Podcasts about Bihar

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First, The Indian Express' Deeptiman Tiwary talks about Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj party and how the political-analyst-turned-politician is trying to distinguish himself from others ahead of the upcoming Bihar polls.Next, The Indian Express' Anjali Marar explains the cloud-seeding method that the Delhi government hopes will help reduce pollution, and why experts believe it's a flawed technique (18:54).And finally, we bring you an update on the case involving two Australian cricketers who were sexually harassed in Indore last week (29:44).Hosted by Shashank BhargavaProduced by Shashank Bhargava and Ichha SharmaEdited and mixed by Suresh PawarAdditional Links:1) CSF |  Green Shoots of Progress for Uttar Pradesh2) CSF | Academic and Governance Inputs for NIPUN Bharat Mission3) CSF |  The need for better Public Disclosure in schools4) CSF | The evolving space for AI in Education

Smart Moves by Modi for WB President Rule? | SIR | 7 भारतीय पत्रकार बिक गए | Bihar | Harsh Kumar

First, we talk to The Indian Express' Chief of National Bureau Ritika Chopra about the Election Commission's new nationwide voter roll revision, what it aims to fix, and how it differs from the controversial Bihar exerciseNext, The Indian Express' Diplomatic Affairs Editor Shubhajit Roy talks about the US and the EU's latest sanctions on Russia and what they could mean for India's oil imports and energy strategy. (16:55) Lastly, we also talk about why Bihar's Prashant Kishor has received an EC notice just a day after The Indian Express revealed that he's registered as a voter in two states. (27:25)Hosted by Ichha SharmaWritten and produced by Shashank BhargavaEdited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

From a scrap trader to a ₹2 lakh crore empire, how did a boy from Bihar build one of India's biggest companies? In this episode of The Indian Business Podcast, we sat down with Anil Agarwal, the founder and chairman of Vedanta Resources, one of the world's largest natural resource conglomerates and the first Indian company to be listed on the London Stock Exchange. We talk about:- His journey from Bihar to Bombay?-How did Vedanta become the first Indian company to be listed on the London Stock Exchange?- Is Make in India failing?- The truth behind the 2018 Tuticorin incident- How did Dhirubhai Ambani influence his vision?- The key lessons he learned about money, risk, and perseverance- Why does he choose not to return to India?Watch this episode to see how hard work and conviction can turn far fetched dreams into reality.►Think School's flagship Communication course with live doubt sessions : https://thethinkschool.com/sp/communication-masterclass/►Follow Think School Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkSchool►Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thethinkschool?igsh=NWg2ZXRyZmdsM2ds&utm_source=qr 

As Bihar poll campaign gathers momentum, the Mahagathbandhan has released a joint manifesto. ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta takes you back to 2010 when #WritingsOnTheWall described how Bihar's traditional political equations were changing. The two-part series from November 2010 also predicted Nitish's win in the Assembly elections & read the message of socio-economic change on Bihar's walls.----more----Read the two-part #WritingsOnTheWall from 2010 here: https://theprint.in/sg-writings-on-the-wall/a-mandate-for-nitish-hope-kumar/544132/----more----https://theprint.in/sg-writings-on-the-wall/when-lonely-lalu-misses-gentleman-sonia-and-a-muslim-calls-nitish-sher-ka-bachcha/544130/

Bhau Predicts Bihar Results | Big Plans after Bihar Elections | RahulGandhi Missing in Action | OmkarC

Latest Bihar Opinion Poll: Prediction on NDA and MGB Numbers in Bihar | Abhishek Tiwari, SanjayDixit

In the day's newsletter find coverage from government policy to geopolitical strategy. Here's a snapshot: The Centre is expected to maintain the current tax burden on tobacco products, Supreme Court puts Vodafone Idea AGR dues matter in government's court, Lenskart's Peyush Bansal speaks exclusively to Moneycontrol, India's IPO wave sees strong demand from domestic investors even as FIIS remain picky, and India's economic push comes from unexpected quarters Tune in for all this and more in the latest edition of Moneycontrol Editor's Picks.

•⁠ ⁠எதன் அடிப்படையில், `ஆட்சிக்கு வந்தால் பீகாரில் மதுவிலக்கை ரத்து செய்வோம்' என்கிறார் பிரசாந்த் கிஷோர்?•⁠ ⁠பீகாரில் வெல்லுமா இந்தியா கூட்டணி?•⁠ ⁠BJP Vs Congress - வாரிசு அரசியல்வாதிகளை அதிகம் மக்கள் பிரதிநிதிகளாக்கியது யார்?•⁠ ⁠Ramsar Sites என்றால் என்ன?

Tejashwi Yadav, RJD leader and the INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial face in Bihar, has vowed to scrap the Waqf (Amendment) Act if the alliance comes to power. He made the promise at a public rally in the Muslim-dominated Katihar district. The statement has now triggered a key question: Can a state government or its chief minister actually overturn a central law, or is this yet another election-season promise with no legal backing?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Modi Finishes Rahul and Tejashwi with One Stroke | Bihar Ground Report | BabaRamdas, DhirendraPundir

Expose: Anti-India Journalists in USA - Adani, Soros & Bihar | Decoded by Sanjay Dixit

The headlines of the week by The Indian Express

YogiAdityanath ने सारा खेल बदल दिया है | Political Islam | RahulGandhi Insulted | Bihar |AnupamMisra

The Election Commission is all set for a country-wide roll out of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The first phase of the process would implemented in more than 10 states, including in poll-bound Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and West Bengal. This exercise comes in the wake of the controversial SIR in Bihar, which was done hurriedly. As has been widely reported, the final voter list in Bihar is riddled with inaccuracies – including excess deletions, gibberish names, and fake addresses. Now, with a pan-India SIR on the anvil, questions abound: Why is it necessary? Will the process incorporate the changes suggested by the Supreme Court in the Bihar context - especially with regard to the use of Aadhaar, publishing voter lists in searchable format, and checking of migrant names in other states before deleting their names? How serious are concerns about mass disenfranchisement on a national scale in a nation-wide SIR? Guest: Sreeparna Chakrabarty, who covers the Election Commission for The Hindu. Host: G. Sampath Edited and produced by Sharmada Venkatasubramanian Camera: Jude Francis Weston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First, The Indian Express' Udit Misra explains why economists are concerned about skyrocketing gold prices and what gives gold its enduring value as a commodity.Next, The Indian Express' Ritu Sarin shares the findings of her investigation tracing the money trail of a digital fraud, raising questions about the role of banks in such transfers (14:25).And in the end, we highlight the latest promises made by Bihar's Leader of Opposition, Tejashwi Yadav, ahead of the assembly elections (27:55).Hosted, written and produced by Shashank BhargavaEdited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

Bihar में बहुत बड़ा खेल हो गया | Prashant Kishore, Nitish, Shah | Diwali Bonanza | Harsh Kumar

Bihar में Game ही अलग चल रहा है | Rahul Gandhi, Tejaswi - Vote Bank | West Bengal President Rule?

There can be no connection, or comparison between a state election where a new govt will be formed & a by-poll with no consequences on Telangana's political circumstances, he says.----more----https://theprint.in/politics/two-different-tunes-owaisis-aimim-sits-out-in-jubilee-hills-but-challenges-congress-rjd-in-bihar/2768273/

Bihar में Mahagathbandhan का खेल ख़त्म |  Majority for NDA? | Rahul Gandhi | Baba Ramdas, PN Sharma

Tejashwi and Rahul Ensuring Defeat in Bihar Elections | Shahbuddin's Ghost Polarises Hindus

Bihar में Amit Shah का Masterstroke | Road to President now Clear in West Bengal | Abhishek Tiwari

Bihar will go to the polls in November. There are 243 seats, and three major players. The NDA Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is facing 20 years of incumbency. There are also adverse reports about his health, and his ability to lead for another term. The BJP doesn't have a strong electoral face either. As for the Mahagathbandhan, many believe this is their election to win – provided they get their act together. But can they? There is also the unknown variable -- Prashant Kishore's Jan Suraaj Party. Whose fortunes will it dent more – the NDA's or the Mahagathbandhan's? Which will way will the Extreme Backward Classes (EBCs), Dalits and the Pasmanda vote swing? The NDA is big time into ‘revdi' politics. Offering ₹10,000 through the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana (MMRY). Will it be enough to get them the women's vote? How will the Special Intensive Revision impact the polls? Guest: Professor Kumar Sanjay Singh, who teaches history at Swami Shraddhanand College, Delhi. Host: G Sampath Shot, produced, and edited by Jude Francis Weston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

•⁠ ⁠300 டன் தீபாவளி குப்பைகள்... இரவு முழுவதும் அகற்றும் பணியில் ஈடுபட்ட தூய்மைப் பணியாளர்கள்!•⁠ ⁠சென்னையில் அதிகரித்த காற்று மாசுபாடு... எங்கு அதிகம்?•⁠ ⁠டெல்லியில் மிக மிக மோசமான காற்றின் தரக் குறியீடு!•⁠ ⁠சென்னையில் விதி மீறிப் பட்டாசு வெடிப்பு... 319 வழக்குகள் பதிவு!•⁠ ⁠வெளுத்து வாங்கிய மழை... உருவானது புதிய காற்றழுத்த தாழ்வு நிலை?•⁠ ⁠ட்ரம்ப்பின் தீபாவளி வாழ்த்து!•⁠ ⁠கடற்படை கப்பலில் தீபாவளி கொண்டாடிய மோடி!•⁠ ⁠தீபாவளியை ஒட்டி மக்களுக்கு கடிதம் எழுதிய மோடி!•⁠ ⁠டெல்லி பேக்கரியில் ஜாங்கிரி சுட்டு தீபாவளி கொண்டாடிய ராகுல்!•⁠ ⁠பீகார்: இந்தியா கூட்டணியில் குழப்பம்... காங்கிரஸை எதிர்த்துப் போட்டியிடும் ஆர்.ஜே.டி?•⁠ ⁠கூட்டணியிலிருந்து விலகிய ஜார்க்கண்ட் முக்தி மோர்ச்சா!•⁠ ⁠ஆர்.எஸ்.எஸ் நிகழ்வில் அரசு ஊழியர்கள் பங்கேற்றால்... எச்சரிக்கும் பிரியங்க் கார்கே!•⁠ ⁠பொது இடங்களில் ஆர்.எஸ்.எஸ் நிகழ்வுகளுக்கு தடையில்லை! - சித்தராமையா•⁠ ⁠இந்துக்கள் அல்லாதோர் வீட்டுக்குச் சென்றால் பெண்கள் காலை உடையுங்கள்! - பிரக்யா தாகூர்•⁠ ⁠கரூர்: பாதிக்கப்பட்ட குடும்பங்களின் வங்கிக் கணக்குகளில் 20 லட்சம் வரவு வைத்த தவெக!•⁠ ⁠ஜப்பானின் முதல் பெண் பிரதமர்?•⁠ ⁠வெள்ளை மாளிகையின் ஒரு பகுதி இடிப்பு... ஏன்?•⁠ ⁠மீண்டும் சர்ச்சையில் முடிந்த ட்ரம்ப் - ஜெலன்ஸ்கியின் வெள்ளை மாளிகை சந்திப்பு!•⁠ ⁠கனடாவுக்குள் வந்தா நெதன்யாகு கைதுசெய்யப்படுவார்! - மார்க் கார்னி

The Hindi heartland, comprising Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh, covers nearly 38 per cent of India's total area and is home to over 40 per cent of India's population. It provides the country with over 40 per cent of its parliamentarians and determines the contours of national politics (out of the fifteen prime ministers India has had since 1947, eight have been from the Hindi belt). Yet, despite its political significance, the Hindi belt is among the most impoverished regions in the country. It consumes the bulk of the country's resources, but lags behind other states on various economic and welfare indices. It is plagued by violence, illiteracy, unemployment, corruption, poor life expectancy, and numerous other ills. Centuries of war, conquests, invasions, political movements, and religious unrest have made the heartland a place of immense paradox. Despite its extraordinary and timeless religious heritage-some of the country's most revered spiritual leaders were born here and it is home to innumerable shrines and places of pilgrimage-it has also witnessed some of the worst communal riots in the country and has been troubled by long-running, divisive sectarian politics. Many of India's founders, who gave the country its secular identity, hailed from the heartland, but so too did those who have spread religious discord. And the land of Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb routinely witnesses lynching and murder in the name of religion. The Hindi Heartland: A Study (Aleph Book Company, 2025) is divided into five sections. Section I explores the geography of the region, which stretches from Rajasthan in the west to Jharkhand in the east with Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh in between. The author then looks at caste, religion, the rural-urban divide, and the tribes who belong to the region. In the chapter on the economy, she attempts to show how the economic backwardness of the Hindi belt has come about through faulty and myopic post- Independence policies conceived by various governments-these have come in the way of sustained and inclusive development. The chapter on language chronicles both the emergence of Hindi as the primary lingua franca of this region at the cost of other languages, as well as the politics that linked language with religion. The last chapter in this section explores the influence of the heartland on what is today popularly understood to be Indian culture. Section II looks at the medieval and modern history of the region and covers the emergence of the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughals, the Marathas, and the East India Company. Section III examines British colonialism through the lens of empire building, and shows how the imperialists distorted history to facilitate their divide and rule policy. It also dwells on the deliberate economic impoverishment of the Hindi belt and how this continues to impact the region even after Independence. Section IV analyses the freedom struggle-and covers among other things the emergence of the idea of India and the increasing Hinduization of that idea. It establishes the Hindi belt's criticality to Gandhi's satyagraha, and the success of the British Indian government's experiments with strategies that divided communities, which eventually led to the partition of the country. Section V appraises developments in the region after Independence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Hindi heartland, comprising Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh, covers nearly 38 per cent of India's total area and is home to over 40 per cent of India's population. It provides the country with over 40 per cent of its parliamentarians and determines the contours of national politics (out of the fifteen prime ministers India has had since 1947, eight have been from the Hindi belt). Yet, despite its political significance, the Hindi belt is among the most impoverished regions in the country. It consumes the bulk of the country's resources, but lags behind other states on various economic and welfare indices. It is plagued by violence, illiteracy, unemployment, corruption, poor life expectancy, and numerous other ills. Centuries of war, conquests, invasions, political movements, and religious unrest have made the heartland a place of immense paradox. Despite its extraordinary and timeless religious heritage-some of the country's most revered spiritual leaders were born here and it is home to innumerable shrines and places of pilgrimage-it has also witnessed some of the worst communal riots in the country and has been troubled by long-running, divisive sectarian politics. Many of India's founders, who gave the country its secular identity, hailed from the heartland, but so too did those who have spread religious discord. And the land of Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb routinely witnesses lynching and murder in the name of religion. The Hindi Heartland: A Study (Aleph Book Company, 2025) is divided into five sections. Section I explores the geography of the region, which stretches from Rajasthan in the west to Jharkhand in the east with Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh in between. The author then looks at caste, religion, the rural-urban divide, and the tribes who belong to the region. In the chapter on the economy, she attempts to show how the economic backwardness of the Hindi belt has come about through faulty and myopic post- Independence policies conceived by various governments-these have come in the way of sustained and inclusive development. The chapter on language chronicles both the emergence of Hindi as the primary lingua franca of this region at the cost of other languages, as well as the politics that linked language with religion. The last chapter in this section explores the influence of the heartland on what is today popularly understood to be Indian culture. Section II looks at the medieval and modern history of the region and covers the emergence of the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughals, the Marathas, and the East India Company. Section III examines British colonialism through the lens of empire building, and shows how the imperialists distorted history to facilitate their divide and rule policy. It also dwells on the deliberate economic impoverishment of the Hindi belt and how this continues to impact the region even after Independence. Section IV analyses the freedom struggle-and covers among other things the emergence of the idea of India and the increasing Hinduization of that idea. It establishes the Hindi belt's criticality to Gandhi's satyagraha, and the success of the British Indian government's experiments with strategies that divided communities, which eventually led to the partition of the country. Section V appraises developments in the region after Independence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions

The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

Yogi's Bumper Entry into Bihar | Contempt On CJI Shoe Incident | Bihar Election | Anupam Mishra

•⁠ ⁠ஆணவப் படுகொலைகளை தடுக்க நடவடிக்கை - பேரவையில் முக்கிய அறிவிப்பை வெளியிட்ட முதலமைச்சர் மு.க.ஸ்டாலின்•⁠ ⁠"தமிழ்நாட்டுக்கு ரூ.2.85 லட்சம் கோடி.. உத்தர பிரதேசத்திற்கு மட்டும் ரூ.10.6 லட்சம் கோடி" - தங்கம் தென்னரசு?•⁠ ⁠இருமல் மருந்து விவகாரம் - சட்டப்பேரவையில் கொண்டுவரப்பட்ட கவன ஈர்ப்புத் தீர்மானத்தில் அமைச்சர் மா.சுப்பிரமணியன் விளக்கம்•⁠ ⁠'கேள்வியே கேட்கக் கூடாதா?' - வேல்முருகன் VS துரைமுருகன்; களேபரமான சட்டமன்றம்! •⁠ ⁠அ.தி.மு.க.வின் 54-வது ஆண்டுத் தொடக்க விழா கொண்டாட்டத்தில் இருந்த அ.தி.மு.க உறுப்பினர்களால் தனிமரமாக இருந்த ஓ.பி.எஸ்..!•⁠ ⁠கரூர்: "மாற்றி மாற்றி பேசும் மா.சு, ரகுபதி; உடற்கூராய்வு கணக்கில் ஏன் குழப்பம்?'' -அண்ணாமலை கேள்வி •⁠ ⁠சிபிஐ அதிகாரிகளிடம் ஆவணங்களை ஒப்படைத்த SIT•⁠ ⁠சென்னை கிளாம்பாக்கம் பேருந்து முனையத்தில் அமைச்சர் சிவசங்கர் ஆய்வு.•⁠ ⁠Gujarat: முதல்வரைத் தவிர அனைத்து அமைச்சர்களும் ராஜினாமா! - என்ன நடக்கிறது குஜராத் அரசில்?•⁠ ⁠2030-ம் ஆண்டு காமன்வெல்த் போட்டிகளை நடத்துவதற்கான உரிமையை இந்தியா பெற்றுள்ளதா? •⁠ ⁠'பெண்களை துன்புறுத்தினால் எமராஜாவிடம் அனுப்புவோம்'- உ.பி., முதல்வர் யோகி ஆதித்யநாத் எச்சரிக்கை•⁠ ⁠பீகார் தேர்தலுக்கான வேட்பாளர் பட்டியலை வெளியிட்டது காங்கிரஸ் கட்சி•⁠ ⁠கர்நாடக அரசு நடத்தும் சாதிவாரி சர்வேயில் விபரங்களை அளிக்க நாராயண மூர்த்தி தம்பதி மறுப்பு.•⁠ ⁠ட்ரம்ப் - புதின் தொலைபேசியில் பேச்சுவார்த்தை; அடுத்து, ரஷ்யா - உக்ரைன் போரை நிறுத்துவாரா ட்ரம்ப்?

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The headlines of the day by The Indian Express

It is election season in Bihar. While the Opposition often speaks about the lack of development and industrialisation in the State, in its campaigns, the National Democratic Alliance, which is in power, argues that a change of government will bring back the ‘Jungle Raj' of the earlier decade. What makes Bihar one of India's most underdeveloped States? Is landlockedness a reason for its underdevelopment, as some argue? Here we discuss the question. Guests: R. Nagaraj, Economist and retired professor from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai; Manindra Nath Thakur, Professor , Centre for Political Studies, JNU, Delhi Host: Saptaparno Ghosh Edited and produced by Jude Weston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First, we talk to The Indian Express' Deeptiman Tiwary about the seat sharing arrangement within the National Democratic Alliance for the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections. He shares the number of seats that each party has gotten and the significance that it holds.Next, we talk to The Indian Express' Anonna Dutt about the Karnataka state cabinet approving the Karnataka Menstrual Leave Policy 2025, which allows one day of paid leave each month for women working in all government offices, as well as industries like IT and textiles. She shares why this decision matters and the concerns regarding it. (17:56)Lastly, we talk about Google announcing its biggest ever investment in India: A 15 billion dollar plan to build an artificial intelligence data centre in Andhra Pradesh over the next five years. (25:48)Hosted by Niharika NandaProduced by Niharika Nanda and Shashank BhargavaEdited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

Tejashwi Yadav promises to create 2.5 crore government jobs in 20 months and Nitish Kumar is ready to give at least one lakh crore to women in six months. How ‘revdi' politics is reaching a new level in Bihar, ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh analyses in this episode of #PoliticallyCorrect. ----more----  

The headlines of the day The Indian Express

Ajeet Bharti, Anil Mishra, Anupam vs BJP IT Cell | Deepika Padukone | Bihar List Out | Harsh Kumar

BJP Losing Bihar? | Lalu Going Back to Jail in IRCTC Scam? | Yogi X-factor | VN Bhatt, Sanjay Dixit

India's playing catch up in AI & green tech. It would gain more by focusing on manufacturing to fix the job crisis.----more---- https://theprint.in/opinion/tejaswi-yadav-govt-job-promise-bihar-india-unemployment/2762674/

Where is Rahul Baba | CJI Shoe | NDA to Win 150+ in Bihar Election | Bhau Torsekar, Omkar Chaudhary

NDA Ahead in Bihar | Mayawati Rally Scares Akhilesh | Yogi @Bareilly | Baba Ramdas, AwanishSharma

First, we talk to The Indian Express' Sweety Kumari about the devastation that has happened in West Bengal due to heavy rains. Sweety shares details of how the situation unfolded, the impact the rains have had and the rescue operations. Next, we talk to The Indian Express' Sujit Bisoyi about the communal unrest in Odisha's Cuttack where violence broke out while a procession was happening for the immersion of Goddess Durga's idols to mark the end of Durga Puja. (10:46)Lastly, we talk about the promise made by RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav as the Bihar elections approach. (20:04)Hosted by Niharika NandaProduced by Niharika Nanda, Ichha Sharma and Shashank BhargavaEdited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

What is the schedule for Bihar Assembly Elections?

Big Bihar Elections Surprise by ECI | Brutal Yogi Adityanath on Muslims | Omkar C, Dhirendra P

ECI Masterstroke - Bihar Elections Will Have Full Burqa Checking - 100% Webcast No Rigging

As Bihar elections schedule is announced, watch #WritingsOnTheWall by ThePrint Editor-In-Chief Shekhar Gupta from his travels in the state in 2015. He tells the story of the changing aspirations beyond mere caste, identity, 'Bijli-sadak-pani' to education.   Link to the 2015 Writings on the Wall: https://theprint.in/opinion/writings-on-the-wall/stirrings-in-a-hopeless-land/472370/

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An 18-year-old entrepreneur who has helped more than twenty thousand teenagers get skills, training and mentoring has been recognised with a global student prize. Adarsh Kumar grew up in poverty in rural Bihar and says he was inspired by wanting to solve the problems he saw around him - and the example set by his hardworking single mother. He plans to use the ten thousand dollar prize to help improve the lives of even more people - and believes the first step in changing the world is to change his home state. Also: we find out how teenagers who've been struggling with school attendance are learning important life lessons - from three year olds. The scheme pairs them with a nursery child to give them a sense of responsibility and helping others. We celebrate the winner of Fat Bear Week in Alaska - which saw tens of thousands of people around the world vote for the brown bear who'd done best at gorging on salmon and berries to prepare for winter. How new technology is helping Premier League football fans with sight problems, the jollof rice wars heat up with a record breaking dish in Nigeria, and the people spreading joy over the internet through memes. Plus an inspirational speech from a 12-year-old who wants to improve understanding about autism. Leo Bird says he's not broken, just different, and that's why his friends love him. Our weekly collection of inspiring, uplifting and happy news from around the world.Presenter: Jannat Jalil. Music composed by Iona Hampson