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The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are setting a new standard, not only in the athletic excellence but also in environmental conservation. At the opening ceremony of the coveted sports event, leaders from across the world and members of the sports community launched the Sports for Nature (S4N) initiative, aimed at making sports events more...

Support has started pouring in for Kerala as the death toll has crossed 276. The Army has rescued around 1,000 people and over 220 people are still missing on day 3 of the rescue operations. Politicians, industrialists, corporate sector, celebrities and others have stepped forward in response to the devastating flash floods and landslides...

As the profitability grew, the state of Gujarat received the second largest share of CSR funds in India after Maharashtra in FY 2023, according to National CSR Portal. The state received a hike of 25 per cent in CSR funds as compared to the previous financial year. In FY2022-23, Gujarat received CSR funds amounting to...

Amid the landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad, which has claimed 158 lives so far, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has appealed to the corporate sector to make Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) contributions which will be used to support relief efforts in Kerala. The CM seeks financial support, logistics for relief operations, and supplies, including non-perishable food...

A new report has revealed that only 5 per cent of the annual electricity consumption of top 33 Indian companies is sourced from renewable energy. The report by think tank Climate Risk Horizons (CRH) titled "Slow to Switch," assessed companies across seven industries, including heavy energy consumers such as cement, steel, aluminium, textiles, and fertilisers,...

As per the Annual Report on ‘Road Accidents in India-2022’ published by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, a total of 4,61,312 road accidents have been reported by Indian states and Union Territories during the calendar year 2022, which claimed 1,68,491 lives and caused injuries to 4,43,366 persons. This marks an increase of...

A total of 24392 companies have spent Rs. 29986.92 on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in India in the Financial Year 2022-23, according to the National CSR Portal. National CSR Portal is an initiative by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, aimed at establishing a platform for disseminating CSR related data and information...

As the world celebrates International Tiger Day on the 29th of July 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has highlighted how indigenous communities residing in areas closer to forests contribute to Tiger Conservation in India. While addressing the nation in his radio programme “Mann Ki Baat” on Sunday, the Prime Minister highlighted the role played by...

A company is as successful as its employees are motivated. It is important to ensure that the morale of the people working for the company is high and all their needs are met. One of the ways companies do this is through employee volunteering programs. Companies, as part of their corporate social responsibility, have several...

Plastic not only pollutes soil and water with harmful substances, but plastic waste is also responsible for the death of many marine animals and those living on land as they mistake it for food and try to consume it. Cases of stray dogs and cats getting their heads stuck in discarded plastic containers on...

About 55.6 per cent of India’s population is unable to afford a healthy diet, according to the United Nations’ State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report. While this number has been decreasing each year consistently except for the time India was battling with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is still higher than the average...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced that the government would develop a ‘climate finance taxonomy’, in the “Next Generation Reforms” section of the Union Budget 2024-2025. “We will develop a taxonomy for climate finance to enhance the availability of capital for climate adaptation and mitigation. This will support the achievement of the country’s climate...