Birthday bash with a difference
It was Armstrong Oben's first birthday in a way. So around 300 children along with other members of Panchvati Green Movement had gathered in a Delhi school on Friday to celebrate the big day.

Kickstarting a new homespun movement
For an industry that is undervalued, the Khadi Villages Industries Commission (KVIC) is doing wonderfully well in terms of providing employment. It's the single largest employer, with close to two million people employed in spinning and weaving activities for it.

The payback brigade
It's payback time for alumni of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in Silicon Valley and elsewhere in the United States who are working to meet the gap left by government cutbacks to these brain factories in India.


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