New Delhi: The Costa outlet in South Delhi's Green Park is quieter than other cafes. There's comparatively less noise as the people behind the counter can neither speak nor hear. Five years ago, the RJ group began employing such hearing-impaired people at KFC and Costa outlets. Today 145 such employees have made a mark for themselves, thanks to growing corporate social responsibility. Unnikrishnan Santhosh, the CEO of Costa, says, "The...
09:29 AM, Sep 04, 2012
Bangalore: For the past 12 years, Akshaya Patra Foundation has served cooked food to nearly 14 lakh children in government schools across the country. And now, it has reached an important milestone. The foundation just served its billionth meal in August. From a very modest beginning, the foundation now covers most government schools in nine states across the country. Says Chanchalapathi Dasa, the Vice-Chairman of the Foundation, "We have always...
08:21 AM, Sep 03, 2012
New York: An Indian American in New York is trying to bridge the gender gap in the tech world. Meet the Girls Who Code, an initiative thought up by Indian American lawyer and politician Reshma Saujani to encourage high school girls interested in tech and software programming. Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code, says, "Girls Who Code started in January 2011, it was a passion project of mine. Less than...
09:10 AM, Aug 31, 2012
New Delhi: India is the global capital for heart disease. More than six crore Indians are already victims, and the number is rising every year. The problem with a heart attack is, we don't know when the next one will hit. Getting yourself checked can be expensive and not all clinics are equipped to do it. Now there's a device that lets you get your heart checked. And it fits...
08:30 AM, Aug 29, 2012
Kolkata: Iron man Manohar Aich, who turned 100, says a little discipline in life and treading the path of honesty will help one live long. The 1952 Mr Universe, who is 4 feet 10 inches tall, has followers who're as young as 65 years. Manohar Aich turned 100 this summer. But the way he flexes his muscles is a style statement by itself. All of 4 feet 10 inches, Aich...
09:03 AM, Aug 28, 2012
Chirang: The Assam riots at the end of last month left nearly 80 people dead and lakhs homeless. The real challenge now lies in rehabilitating those who were displaced. And helping them are young doctors, who assist the men, women and children afflicted with diseases in the camps. While children remain afflicted with diarrohea and fever, women suffer from leucorrhoea. There is also an alarming spike in cases of malaria,...
08:33 AM, Aug 27, 2012
American runs football academy for tribal girls, school on wheels educating slum children and more inspiring stories. ...
07:36 PM, Aug 25, 2012
New Delhi: Journalist: You must be so relieved and satisfied at the end of this operation. What does the victory feel like? Captain Vikram Batra: Feel like? Yeh dil maange more! That was Captain Vikram Batra who died a valiant death fighting Pakistan tooth and nail in July 1999 during the Kargil war. His famous war-cry, 'Yeh dil maange more' became a part of the youth lexicon. Nine years on,...
08:48 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Sixty-five-year-old George Paul, an actor, has played the role of Mahatma Gandhi more than 2,000 times. His reel life experience has now inspired him to make a difference in real life as well. Thanks to George Paul, little kids are getting to know the Father of The Nation better. The 65-year-old has an uncanny resemblance to Mahatma Gandhi. That explains why Paul has played the role of Gandhi over...
09:11 AM, Aug 16, 2012
In this special episode, the story of a school that teaches Mahatma's principles and a comic book on the hero of Kargil. ...
06:59 PM, Aug 15, 2012
Mumbai: Ahead of the Independence Day, CNN-IBN brings the story of the bravehearts during the fire at the Mumbai Mantralaya. Even as a major fire raged on and people were being evacuated, seven men waited on the roof just so they could protect the Indian flag. When a fire raged across the Mantralaya, everyone was busy getting out of the building, but seven men waited fearlessly, guarding the Tricolour hoisted...
08:55 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Narsinghpur: A government school in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district remembers Mahatma Gandhi every day. The school takes pride in following Gandhi's principles and it reflects on their uniform as well. To galvanise support for the non-cooperation movement, the Mahatma visited 'Shashkiya Buniyadi Shala' in the Singhpur village of Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh. He spent the night at the school and interacted with the students, taught them the use of...
09:59 AM, Aug 13, 2012
Local NGO rescues Uttarkashi habitats as the Bhagirathi ravaged the hills; Iswar Sankalpa provides home to the people with special needs. ...
09:49 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Gangotri: The higher habitats of Uttarkashi have been the worst-hit in the recent flash floods. CNN-IBN trekked to one such hamlet where a few families had taken shelter at some partially-constructed buildings. For six days, they waited for assistance from the government and their wait went unanswered. However, one organisation did reach them and provided them immediate relief material. Bhuvaneshwari Mahila Ashram, a local NGO went through the difficult terrain...
08:29 AM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: Numerous states of India recently plunged into darkness as the power grids across North and North East India crashed. Could there be an alternative to avoid such a prospect? Scientists at the Ministry of New And Renewable Energy are now trying out new ways of lighting and cooling your home. At the Solar Energy Centre in Gurgaon, scientists make hay while the sun shines. Or rather - they...
09:54 AM, Aug 09, 2012
Kolkata: An NGO called Iswar Sankalpa has a mission to provide shelter and healthcare to people with special needs. The NGO has re-united more than 100 people with their families and given a new lease of life to many. Laboni, Counselor, Iswar Sankalpa said, "A person with mental illness is also a human being. The characteristics they show are something we also display daily during certain moments." This belief has...
10:13 AM, Aug 08, 2012
Jaipur: Murder convict TB Thapa always wanted to be a painter. At the age of 35, he finally realised his dream, albeit at the most unlikeliest of places - the Jaipur Central Jail. "This is like meditation... It takes away from the stress and confinement of being in jail," he says with a glint in his eye. Like Thapa, Madhusudan, another convict, too picked up the brush and palette and...
08:12 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Chandigarh: In a first of its kind initiative, a library of RTI documents has been set up in Chandigarh. It aims at becoming a repository of RTI documents that have already reached the public domain and need not be applied for again. So, if you have filed an RTI application in Chennai or Guwahati, Hemant Goswami in far-flung Chandigarh is its safe-keeper. He has been diligently spending hours formulating a...
08:09 AM, Aug 06, 2012
This week on India Positive, the stories of those who are grooming the specially-abled. ...
11:32 PM, Aug 04, 2012
Hyderabad: Issidore Philip is a messiah for the destitute children across Andhra Pradesh. For 25 years, this educationist and his team at 'Divya Disha' have been rehabilitating the children of a lesser God from railway stations, bus-stands and roadside to a better life. "Everyone wants a kid, a drug peddler wants a child, our challenge is to constantly reach to the kid first, else we lose him for good," Philip...
10:34 AM, Aug 03, 2012
