Sanvi Choudhary, Author at Media India Group

Sarmoli: Uttarakhand’s women-led tourism model empowers communities

August 15, 2026

Nestled at the foothills of the Panchachuli mountain range, Sarmoli was once a village struggling with limited economic opportunities and increasing migration as young people moved to cities in search of employment. Over the past decade, however, the community has transformed tou...

India’s shrinking classrooms expose cracks in school education

August 14, 2026

Even as the Union government claims overall improvement in the education system in India, highlighting the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, and claiming increased budgetary allocations and improvements in learning outcomes, its own school database shows that enrollment has c...

Promoting private space companies may undermine national space missions

August 13, 2026

On July 18, Skyroot Aerospace, a private firm successfully launched Vikram-1, a a four-stage small satellite launch vehicle, marking the country’s first space launch by a private firm from Sriharikota, a launch-pad owned and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (I...

Forces face moral dilemma over Artificial Intelligence in defence

August 12, 2026

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has changed the ways of the human society in thousands of highly visible ways, from shopping and travel to work and health. But away from such applications used openly by hundreds of millions people, AI is increasingly being used in covert operations ...

Kongthong: Meghalaya’s whistling village preserves living heritage through tourism

August 12, 2026

Nestled amid the rolling Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, Kongthong, popularly known as the ‘Whistling Village,’ has emerged as one of India’s most distinctive cultural tourism destinations. Here, every resident is identified not by a spoken name but by a unique melody, a cent...

From Ken-Betwa to Polavaram: India’s unfinished rehabilitation story

August 8, 2026

As the Ken-Betwa River Link Project advances in Madhya Pradesh, thousands of villagers facing displacement have transformed their resistance into the ongoing Chita Andolan, lying on mock funeral pyres to symbolise that losing their homes, farmland and forests is equivalent to los...

Nag Panchami: One festival, many traditions

August 8, 2026

Nag Panchami, observed on the fifth day of the Hindu month of Shravan, coinciding with July-August as per the Gregorian calendar, has been celebrated for centuries as a festival honouring snakes, especially King Cobra, which hold an important place in Hindu mythology and folklore...

Swadeshi Movement: The Original Make in India Campaign

August 7, 2026

#OnThisDay: On August 7, 1905, the Swadeshi Movement was formally launched in Calcutta (now Kolkata), marking the first organised mass movement of the Indian Independence Movement and a defining moment in India’s anti-colonial struggle. #MIG

Electric Chair: A new era of capital punishment in US

August 6, 2026

#OnThisDay: On August 6, 1890, convicted murderer William Kemmler became the first person in history to be executed by electric chair, a new method of capital punishment that was later adopted across the United States. #MIG

International Beer Day: Celebrating World’s Most Popular Alcoholic Beverage

August 5, 2026

#OnThisDay: On August 5, International Beer Day is celebrated to recognise beer as one of the world’s oldest beverages, honour brewers and bartenders, and bring people together through beer. #MIG

International Clouded Leopard Day: Asia’s Elusive Wild Cat Faces Rapid Decline

August 4, 2026

#OnThisDay: On August 4, International Clouded Leopard Day is observed to raise awareness about clouded leopard, one of Asia’s most elusive and least studied wild cats, and the urgent need to protect its rapidly shrinking forest habitat. #MIG