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Superheroes Who Did The Impossible

Superheroes Who Did The Impossible

Rediff.com28 Jan 2025

On Republic Day the President recognised the daring rescue of 41 workers trapped in a tunnel for 17 days in 2023 by humble rat-hole miners. The award hopefully will bring the forgotten superheroes back into the light.

This IT engineer is urging people to sell waste online

This IT engineer is urging people to sell waste online

Rediff.com30 Sep 2014

It all started the day when Anurag Asati was asked to get a kabadiwala home to collect some newspapers.

A camera museum that offers a history lesson in every click

A camera museum that offers a history lesson in every click

Rediff.com26 Dec 2014

Museo Camera, tucked away in a basement in Gurgaon, has over 500 cameras of all vintages as well as 20,000 silver prints

E-waste can produce more gold than mining!

E-waste can produce more gold than mining!

Rediff.com13 Jan 2016

'If unchecked, by 2017, the global volume of discarded e-waste will weigh almost equivalent to 200 Empire State buildings.'

A weaver's daughter's zero-waste idea to save Planet Earth

A weaver's daughter's zero-waste idea to save Planet Earth

Rediff.com18 Apr 2018

Neerja Palisetty's Sutrakaar Creations combines paper with post-consumer waste to promote fair trade, craft empowerment, zero-waste, and ethical fashion.