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India officially got independent from British Rule on August 15th, 1947. The years of struggle of thousands of people and the political leadership of our leaders at the right time finally culminated in the freedom of our beloved nation. On the 15th day of August 1947, the citizens of India gained political and legal...

Mumbaikars have been known for their never-give-up spirit and their selfless generous acts of kindness. The population that has left behind their homes to fulfil their dreams are able to relate to distress and struggle making them empathetic to fellow humans. This is why, every now and then, stories of mumbaikars helping each other...

One person donating his/her organs can save eight lives at once. In addition to this, the said person’s tissue and corneas can drastically improve the lives of another 75 people. Therefore, just by signing up to donate organs after death can make a person a life-saving superhero for many others. In the wake of COVID-19...

Delhi is considered to be the most polluted city in the world. In fact, the city experiences a public health emergency every winter due to the rise in air pollution, which has become a recurrent annual crisis. Vehicular pollution is one of the major contributing factor to this. In order to combat this, recently,...

As India moves towards digitalisation slowly but surely, it is important that internet penetration occurs in every nook and corner of the country. This is the only way the country can ensure inclusive growth and development. Internet is a basic necessity in today’s digital age. It is in fact recognized as Fundamental Right in many...

The government of India has recently proposed a draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification 2020 in order to ease some environment restrictions for economic development. This comes in the light of the government’s efforts to revive the economy which has crashed after the COVID-19 outbreak. The controversial legislation is proposed by the Ministry of...

Acid Attack survivors are subjected to judgement over the way they look, making it impossible for them to lead a normal life in society. Owing to such a behaviour of people towards them, they often suffer from confidence issues making it difficult for them to be surrounded by people. Few, however, succeed in fighting...

The impacts of climate change are becoming more and more visible today.  Developments such as increasing incidents of forest fires, recent reclassification of New York City into a subtropical climatic zone and degrading coral reef across the planet, it is important to study and understand the long term impacts of the climate change and...

The fashion industry is known for its disastrous impact on the environment in recent times. In fact, it is considered as the second-largest polluter in the world after the oil industry. A major resource that suffers because of this is water. The fashion industry uses up a large amount of water and also contaminates a...

The Drugs Controller General of India has given an approval to conduct phase 2 and 3 human trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine candidate to the Serum Institute of India. Serum Institute, the largest vaccine company in the world has partnered with AstraZeneca to manufacture the vaccine, declaring in a statement that it will...

Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields are rather rare even today. The conversation around this has gained limelight all over again with the new Vidya Balan movie on the biography of the famous Indian Mathematician Shakuntala Devi. Women in STEM As technological development takes place across the globe, the jobs in STEM fields...

In a historic move, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) on 29th July. In addition to this, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has been renamed as Ministry of Education. The New Education Policy 2020 is the third ever education policy of...