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Breast-Feeding Rooms, Baby Toilets & More: What India’s First-Ever Bullet...
The first ever bullet train project comprising the E5 Shinkansen series of trains is all set to make inroads in India. Slated to function in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed corridor, the Indian...
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Revolution With One Straw: How One Japanese Farmer Changed Modern Agriculture
The Better India is partnering with An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017), a film that documents former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s quest to find out how human ingenuity and passion can...
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This Teacher Raised Lakhs to Send His Students to a Robotics Competition in...
Four students from a government school in Bengaluru are passionate about building robots. To the extent that participating in regional level robotics competitions is just “a cakewalk” for them, says...
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Fares, Timings & Speeds: All You Need to Know About the Mumbai-Ahmedabad...
On September 14, Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, and Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, will lay the foundation stone for the much-awaited Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train. There will be two types...
View ArticleMusic Has No Boundaries: 7 Indian Songs That Became Huge International Hits
Recently, Jimikki Kammal, a peppy song from Malayalam movie ‘Velipadinte Pusthakam‘, became an Internet sensation after it found a fan in American chat show host, Jimmy Kimmel. A Twitter user tweeted...
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The Story of Bhagat Ram Talwar, The Indian Spy Who Fooled The Nazis During...
The most dramatic stories of conflict in World War II revolve around the great battles of that time. While these great victories are undoubtedly awe-inspiring, they would not have been possible if not...
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Abid Hasan Safrani, The INA Soldier from Hyderabad Who Coined “Jai Hind”
The year was 1941 and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had arrived in Berlin to ask for Hitler’s help in freeing India from the tyranny of the British rule. Guided by his belief that only an armed uprising...
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Here’s How Railways Will Build a ₹3500 Crore Tunnel for the Bullet Train
For us Indians, trains zipping under the sea will no longer be limited to only sci-fi movies or foreign countries. Almost seven kilometres of the track of an upcoming bullet train project connecting...
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5 Innovative Ideas Amaravati Is Adopting to Become India’s Most Futuristic...
With a slew of futuristic features being embedded into its design, Amaravati — the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, a state that was left with no capital after Telangana inherited Hyderabad three years...
View ArticleVideo: Rajinikanth Is Not a Thalaiva Only in India, but in Japan Too!
Superstar Rajinikanth, who is fondly known as Thalaiva, is arguably the most well-known actor in India. Calling him popular is definitely an understatement. Rajinikanth’s movies are famous for breaking...
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India, Japan Team Up To Reach The Moon, Plan Exploration And More
India and Japan, the two leading economic powers of Asia, are teaming up for a mission to the moon to explore its polar regions for water (that they hope will one day sustain human habitation) and to...
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Fancy Growing a Forest? Here’s How an NGO Did It in Just One Year
NGO Kalam Arakkattala has achieved a rather amazing feat. In one year, they have managed to grow a forest. Yes, you read that right! Kulleygoundapalayam, near Avinashi, on the outskirts of Coimbatore,...
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Skip Egypt and Go To Gue, the Spiti Village With India’s Only Natural Mummy!
When we hear the word “mummy”, most of us automatically think of the time-honoured pharaohs of Egypt (all right, some of us may also think of the blockbuster movie, The Mummy). Thanks to these unique...
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Saving Water Made Easy: Your Guide To Greywater Recycling At Home
A municipal water tanker trundles into a neighbourhood that has not received water in its taps for days. Amid much jostling, a swarm of hassled residents promptly converge on it, carrying bottles,...
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Inside India’s Subterranean Lab Where Scientists Hunt For Mysterious Dark Matter
It is five times more abundant than everything mankind has ever touched, seen, or tasted — the air we breathe, the ground on which we stand, and the constituents of our bodies. Without it, galaxies...
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In Haryana, An ‘Indian Brain Template’ Is Being Made: All You Need To Know
The world’s most complex command centre, the human brain, continues to baffle modern scientists. We know what it is made of (77% water, for a start) and how much it weighs (about 1.3-1.4 kgs) and that...
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WW2 Bombs in West Bengal? A Long-Forgotten Indian Chapter Unearthed by Chance
Workers digging in the Chhotu Chutria village in Kalyani, West Bengal, never thought they were about to unearth valuable pieces of history! As the workers were digging a pond in Kalyani, they stumbled...
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India Set to Overtake Japan, Will Have Asia’s 2nd Largest Power Capacity in...
One of the lubricants that facilitates the engine of economic growth and prosperity is the capacity to generate power through both non-renewable and renewable means. Thus, in a heartening development,...
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Mumbai to Get Japan-Like Skywalks That’ll Connect Metro Stations to Malls,...
Imagine walking right out of the metro station and into a mall or even your office! All you have to do is take a skywalk! Exciting right? Well, this may turn into reality, as the Mumbai Metropolitan...
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Popular Across the World, Did You Know That These 5 Games Originated in India?
Today, sports have brought nations closer. Competitions held across the world for various disciples attract large crowds. They have also been a way to instil discipline, team-spirit and other important...
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