Health & Sanitation

The Akhil Bhartiya Gramin Uthan Samiti (ABGUS) is a voluntary civil society organization working in various areas of social welfare. ABGUS, with CSR support of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has inaugurated a Water Management Project in village Dhingi of block Nabha in district Patiala, Punjab. This wastewater management project was aimed to recycle the wastewater...

ELGi Compressors Europe, a subsidiary of Elgi Equipments Limited, had the opportunity to support the Italian Red Cross with an urgent compressed air requirement. In line with ELGi’s CSR approach, ELGi Europe responded swiftly and comprehensively with a charitable contribution of an air compressor package for one of Italy’s Red Cross logistic hubs serving...

The pandemic has changed many minds about contemporary allopathic medicine. People across the world are switching to complementary medicine such as Homeopathy, Ayurveda and Unani medicines. Homeopathy has been documented to be effective in global pandemics in the past, including the deadly 1918 Spanish Flu and the Cuban epidemic. Doctors who included homeopathic treatment...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a ‘Tika Utsav’ aka vaccine festival next week. As India struggles through the second deadly wave of COVID-19, Modi asked all the state (and union territories) chief ministers in a virtual meeting to hold a Tika Utsav from April 11-14. This implies that come Sunday, the vaccination...

Being born into poverty puts one at a disadvantage in life. Sickness makes matters worse for the patient as well as the family that is already struggling with making ends meet. Having one sick family member can burden the entire family emotionally, financially and mentally. There are hundreds of government schemes for poverty alleviation...

FMCG direct selling company Amway India celebrated World Health Day with a national webinar on building a better tomorrow with a focus on nutrition in children. Organized in association with its NGO partner SRF Foundation, the virtual platform brought together policy experts, subject-matter experts, and industry leaders to discuss current challenges and opportunities in...

Just buying a term insurance plan is not enough. You should have a clear understanding of the same and what all it covers. You can go for an online term plan to provide financial coverage to your family and avoid a financial crunch in your absence. Though, when you buy a term plan with...

Philanthropist and serial entrepreneur Ashok Soota announced the creation of SKAN, probably India’s first not-for-profit entity in the private sector, exclusively for medical research. Soota also announced funds commitment of Rs. 200 Crores for SKAN. Out of this, Rs. 100 crores is earmarked for partners such as St John’s, Centre for Brain Research (CBR), IIT-Roorkee,...

Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijaybhai R. Rupani inaugurated the Nirali Cancer Hospital at the ‘A.M. Naik Healthcare Complex’, Navsari. Equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, the hospital offers comprehensive and affordable cancer care, and will augment and upgrade the services available in the entire region. The hospital has been founded in his personal capacity by philanthropist, Padma...

Rapido, India’s largest bike taxi platform, pledged support to the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive through its #RideToVaccinate initiative. The country’s third largest ride-sharing player will provide free Rapido Auto rides to and from COVID-19 vaccination centres for Delhi NCR citizens. The initiative is aimed at providing a safe and accessible commute option to senior...

India has announced to gift 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the UN peacekeeper forces for free. The announcement was made by the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar while addressing the UN Security Council meeting on COVID-19. "Keeping in mind the UN Peacekeepers who operate in such difficult circumstances, we would like to announce today...

SBI General Insurance extends their support to the COVID-19 vaccination drive under their CSR initiative. Through this programme, SBI General will cover the cost of two shots of COVID-19 vaccination, for low-income groups in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.  Starting today, this CSR initiative will provide free COVID-19 vaccination to more than 37,000 beneficiaries covering senior...