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Happy 91st birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Born in Taktser, China, and named at a young age to be the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, he also became a spiritual guide for non-Buddhists—especially as the author of several best-selling books on happiness. He is also the subject
Good News Network · Jul 6, 2026
The surprise was waiting at the wedding reception. Max Creamer and Jordan Rosenberg met at a Halloween party about ten years ago when they were in college at San Diego State University. They got engaged on a California beach and were married this past May. At the reception, Jorda
Good News Network · Jul 5, 2026
This week's good news comes with mud on its hands and sun in its eyes. There is a school in Sikkim that takes three hours of off-road travel and 100 steps to reach, with 18 students and a teacher who goes door to door so none of them miss out. There is one in Manipur where childr
The Better India · Jul 4, 2026
More insights into Classical literature have been recovered from the burned papyrus scrolls destroyed in the same eruption that buried Pompeii. They include ruminations on Stoic philosophy by an unknown author, and the title “Book 8” from a work called On Gods, by the Greek philo
Good News Network · Jul 3, 2026
The Better India · Jul 2, 2026
It was 7 years ago that the heavy wooden doors of transport crates slid open, and 12 European bison who had grown up in zoos suddenly were looking around, blinking at an unfamiliar wild landscape. They were standing on the slopes of Shahdagh, or the King’s Mountain, northern Azer
Good News Network · Jul 1, 2026
123 years ago today, the starting pistol rang out for the first Tour de France, the most prestigious cycling competition today. Set up and sponsored by the newspaper L’Auto, ancestor of the current daily, L’Équipe, it ran from the 1st to 19th of July in six stages over 2,428 km (
Good News Network · Jul 1, 2026
Without millions in funding, Avichal Ojha built a movement from the ground up. Today, his vast green inventory travels across the city in Tata Ace Gold trucks, bringing life to urban spaces while creating stable livelihoods for local vendors. It's a powerful reminder that meaning
The Better India · Jun 30, 2026
On this day 71 years ago, The Johnny Carson Show debuted on CBS television. The prime-time variety show was a traditional potpourri of monologue, comedy, music, dance, and skits. The series was short-lived, but planted the seeds for sketches he would later perform on The Tonight
Good News Network · Jun 30, 2026
For years, Sunita quietly created beautiful crochet art, sharing her work with the world through a small page that received very little attention. After she passed away, her husband began posting her creations again and this time, thousands of people finally discovered the talent
The Better India · Jun 30, 2026
Getting to Pentong village in Sikkim’s Dzongu region is an adventure in itself. The journey involves nearly three hours of off-road travel, crossing a river and climbing more than 100 steps. There is no mobile network here, and even bringing in food and other essential supplies i
The Better India · Jun 30, 2026
Periods are natural. Talking about them shouldn't be controversial. #forceforgoodheroes #forceforgood #adityabirlagroup In partnership with @adityabirlagroup Music Credits - Believe by Vocalista
The Better India · Jun 29, 2026
Atharv Chaturvedi cleared NEET twice, scoring 530 marks each time. But despite qualifying, he was denied an MBBS seat under the EWS quota. 💙 Most people would have accepted defeat. Instead, the 19-year-old chose a different path. He studied the law, represented himself before th
The Better India · Jun 29, 2026
A 48-year-old woman who won a million in the lottery immediately gave her neighbors a gift of five thousand, so they can travel on their first family vacation abroad. Honorata Jamrozik scooped up the life-changing tax-free prize in the UK Omaze Monthly Millionaire Draw—and her fi
Good News Network · Jun 28, 2026
Thrown out by her own family for being transgender, Nakshatra R Gola knew exactly what it felt like to be abandoned. Instead of letting that pain define her, she chose to transform it into compassion. ❤️ Today, through Nammane Summane in Bengaluru, she is lovingly called "Amma" b
The Better India · Jun 28, 2026
After a year-long fight with injury, Jyothi Yarraji has made a powerful return to the track and secured her place at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya with a stunning performance at the Inter-State Athletics Championships. 🏃♀️✨ From humble beginnings in Andhra Pradesh to becoming
The Better India · Jun 26, 2026
70 years ago today, the renegade travel host and chef Anthony Bourdain, was born. With his food and culture show, No Reservations, and the groundbreaking book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, he became known as “the culinary bad boy”. The pair catapul
Good News Network · Jun 25, 2026
It was a rare snowy day in southcentral China’s Changsha—a city of ancient innovation—when flatbeds loaded with steel arrived at a building site. On January 7th, 2024, workers began to arrange stainless steel modules on the empty site. Standing in its place just 5 days later was
Good News Network · Jun 24, 2026
When Imtiaz Ali failed Class 9, he was so afraid of being judged that he walked all the way to the school gate and turned back home—for two days straight. 💔 But that setback became the turning point of his life. Instead of memorising lessons, he learned to truly understand them.
The Better India · Jun 24, 2026
A Minnesota artist who wanted to do more to help her peers built and installed a “Mini Art Vending Machine” at a local book store. Head inside Inkwell Booksellers at 426 E. Hennepin in Minneapolis, put 4 quarters in and turn the wheel, and a little envelope will fall down contain
Good News Network · Jun 24, 2026
125 years ago today, the shoe salesman Chuck Taylor was born in Indiana. While playing basketball in high school, Taylor began wearing the Converse All-Star shoe introduced way back in 1917. He became such a fan that he approached the company for a job, and traveled across Americ
Good News Network · Jun 24, 2026
During the Covid lockdown, while distributing food and water, Javed Shaikh noticed something he couldn’t ignore. #ForceForGoodHeroes, an extraordinary series on India’s unsung heroes that will inspire you to believe in the power of change. #forceforgood #adityabirlagroup In partn
The Better India · Jun 23, 2026
76 years ago today, Walt Disney Productions released Lady and the Tramp, then advertised as Disney’s “happiest motion picture yet.” The film follows Lady, the pampered cocker spaniel, as she grows from puppy to adult, deals with changes in her family, and meets and falls in love
Good News Network · Jun 22, 2026
In Telangana's Khammam district, many children learn to use a bow and arrow long before they ever see an archery range. For generations, the bow has been part of everyday life for the Koya and Gond communities, used for hunting, protection and survival in the forest. Today, that
The Better India · Jun 22, 2026
When Nishant Chaturvedi lost his corporate job, life took an unexpected turn. As his wife Vibhuti stepped into a demanding leadership role, Nishant became the primary caregiver for their 6-year-old son, Shiven. ❤️ People questioned his choice, asking why he was doing a "mother's
The Better India · Jun 21, 2026
Episode Description: Tala and Farah Mousa received thousands of messages after they won the Earth Prize. “You gave us hope we had completely lost,” people wrote. “You showed us we can be seen.” They were sheltering in a tent when those messages came in. This episode is about what
The Optimist Daily · Jun 19, 2026
The Better India · Jun 19, 2026
This story originally appeared on The 19th and GBH News Rooted in Boston. On a sunny morning in June, about two dozen people walk the land of Soul Fire Farm in Rensselaer County in Upstate New York, during a tour. They are participants in a week-long immersion program that includ
Reasons to be Cheerful · Jun 19, 2026
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There’s a particular kind of law that changes nothing overnight. The classrooms look the same the morning after it passes. The teachers haven’t changed. The children getting on buses are the same children who got on buses yesterday. But someth
The Optimist Daily · Jun 19, 2026
The Better India · Jun 18, 2026
After a Welsh council rejected plans to dig for 85,000 tons of coal, the UK has no outstanding proposals for coal mining anywhere in the country. Carmarthenshire council turned down the second application for expanding the open-pit Glan Lash mine near Llandybie in Wales, citing i
Good News Network · Jun 18, 2026
With this year’s theme exploring identity and unity, Students Rebuild is showing young people how creativity can connect classrooms to communities around the world The post How student art is helping fund change appeared first on Positive News.
Positive News · Jun 18, 2026
The Better India · Jun 18, 2026
Once, Uddeysha Sachan was the child who was asked to leave school because his family couldn't afford the fees. Today, that painful experience has become the foundation of a powerful mission. Through Gurukulam – School of Happiness, he is providing free education, support, and opp
The Better India · Jun 18, 2026
She’s just 4 inches tall, but her story stretches back more than 4,500 years. ✨ The iconic Dancing Girl of Mohenjo-daro, one of the most celebrated artifacts of the Indus Valley Civilization, wasn't just a remarkable sculpture—it was created using the lost-wax casting technique,
The Better India · Jun 17, 2026
The simple act of cleaning up after yourself. It’s the sign of a good house guest or well-raised children, but what about when “yourself” is thousands of screaming sports fans, and “cleaning up” is half of a soccer stadium? Well then it’s a sign of something much deeper—plain to
Good News Network · Jun 17, 2026
Artists boost the economy and enrich society, yet many struggle to make ends meet. Enter Ireland's basic income scheme The post Ireland is now paying artists a basic income. Will the idea catch on? appeared first on Positive News.
Positive News · Jun 17, 2026
“Even if your uncle is the President, the challan will be issued.” That sentence from IPS officer Anu Beniwal went viral after a traffic check drive in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. Her team had stopped a vehicle that was breaking the rules. It had no number plate, and the windows w
The Better India · Jun 17, 2026
From the outside, Demain looks like any other bakery in Paris. The bright blue storefront, featuring huge glass vitrines, frames a bready feast for the eyes. Behind it lie glorious piles of almond croissants, pistachio pastries, lemon meringue tarts, pecan-speckled brownies and s
Reasons to be Cheerful · Jun 16, 2026
When Ram Raika and Rahul Singh first met children living on the streets, they realised many weren’t being left behind because they lacked potential. They simply lacked support. #ForceForGoodHeroes, an extraordinary series on India’s unsung heroes that will inspire you to believe
The Better India · Jun 16, 2026
Imagine you’re 6 years old, it wouldn’t get much better than finding a dinosaur bone or a sword—and that’s exactly when young Henrik turned up on a school field trip. If there were teachers close at hand, they may have told Henrik not to touch the “rusty piece of metal” he saw st
Good News Network · Jun 15, 2026
From being part of the problem to being part of the solution, a reformed litterer and fisherman now spends his days diving to the bottom of Canada’s harbors on trash clearing missions. Sean Bath used to seek the coveted spiny sea urchin: now it’s often car tires that come loose f
Good News Network · Jun 15, 2026
On this day 811 years ago, England’s King John put his seal to the Magna Carta. The historic document established the foundations of parliamentary democracy, human rights and the supremacy of law for rebellious English Barons demanding freedom and legal due process. Its importanc
Good News Network · Jun 15, 2026
At the end of a long day, a metal detector enthusiast in England unearthed a 16th-century ring with eight diamonds. Stuart Jones uncovered the stunning “once in a lifetime find” in the village of Wormington, Gloucestershire. “When I recovered the ring, I was absolutely overwhelme
Good News Network · Jun 12, 2026
‘There’s something radical about seeing people reclaim play later in life,’ say those behind an over-50s circus The post In pictures: the circus artists rewriting the rules of ageing appeared first on Positive News.
Positive News · Jun 12, 2026
Few things in India unite all of us. The smell of chai on a rainy day. The excitement of finding money in an old pair of jeans. And that tiny symbol we see every single day — ₹. It appears on salary slips, grocery bills, shopping apps, train tickets, and bank statements. We use i
The Better India · Jun 12, 2026
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The strategy is fine. The team is capable. But at the end of the quarter, the needle hasn’t moved. Julie Turpin, Chief People Officer at Brown & Brown, says this pattern almost always traces back to the same thing: habits. “Results that stick
The Optimist Daily · Jun 12, 2026
Every Indian family has owned a Titan watch. ⌚ But very few know about the small town that helped make it possible. Nestled in Tamil Nadu, Hosur became the heart of India’s watchmaking revolution at a time when quality timepieces were expensive and global brands dominated the mar
The Better India · Jun 11, 2026
An English inventor has partnered with home appliance giant Bosch to produce a laundry machine filter for artificial microfibers, the world’s most significant source of microplastic pollution. You’ve got to be a bit eco-conscious to fork over the $250 or so to buy the food-proces
Good News Network · Jun 11, 2026
For many children, education is more than a classroom lesson — it is a chance to dream beyond their circumstances. It is often the one door that can open countless others. But for millions, quality education remains out of reach, limited by geography, opportunity, or affordabilit
The Better India · Jun 11, 2026
40 years ago today, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off hit the big screen. The hit comedy directed by John Hughes tells the epic tale of teenagers skipping school. Starring Matthew Broderick as the mischievous Ferris, the story follows him, his girlfriend, and best friend Cameron, as they
Good News Network · Jun 11, 2026
When no one believed an Indian animated film could succeed, Vaibhav Kumaresh chose to believe anyway. ❤️ For more than a decade, he kept an ambitious vision alive, funding it through his own studio’s work and refusing to let doubt define what Indian animation could achieve. Inspi
The Better India · Jun 11, 2026
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There is a small mobile cart somewhere in the Netherlands right now, and if you bring it a handful of cigarette butts, it will give you poffertjes. Those are Dutch mini pancakes, in case you were wondering, and yes, the exchange is real. Waste
The Optimist Daily · Jun 11, 2026
“They said his life had no future.” Born with Cerebral Palsy, Anurag Rawat was forced to leave school after Class 8, and his dream of joining the Army like his father seemed impossible. But instead of accepting those limitations, he chose to rewrite his story. ❤️ Today, he has co
The Better India · Jun 10, 2026
After a serious crash on a rural, British Columbia highway, a woman and her husband had to search for days to find their missing dog Daisy. Along the way, they experienced just about every kind of help imaginable until 96 hours after their crash, they were reunited with their Aus
Good News Network · Jun 9, 2026
A 2-stage trial testing a new and acclaimed HIV-prevention drug has shown almost unthinkable results of no new infections among a sample size of 3,200 participants. Called PURPOSE 1, the aim of the first trial was testing a subcutaneous injection of the drug Lenacapavir given twi
Good News Network · Jun 9, 2026
A UK festival is swapping big-name acts for beach cleans, wildlife walks and community-led events that ‘nourish the soul’ The post At this grassroots festival, nature is the headline act appeared first on Positive News.
Positive News · Jun 9, 2026
An Isle of Wight festival is swapping big-name headliners for beach cleans and community-led events The post The island festival putting nature before acts appeared first on Positive News.
Positive News · Jun 9, 2026
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There is something disquieting about the idea that a law governing slavery could still exist on the books in 2026. Not as an enforced law. Not as a policy. Just sitting there, formally unrepealed, in the archive of French legal history. That w
The Optimist Daily · Jun 9, 2026
It was a case of better late than never for the Guardian: editors issued something of a correction 98 years after the paper reported the UK’s oldest prehistoric art was actually a natural phenomenon. On October, 1912, red streaks discovered on a wall in Bacon Cave near Mumbles, W
Good News Network · Jun 8, 2026
What if your biggest business opportunity was hidden in your mother’s recipe book? 💛🍽️ Meet Ganesh Sathe and Sapna Sathe from Thane, the siblings behind The Benne. Starting with just an old cart and their mother’s simple benne dosa recipe, they faced daily losses of nearly ₹200
The Better India · Jun 8, 2026
For a planet to be habitable, it’s generally considered to need liquid water. To have liquid water, a planet needs an atmosphere. To have an atmosphere, it’s understood a world needs a magnetosphere, and for the first time ever, a team of astronomers has found the strongest evide
Good News Network · Jun 8, 2026
There are a handful of things an international cricketer cannot control when she walks out onto a Test match pitch: the weather, the pitch conditions, the umpire’s line of sight, and her menstrual cycle. India’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana recently decided to talk about the last
The Better India · Jun 8, 2026
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Picture two parents, both devoted. Both called every Sunday. Both showed up for birthdays, sent money when things got hard, and made every visible effort. One of them has an adult child who calls with the hard stuff: the job that fell apart, t
The Optimist Daily · Jun 8, 2026
What happens after 60 if you choose a start line instead of slowing down? Across India, senior citizens are taking up sport, returning to forgotten athletic dreams, and turning recovery, retirement and routine into medals, miles and mountain summits. This week’s good-news wrap br
The Better India · Jun 7, 2026
Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. H
Good News Network · Jun 6, 2026
Welcome back to The Spark, our monthly celebration of how people just like you are creating positive change, one meaningful step at a time. The Spark is generously supported by Laura Rice. Sign up to Reasons to be Cheerful’s weekly newsletter here and you’ll get The Spark in your
Reasons to be Cheerful · Jun 5, 2026
As trust in democracy declines, a project putting pupils’ voices at the heart of school life is proving its worth The post The schools giving children a say in how they are run appeared first on Positive News.
Positive News · Jun 3, 2026
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Something happens when you follow a physical book with its audiobook running in your ears at the same time. The distractions fall away, and you’re inside the story. The technique has a name now: immersive reading. TikTok’s own data shows it sp
The Optimist Daily · Jun 2, 2026
Above the entrance of a high school in Renningen, Germany, a promise is written in large letters: School without Racism – School with Courage. Inside, that promise is tested. On a cold day in January, 10th- and 11th-grade students spend hours moving through workshops on racism, b
Reasons to be Cheerful · May 28, 2026