It is estimated that there are over 200,000 Indians suffering from end-stage kidney failure, and a similar number of people suffering from liver and heart failure.  The only viable solution to their predicament is organ transplantation.

MOHAN Foundation, a non-profit NGO based in Chennai, India, aims to raise awareness and promote deceased organ donation and transplantation, write Lalitha Raghuram and Amala Akkiraju.

Modi’s leadership is linked to good clean governance and rapid economic progress of Gujarat. During his tenure Gujarat turned into overall power surplus state, even as others grapple with acute electricity deficits. Modi was chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014, winning three assembly elections.  It is hoped he will translate his regional success to the national level. Indian businesses see good prospects under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, known to be decisive administrator, pro-industry, micro manager and tough taskmaster, writes Siddharth Srivastava.

Identifying the phenomenon of hoarding and unchecked rise in prices of fuel and power as reasons for the spiraling food inflation, the new Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, has directed all Indian states to put effective steps in place to prevent speculative hoarding, writes Priyanka Bhardwaj.

The astounding mandate secured by Narendra Modi has led scholars and commentators alike to focus on what more the U.S. can do to win India’s favor. Commentators seem sold on Modi’s campaign slogan that “the good days are coming.” Getting on the right side of the new Prime Minister’s expected economic and fiscal turn is considered a chief priority for most governments, and especially the U.S., which banned Modi from entering its borders, opines Rudra Chaudhuri.

Five Bay Area students won the United States Congressional Student App Challenge presented by Silicon Valley’s 17th Congressional district Congressman Michael Honda. Aarti Panda, Ruchit Majmudar, Sam Sze, Vincent Ding and Keshav Rao developed an extensive app and a wearable device used to solve a problem they saw people struggle with everyday, writes Daniel Tu.

Let us spend a few leisurely hours schlepping on acres of cool, green grass, admiring exotic and, now and then, a spectacular beauty we would love to touch, but that would be a very huge no-no. In addition, while we absorb this panorama of loveliness, the worries of the mortgage, a meeting with the boss on Monday, the little woman’s Botox appointment slip silently off our back and we are at peace with the world, writes our travel editor Al Auger.