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Young volunteers in Kota, Rajasthan, are transforming trash-filled lakes and neglected temples into clean public spaces through weekly cleanup drives. What started as one couple's evening walk has grown into a movement that's cleaned 75 sites across the city in three years.
India's famous exam prep city faced a crisis when 29 students died by suicide in 2023. Now, new mental health support and stricter coaching standards are bringing hope back to thousands of families.
In Kota, Rajasthan, hundreds of young volunteers spend their Sundays rescuing historic water bodies from plastic waste and neglect. Over three years, they've organized 75 cleanup drives across temples, stepwells, and riverbanks.
Japanese golfer Kota Kaneko stayed calm through a weather delay and a nail-biting final hole to claim his first European Tour victory in Austria. The 23-year-old's win caps a remarkable rookie season on the international stage.
Two sisters in Jaipur quit their corporate jobs to transform their grandfather's 1960s home into O'Baque, a café that serves continental cuisine in rooms filled with family heirlooms. The space preserves original Kota stone walls and vintage crockery passed down through generations.
When health challenges nearly derailed Shreya Agrawal's engineering dreams in competitive Kota, a friend's mother stepped in to care for three struggling students. Now thriving at IIT Guwahati, the 18-year-old computer science student credits that unexpected kindness with keeping her on track.
India's first eight-lane tunnel beneath a tiger reserve opens June 20, cutting travel time between Delhi and Mumbai while protecting wildlife. The underground engineering marvel proves infrastructure and conservation can work together.
When illness left Gunjan Kumar bedridden months before India's toughest engineering exam, his mother became his note-taker, attending online lectures so his IIT dream wouldn't die. Despite a collapsed lung and severe vision impairment, the Bihar student just earned admission to IIT Delhi's Computer Science program.
Malaysia's Sabah state is expanding tech education and AI policy to attract investors and build a talent pipeline for 2026. The government is betting that training industry-ready workers today will drive sustainable growth tomorrow.
A high court has given one of India's most visited temples four months to decide on special access for patients with autoimmune and rare diseases. The petition highlights how "invisible suffering" often gets overlooked at crowded holy sites.
A boy with autism who grew up unsure if he'd eat the next day now runs a global stem cell therapy network helping patients once told "there's nothing more we can do." Prof Dr Mike Chan's Malaysian facility is reversing conditions from Parkinson's to kidney failure. ---
Arnav Gautam, son of two humanities teachers, just aced India's notoriously difficult engineering entrance exam on his first try. The 17-year-old balanced cricket games with his little brother and late-night study sessions to achieve a near-perfect score.
Indonesia is launching a major initiative to stop plastic pollution before it reaches the ocean, with grants up to $300,000 for organizations ready to clean rivers and mobilize communities. The program targets two key regions through 2027, focusing on upstream solutions that could be replicated across the nation. #
Kabeer Chhillar scored a perfect 100 percentile on India's toughest engineering exam while representing Haryana in soccer competitions. His secret? Balance, curiosity, and a family rule to never obsess over results.
Shubham Kumar, 24, from a small Bihar village has traveled to 187 countries by hitchhiking, sleeping at fire stations, and relying on local kindness. What started with a YouTube video at 16 became a journey now followed by 3.9 million people online.
A Malaysian pediatrician raced 310 miles across his country on a last-minute road trip, battling clouds and uncertainty to photograph a breathtaking total lunar eclipse rising over the South China Sea. His patience and dedication paid off with stunning images that capture nature's perfect celestial show.
After cancer took her husband and their savings, Apoorva Naik picked up needle and thread to keep her sons in school. Now Jigar Naik will become the first person from his Odisha village to attend an IIT. #
A young couple in Chennai designed their dream wedding venue and forever home using sustainable materials that keep rooms naturally cool while cutting concrete use by half. Their ocean-facing house proves green architecture can be stunning without sacrificing style.
MIT researchers created free robot navigation software that helps drones avoid obstacles in milliseconds, making search-and-rescue missions safer and more accessible worldwide. The breakthrough could help first responders reach disaster survivors faster without expensive proprietary technology.
A massive 2.3-kilometer aqueduct in Rajasthan will soon bring drinking and irrigation water to 17 districts facing scarcity, benefiting 32.5 million people. The engineering marvel is the centerpiece of an $11 billion project designed to solve water shortages until 2051.