhi
I can’t breathe — these haunting words are perhaps muttered every few minutes in isolation wards, homes and ICU beds across the country. At this grief-ridden time, individuals, private institutions and...
View ArticleDoctors Answer all Your Questions About Plasma Donation: Sign Up & Donate Today
The Better India has launched a ‘Plasma Donor Registration‘ drive to encourage those eligible to sign up for donations and provide a single-point resource for those looking for Plasma donations. Blood...
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‘I Donated Plasma Twice and Saved an Ailing Mother. Here’s Why You Should Too’
The Better India has launched a ‘Plasma Donor Registration‘ drive to encourage those eligible to sign up for donations and provide a single-point resource for those looking for Plasma donations. Blood...
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NGO’s COVID Centres Give Free Food, Lessons To 250 Kids Whose Parents Tested...
Till a few weeks ago, the sheer worry of both his parents being quarantined after testing positive for COVID-19 had led Ramesh (name changed) to want to take his own life. Their small kholi (one-room...
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Mumbai Fashion Designer Helps 30 Underprivileged Women Earn Through the Pandemic
Gurmeen Shrivastav, a Mumbai-based fashion designer who runs her own custom-made brand ‘Nayshaas_siyahi_sa_vastra’, named after her daughter. She owns a studio in Malad West and has been helping about...
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Behind the Wheel with a Truck Driver Delivering Oxygen Across India
You must have read or seen visuals on the news of the Central government’s much-vaunted Oxygen Express trains. But it’s the drivers transporting massive tankers and, subsequently, smaller trucks...
View ArticleBARC Recruitment 2021: 47 Research Associate Fellowships, Stipend up to Rs...
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is currently recruiting for 47 research associate vacancies. Things to know: The last date to apply is 25 May 2021. Selected candidates will be engaged for up...
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Watch Movies & Travel: IT Couple Carve Dream Job Finding Locations For Films,...
Yerwada jail in Pune made a different kind of headline in 2017 when actor Farhan Akhtar launched a new song from his film, Lucknow Central, in the presence of 4,000 inmates. This was probably the first...
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Bengaluru Doc’s Startup Has Vaccinated Over 6000 Daily Wagers, Domestic Help...
Last week, close to 450 daily wage workers were vaccinated in a camp on a Bengaluru construction site. They neither had to miss out on a day’s earning, nor deprive themselves of the essential COVID-19...
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Dangal To Baahubali: Mumbai Artist Uses Mundane Items To Create Magic in 3000...
Amidst the backdrop of World War II, two individuals are putting their lives at stake to support the Indian National Army (INA) by transporting a gem-encrusted sword to its members, to be used as...
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MP Woman Fights Gender Stereotypes To Command India’s First All-Women Goods...
“Our home was close to a railway track. I remember how, as a kid, I would run to the terrace every time a train zoomed by. Watching it go would make me so excited. That feeling has remained unchanged,...
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Can COVID-19 Cause Joint Pain, Affect Bone Health and Density Once You Recover?
This article is a part of a series by The Better India to share verified information about COVID-19 care. While several posts on various aspects of fighting COVID-19 are being circulated on social...
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India’s First Intimacy Coordinator From Mumbai Is Making ‘On-screen...
In 2018, India’s social climate experienced a transformation like no other. A clarion call for sexual violence survivors, the #MeToo movement allowed thousands of people to share their accounts of...
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59-YO Makes Homemade Murukku, Tatthai & Other Tamil Delicacies a Hit in Mumbai
Every alternate Monday, Meena Subramanian posts a new menu on Instagram offering a range of traditional, pure vegetarian food items such Kozhakattai, Poricha Kozhambu, Vayyakai Kara Kari, Vendakkai...
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62-YO Accidental Entrepreneur is Taking Ancient Indian Board Games to the World
The year 2020 brought in both uncertainties as well as new experiences, and the lockdown was a bit of both. The positive side to it was that we all got a little bit more time to spend with our...
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Exclusive: Mumbai’s First Female Olympian Raised Money From a Dance To Create...
Mary D’souza Sequeira learnt to play sports by keenly observing her brothers and other boys in Bandra, Mumbai. An Olympian and Asian Games winner, Mary had no coach or trainer to learn from initially...
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Help Pours In For Struggling Chat Seller Whose Tears Moved the Internet
If you were to ask around in Mumbai for places to visit for good vada pav, one location that is likely to be mentioned is outside Mithibai College in Vile Parle. A place almost always buzzing with...
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From Being Penniless at 17 to Becoming the 1st Indian Woman at Paris Couture...
Even a week after showcasing her weaves at the Haute Couture week in Paris, Vaishali Shadangule is buzzing with excitement at the success of the show. She’s exhausted but there’s a glow on her face...
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