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WAVES 2025: 'Innovate2Educate' Challenge Drives EdTech Innovation

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01 Apr 2026

The 'Innovate2Educate' challenge, part of the Create in India Challenge (CIC), focused on designing affordable handheld learning devices. Targeted at students, startups, and innovators, the challenge encouraged solutions for diverse learners, including the visually impaired and neurodivergent. The initiative saw participation from over 1,800 entries across India. Finalists showcased prototypes at WAVES 2025, with top teams receiving up to ₹50,000. Post-event, several teams evolved into startups, exploring further opportunities through incubation and investor engagement.

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Vice-President Hails Cancer Survivors as Warriors at Jaipur Event

The Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, lauded cancer survivors as true warriors during his address at the 23rd Cancer Survivors’ Day celebration in Jaipur. The event, organized by Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, focused on the resilience and courage of cancer survivors. Highlighting governmental initiatives like

Launch of SMILE–Beggary Survey Mobile Application at Chintan Shivir

The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, has launched the SMILE–Beggary Survey Mobile Application during the Chintan Shivir held in Chandigarh from 24th to 26th April 2026. The app is part of the SMILE–Beggary Sub-Scheme, aimed at comprehensive rehabilitation of persons engaged in begging. It

NMBA 2.0 App Launched to Boost Drug Demand Reduction Efforts

The upgraded Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) 2.0 App was launched to enhance monitoring, coordination, and awareness activities under the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR). The app introduces new features for real-time reporting, transparency, and effective use of digital tools in combating drug use across India.

Ministry of Social Justice Unveils New Guidelines for Shelter Homes

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of India introduced the Model Guidelines on Care, Rehabilitation, and Management of Beggars’/Shelter Homes at the Chintan Shivir conference in Chandigarh. These guidelines provide a framework highlighting areas such as healthcare, infrastructure, food safety, vocational training, legal aid, and gender sensitivity. States

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Vice-President Hails Cancer Survivors as Warriors at Jaipur Event

Launch of SMILE–Beggary Survey Mobile Application at Chintan Shivir

NMBA 2.0 App Launched to Boost Drug Demand Reduction Efforts

Ministry of Social Justice Unveils New Guidelines for Shelter Homes