Yes, 8-year-old Zainab was from Pakistan. Here's why every Indian should take it personally
Being a citizen of a progressive country, we should express solidarity and help to unify against such atrocities irrespective of political boundaries
This Delhi-based 'Rasta' school is showing Muslim girls the path to education
Rasta's teachers went from door to door convincing parents to send their daughters to the school and then charged only Rs 40 a month and provided free books and uniforms
From a 17-year-old acid attack victim to a 25-year-old survivor: Here's Rani's journey
Just a vial of it was all it took to change her life and turn her world upside down. And the bearer of it? A soldier. A man in uniform who took an oath of ‘Service Before Self’. What irony!
Acid attack survivors hit the ramp at a fashion school in Noida
The main aim of the event and IMS-DIA and Surkhab was to instil in the survivors feelings of beauty, pride and confidence
Initiative by a Chennai-based cafe has changed the lives of these acid attack survivors
The café that has employed ten acid attack survivors in its kitchen, donates all of its profits to the International Foundation for Crime Prevention and Victim Care (PCVC)
Niraj Gera is giving a transformation to acid attack survivors through his photographs
Niraj Gera's photographs perfectly portrays the pain of an acid attack survivor and the dreams that the liquid burns
Shamed for having a burned face once, 23-year-old Anmol now rehabilitates acid attack survivors
Instagrammer Anmol Rogriguez who also runs an NGO Acid attack survivors saahas talks about how despite being attacked by acid and abandoned as toddler, she has a positive outlook towards life
Meet this Rajasthani Muslim kid Nadeem Khan who loves reciting Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit
Remember those two Muslim students from Jaipur who bagged top positions in a contest on the recitation of the Gita verses? One among them is now passionately learning Sanskrit
Mark Zuckerberg to tune Facebook to focus on people and cut down on ads, media posts
The idea is to help users connect with people they care about and not make them feel depressed and isolated by encouraging more people to people interaction
8 Instagram accounts that have hilarious memes you wouldn't want to miss
Bad mood? Here are few Instagram pages loaded with sarcasm and humour that may help you to brush off all the worries
These Chennai startups are blending food, music and dance to bring to 2018 Pongal 2.0!
Over 200 startup companies are gearing up to celebrate Pongal with the taste of organic food along with both Indian and native sports and arts like Kabaddi, Thudumbattam etc
British English? Now get easy lessons to study English over Jio chat
The British Council has worked tirelessly for 70 years to bring English education to the forefront and encourage youngsters from India to travel and widen their horizons to the UK
Afzal Guru's son gets distinction in JK class 12th board, twitter showers love
Afzal Guru was executed in 2013 for his role in the 2001 Parliament attack. Galib secured 88 percent in the examination.
This man shows how to nail the profile of a Commerce Guru
The Commerce Guru, Avinash Brahmadevara, talks about his labour of love, Avinash College of Commerce and how it came to be
India spaces out in 2018 as 28-hour countdown for launch of 31 satellites begins at Sriharikota
The Satellites are not all Indian, and excluding four come from six different countries including South Korea and the US
Kashmir pellet gun survivor Insha Mushtaq clears 10th board: Here's the man who helped her get there
It is a big day in the valley — the face of 2016 pellet gun victim Insha Mushtaq passed 10th board and her mentors don't know how to control the excitement
Man behind OLD MONK dies: Why students will always be thankful for this drink
The man behind the universal drink for students — OLD MONK — dies at 88. Here's why we need to remember him and extend our thanks for helping us sail through those evenings in college
NRI Day: Five things that we HATE about our NRI brethren!
Pravasi Bharathiya Divas, that's how they technically call NRI Day. Here are 5 things that could annoy you about 'NRI behaviour'
Aligarh Muslim University draws social media ire after PhD student joins Hizbul Mujhaideen
Several testimonies and even reports have attributed this sudden shift to join militancy to incidents of violence or abuse with the Indian armed forces living in the valley
Campaign TIMESUP: Golden Globes 2018 was a sea of black to deter sexual harassment
The #TimesUp campaign gathered momentum after the Harvey Weinstein scandal and was supported by some of Hollywood's most revered faces, most of whom were clad in black to shun sexual assault
JNU students union boycott classes to protest "IIT-like" compulsory attendance rule
The students are protesting the move which was called by the vice-chancellor but is being supported by some of the faculty
Pre-school be so mainstream: All you need to know about mom-toddler classes
Since the child gets to meet a lot of children of similar age groups, it is said that they find it easier to cope up better with the school and get away with the initial shyness
Indian Law won't cover you being photographed secretly but there is still some hope
Privacy was recently declared as a fundamental right but the invasion that occurs on a daily basis in our country has no definite law to protect it. However, sub-laws can greatly help in such cases
Stop limiting kids choices to only blue and pink to curb gender differences, says study
The study by the University of Hong Kong has revealed that gender labels are all it takes to create gender differences and imposing only accepted colours is forcing gender norms on them
Viswanathan Anand to play simulcast with junior contestants at the IIFL Wealth Mumbai Intl. Chess Tournament
With participants from 25 different countries, the event had already generated great buzz amongst the parents and participating students
Dear Trollanmaar, think you've hit Parvathy where it hurts? Perhaps. But your time will come SOON!
The internet has been mercilessly trolling Parvathy over her opinion on misogyny in cinema. But the trolls don't realise that what goes around comes around
#HBDDeepika: Four reasons why Deepika Padukone is an idol for Indian millennials
It's been quite an evolution for Deepika Padukone, who went from a young debutante to one of Bollywood's finest actor's working tirelessly to eradicate stigma attached to mental health
Vizag-based band Kairoz is working on a web series next and we JUST CAN'T wait
In the world of music, it is all about survival of the fittest and the one who adapts to the changing tides, stays. It's no wonder Kairoz has sustained!
Green hero: This young innovator makes starch-based bio bags that don't harm the planet
This young innovator has come up with a novel solution to replace plastic bags with biodegradable bags made out of wastes of maize, vegetables and paper
Kisan Network is putting the power of purchase back in the hands of the farmer
Princeton dropout, AP AgTech winner, featured in the Forbes 30 under 30 list — all these are pale in comparison to Aditya Agarwalla's mission, which is to help farmers get their due in our country
Five things that may easily annoy you if you are unmarried at 25
Here are few things that you can easily relate to if you are living in India and managed to live a single life at 25
Mingle with non-Hindu men and get thrashed: Right-wing group warns Mangaluru students
Veera Kesari from Mangaluru is inciting communal violence and breaking all records of moral policing by saying any girl seen even talking to a non-hindu man, will be beaten
Check it out: You wouldn't want to miss Namma Ooru Boy Band's latest song
Just a week after its release, Pakkamaaga became super popular, thanks to music lovers. Josh Vivian from Namma Ooru Boy Band tells us about his recent single
Heritage Hit: 2017, the year that brought an end to old Indian pride
2017 was the end for many historical and unique structures that have for years been neglected and finally been left with little choice but to be demolished
Meet Kerala's Mini Augustine, the oldest woman to 'bullet' up the Himalayas in a Classic 500
Nothing seems to get in Mini Augustine's way as she gushes about her motorcycle journey to the Himalayas and her love for her Royal Enfield Classic 500
This viral video of two Odissi dancers performing on Alaa Wardi's song is a must-watch
Deepam, the Odissi academy in Muscat, will see student-turned-teacher-turned-Head taking over the reigns. And her first move? Putting out a viral video
This software engineer became a beekeeper to save the human race. True story!
Pune-born Amit Godse, who quit his job to conserve bees in Maharashtra, tells us about his Bee basket initiative
These Kerala NGOs have joined forces to get rid of the stigma surrounding menstruation
Aarthava Yaanam was an eighteen-day-long event across Kerala to bring awareness to taboos surrounding periods and sustainable menstruation
Fling your guidebooks in the air and travel free with Jatin Adlakha's Wander Gupt
Not every view needs to find its way to social media. Travel without an itinerary and truly experience destinations with Wander Gupt and its unique travels
This lady from B'luru runs a mobile school that teaches shlokas to Gen Y
Gurukulam, the Shloka learning centre teaches Shlokas to children, helping them lead a peaceful and happier life
26k followers and trending, this Facebook group gives global cinema a Tamil twist
This group of strangers came together to promote global cinema to afficionados of cinema across India. Siva Sankar, one of the admins of the World Movies Museum group tells us how it works
Baby girl born on New Year to have her education funded by the Bengaluru Civic Authorities
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike will make a fixed deposit of Rs 5 lakh under the name of its Commissioner and the child in what is a move to encourage the birth of girl children
10-year-old boy hangs himself after father scolds him for not taking a bath
The parents, who were waiting for their son for long, broke open the door and found him hanging from a towel on a pipe
New Year Old Me: Here are 5 resolutions that probably will not happen in 2018 either
Have some serious New Year resolution goals? Well here are some that have stuck to most our lists, for years. In case you can finally pull it off, 2k18 is going to be awesome!
Madrasile Mon: How Reny George put his murderous past behind him to help ex-cons get a life
Ex-convict Reny George served his term in prison and has now made it his life's mission to rehabilitate other prisoners and their families — through the Prison Fellowships India programme
It is NOT okay to click photos without permission. These women say ENOUGH is ENOUGH
These women tell you it is high time to take charge — Public shaming, asking for help and police intervention have proven to be good measures to discourage such acts
Will take strict measures for their safety but women have to complain: MTC MD
Many women opt to go with friends or acquaintances thus leaving the 250 fixed all women buses running mostly empty
Your photo or video could be up on a porn site. Here's how you can remove it
Approaching the police is an option but the process is often slow but the internet has facilities to help you do it yourself
Did that creep just photograph you on the bus? Here is how you can deal with him
50 per cent of women often prefer slithering back into the shadows than confronting the medium fearing stigma and judgement
#IAmNotClickBait: Women share what it's like to be stalked and clicked in public places
In most cases, the crowd remains silent or feigns ignorance. Clearly, that does not help the women who feel violated and threatened
Your photos are being clicked without your consent. What are you going to do about it?
You may just be doing absolutely nothing for these creeps to shoot videos and post them online. #IAmNotClickbait Campaign is an attempt to tell them victims aren't the women.
What happened after that? The question that pushed Preeti Jaiman to write a book
Born in Odisha and currently residing in Singapore, Preeti Jaiman did not let anything get in her way of writing her debut book — and it could be one of those modern Indian favourites
Why you have to watch Nila Madhab Panda's climate change film Kadvi Hawa ASAP
Director Nila Madhab Panda has been helping us swallow the bitter pill of environmental calamities through his films. With his latest, Kadvi Hawa, he is at it again
Parvathy row: How troll page ICU got trolled for standing up for feminist actor
After they started making memes in support of Parvathy, the backlash from supporters of their page was shocking — but the admins of ICU are not going to back down anytime soon
Soon, you may need to clear NEET to get into AYUSH courses too!
For all systems of AYUSH, minimum 50 per cent marks have to be obtained by the candidates to be eligible for admission to undergraduate courses
Completely helpless when it comes to warning perverted passengers: MTC conductors
The conductors are taught how to deal with sensitivity and to cater to the needs of women passengers. Despite that, they live in fear of being assaulted or brutally injured
Here's how this Hyderabad-based 'home-baker' is giving her passion a delicious twist
Red Velvet is the place to go if you’ve got a large order of baked goods and you need a homely touch. If you’re lucky, you may get tips to scale up your baking business
Did you know that left-handed people are more likely to be atheists?
Researchers from Oulu University identified that people who were either left-handed or had autism or schizophrenia were less likely to be religious
Meet this 98-year-old from Patna, who became an Eco postgraduate yesterday
Raj Kumar Vaishya was one among 22.1K students to receive a degree from Nalanda Open University this year. About 2780 students, including 29 gold medalists were invited to the convocation ceremony
Karthik Naralasetty wants to solve world's blood crisis with an app and social media
Karthik Naralasetty from Guntur started Socialblood to ensure that people who needed blood would never be left in the cold. The changemaker talks about his app and how he got Facebook to like it
Can you make drones? Hackadrone 2018 is an event you wouldn't want to miss
Hackadrone 2018 is inviting people from far and wide to come up with innovative solutions using drone technology
Get on the Jagriti Yatra train and experience the railroad trip of a lifetime
The Jagriti Yatra is in its tenth year of taking entrepreneurs across the country and this year, it’s halting at the Rashtrapati Bhavan too!
Guinness World Record: 5.3K Delhi school students came together for an anti-smog game
The initiative by the Lung Care Foundation and Petronet LNG, aimed to create awareness about pollution among the Delhiites was lauded by President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Here is why you should create an unmitigated environment for your teenager's brain development
London based researcher Sabine Peters' study shows why children between 10 and 19 can easily grasp and retain new information for a longer time
National Mathematics Day: From Infinity to beyond, Counting 130 years of 'Ramanujanism'
These five books have been penned by reputed personalities documenting the life, work and inspiration of Srinivasa Ramanujan whose love for Maths changed the course of the subject in India
From classic rock to Premale, composer Sricharan Pakala is Tollywood's next big hit
After making all the right noises with the background score of PSV Garuda Vega, now this Vizag lad has his hands full with Tollywood projects
CanvasSutra, a 22-year-old's brainchild to create art and help dogs
A lot of persuasion and thought later, Somyajula put up her art on Facebook and has been on a roll ever since, taking requests for designs on paper or canvas
Was that a 'Youthquake'? Must be 'fake news'. Here are words that trended in 2017
Complicit, Feminism and Truth have been named top words of 2017 by several dictionaries and a language monitoring body as words used most by people this year
Polar ice and snow could sustain living bacteria for decades, finds UK study
According to the researchers, the composition of small samples of gas trapped in the ice may have been affected by bacteria that remain active in the snow while it is being compressed into ice
Meet Selvi who got out of an abusive marriage to become south India's first female cabbie
The story of Selvi, South India's first woman taxi driver, was documented over the past ten years by ace filmmaker Elisa Paloschi. Both talk about how they are taking Driving with Selvi to the masses
With 24X7 helpline, this B'luru boy will make sure that you get a blood donor within an hour
People who are willing to become blood donors register with the organisation and are contacted whenever there is a request for a particular blood group
The viral factor: Meet Telugu YouTube hotshots who educate, inspire and make us laugh
Government of Andhra Pradesh took the first step towards recognising and awarding players on social media at its first Social Media Summit and Awards (SMSA) conducted in Vijayawada
Educational institutions to come up in remote areas to help boost education in J&K
Education Minister Altaf Bukhari said the measure was to bring an even-steven, brushing away the setback faced by the education sector in the past decades
This 16-year-old from Hosur invented a device that can detect silent heart attacks
The Hosur boy is the recipient of the President’s Award for his astounding research to predict silent heart attacks that could potentially save many lives
India saw a rise in medical seats by 5,800 in 2017, Government tells Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha was also told by Union Minister Ashwini Chhoubey that the one-time increase was permitted this year after the student-teacher ratio was revised
In Sanskrit Varsity, Dalit women students protest sexual harassment standing outside college gates
The PhD students claim casteist and sexist comments were hurled at them by male members of AKRSA, a wing of the Student Federation of India
Dyal Singh College not to be renamed until Centre's approval: Prakash Javdekar
The issue was brought up during Zero Hour where the government said it had nothing to do with the move and blamed it on the college management
Almost 3K girls disappeared from Maharashtra in the first half of 2017: Devendra Fadnavis
Four special drives by the Devendra Fadnavis-led government helped find 1,613 girls between January 1 and June 30, 2016, and 645 girls this year
Stranger things: Teens who help unknown people have greater esteem than peers, says study
The study also says helping family and friends may not have the same effect as helping total strangers, which forces teens out of their shell and triggers new feelings
Australia has failed thousands of kids over the decades, says National Sex Abuse inquiry
The 2012 inquiry report had received over 10K victims saying they had been abused- a majority of the accused institutions being Catholic. The report also said priests had committed multiple offences
Activist Kailash Sathyarthi calls for effective measures to globally curb child labour by 2025
The reputed Indian child-rights activist has urged powerful bodies within the world organisation to work effectively and immediately by taking a sustainable and well-revised approach
How this school for autistic kids in Madurai is 'training' them in temples and theatres
OLR Special School's mover and founder Mary Bhuvana Rani, tells us about how her school for autistic children is all about giving them everyday experiences and helping them deal with it better
30K school students to spend Christmas vacation getting training in app development
Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education has planned to enhance students tech-skills through app building, cybersafety and Malayalam computing
How School For Justice is making lawyers out of girls who were victims of human trafficking
Among the first batch of girls who were enrolled in School For Justice, seven have secured admissions in reputed law colleges in India under the 3 and 5-year programmes
Manisha Panicker's island resort will hike your love for travel, local culture and nature
Maneesha Panicker speaks about her love for slow tourism and establishing Kayal, a dream island location for tourists from across the world
The scrap collector: This Kashmiri dropout is the saviour of Srinagar's polluted lakes
Bilal was also made the ambassador of Srinagar Municipal Corporation and tasked with bringing attention and awareness to the city's spoiling lakes, including the Dal lake
Tired of depression? Is the mind weighing you down? Suffer no more with Talk Happy Therapy
Simran Luthra is a21-year-old suicide counsellor who is attempting to create awareness about the rising dangers of mental illness
Try this Kochi home baker's dessert jars before you watch Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Amiya Varghese is a superfan whose small jars of 'desserts from space' are inspired by the franchise and here's why Jar Jar Winks should be next on your bucket list
JNU Muslim student says ABVP member threatened to make him 'disappear' like Najeeb
The student has submitted a complaint to the administration asking for strict action to be taken, claims these incidents are on an increase
Centre told to create web portal for sexual abuse complaints by January 2018
NGO Prajwala's letter to the Hyderabad court gave them the idea to set up National sex offenders register, which will begin functioning from January 8 and the forum has been scheduled for January 10
Filmmakers Aparna Sen, Geethu Mohandas on whether women directors have finally arrived on the scene
Is cinema really a women's world? 2 of the 35 female filmmakers in IFFK 2017 talks to us about the fest and if they feel that the industry has finally become conducive for women
Gangadhar Meher University sets up special cell to promote research activities
The students of the University are expected to benefit with the increasing research activities
KCG College of Technology celebrates 15th graduation day
The 15th Graduation Day of KCG College of Technology was celebrated on 5 August 2017
