Toronto: Students of Lac du Bonnet Centennial School in Manitoba have been able to raise $750 and have donated it to build a well in India. The well has been built at Ippapadu village, Mahabubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh.

Pune: In a philanthropic move, the community radio at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)- Radio FTII (90.4 MHz) has collaborated with various academic institutions to come up with educational programmes benefiting schoolchildren and slum-dwellers, among other sections of society.

Ahmedabad: Ashish Arora an IIT Roorkee graduate left his corporate job to work for the betterment of rural India. He has set up a company-‘Apki Technology’ that aims to provide local solutions for various rural problems.

Bangalore: Ashutosh Sawant, a PGP second year student from one of the most sought after B-schools of the country, has started a firm which exports frozen fruits like alphonso mangoes, frozen strawberry, pomegranate arils, frozen vegetables and cauliflower florets.

Mumbai: He dreamt to become an astronaut till he realized that there are many better things to be done on this planet to bring about change in the lives of millions.

Hisar: At a time when Haryana is battling to improve its skewed sex ratio and various measures taken up by the government have failed, eunuchs have come forward and are doing their bit to improve the situation. A group of eunuchs in the city have come forward and have adopted young girls whom their parents wanted to abort.