D Elavarasan, a 32-year-old teacher who works in a private school, has taken classes of 67 Irular children from Ariyalur’s Olaiyur and Pappankulam villages every day except Sundays for the last five years. Children from classes 1 to 11 attend the class which Elavarasan has called “Mahatma Gandhi Malai Nera Padippaggam”. Apart from essential learning, he gives special attention to their skill development and notebooks, pens, books, and school uniforms. They are given a nutritional meal thrice a day.  

Sruthi Raj from the Kattunayakan tribe of Kerala has broken a barrier and became the first person from the tribe to earn a BTech degree. She enrolled for the BTech course in Electronics and Communication at the Government Engineering College in Wayanad during 2014-2018 and failed on her first two attempts. But her determination led to the achievement she has gained now. She went for coaching and cleared her exam on the third attempt. 

Sruthy Sithara, a native of Kerala, has been crowned Ms. Trans Global Universe Pageant, in which she has been representing India for the past months. She hoped to be one of the five candidates, and fortunately, she received her award for being on top of the competition through an online event. She has also crowned the Most Eloquent Queen at the pageant and earlier has also worked for the transgender cell at the Social Justice Department.  

Kondapalli Chidambara Nataraja, a 45-year-old man is a well-known Mridangam artiste from Parvathi Nagar in Mydukur Mandal of Kandapa District. He is the son of Hamsa Awardee Kondapalli Veerabhadraiah Bhagavathar and wants to create a unique name for himself in the field of Mridangam. He is famous for playing 18 tablas at a time and has been considered for the Guinness Book of World Records. The program was organized at the Ravindra Barathi Auditorium in Hyderabad. He presented Sri Thyagaraja Kriti- Samaja Vara Gamana in nine different ragas.

Pankaj, a 38-year-old man from Jagatsinghpur district, started the mission of saving the lives of road accidents victims 16 years ago, and since that time, he has rescued 400 people who met with an accident amongst which 300 victims survived. He started this mission when he came across a similar incident where he saw two people get poorly injured in an accident and die on the spot. Nobody took them to the hospital or tried to save them. This incident triggered him to save lives is more important than any other work, and he can be the one who has to start this mission.
Many other people are also joining him in this unconditional mission.  

Noel Alexander, a seven-year-old boy from Kerala, entered the Indian Book of Records to identify 120 multinational companies’ logos in 3 minutes 40 seconds. He has also achieved the same title in an Asia Book of Records. He has a keen interest in learning about trading and stock markets and monitoring these companies’ shares and market values. He was six years old when his parents found an exceptional talent in learning trade and cryptocurrency. 

A Partial Lunar Eclipse, the longest eclipse in 580 years, will be visible across North America, South America, Asia, and Australia. The moon is likely to appear in a hue of red, and the eclipse will start at 12:48 pm. It will end at 4:17 pm, according to the Director of Research and Academics at MP Birla Planetarium, Debiprosad Duari. In India, the eclipse will be visible from the Northeastern states, and people can witness the end of the eclipse from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Odisha. 

Major Kumar Gaurav, posted at MEG Centre, Bengaluru, was diagnosed with the disease in 2011. Despite his health condition, he decided to take control of his body and stick to the tough daily regimen. To maintain a balance between fitness and health requirements in various marathons and athletics events. He has also applied for the toughest one-day sporting event globally, comprising 3.8 km open water swimming, 180 km of cycling, and 42.2 km run to be completed in 17 hours known as Ironman Triathlon.

Vedhapriya Ganesan, a 22-year-old snake rescuer from Gerugambakkam, rescues snakes that have come out of their burrows to the streets. She has experience of 3 years in handling more than 500 snakes; now, she is volunteering for the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services (TNFRS) and has rescued 50 snacks within the city. She has also claimed herself to be the first women snake catcher at TNFRS and is training other personnel.

Chennai Police Inspector E Rajeshwari rescued a 28-year-old man who was presumed dead. The man is identified as R Udhayakumar from TP Chatram, who works at a Cemetery. He was presumed dead after a tree branch fell over him on 11th Nov in the morning. His friends who were working with him at the site informed the police about the incident. The video of a woman cop rescuing the man is going viral on the internet.  

Amarpreet Singh Hira, a 45-year-old builder in Punjab who also works as a farmer for his passion for agriculture, is growing black wheat for the second consecutive year on his farm in Saifalpur village Ropar district. He also mentioned that black grain helps improve the inflammatory profile in patients with type-II diabetes, making black wheat a healthy option. Also, the farmers sell the black wheat for Rs 4500 per quintal compared to the regular cereal, which is sold at Rs 1,980 (MSP).   

Jyothi Raj, Karnataka’s famed spiderman of Chitradurga fort, is well known for climbing the walls similar to a monkey. A 34-year-old monkey man entertains hundreds of visitors daily with his climbing skills, making howling noises as made by the Monkeys, hanging upside down, and scratching his back. He is now teaching young men and women for free and preparing them to compete in the wall climbing championship in Olympics. Also, he has requested the District Administration to lease out the land to make an artificial wall with the help of crowdfunding and adequately train the students. 

A government school teacher, K Sharda, who has paralyzed waist down, encourages students to remain engaged with their studies using cumulative activities in Durg, district of Chhattisgarh. She is a math teacher, and when she was one year old, she has paralyzed her waist down after being hit with Polio. During the pandemic, when everything was impossible, she took it as a litmus test and created methods like real-time situations and extra relatable knowledge outside the books so that students could retain it for long.

Dr. Nimmy A George, a native of Ernakulam, Kerala, and a 35-year-old assistant professor in the Department of Commerce at Bharat Mata College, Thikkakara, has won the World Amateur Chess Championship held at Rhodes Island in Greece. She has proudly won silver for the nation. She was introduced to chess by her father, who was a national player. Also, her elder sister was the first from Kerala to become a national champion in chess, and her other sister has also played well in the Nationals.

The paintings made by transwomen Abhinaya, Kalki, Rupakala, Silky Prema, Sandhya, Rambha, Saji Varier and a transman Ramesh from Tamil Nadu and Kerala, respectively, get featured in the exhibition of the University of South Florida.
Out of 25 entries from India, 8 paintings were selected that speak about the Transperson’s living. Also, the funding is provided by the State Government to make it to the exhibition.
Amongst the 8 transpersons, Abhinaya died last year due to illness, and her painting getting selected for the exhibition at such a great platform is a tribute to her. 

Imam Hussain from Bengal wins the Nirmal Lottery Bumper Prize of Rs 70 lakhs. He is a native of Bengal who migrated to Kerala in search of livelihood. His habit of purchasing lottery tickets from the portion of his wages made him win the bumper lottery. To claim the money, he needs to show his identification documents for a smooth process.

Singireddy Niranjan Reddy, the Agriculture Minister of Telangana, has transformed his 50 acres of land into an instructional farm. Before taking the seat, he was a farmer who had struggled a lot to sell his homegrown pumpkins. No one purchased the pumpkins at a reasonable rate; he distributed them in the village for free. The years of determination helped him grow the variety of fruits and vegetables on his farm. His farm consists of mangoes, manikchaman grapes, custard apple, papaya, guava, dragon fruit, water apple, lychee, Jamun, brinjal, tomatoes, chilies, cabbage, capsicum, bitter gourd, okra, and other leafy vegetables. Also, his wife has been playing an important role in managing everything on the farm.

Ravi Prasad from Hariharpur, Lucknow, makes fiber products such as carpets, hats, footwear out of Banana waste. He started Malawa Kela Resa Utpadan Laghu that sells different handmade items made from Banana Waste. He got inspiration from an exhibition where he came across the concept of reusing the waste from the plantation. The step he took has employed over 450 women and makes him earn Rs 9 lakhs.

Assam burned 2500 rare rhino horns weighing 1300kg on World Rhino Day to prove that the rhino’s horns do not hold any medicinal significance. The move was made to create awareness against poaching. Also, the burnt horns were either seized from the poachers or the dead rhinos. Few were kept under preservation since 1969 as it contains Keratin, the protein found in human nails and hair. Before putting the horns into flame, DNA was extracted from each horn, giving them a bar code to maintain the scientific records. No living creature was harmed during the movement.

Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur inaugurated the World’s largest “Khadi National Flag of India” on Gandhi Jayanti. The flag was unveiled on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, who was known for promoting Khadi. The flag’s length is 225 feet, width is 150 feet, and weighs 1000 kg, making it the World’s Largest National Flag ever. Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane also attended the event.
The moment of pride for India.

Kuttiattoor Mango and Edayur Chilli from Kerala got Geographical Indication Tag from the GI Registry at Chennai. The primary purpose of providing the GI Tag is to generate interest in people and fame for the product. The characters that make Edayur Chilli different is the low pungency and appealing taste. And the feelings of Kuttiattoor mangoes are the bright orange-yellow, and the ripened fruits do not show black or brown patches.

Hydrogen-Powered Toyota Mirai sets the Guinness World Record for completing a 1360 kms trip to Southern California on a single, 5 minutes fill-up. The Toyota has set the record for traveling the longest distance without refueling. The Guinness World Record closely monitored the trip, and the officials sealed the tank after a single 5 min fill-up. Also, the tank was validated after the trip. The Mirai consumed 5.65 kg of hydrogen in a 2-days trip and was driven by professional hypermile, Wayne Gerdes and Bob Winger.

The white onions from Alibaug were given the Geographical Indication Tag on Sept 29, 2021, based on their sweet taste, no-tear factors, and medicinal properties. All these characters marked the white onions different from other forms. The soil where these white onions are grown has less Sulphur content and is detected to be less pungent in taste and smell and possess high proteins, fats, and fiber content, and low pyruvic acid. Also, the white onions boost the immunity system and treat insomnia and blood pressure. Considering all the factors, the 6-members committee of the GI Registry gave the GI Tag to the white onions of Alibaug.

The studies of an extensive survey on frogs, lizards and snakes of Western Ghats have discovered 12 new species of Geckos. The researchers from Bombay Natural History Society, Indian Institute of Science have published that the 2 species are from Baba Budan Giri Range and Sharavathi Valley of Karnataka, 5 each are from Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The one found in Tamil Nadu is named “Jackie Chan” as it hurries on the rocks and possesses furious nature.

Balireddy Suribabu, a constable, has opened a hockey academy in a rural area in Vishakhapatnam. He is a former hockey player who wanted to inspire and encourage youth to come forward and play for the nation. And around 20 players trained under him have played the state-level, and a 17-year-old-boy has got selected by Naval Tata Hockey Academy in Bhubaneshwar.

Dr. Rajendra and Dr. Sucheta Dhamane have opened up an NGO for women abandoned by their families and who have mental illnesses. Both the doctors have been providing their service through Mauli Seva Pratishthan, the NGO in Ahmednagar, for more than 20 years.   

They got the information on several women left by their children or homeless mentally challenged women, which gave the doctor couple an idea to save their lives.   

They have been doing their services for more than 20 years, and 300 and above women have been rescued and treated through the NGO.   

A team of two researchers, Dr Vishal Mishra and Veer Singh from IIT-BHU have found a bacterium that can help in removing the toxins of cancer from wastewater. Hexavalent Chromium is one such toxic metal that is majorly found in water bodies. After immense research, they found the Micro bacterium Paraoxydans Strain VSVM that can tolerate the high concentration of the toxin.   

Nirmala Chandel, a widow from Himachal Pradesh, is helping more than 16,000 women to make them earn and live independently by providing them work through Ekal Nari Shakti Sangathan, which is working for the upliftment of women who are in need.   

Nirmala got widowed at the age of 23 and was insulted by her family. The initial days after her husband’s demise was thorny, where she was called by various offensive names, and later, she got restricted from attending family gatherings and occasions. The moment helped her to think about herself, and she decided to join the SUTRA as an accountant, an NGO that works for women. And from here, she started Ekal Nari Shakti Sangathan, where she worked for single, widowed, and women abandoned by their families. And through this act, women are now earning up to RS 35,000.   

Neeraj Chopra, an Indian javelin thrower, created history on 7th August and became pride for the nation by winning the gold medal for India at the Tokyo Olympics, 2021. He became the first to win the gold medal in the track-and-field event and the second individual Indian athlete. He began with an 87.03m throw for qualification, and his last attempt made the best of all with 87.58m, which made him win the gold medal.
The Prime minister of India, along with PT Usha and others, congratulated him and wished him for his future endeavors.

We are proud of you! Hip Hip Hurray!

PM Narendra Modi renamed India’s highest honourable sports award, “Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award”, after the hockey hero and legend of the sport, Major Dhyan Chand, on 6th August. The citizens themselves have requested the decision of renaming the award, says PM Modi. The award will be now called “The Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.” The change occurred after viewing the exceptional performance of the Indian Women’s and Men’s Hockey team at the Tokyo Olympics,2021.

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu bagged a silver medal for India in the women’s 49kg weightlifting category at Tokyo Olympics 2021. In 2018, she lifted 196kg, 86kg in snatch and 110 kg in clean and jerk to win the Gold medal for India in the Commonwealth Games 2018. She also broke the record for the weight category. 

Chanu has won World Championships and was also awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.

We are proud of you!

A 43-year-old, Bipin Das, from a small village near Raghurajpur, Odisha, is an artist, and he spent his time preserving the art of Pattachitra. But pandemic has threatened him to destroy his determination. 

His community was facing problems due to weather conditions and pandemics. With the help of Karnataka -Cadre IFS officer Dipika Bajpai, Bipin took his problem to social media and asked for the solution. IFS officer started posting pictures of the art, and soon orders were placed. Bipin connected with 35 artisans families to increase his revenue and solve the financial crisis of his community. He started earning up to lakhs from Rs 1500.

A 37-year-old Pratibha Krishnaiah from Bengaluru has quit her job and moved to Uttarakhand to transform the remote mountain village through her NGO, Himalayan blooms. 

Pratibha was in a corporate job in Bengaluru and earned a handsome salary. But she wanted to take a break and encourage the women from a rural area. However, she decided to quit her job and signed up for the State Bank of India’s Youth for India Fellowship in 2014. Through this program, she was able to provide labour to more than 290 women from 40 villages. The tasks included woolen socks, sweaters, scarves and other items. Pratibha is now earning lakhs through her NGO, Himalayan blooms.

Now, this is what we call OO MY INDIANS!

The Creators for Change YouTube Original Documentary that shows Michelle Obama, in conversation with actress and influencer Prajakta Koli, Liza Koshy, and Thembe Mahlaba, has been nominated for the 48th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The documentary has been nominated under the category of Outstanding Daytime Non-Fiction Special. The special award ceremony will be stream on 25th June 2021.

Dr. Priyadarshini of Pune, with the help of a researched project, turned Agri waste into bio-char fuel and also invented a stove that cooks a rice-based meal for a family only by using just 100 grams of bio-char in Pune. She developed this innovation to give the poor people an advantage in reducing gas expenses and controlling global warming. The process includes biomass gasification with a controlled air supply that allows volatile gas to burn off, leaving behind neat pure carbon — bio-char.

This is our India, “The Innovative India.”

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A team of six students and other university alumni members together formed a unique electric bike with wireless charging. The students belonged to the 3rd and 4th year of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Kl College of Engineering and other university alumni. The e-bike allows people to travel up to 55kmph, the charging capacity covers up to 85 to 100 km in standard conditions. The single recharge only takes up to 5 hours. The bike was fully developed on 22nd June 2021. The students could achieve this success with the help of access to the labs and testing facilities provided by the University. The university also provides INR 1.40 lakhs, to make this plan a success and use it as a startup.

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Pabolu Mohan Aditya, a resident of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh has created a unique face shield that is cheap and environment friendly. He tested the prototype on his family and friends and when the product got approved he distributed it to the front liners. For your perusal, the product is reusable and biodegradable and just for Rs 15. 

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Arvind Kumar, a Postgraduate student of Public Policy at King’s College London came back home due to campus shutdowns. He and other young students, including some professionals, started the Cycle Soldiers at Kolkata. They supply essentials to people at their houses by riding on their cycle, especially to old age people who are home-bound in this covid situation.He realized the importance of a helping hand in everyone’s life when he saw his grandmother asking someone to bring her essentials, as she too is an elderly person who was home-bound.

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Komal Karpe the sarpanch of Village Antroli, Maharashtra, brought the village out of the grip of Covid 19. During the first wave of covid, 2,200 odd villagers were kept safe. To ensure testing and tracking during the second wave, a group was made with the help of local police officers and angadwadi Sevikas. Shops were kept closed, outside vendors were not allowed and Janta Curfew was imposed twice in the village. The village which had 80 cases and 15 deaths during the second wave of the corona, doesn’t have any cases for four weeks now. Later, outsiders who came to the village were kept quarantined for three days and people who went out for work were tested every 3 days with antigen kits. 

Today the village is completely covid free, with 0 number of covid cases.

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The Indian Railways’ first Oxygen Express train piloted by two female pilots reached Bengaluru on Friday evening carrying 120 tonnes of medical oxygen from Jamshedpur. They covered the last 120 km stretch in one-and-a-half hours, clocking an average speed of 80 kmph. It had six tankers of medical liquid oxygen and was the 7th oxygen express to Karnataka. 

Proud moment for women’s of India!

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Miss Trans Global India winner 2021, Surthy Sithara, all set to represent India at global level she will be representing the country at Ms Trans Global Pageant in London on June 12, 2021. Considering the current pandemic situation the event is going to be held virtually. 

Best wishes to Surthy Sithara. Go rock it!

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Never, right? But it will! Soon, people of Goa don’t have to wait for coconut pluckers to visit their homes and don’t have to manually harvest the coconut. It will do the task at a reasonable price, reducing the risk of human climbers. It is conceptualised by the experts at the Old Goa-based ICAR-CCARI and the Goa University. The drone will fly at the top of the tree and get attached to the trunk with it’s grabbing arms. Its ‘cutting arm’ then opens up to cut the desired bunch of coconuts which can be chosen through a live video displayed on the screen of the remote-controlled module. 

Welcome to the land of inventions!

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Komik, the highest village at 15,050 ft, has achieved 100% covid19 vaccination; people aged 60+ and 45+ got two doses of vaccination and people belonging to age group 18-44 got their first dose of Covishield. Being under snow cover for 6 months and with no availability of internet connection, the slots were getting booked with the help of a lottery. 

A proud moment for all Indians!

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The 42 years old lady Sunitha R from Kochi decided to turn her auto-rickshaw into an ambulance to treat Covid patients. The auto-rickshaw ambulance will have a medical oxygen facility and urgent medical care equipment with drivers in PPE kits. 

Another proud moment for the women’s of India!

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A youth from Vishakhapatnam ( Vizag ) reached the peak of the world’s highest mountain at 5 am on June 1st. Amish Varma Bhupati Raju (25 years ) is now aiming to set and scale new peaks. He is the only mountaineer from South India who climbed the summit this season.

Proud moment for men’s of India!

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Laxman Rao, a 68-year-old man who sells tea on the street of ITO, Delhi wants to become ‘Shakespeare’, said him in an interview. All through his way, he has written 25 books and now is aspiring to publish them in different languages. He has up until now sold 30,000 copies of his book by himself carrying it on cycle. Also, he completed his graduation at age of 50 and post-graduation at the age of 63.

Isn’t he an inspiration in himself?

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No, right? But now you can. 

Hyderabad, India: Narayan Peesapatty, founded Bakey food Pvt ltd in 2011, which produces edible cutlery. Every year in India 120 billion plastic cutlery is discarded, which gave Mr Narayan Peesapaty an idea to produce edible and healthy cutlery.  These spoons are made up of Millets(Jawar) mixed with Rice and Wheat. You can eat it or discard it, these spoons take 4 days to decompose once discarded and their shelf life is more than 3 years. Till 2016, 1.5 million units of cutlery have been sold. 

Different Flavours- Sugar, Ginger-cinnamon, Ginger-garlic, Celery-black pepper-cumin, Mint-ginger, carrot-beetroot. 

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