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98-year-old freedom fighter, Sudhanshu Biswas, is successfully running a voluntary organisation—Ramkrishna Sevaashram, which has so far established 18 primary schools in the Sunderbans region, West Bengal. Mr Biswas works round the clock to keep an old age home, a dispensary and children’s home running at Ramkrishnapur. Image: (L-R) Harmony India ; 4 to 40 In a 2015 report by DNA, soon after the country achieved independence, Mr Biswas was imbued with the philosophy of Swami Vivekananda. In 1948, he renounced his family life and head to the Himalayas in search…

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Image: Facebook   Ajinkya Deshmukh, from Ambarnath, Maharashtra, is not only a computer science graduate from IIT Madras, he is also a 100 percentile scorer in CAT 2011. The IIM Bangalore alumnus now runs a non-profit organization called D4A Education Foundation, which aims to provide quality education to underprivileged children in Bangalore. The maiden social initiative of D4A is a programme called Pratiyogita, which equips students in government schools to succeed in competitive exams and, in turn, enables these children from low-income backgrounds to achieve greater heights in their career. Last year,…

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As far as wedding traditions are concerned, the Gwalior-Chambal region of Madhya Pradesh have a ritual of asking the bride for ornaments and clothes as a choice of gift on the occasion of her wedding. But 22-year-old Priyanka Bhadoriya, a science graduate and resident of Kisipura village in Bhind district, chose to look beyond the dazzling pieces of jewelry and her response left everyone in awe of her spirit. She demanded of her in-laws to plant 10,000 saplings, which comes from the realisation of her father’s constant battle as a farmer amidst droughts. hindustantimes “I…

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catchnews.com The first-ever female Kashmiri kick-boxer to represent India at the World Kickboxing Championship that is to take place in Andria, Italy, this November is all of 7-years-old. Hailing from a small, unsung village in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district, Tajamul Islam may look like any other kid-next-door, but step into the ring with her and you’ll know she’s not someone you want to mess with. Tajamul’s father Ghulam Mohammad Lone, a driver with Hindustan Construction Company, earns enough to just make ends meet for his family. Tajamul has four other siblings-…

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Dipa Karmakar created history by becoming first Indian women gymnast to qualify for Olympics after her stunning performance at final qualifying and test event. She will be the Indian gymnast qualifying for the quadrennial extravaganza after 52 long years. Since the independent of the country only 11 male gymnasts have participated in Olympic but this is the first Indian women to participate in Olympic. The international Federation of Gymnastics has confirmed that Dipa Karmakar is qualified by official for Rio Games. She has been listed by FIG for 79th gymnast…

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https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish/videos/720697458071764/     The story is as simple as it is touching. It is about a Syrian refugee in Greece, Ibrahim Al Hussein. Aged 27 now, Ibrahim was forced to flee Syria when he lost part of his right leg to the war. He sought asylum in Greece and has been staying there since. Ibrahim has been training for swimming in a former Olympic training complex in Athens and is also a member of a wheelchair basketball team. On 26th April, 2016, he will get to carry the Olympic torch…

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  Somnath Giram (30), a Pune-based tea-seller, had recently hogged limelight when he cleared chartered accountancy (CA), beating all odds. Son of a humble farmer from Solapur district, Somnath, had left home in 2008 when pursing BCom became impossible for want of funds. “As an ambassador, he will be visiting universities and sharing his experiences with students on how to ‘earn and learn’,” said Sidharth Kharat, deputy secretary, higher education department, adding that the success story of this chaiwala is truly inspiring. Higher and technical education sector in Maharashtra has…

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Meet Mr Uday Jadav, who has started this amazing initiative and is setting an example for all of us. “There are numbers of rickshaws roaming on the streets of our city but I wanted to come up with something new which would be creative and also could help our society. So I started this service of “Amdavad No Rikshawalo” on 21st October 2010, on the auspicious day of Dashera which marks the triumph of good over evil. I run rickshaw with the concept of gift economy in mind. The idea…

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