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CSR: Big Data to Improve Agricultural Growth

In agriculture, big data is often viewed as a combination of technology and analytics that can collect and compile novel data and process it in a more useful and timely way to assist decision making. Data mining is the computing process of discovering patterns in large data sets involving methods at the intersection of artificial...

One lakh seed balls planted in Delhi forests

Delhi-NCR region has become highly populated with a fast-shrinking green cover and increasing air pollution. More than 200 followers of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, concerned with the alarming situation, took matters into their own hands. They conducted a massive seed-ball plantation drive, dispersing more than one lakh seed balls in Delhi’s forest areas. People from different...

CSR: ZARA Announces Commitment To Sustainability

The fashion industry is becoming polarized. With more and more consumers seeking sustainability and transparency in fashion, it is becoming very challenging for fashion brands to supply products that are sustainably produced, are fashionable and are also at an affordable price. Responding to the changing trends and several fast-fashion brands such as H&M have committed...

CSR projects raising awareness about saving water

While the entire urban India is in the grip of water scarcity, several cities in the country have been grappling to the extent of living the “Day Zero”, when all taps in the city go dry for a day. According to government reports, 12% of India’s population is already living the 'Day Zero' scenario...

CSR: Delhi School Sensitising Students About Environment

With education being the key to socio-economic development, schools play an integral part in a child’s growth. It is thus very important for a school to impart the right values in students. Understanding their responsibility in upbringing a child, a Delhi school is utilising the platform to address the issues that matter among the children of...

मुंबई की सड़कों पर दौड़ती है ‘वृक्षों की रानी’

सरकारों का मुँह ना निहारते अगर आम इंसान समाज में बदलाव लाने की ठान ले तो सब कुछ संभव है, यही बात लगातार दी सीएसआर जर्नल अपने पाठकों से कहता आ रहा है, दी सीएसआर जर्नल हमेशा से चाहता रहा है कि सिर्फ कॉर्पोरेट ही नहीं, सिर्फ सरकार ही नहीं बल्कि आम जनता अपने...

CSR: Smart Patrolling in Dudhwa Catches 200 Poachers

Conservation of forests and their biodiversity is very important especially after the UN report that said that a million species may be extinct very soon. This makes the jobs of forest officers and guards of great consequence. Forest is not an easy place to live or work in. With various herbivores and carnivores walking in...

CSR: Urgent Need to Combat Desertification

Desertification and land degradation are major threats to agricultural productivity in our country. According to the State of India’s Environment 2017: In figures book by the Centre for Science and Environment, Desertification has increased to 90 per cent of states in India. Out of the total 328.72 MHA of India’s total geographical area, 96.4 million hectares...
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A teenager’s outlook on solar tech in India

How does new technology and what kinds of new technology lend additional efficiency to the solar energy landscape in India are the main aspects of solar energy that are addressed in this column. Why should Solar Energy be employed in India? India is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. With a population...
Road Transport System

CSR: How AI is Transforming The Road Transport Systems

The use of artificial intelligence will be critical to delivering truly autonomous vehicles and seamlessly integrated transport in cities one day. The transformation of it has already started in various cities of the world with AI being used in a host of transport applications, cutting CO2 emissions on the roads. In some of the cities...

How Shangri-La Hotels are going green in India

Located in the greenest part of the city Lutyens’ Delhi, Shangri-La’s – Eros Hotel, New Delhi is the right choice for a ‘Breathe Easy’ stay, with the natural air-purifying plants. Apart from the Electronic Air Filters that remove airborne particles as small as 2.5 microns, there are a variety of air-purifying plants that have been placed...
Mumbai Coastal Road Project

CSR: Environmental Implications of Mumbai Coastal Road Project

The Bombay High Court, on July 16, 2019, quashed the coastal regulation zone clearances granted to Mumbai’s civic body and ordered construction on the proposed $1.7 billion (about Rs 12,000 crore) Mumbai Coastal Road project to stop. The project is one of the most expensive infrastructure development projects, stretching 35.6 kilometres and connecting the entire western coast...

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