Shoe-Seller's Daughter Scores 97% In Boards & Other Noteworthy Things From The Week Gone By

Sonu Sood has decided to adopt three children - whose parents passed away - from the Athmakur village of Yadadri-Bhongir district, Telangana. Read more

A 51-year-old man had been persevering and taking exams for class X for the past 33 years, but wasn't able to pass. Now he has finally managed to clear class 10 board examinations this year...thanks to COVID-19. Read more

The Union Cabinet recently approved India's National Education Policy 2020 - a ground-breaking major revamp of the education system in India, bringing a new learning style to promote actual learning as opposed to the race of simply rote learning and scoring the highest marks. Read more

A 17-year-old Ashma Shaikh who lives on a footpath near Azad Maidan, Mumbai, with her parents and brother, cleared SSC exams with 40 per cent marks. Read more

A Kerala's boy's DIY video, in which he attempted making a paper flower did not go as he planned, but ended up bringing him a lot of fame. When he fails without even a second of hesitation, Fayiz said "Some will get it right, some will not. Mine did not. Anyway, it is not a problem for me," and his words featured in top milk brand's Ad in Kerala. Read more

New Delhi’s first plasma donor has already donated six times and is now ready for round seven. 36-year-old Tabrez Khan, a resident of Jahangirpuri, had coronavirus in March and then recovered on April 5. Read more

Finding a hospital bed is one of the toughest tasks these days, be it for COVID-19 treatment or other illnesses. Bengaluru resident Sunjoy Gaarg too faced a similar situation last month after he tested positive for COVID-19 on June 28. Based on his own experience, Gaarg decided to do something to help COVID-19 patients. That is how he came up with the idea of setting up a COVID-19 Firstline Treatment Center for asymptomatic patients. Read more

Ramesh Bariya bought used glucose plastic bottles for Rs 20/kg. He cut the upper half of the bottle to create an inlet for water and attached it to the bottom of the other half. Read more

An 18-year-old student of class XII managed to score a whopping 96 per cent in CBSE board exams without the luxury of having a personal space to study. The girl, Fazia, lives in a 60/70 sq ft room along with her mother, brother, and three sisters in JJ Cluster in Delhi's Seelampur. Read more

If good-will karma exists, actor Sonu Sood is bound to have blessings in abundance. The latest noble act done by the actor is to provide a job to Unadadi Sharada, a woman who lost her job in an MNC due to the coronavirus pandemic and had resorted to selling vegetables in order to support her family. Read more