One man from the village of Kalladikode in Kerala has become the saviour of his village during power outages.
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A Man With No Power Connection at Home Generates Electricity for an Entire Village Using His Bike
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Did You Know? Kerala’s Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme Protects the State’s Farmers From Losses!
The insurance scheme was deployed to safeguard the coconut palm farmers against losses that they might incur due to natural causes.
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How Kannur Worked to Become India’s First Plastic-Free District in Just 5 Months!
The drive with the slogan “Nalla Nadu, Nalla Mannu", meaning a good village with good soil, makes Kannur the first district in the country bereft of plastic.
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Wayanad Pepper Farmers Hope for a Boost, with a Little Help from Vietnam
The pepper heartland of Wayanad in Kerala is expecting a surge in its pepper productivity through a special model.
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How a Wayanad Farmer Turned His Fortune Around With Cow Dung, Jaggery & Legume Powder!
The last crop harvested by Joseph at the beginning of the month resulted in over 6,000 heads of cabbage, pristine and unscathed by toxic elements.
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In Kerala, 700 People Worked 70 Days to Revive a River Considered ‘Dead’ for over a Decade!
The operation, involved 700 labourers including men and women from Budhanoor panchayat, who were employed for the task under the MGNREGA scheme.
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279 Women in Palakad Are Digging Their Way out of Drought With Over 190 Wells
The initiative, undertaken by the Pookkottukavu grama panchayat, is funded under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
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A Menstrual Awareness Campaign in Kerala Helps Students to Adopt Sustainable Sanitary Practices!
A group of youngsters in Kerala is setting up platforms to spread awareness and encourage discussion about menstruation in schools and colleges across the state.
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As NEET Aspirants in Kerala Took the Test, Waiting Parents Found Unexpected Respite in a Mosque
Members of the Vadi Huda Trust made a quick decision to help when they saw a large crowd of tired parents languishing in the heat.
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Meet the School Students From Kerala Who Raised ₹4.5 Lakhs to Help Build a Home for Their Friend
Thanks to all the efforts of students, Arunima R. Nair now has a brick and mortar house to call her own and quite possibly friends to last a lifetime.
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This Monsoon, Tribal Women in Kerala Hamlets Will Be Better Off. Thanks to Techies Based in Kochi!
Launched recently at a Kochi-based IT Park, the initiative has been undertaken in collaboration with a collective of about 30 tribal women from Attapadi.
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Kerala Will Soon Host Its First Transgender Beauty Pageant, Inching Closer to an Inclusive Society
Organised by a transgender association in Kerala, the event has already held auditions and selected 26 hopefuls for the title of Queen of Dhwayah 2017
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Kerala Agri University Releases a ‘Package of Practices’ to Simplify & Standardise Organic Farming
With the progressive ambition of becoming an organic state, an awesome initiative has been flagged off in Kerala. Kerala Agriculture University or KAU has become the first Indian varsity to formulate and release an exclusive package of practices enabling organic cultivation of crops. Released on May 20, 2017, the initiative will help instilling standardised practices in […]
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5000 Conscious Citizens Joined Hands to Make a River in Kerala Clean & Trash Free
On the state government’s call to support the enterprise, 5000 people came forward to clean the Kanampuzha river
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Meet the Professor Who Quit Teaching Shakespeare in the US to Empower Rural Women in Kerala
From teaching Shakespeare in Washington, D.C., to settling down in Palakkad, Kerala, Professor Prabhakar has come a long way. Through his micro financing model, he is not only empowering villagers but also giving them an opportunity to earn better livelihoods.
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How High Can Love Go? Meet the Kerala Couple Who Tied the Knot at Everest Base Camp
It’s almost daily that we stumble across endearing loves stories about people going the distance in the name of love. And each day the goals just keep getting higher! A Kerala couple has just solemnised vows at the base camp of Mount Everest. Aswathy Raveendran and Ratheesh Nair, who married each other surrounded by the Himalayas on […]
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How a Small Village in Kerala Achieved What the World Is Struggling With – Becoming Carbon Neutral!
As many nations contemplate whether to ratify the Paris agreement, while global powers appear reluctant to devise solutions to combat drastic climate change, while countries, governments, NGOs, interest groups and individuals become increasingly involved in addressing this global challenge and as Earth became witness to its hottest months ever recorded in 2016, a small village […]
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TBI Blogs: After the Century’s Worst Drought, Kerala Is Now Getting Ready to Harvest Rain in Homes & Backyards
After the century’s worst drought, people in Kerala are now getting ready to harvest rain in their backyard wells, temple ponds, and lush forests. Citizens, voluntary groups, and the state government are ready with a set of measures. It just needs to rain. Ajith Lawrence and MM Paniyil take a closer look.
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From Nishant to Zara Sheikha: The Story of India’s First Transgender HR Professional in an MNC
Zara Sheikha’s story is one that speaks of believing in and standing up for oneself, even if that means going against the world. Zara first came into limelight for being the first transgender individual in India to be appointed as a Human Resources (HR) executive in an MNC in Thiruvananthapuram. From being born as Nishant […]
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11 Pictures of Kerala Basking in Its Monsoon Glory Will Bring out the Traveller in You
Monsoons in Kerala is an affair of its own. A part and parcel in the lives of people, the incessant downpour across the state doesn’t put anything at halt. Right from school children to professionals, life continues to go on. Making its entry in the month of June, the southwest monsoon is called Edavappathy, as […]
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