Tag: 1st
World’s 1st ‘Self-Learning’ Braille Device is Changing the Way Blind Kids Learn
In 2014, when Sanskriti Dawle, Aman Srivastava, Dilip Ramesh, and Saif Shaikh were in the second year of college at BITS Pilani (Goa), they were…
This Lawyer Led India To Adopt World’s 1st Nationwide Family Planning Scheme
Before India pioneered nationwide family planning in 1952, concepts like ‘birth control’ and ‘agency of women’ seemed foreign at best, given that forced maternity and…
Kerala’s 1st Tribal Heritage Village Stay Left Anand Mahindra in Awe
A recent tweet by Anand Mahindra, entrepreneur and chairman of Mahindra Group, will transport you to the lush green tea plantations of Vythiri in Wayanad,…
Dropout Builds World’s 1st Automated Brick-Making & Laying Machine
Sonipat born Satish Kumar’s family owned a brick-making company which shut down in 2010 after incurring huge losses. Instead of being disheartened, Satish, then 32,…
Indian With World’s 1st Patent for ‘Digital Vaccines’ Shares How They Work
For the past 12 years, Bhargav Sri Prakash and his team at FriendsLearn — a bio and health tech startup with offices in Chennai and…
How I Built a Rs 500 Cr FMCG Empire as a 1st Generation Entrepreneur
How do you build a Rs 500 crore business as a first generation entrepreneur? It’s a question 50 year-old cosmetic engineer Dolly Kumar, founder and…
Delhi Airport is India’s 1st to Run on Green Energy with Solar & Hydro Power
The Indira Gandhi International Airport has become the first in India to run completely on solar and hydropower. This is a step toward the Airport’s…
Draupadi Murmu, 1st Presidential Candidate From a Tribal Community
After days of speculation, the BJP-led NDA announced Draupadi Murmu as its Presidential Nominee on Tuesday. She is pitted against the Opposition’s Candidate, former Union…
How a Forest Officer Clicked India’s 1st Photo of a Tiger in The Wild
Frederick Walter Champion, an ex-soldier in the British Indian Army, an officer of the Imperial Forestry Service [Indian Forest Service] and a pioneering conservationist, took…
Cracking UPSC CSE in 1st Attempt, Pooja Jha on Fighting Bias
Having secured an All India Rank (AIR) of 82 in the Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) Civil Service Examination (CSE) in her very first attempt,…