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Retd. Civil Servant Now Provides Affordable Coaching to UPSC Aspirants!
Earlier this year, about eight lakh candidates appeared for the Civil Services Examination (CSE) of which about 12,000 qualified for the Civil Services (Main). At The Better India (TBI), we have spoken...
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JEE Main 2020: Fewer Questions to New Paper, 10 Major Changes in Exam Pattern
The National Testing Agency has changed the exam pattern for the JEE Main 2020. Registrations for the examination will be open from 3-30 September 2019. The exam is scheduled to be held between 6-11...
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#InternationalLiteracyDay: Gift an Education to a Child with These 6 Essentials!
A large section of the Indian education system is in shambles. While we stand at a 74 per cent literacy rate today, the frequent news of how government schools in villages are struggling for basic...
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Udaipur Engineering Students Recycle Waste Into Eco-Bricks That Are...
They say that the best ideas always come from the most unexpected of places. For these six college students at Udaipur’s Techno India NJR Institute of Technology, it came from the garbage dump. “Two...
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AIR 1048 to AIR 63: UPSC Topper Shares How to Maximise Your Score in Optional...
In 2018, Vishal Sah secured an All India Rank of 63 in the UPSC Civil Service Examination, and also scored the highest marks that year (329) in his optional paper, which was Sociology. What’s...
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Bihar School Accepts Plastic Waste As Fees, Provides Free Books & Meals!
Every morning, the premises of the Padampani School in Gaya’s Sevabigha village, are witness to a strange sight—students, dressed in their spick-and-span indigo blue uniforms, are seen dropping off...
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76 YO Bengal Teacher Charges Only Rs 2 in a Year to Teach 350+ Tribal Students
Barely three hours away from the cacophony of Kolkata, the village of Ausgram in Burdwan wakes up to the characteristic aroma of sal forests and rangamati (red soil). The serene silence is only...
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World Bank Economist Quits Job, Helps Educate 800+ Women At Just Rs 5 Per Head!
A few weeks ago, when 35-year-old Guddi visited the Tehsil office of her village with her husband to obtain some documents, she picked up a pen and signed her name in the register. She laughed...
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13 Years & a National Award: Meet the Teacher Inspiring a Generation of Kids!
Remya Parameswar Iyer, a recipient of this year’s National Teacher Awards, claims she isn’t a ‘natural-born teacher.’ It’s a profession she chanced upon 2004, when her husband found work as a professor...
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How a Couple Ignited a Literary Revolution In a Remote Uttarakhand Village!
The quaint little houses in Nainital’s Seem village, appear to be an uncanny depiction of ‘Little boxes on the hillside,’ the iconic Pete Seeger song. Home to barely 362 residents, literacy is quite a...
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Daughters Are Precious: 18-YO Raises Money To Educate 108 Girls!
As we begin our conversation, 18-year-old Kaavya Rajesh tells me, “Did you know that almost 65 million girls are denied of education world over?” Kaavya was only 15 when she saw a documentary called...
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Kerala Govt Employee Gives Free Coaching To 1000s, Helps Them Pass State Exams!
Pradeep Mukhathala is a cashier at the Electricity Board office in a small town in Kollam, Kerala. But he’s much more than a government officer to many. He landed the job by clearing the Kerala State...
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Ex-Soldier’s Peace Schools Building Trust & Dreams In Strife-Affected Areas...
Colonel Christopher Rego (Retd) comes from a long and distinguished line of soldiers. An Army Corps of Engineers officer, he retired after serving across the length and breadth of India for a little...
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Delhi Engineer Helps 6000+ Uneducated Moms Become Teachers to Their Kids!
UNESCO reports that children spend 87 per cent of their time at home and with the broader local community, while only 13 per cent of their time is spent in school. It then stands to reason that for...
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Free English Lessons, Busting Fake News: 4 Indians Use Mobile Videos To...
This article is sponsored by TikTok India Do short-form videos hold the power to change lives? ‘Yes. It can help a woman, who spent years silently suffering behind the closed doors of her bedroom,...
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This IITian’s Free School For Poor Kids Won Him the President’s Gold Medal!
Four years ago, Anant Vashistha was a first year student of Production and Industrial Engineering at IIT Roorkee. Like many of his fellow batchmates, he would eagerly look forward to the weekend,...
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Should IAS Officers Send Their Kids to Govt Schools? This Collector Has Answers!
There is no question that government facilities will only improve when civil servants and elected representatives start using them. For example, if IAS officers decide to send their children to...
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Need Financial Aid For Higher Education? 4 Govt Schemes You Should Know
If one wishes to study engineering in one of the premier institutes of the country be prepared to shell out Rs 10 lakh, and a medical seat in a private institute would cost around Rs 25 lakhs. Higher...
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Delhi Boy Skipped a Rs 70 Lakh US Job To Build Electric Bikes in India....
Delhi-based Mohammed Aamir Ali founded his startup ‘Shamric Motors’ in 2018 intending to create battery-powered two-wheeler vehicles, which will be pocket-friendly and equipped with features like fast...
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Dropout-Turned-Fish Seller Has Been Running A Free School in Kolkata For 40...
Poverty stole his dreams of pursuing education. Unable to pay school tuition fee, he dropped out of school and became a fish seller to feed his siblings. But, since the last 40 years, Biswanath Naru...
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