How to improve literacy and numeracy for India’s 75 million underserved, low-income children with less than $1 per year, per child? Namya Mahajan, Vishal Sunil, and Siddhant Sachdeva set out to tackle this challenge. The trio is one example of the driven social entrepreneurs and activists who made this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia: Social Impact list. They cofounded nonprofit Rocket …
On the occasion, Sinha handed over awards to 32 change-makers for rendering their continuous selfless services to society. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said there is a need to ensure that benefits of growth and development are equitably distributed among all sections of society, especially the poorest of the poor. He …
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The clip was shared on Twitter by @FredSchultz35 on Twitter with the caption, “Buddy making sure his friend is included in on the fun.” A short clip of a little boy helping his specially-abled friend in a wheelchair participate in school games has gone viral. The boy didn’t want his differently-abled classmate to miss out on …
The flight was hailed as a milestone for women’s empowerment in a country that, until recently, did not allow women to drive. However Saudi Arabia remains one of the most repressive regimes for human and women’s rights activists. A Saudi airline completed the country’s first flight with an all-female crew on Thursday, the Saudi civil aviation authority announced on Saturday, framing the …
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Collector launches sewing centre in Punalvasal village Twelve women with disability in Punalvasal village, Peravurani Block, have been motivated to take up tailoring as a means of empowering themselves economically, thanks to the efforts of district officials and a major clothing retailer in Thanjavur. On Wednesday, Collector Dinesh Ponraj Oliver inaugurated a centre equipped with …
