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1M1B (One Million for One Billion), a UN-accredited, youth and AI-focused skilling organisation has hosted the India AI Youth Awards to recognise students leveraging AI to accelerate UN Sustainability Development Goals.

Co-Founder of 1M1B Manav Subodh told the summit that 1M1B is a "bold dream" to "activate a million young people who will activate a billion people and create a world with balanced prosperity." Subodh added that 1M1B is focussed on taking change-making, problem-solving, technology and digital skills "not just to the top students but also to the grassroots of India, so that we can have participation from everybody."

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India, home to the worlds largest youth population, is actively shaping the future and its young minds are leveraging technology as a powerful tool to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, Indias envoy to the UN has said. In her special address to the annual ‘1M1B

Through their Project ‘Udaan’, Anupama Rao and Ananya Seth from Bengaluru are bridging the financial gap for economically backward women, by getting them into health insurance and policies. So far, they have conducted multiple sessions on the benefits of health insurance, reached out to more than 300 people, and issued about 15 health insurance policies

Anvitha Kollipara's project Soledu addresses the issue of a lack of affordable and clean energy in rural areas and works towards providing access to solar power in the rural areas of India

Meghana Narayanan’s project ‘Abhaya’ covers issues related to financial burden, lack of insurance coverage, monetary implications due to unprecedented events, and lack of awareness about government schemes among domestic workers and people below the poverty line

New Delhi: The issue of ‘perfectionism’ has been prevalent among adolescents and is harmful in terms of its association with mental health problems, a study published in the National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) has stated. The study associated perfectionism with an increased risk of sadness and a decreased sense of self-worth among adolescents. Several […]

Ananya Malde has formulated a comprehensive curriculum on menstrual health. She conducts awareness sessions among the girls in rural areas of Gujarat and also provides them with eco-friendly sanitary pads

These Bengaluru youngsters have raised Rs 15 lakh through Project Arambha for girls’ education Haneen Farid and Disha Panda started Project Arambha to raise funds to help girls whose education has been impacted by the pandemic 0 claps Share on When Anitha P, a 20-year-old student, was going through financial troubles during the pandemic, she and her sisters, Amritha and Seemitha decided to discontinue their education to decrease the burden of education fees on their parents. Being in the fina...