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Harvesting Happiness : India’s Best Orchards for Fruit Picking Holidays
When did you last reach into scraggly branches and tug fruits free off a fragrant fruit-laden tree? If you’re itching to go fruit picking in India, you’ll be surprised to know you have plenty of...
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Have You Ever Wondered What Happens to Street Children When They Fall Sick?...
Kalpana, 12, a street child who stays under the Teen Haat Naka flyover in Mumbai, could have died of malaria last month had it not been for the help arranged by Signal Shala. There are an estimated...
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Maha Cop Moves Court to Retain Job After Sex-Change Surgery, Emerges Victorious!
29-year-old Lalita Salve, hailing from Beed district in Maharashtra joined the police force as a female constable in June 2010. When Lata made the decision to undergo a sex reassignment operation and...
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These 6 Initiatives Have Won the PM’s Award For Excellence in Public...
On April 21, 2018 (Civil Services Day), Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred the PM’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration on officers of the central and state governments. Instituted by...
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75 Percent Loss of Vision Could Not Keep Jayant From His UPSC Dreams!
Clearing the UPSC entrance exams is an arduous task. But to do it as a visually-impaired candidate is a feat worth applauding. A resident of Beed district, Maharashtra, Jayant Mankale lost 75 percent...
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Pune Students Give Free Meals to Juniors – For a Reason That’ll Touch Your Heart
In the last five years, Maharashtra has had to deal with severe droughts thrice. And, of the 112 drought-struck talukas in the State, 40 per cent belong to Marathwada belt. Last year, districts in this...
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2 Months & 0 Active Cases: How Beed Police Kept the District Safe from COVID-19
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. Even as Maharashtra...
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Organic Farmer Makes Lakhs Growing Fruit in Drought-Prone Beed, Inspires 50...
The government often struggles to convince farmers to experiment with alternative crops or new methods of planting. As a source of steady income, farmers prefer trusted farming methods and...
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Office Boy to Startup Founder: Beed Man Develops ‘Made-in-India’ Canva from a...
Startups and innovations often come from the unlikeliest of places and situations. Here is another example where, unfettered by the Covid-19 lockdown, a youngster started a company from a cattle-shed....
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1000s of Farmers Visit This 22-YO’s YouTube Channel For Knowledge & Inspiration
Ganesh Fartade, a 22-year-old from Gevrai village in Beed, farms on his 8-acre land. His village falls in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, which is a perennially drought-affected area. It is also a...
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