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Nov 27 2017

Deepa Pant followed her true calling by empowering underprivileged women with Svatanya

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A NIFT alumnus, Deepa Pant bid adieu to her long flourishing career in the fashion industry. With her fashion brand Svatanya, she now trains underprivileged women, helping them live with dignity. After 13 years of a corporate career in the apparel industry, something made Deepa Pant stop to rethink – “Is this my true calling?” …

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Nov 27 2017

‘Agni Sakhi’ eco-friendly stove to light up 130 rural homes

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‘Agni Sakhi’, a boon to village home-makers in the taluk, has entered the kitchens of the women of Shidlaghatta taluk, thanks to the scientists of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). The institute will soon design and supply ‘Agni Sakhi’ 130 bio-gas ovens to homes where homemakers have so far been using traditional stoves that …

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Nov 24 2017

Pune’s 50-year-old to cycle 2,000 kilometres to spread the message of cleanliness

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To extend his vision, this endeavour from Raireshwar Fort, Pune to Delhi, will begin on December 3, commemorating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Khopade is now a wrestler-turned-cyclist, who at the age of 35 suffered a severe spine injury during a wrestling game at Amravati. Fifty-year-old ex-wrestler, Popatrao Khopade will begin his 2000 …

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Nov 24 2017

HDFC Bank plans CSR programs in 1,000 villages

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Under the Holistic Rural Development Programme (HRDP), the bank has already empowered 750 deprived villages across the country in the last two-and-half years. The latest village in this chain is Umpathaw in the state. HDFC Bank today said it aims to transform lives in 1,000 villages by March 2019 as part of its corporate social …

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Nov 23 2017

Strengthening the foundation of education

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There will be no house or good education without a sound foundation, and this foundation is a good teacher As a system we have not invested in the capacity of our teachers, have undermined their role and importance, and vilified them continually.