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Positive News I Got a Rs 45000 Compensation From Amazon For Cancelling a Confirmed Order. Here's Why
The Odisha State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission on 11 January 2021 directed Amazon to pay Rs 45,000 for cancelling a confirmed order of a laptop. How did a customer get compensated for order cancellation, you ask? Here's what transpired. In 2014, Supriyo Ranjan Mahapatra, then a first-year law student at the Tamil Nadu Law University, Trichy needed...
- 3 days ago
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Positive News Why a Telangana Village Will Be Paying Close Attention to Biden's Inaugural Address
When United States President-elect Joe Biden takes the stage on 20 January 2021 to usher in the post-Donald Trump era and deliver his inaugural address, a time-honoured tradition of American politics, many of the most important words will come from the mind and keyboard of an Indian-American, whose family maintains its roots in Telangana. (Image above courtesy...
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Positive News 'How My Love For Farming Is Keeping Me Fit at 93'
Even at the age of 93, Chidambaram Nair is firmly planted on his feet. The nonagenarian has been practicing agriculture since his childhood, and credits his health and fitness to it. 'Agriculture is the foundation of everything in this world,' he tells The Better India, adding, 'The day we forget this fact, our failures begin.' Nair, a native of Kerala's Kozhikode, says the scent of the soil is...
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Positive News After Robbery Left Her With Just Rs 100, Thrissur Woman Rebuilds Fortune With Chips
In 2011, Elavarasi Jayakanth, a native of Tamil Nadu's Usilampatti, saw her life completely change. She became the victim of a robbery at her own supermarket, which resulted in her losing all her money. The trauma from the experience left her shell-shocked, and she remained admitted in the hospital for months, unable to overcome the dejection at having lost her...
- 2 weeks ago
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Positive News Bengaluru Woman Quits Corporate Job to Make Authentic Spices, Gets 1000s Of Orders
While I don't consider myself a South Indian food connoisseur, I love the cuisine. Growing up, I regularly ate dosa with sambar, chutney, or molagapudi (spice mix) with ghee. Little did I know, these spice mixes, in addition to being absolutely delicious, are also healthy. They are made using ground pulses, dried chillies and curry leaves, in addition to several...
- 2 weeks ago
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Positive News This Woman's Brainwave Tackles an Everyday Problem in Kerala, Earns Rs 1 Lakh/Month
In 2016, after almost five years of living in Abu Dhabi with her husband Ajin M P, Lakshmi Raj returned to Kerala. But her return was marked with certain setbacks. 'In Abu Dhabi, I used to get instant food products, which made cooking easier and less time consuming,' she recalls in a conversation with The Better India. 'However, after I settled back here, I...
- 3 weeks ago
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Positive News How to Grow Water Lilies at Home: Expert With Over 200 Varieties Shares
Somnath Pal from Mumbai recalls the days when he didn't have enough money to buy his favourite plant — the water lily. 'I bought my first water lily when I was 18 years old. In that moment, I felt like I had gained something very special in my life,' the 36-year-old says. Fast forward almost two decades later, and today, Somnath owns a garden which is bursting at its...
- 3 weeks ago
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Positive News How A Holiday Led These Engineers To Build A 7.5 Crore Bike Rental Company
The rush of riding a motorcycle is often unparalleled by other means of transport — you feel a great sense of adventure, pumping adrenaline and the wind in your hair. On a two-wheeler, you can traverse local and remote areas, and choose the road less travelled. But for many, motorcycles are unaffordable. This is where Royal Brothers, one of South India's first...
- 4 weeks ago
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Corona Positive Stories Exclusive: Meet the Firm Building Critical Cold Storage for COVID-19 Vaccines
While the world continues its battle against the coronavirus pandemic, some countries have already started administering vaccines in the hopes of putting an end to the pandemic. Closer home, Pfizer, Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech have applied for market authorisation of their vaccines, and they will begin administering the same once India approves the...
- a month ago
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Positive News Railways Constable Spends Rs 10,000 Every Month To Run Free School For The Poor
'Years ago, my father had opened a school in Etawah district [Uttar Pradesh] to educate underprivileged children but had to shut it down due to family problems. However, now I am living my father's dream of teaching economically backward children for free,' Rohit Kumar Yadav, a Government Railway Police (GRP) constable, tells The Better India. He goes on to share...
- a month ago
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