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Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata will be honoured by the Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce for promoting innovation that supports sustainability and peace in the region, including with the Palestinians. The chairman emeritus of the Tata group will be honoured with 'Global Visionary of Sustainable Business and Peace' award during the launch of the Federation of Indo-Israel...

Working with communities in rural India has multiple approaches. It gives major learning to both, organizations and communities while implementing sustainable work on the ground. Currently, our large percentage of the rural population is struggling for basics like water, good health and sanitation, their family incomes and chances of getting new livelihood opportunities are meagre. Sustainability...

Oxfam India's 2020 virtual Trailwalker challenge concluded on a triumphant note on 29 November. This fundraiser gave thousands an opportunity to help them and also raise money for Oxfam India’s ongoing COVID-19 relief work, and their #RightsOverProfits campaign. The total amount raised by the walkathon was over Rs. 50 lakh. Two editions spread across five...

IIIT-Delhi hosted the second edition of Digital Delhi Conclave on December 5, 2020. This year, the agenda centred around the theme of ‘sustainable cities and communities’ which is an important sustainable development goal for the national capital. This was the second edition of the institute's annual conclave following the success of the inaugural edition...

Sightsavers India, a global development organisation working in India since 1966 to eliminate avoidable blindness, has launched a film highlighting the plight of people with disabilities during COVID and the intervention by the organisation to support them on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The film focusses on Sightsavers’ three core areas of work...

A new team from Keele University will explore the use of environmental storytelling as a tool to reduce urban air pollution in India. Researchers Dr Pawas Bisht and Dr Eva Giraud, from Keele’s School of Humanities, and Dr Sabina Kidwai from Jamia Millia Islamia, a leading public university based in New Delhi, have been awarded...

Districts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha have scored lowest in the second edition of the India Child Well-Being Report by NGO World Vision India. The ‘India Child Well-being Report 2020’ provides data on various child-centric indicators and analyses them through nine dimensions; namely life, bodily health, bodily integrity, senses, imagination, thoughts, emotions, practical reasons,...

India’s unemployment rate stands at 6.98% as per the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). Some of the reasons attributed to this are lack of access to quality tertiary education and a burgeoning gap in the acquisition of skills. Importance of skill training is considered to be one of the most valuable aspects for...

“My mother was my first teacher of compassion. Those who receive affection from their mothers as children have much greater inner peace in their adult lives,” writes His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the new book Dear Mama – a collection of intimate letters to their mothers - written by billionaires, spiritual gurus, members...

In a world starkly altered by COVID-19, the 2020 Oxfam Trailwalker India, a fundraising walkathon has gone virtual and will be completely different from its past 16 successful editions. Just last year, thousands of Oxfam trail walkers had come together from all across India and around the world, to walk for better education, affordable and...

Pedigree, a brand of MARS Petcare, has introduced a new advertising campaign promoting the health and care of stray dogs. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected strays and #FeedtheStrays conveys the need for right nutrition for dogs without homes or those in shelters. The film opens with a boy trying to sneak out with some food in...

Taking cognizance of the rising issues surrounding mental wellness in the country, Mpower Founder and Chairperson Neerja Birla and Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan have come together to address these concerns. In a freewheeling conversation, which was released on Mpower’s YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram pages, the two leaders touched upon the harsh realities of mental health,...