Health & Sanitation

In a move aimed at supporting frontline healthcare workers and doctors during Covid19 times, Vedanta Limited, one of the world’s leading Oil & Gas and Metals company has enabled mass production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) in Gurugram. The Company has imported 23 PPE machines recently in collaboration with the Ministry of Textiles, and...

In an endeavour to support millions of migrant families during the COVID-19 outbreak, Responsenet, a CSR implementation organization, launches ‘SwachhGiri’ and ‘SwachhLabs’ initiative to provide solutions to health and safety problems faced by vulnerable communities. The initiative focuses on generating actionable schemes that can help overcome the problem of water, sanitation and Hygiene (WASH),...

Ayushman Bharat Diwas is being observed across the country today. It’s a significant day because it stands for affordable medical facilities to the hardest-to-reach. What better circumstance to appreciate affordable healthcare and universal health coverage than the current COVID-19 outbreak which has gripped the world? What is Ayushman Bharat? Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya...

SOLV, a B2B digital platform for MSMEs backed by the Standard Chartered Group, announced its partnership with Bangalore-based NGO Akshay Patra Foundation to connect Akshay Patra to a robust network of MSMEs on SOLV’s platform, engaged in supplying essential goods. The partnership will not only ensure the smooth delivery of supplies to the foundation’s...

While the Armed Forces have responded with speed and efficiency to the on-going pandemic, the Chief of Army Staff has assured the nation that this will in no way affect their core duty of protecting the nation from external aggression and defending our borders. In a laudable move, our men in uniform have decided...

The Civil Services Day is celebrated in India every year on April 21st. The day aims at renewing their commitments to public service and excellence in work. It was on this day when Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Home Minister of Independent India, gave an address to the probationers of Administrative Services Officers at...

Children are encouraged to play outdoors for their physical and mental well-being. Socializing is as much important for children as it is for the adults – in many cases, even more. The exposure that children get from dealing with other children and adults plays a major role in their personality. Children, if forced to stay...

The lockdown in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many executives to work from home. Protecting your mental health is of paramount importance in these troubled times. As if the rising death toll wasn't enough to get us worked up, research conducted back in 2017 suggests that people who work remotely put...

The coronavirus global pandemic has brought sharp focus on the shortage of nurses and the health workforce the world over. Contrary to the long-standing notion that it represents a cost to be contained, in 2016 the United Nations High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth published evidence that jobs and employment in health...

In the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the government of India had imposed a 21-day lockdown on 24th March 2020. The lockdown has played a major role in containing the spread of the virus in the country. In fact, according to a study by ICMR, if there were no lockdown, considering the nature of...

कोरोना की जंग में भीलवाड़ा जैसा राजस्थान का एक गुमनाम सा जिला आज पूरे देश के लिए नजीर बन गया, कोरोना को काबू करने के लिए इन दिनों भीलवाड़ा मॉडल की खूब चर्चा हो रही है। कोरोना वायरस के संक्रमण से निपटने में भीलवाड़ा मॉडल काफी सफल रहा है, इस मॉडल को लेकर देशभर में...

Women are blessed with a unique ability, i.e. to give birth. A woman nurtures her child in her womb for nine months, puts her body through a lot of misery in form of sickness, labour pain, and so on; hoping to deliver a healthy baby with safety. However, this does not always go in...