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After nearly two years of overflowing trash and residents paying out of pocket for waste pickup, India's Gurugram is rolling out a permanent solution with 831 new collection vehicles. The $72 million plan will bring door-to-door service back to 446,000 homes starting next month.
When Ashwani Khurana planted his first tree at 25, he felt like watching a child grow up. That feeling turned into a 235-acre eco-resort with four forests, a sustainable golf course, and zero-waste practices in Gurugram.
Two students from Gurugram and Noida are opening up about "April anxiety" and sharing the simple habits that help them navigate new school years with less stress. Their honest strategies prove managing academic pressure doesn't require complicated solutions.
A 62-year-old woman from Haryana who spent three years crawling because her knees were permanently bent has regained the ability to walk independently after groundbreaking robotic knee surgery. Her story shows how advanced technology is making once-impossible surgeries possible for patients other hospitals turned away.
Every Saturday, 400 residents in Gurugram line up with sorted recyclables, proving grassroots action can create massive environmental impact. In just two years, one apartment complex has kept over 15,000 kilograms of waste out of landfills.
Four founders left corporate careers to solve one of renewable energy's biggest problems: batteries that fail too soon. They turned to zinc, a material older than electricity itself, and used modern science to make it last decades.
A dangerous Gurugram road once called "Anath Street" (meaning "orphaned") has become a thriving green corridor with 1,000 trees, safe paths, and zero trees cut. The transformation shows how Indian cities can redesign streets to serve people, not just cars.
A young man bleeding internally from a rare stomach tumor walked out of a Gurugram hospital just three days after emergency robotic surgery saved his life. Advanced technology turned what could have been fatal into a quick recovery story.