His name is Harekala Hajabba. For decades he has sold oranges from a small cart near the bus stand in Mangaluru, Karnataka. He earns around a hundred and fifty rupees a day. He has never been to school and cannot read or write. By every measure the world uses, he is a poor, unlettered fruit seller. One day, sometime in the 1990s, a foreign couple stopped at his cart and asked him, in English, the price of his oranges. He could not understand them and could not answer. They walked away. The moment did not anger him. It shamed him. Then it changed him. He decided that no child in his village should ever have to stand there the way he had, unable to understand a simple question, locked out by language and the lack of a school. His village, Newpadpu, did not have one. The nearest school was about seven kilometres away. So an illiterate orange seller earning a hundred and fifty rupees a day set out to build a school. He saved his coins, approached officials and donors, and donated his own land. In the year 2000, the school opened with twenty-eight children in a place that had never had one. Today that school teaches up to Class 10 and has around a hundred and seventy-five students. Children from his village now study in classrooms he helped build from the price of oranges. People began calling him Akshara Santha, the saint of letters. In 2020, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, one of the nation’s highest civilian honours. He walked up barefoot, wearing a plain white dhoti, to receive it. He said it was not his award. It belonged to the school. He still sells oranges and has said he wants to use whatever he earns and receives to build a college next. A man who could not answer one question in English made sure thousands of children after him would never be left speechless the same way. Follow for stories India deserves to remember.

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As flames and thick smoke engulfed a South Delhi guesthouse, turning a routine morning into a nightmare that claimed 21 lives, it was not trained rescue teams but ordinary citizens who became the city's true heroes. Residents of Hauz Rani rushed towards danger, not away from it, improvising life-saving measures in the face of chaos. Mohammad Afzal and fellow locals spread mattresses and bedsheets sourced from a nearby shop to create makeshift safety nets and carry the injured, while shop owner Riyazuddin Mansoori and his son Arman willingly sacrificed merchandise worth lakhs to save strangers trapped inside. Waseem Raja, drawing on his hospital emergency training, administered CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to unconscious victims blackened by smoke, helping pull several back from the brink. Amid heartbreak, panic and loss, these men embodied extraordinary courage and compassion, proving that in humanity's darkest moments, ordinary people often shine the brightest.

In what authorities are calling an "astonishing" testament of human survival, a Mount Everest sherpa was found alive on Thursday after he went missing six days ago on the world's tallest mountain. abcnews.link/rnH0maF

Pride Month reminds us of the importance of respect, understanding, and acceptance for all. Happy Pride Month. #Happypridemonth

On Global Parents’ Day, I remember you with love, gratitude, and endless respect. Gone from sight, but never from my heart. 🙏❤️🕊️ I have such few photos of you both 😞

Offered prayers at Karma Gon Monastery, Kolkata on the auspicious occasion of Saga Dawa. May the blessings of this sacred month bring peace, compassion, and wisdom to all beings. 🙏🪷 Om Mani Padme Hum.

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On this day, 1953.05.29; Nepali Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and New Zealander Edmund Hillary together became the first two individuals to have reached the summit of Mt Everest (8848.86 m). Captured by Edmund Hillary, this photograph shows Tenzing Norgay Sherpa standing atop Mt Everest during humanity's first successful ascent of the world's highest mountain. ©: Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

On the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, I salute the courage, commitment, and sacrifice of all peacekeepers serving across the world — especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the cause of peace. Proud to have worn the Blue Beret. 🌍🕊️ #UNPeacekeepers

🫡🫡🫡😇🙏👏🏆🇮🇳 Saluting the Brave Delhi Police Beat Constable. Bravo. Jai Hind. @DelhiPolice @CPDelhi 👍

Some follow routes… Some follow freedom. 😄#goodmorningX

And in case you are wondering. 🤔 This is how EBC looks this morning. And no thats not me… 😅 #Everestbasecamp

Minimize envy. Just because someone else wins doesn’t mean you lose.

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West Bengal Cyber Crime Wing has unearthed a major interstate “Digital Arrest” cyber fraud syndicate involved in large-scale online financial scams across India. ▪️ Fraud transactions worth nearly ₹3.85 crore detected ▪️ Linked to 41 NCRP complaints and 10 FIRs nationwide ▪️ Possible international links to cyber fraud networks operating from Cambodia and Myanmar ▪️ ICICI Bank account in Murshidabad allegedly used for routing and laundering scam money ▪️ At least 3 victims from West Bengal cheated of around ₹25 lakh ▪️ Main accused Advocate Tapas Manna arrested ▪️ Probe underway to identify the entire interstate cyber fraud network and masterminds behind the racket.

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In a major crackdown against illegal arms, the STF of #WestBengalPolice conducted raids across multiple districts in the state and seized 10 firearms, including eight 7 mm pistols, along with 150 rounds of ammunition. A total of six persons have been arrested in connection with the recoveries and will be produced before the court. According to STF sources, the special drive against illegal arms is still underway, and efforts are continuing for the recovery of more weapons and the arrest of others linked to the racket.