Health & Sanitation

The COVID-19 vaccine is on top of everyone’s minds right now, including those operating in the domain of corporate social responsibility. Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has asked the Indian government to allow corporates to utilise CSR funds to inoculate employees in their own organisations. Other industrialists are cheering Mazumdar-Shaw for making the request, while...

DBS Foundation announced that it has awarded close to SGD 1.4 million (Rs. 7.71 Cr) in grant funding to 13 social enterprises (SEs) across Asia in the 2020 cycle of its flagship DBS Foundation Social Enterprise Grant Programme. The grant recipients are from DBS' six key markets: India, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan. The...

Thanks to the technological advancement, customers can buy anything online – from products to services. Today, the insurance industry has upgraded to online services, simplifying both insurers and policyholders' work. Believe it or not, when it comes to buying insurance online, people step back due to various risk factors and doubts. So here comes a...

In its efforts to provide quality healthcare to the economically and socially deprived sections of society, PNB Housing Finance donated a mobile medical unit (MMU) to NGO Adharshila based in New Delhi. The MMU will visit construction sites, labour colonies and urban slums to provide health checkups and referrals, thereby ensuring the welfare of construction...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic across India, HCL Foundation (HCLF) has come forward with its partner to support the wellbeing of people. The organization’s CSR support is aimed at complementing the State’s efforts to increase and enhance the healthcare facilities for elderly people. The Mobile Healthcare Unit (MHU) initiative was inaugurated at HCL Lucknow...

The second phase of the source segregation programme - Alag Karo 2.0, was launched in Gurugram earlier this week. With the support of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), Tetra Pak India along with Coca-Cola India and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, have once again joined hands with SAAHAS (a non profit...

Scotland has passed the landmark legislation recently which would ensure availability of period products such as pads and tampons for free to anyone who needs it. The legislation made Scotland the first country in the world to make menstrual hygiene-related products free. The legislation, known as ‘Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill’, requires local authorities...

JanaJal Water on Wheels (WOW), an IoT-based, three-wheeled electric vehicle, has been recommended by the Ministry of Jal Shakti to State governments and Union Territories as one of the five innovative field-level solutions that can help deliver the $50 billion National Jal Jeevan Mission drinking water programme to the masses. The five technologies – three...

The De Beers Group is the world's leading diamond company, with unrivalled expertise in the exploration, mining and marketing of rough diamonds since 1888. As the world's largest producer and distributor of diamonds, and in partnership with the countries where they operate, the De Beers Group considers it their responsibility to protect the natural world...

The thing about emergencies is that they come uninvited. The best thing that you can do is stay prepared at all times, both mentally as well as financially. No one ever saw a global pandemic like Covid-19 coming, which would drastically impact the economy worldwide. Unforeseen emergencies like this can drain all your savings. Today,...

The COVID-19 vaccine has received approval for administration in various places in the world. As India awaits the vaccine to enter its markets, the democratically elected legislators of the country are contemplating on the best possible plan of action for delivering the vaccine to masses. In a virtual meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...

Rise Against Hunger India (RAHI) is a hunger relief organization that distributes food and life-changing aid to the most vulnerable. On International Volunteer Day, December 5, RAHI honoured over 45,000 volunteers aka Hunger Champions who have participated in meal packaging events for people in crisis. Rise Against Hunger India has a meal packaging programme which...