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Mumbai housing society recycles one lakh litre wastewater daily

Located near the polluted Poisar river in suburban Mumbai, a housing society in Kandivli has been recycling one lakh litres of wastewater every day at their sewage treatment plant (STP) into re-usable water for the past 33 months.

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“All Of Us Want Clean City, But Not Those Who Clean It” This Couple From Jalgaon Left Their Jobs To Educate Waste-Pickers

Today, we live in a world which is rapidly changing and all of us are striving only to become a part of the rat race. This change has almost made us forget about those who are not even competing, those who are struggling not to fulfil their dreams and ambitions but to survive, each day, with almost no resources. Luxuries are not even something that is there even in their wildest imagination. They are the children without homes, having dreams for them is like a waste.

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A boy with one hand met a soccer player with the same limb difference, and the photo went viral

Joseph Tidd, 1, meets Orlando Pride soccer player Carson Pickett after a game in June. Tidd and Pickett are both missing their lower left arms. (Courtesy of Colleen Tidd at instagram.com/tiddbit_outta_hand)

One-year-old Joseph Tidd and Orlando Pride player Carson Pickett have a lot in common: They both love soccer. They’re both athletic. And they both have partially formed left arms, which they tapped together last month in a photo that’s flying across the Internet.

The arm bump happened when Pickett, 25, jogged over to Joseph’s family after hearing them cheer at a home game. She repeatedly tapped her arm against his as he shrieked with glee, said Joseph’s mother, Colleen Tidd, who scrambled to take pictures as her husband held Joseph, decked out in a purple Pride T-shirt.

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12 teens invented a solar-powered tent for the homeless

by Brittany Levine Beckman

As Daniela Orozco picks off excess plastic bordering a 3D-printed box, she recalls how many homeless people she saw on her way to school when she was a high school freshman.

Just one.

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Every Day This Man Drives Hours In Drought To Provide Water To Thirsty Wild Animals

When it comes to lending a hand to a furry friend in need, there is nothing an animal lover won’t do.

We’ve seen people go above and beyond to help an injured pigeon, provide shelter for homeless animals, and even save pigs from a burning barn. And this story is no different.

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‘My School, My Farm’: Mizoram IAS Officer Tackles Malnutrition With a Brilliant Idea!

“By March 2020, the ultimate objective is to make every school, anganwadi and child care institution in Lawngtlai self-sufficient in local varieties of fruits and vegetables,” says #IAS officer Shashanka Ala, the Deputy Commissioner of Mizoram’s remotest and most backward district. #Respect #Governance #ImpactThatMatters

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Fable : The Gates of Paradise

Where is paradise ?

A soldier named Nobushige came to Hakuin, and asked: “Is there really a paradise and a hell?”

“Who are you?” inquired Hakuin. “I am a samurai,” the warrior replied.

“You, a soldier!” exclaimed Hakuin. “What kind of ruler would have you as his guard? Your face looks like that of a beggar.” Nobushige became so angry that he began to draw his sword, but Hakuin continued: “So you have a sword! Your weapon is probably much too dull to cut off my head.”

As Nobushige drew his sword Hakuin remarked: “Here open the gates of hell!” At these words the samurai, perceiving the master’s discipline, sheathed his sword and bowed.

“Here open the gates of paradise,” said Hakuin.

Interpretation :: The difference between heaven and hell is a matter of perspective. How we choose to perceive the experiences of our journey of life is the difference between heaven and hell.

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