Ahana Bhattacharya

Performing puja at home during Ganeshotsav this year? Here are a few quick and easy tips to decorate your home in a sustainable manner. This is to ensure that while your home appears beautiful and perfect for the occasion, at the same time the festival is being celebrated responsibly. Eco-friendly idol With growing awareness about environment...

Menstrual hygiene – a practice that is very slowly gaining momentum among India’s underprivileged population mostly residing in rural areas and urban slums. Several non-profit organisations working across the country have taken up the responsibility to raise awareness on menstrual hygiene among those who need it the most, even though the task is not...

Founded in 2011, the Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF) aims to implement sustainable and scalable interventions in the areas of healthcare, education, livelihood, and sanitation. BIPF, the social development arm of Indian Metals and Ferro Alloys Limited is structured to partner and collaborate with the Central and State governments as well as local...

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” - Mahatma Gandhi. There are very few people in this world who find immense joy serving others, placing the needs of others before their own without looking at their self-interest. These people represent a minority of the population but they...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to social media to appreciate the efforts made by Indian Railways for harnessing solar power, calling it a 'commendable progress' in India's commitment towards a greener future. The Prime Minister reacted to a post made by the Ministry of Railways on micro-blogging platform X (formerly Twitter) to express his...

More than five and a half thousand teachers have been appointed in the primary schools of Madhya Pradesh today at the Rozgar Mela. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addressed the Madhya Pradesh Rozgar Mela from Red Fort, Delhi on Monday. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister congratulated the newly recruited 5800 primary school teachers and...

Water crisis in Telangana is not something unknown. Be it for drinking purpose or for irrigation, the state reels under scarcity and things are only getting worse with climate change crisis. Considering the gravity of the ongoing water crisis in India’s youngest state that affects its 3.5 crore population every year, the Watershed Project...

Amid ongoing ethnic clashes and violence in Manipur, thousands of students have been displaced and their education interrupted midway. Kerala in India’s Southern end may be located far away from violence-torn North-Eastern state of Manipur but act of humanity has never restricted itself within geographical boundaries. To ensure students affected by violence in Manipur...

Since 2015, National Handloom Day is observed on 7th August every year with the aim of encouraging artisans and craftsmen, who are keeping India’s rich tradition of artistry and craftsmanship alive. Dating back to 1905, the Swadeshi Movement was launched on 7th August, which had encouraged indigenous industries, particularly handloom weavers. This year marks the...

Noted art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai ended his life allegedly by suicide on 2nd August 2023. His alleged suicide has once again pointed a finger at the increasing number of suicide cases in India. Almost every day we find news reports talking about suicide cases in India, sometimes it is a student who has committed...

As a newborn takes the first breath on earth, the first food or drink he/she gets introduced to is nothing else but mother’s breast milk, which is extremely crucial for the baby’s survival. Breast milk or colostrum is a thick, yellowish and sticky but highly nutritious secretion, which is extremely nutritious for the baby,...

Do you enjoy shopping online? Are you swiping your debit/credit card on random e-commerce mobile apps/websites for grocery, fruits and vegetables, frozen food, shoes, clothes, perfume, jewellery, gym wear, pet food and 2/4-wheeler accessories? This is an age of online shopping where almost everything starting with needle and thread to appliances and gadgets and...