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A Scandinavian country, deep into the Arctic, is home to one of the happiest peoples in the world. What factors help them stay happier than people in many other developed countries (such as the US / western Europe / Japan)? Why are the children in Finland happier than their peers elsewhere?

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Co-hosts: Nayra (from Mumbai), Ayan and Dakshta (from Delhi)
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In the most recent earthquake in Taiwan, lives were lost and property destroyed. A group of dogs (called search and rescue dogs) came to the attention of many people through their valiant efforts at rescuing people caught under the rubble. This is a story of one such dog called Roger - who was earlier labelled a failure by the country's sniffing dogs group. How he was able to put to use his abundance of energy coupled with his intelligence forms the rest of his life-story.

Search and rescue dogs are highly trained canines that are often the first to reach a natural disaster spot. For example, following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, these canines were amongst the first to be flown in by many countries to help the rescue efforts.

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A teenager from Gujarat came up with a novel solution to provide access to learning content on devices. Rather than rely on the goodwill of NGOs to provide devices and internet, Karthik Joshi, a 12th grader suggested a way by which students could 'pay' for this, without actually having to pay using money, but resources that are easily available to them. Another teenager from Tamil Nadu (Madhumita) has designed a 2-wheeler that can help the deaf drive on Indian roads, more safely.

These are two of the many innovations that have won India's National Innovation Fund awards over the past few years. To read more about these awards given to school children - Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Awards, click here.

Co-hosts: Pranay and Akmal, middle schoolers from Bosco Public School, Delhi

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This episode captures the history of Bengaluru from over a 1000 years ago. Small settlements created fertile pastures in an otherwise arid region. The ingenuity they used to build a series of lakes and tanks is to be much admired. This is all the more evident in the backdrop of how we squandered centuries of efforts and destroyed all of it in less than 50 years. The story of Bengaluru is narrated in three parts
Part 1: How the settlements were formed from 1000 - 1500 AD
Part 2: Formation of modern Bengaluru by Kempe Gowda ~1500 AD
Part 3: British settlement post 1800 till modern times

Pioneers who are restoring lakes in Bengaluru
a) Anand Malligavad - Click here to reach out to him
b) Harsha Tej - Click here to reach out to him
c) Usha Rajagopalan - Click here to read about her pioneering work

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Ever read - the Elves and the Shoemaker? This story is a lot like that, except, in this case, they aren't making shoes. Someone has been turning up every night in the shed of a 75-year old photographer who lives in the UK. This photographer used to leave his work shed in a state of chaos at the end of each day. But the next morning, he would find them spick and span. The contents strewn around would be collected and neatly kept inside a box. Curious to find out who this friendly elf was, he installed a night camera.

Listen to the full episode to find out who was doing this daily, and more importantly why!

Co-host: Fourth Grader Devansh Bhojnagarwala from Kolkata, India

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The Pench tiger reserve in India has received a special certification. It is the first of its kind for a wildlife park in India to received this, although wildlife parks / national parks in other parts of the world have received this certification. This is related to the skies above Pench. What are we talking about? Listen to the full episode to find out more.

Co-Host: Rishi Chaudhuri, 10-yr old from Mumbai, India

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