Health & Sanitation

ONGC CMD Shashi Shanker inaugurated the residential building of the Siu-Ka-Pha Multi-specialty Hospital at Rajabari of Sivasagar on February 22. The residential block worth around Rs. 10 crores is a part of the 300-bed multi-specialty hospital project – an ONGC CSR initiative with total financial outlay of Rs. 313 crores. The ground-plus-six floor residential complex...

In order to support next phase of Indian government’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, State Bank of India (SBI) has decided to contribute Rs. 11 crore to the PM CARES Fund. Dinesh Khara, Chairman, SBI said, “It is in times of adversity that the true form of unity is tested, and we all can take pride in...

National Science Day is celebrated in India on February 28 every year to mark Sir C.V. Raman's discovery of the Raman Effect. It was an important discovery in the field of scattering of light for which this brilliant physicist won the Nobel Prize in 1930. His discovery states that when the light traverses through...

Keeping up with its tradition of being humane by extending support, setting examples, and giving hope in the unprecedented time, Allcargo Logistics organised a blood donation drive in Mumbai in collaboration with LTMG Hospital (Sion Hospital). The blood donation drive led by Avashya Foundation, the CSR arm of Allcargo Logistics, held camps in Uran,...

Tata STRIVE and Wipro GE Healthcare yesterday entered into a partnership to skill youth for jobs in the healthcare sector over a period of three years. The agreement aims to skill 6,200 candidates in various technical and operational areas of healthcare. Tata STRIVE is the skill development CSR initiative of the Tata Community Initiatives Trust,...

India has made significant progress in addressing the spread of HIV/AIDS among sex workers. However, the success of these programmes would also lie in sustaining positive behaviours like condom use. Although female condoms are not highly popular in India, brands like Pee Safe are campaigning to make them increasingly acceptable and this distribution drive...

The COVID-19 outbreak in the last year caused a steep fall in the CSR spending of businesses. In fact, as compared to the previous year, there has been a decline of 50 per cent in CSR spending of the companies. This has led many of the causes supported by the CSR funds to suffer....

The year 2021 has begun in the thick of things – the COVID-19 pandemic continues as vaccination programmes roll out, the climate crisis continues while the waste crisis looms over cities like Bengaluru. But this is also a year of hope. People are listening a lot more to science; the vaccines have developed because...

To re-emphasise the importance of wearing masks in the fight against COVID-19, the India Protectors Alliance (IPA), is bringing together Samhita Social Ventures, RBL Bank, Crompton Greaves, IKEA India, Pernod Ricard India Foundation, Kimberly-Clark Professional and other companies and foundations, to initiate India’s first cross-brand mask engagement - #PehnoSahi. The objective of this campaign is...

Marico Limited has been working with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) to further expand the Eat Right Programme in the state of Gujarat. As part of the programme, Marico has undertaken the CSR initiative Eat Right Campus in the Gandhinagar Vidhan Sabha...

In a bid to inculcate right hygiene practices, KAI India has launched a nail hygiene awareness programme for schools and healthcare workers. Under the CSR programme, KAI India distributed more than 20,000 nail clippers in schools and health centres. With the slogan नाखून साफ़, तो स्वस्थ रहे आप (you are healthy if your nails are...

Who hasn't grown up in India without munching on Britannia biscuits? If not Good Day, then Milk Bikis. If not the sweet-and-salty 50-50, then the chocolate-sandwich Bourbon. Grown ups munched on Marie Gold with their evening tea while the health conscious adults picked Nutri Choice. Then there is the whole range of breads, cakes,...