Khansa cannot see. To read, she uses a screen reading software. To move, she uses a white cane. Source: Khansa Maria hansa Maria from Pakistan, winner of a Rhodes Scholarship, is now pursuing a master’s at Oxford University. She is neither your regular scholar nor your run-of-the-mill Oxford student — but she is every bit …
Corporates in Bengaluru are coming forward to lend a helping hand to the government through their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR )funding to fight the pandemic. BENGALURU: Corporates in Bengaluru are coming forward to lend a helping hand to the government through their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR )funding to fight the pandemic. Representatives from various corporate …
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Hyderabad: A student of the City, Rhea Thakkal(17), received ‘The Diana Award’ for going above and beyond to create and sustain positive change by helping underprivileged children attain mental health support and by spreading awareness on social media through an organisation that she co-founded, Vishwasa. She has been recognised with the highest accolade a young …
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‘Nature-based Solutions’ offer a way forward. The twin crises of nature loss and climate change are inextricably linked. For too long, however, biodiversity loss and climate change have been discussed and dealt with in siloes, even by independent international frameworks of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. However, we may …
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Women farmers are taking the lead in reviving the cultivation of native varieties of millets that are resilient to drought, salinity, extreme heat, pests and diseases; need less water than paddy; and are richer in nutrition. Malkangiri (Odisha): Nestled in the remote forested hills of Odisha’s Malkangiri district, Bondaghati is home to the Bonda tribe, one …
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