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The Bloomberg Square Mile Relay will return to Mumbai for the second time on Thursday, 6th March 2020, following a successful inaugural event in 2019. The internationally-renowned annual event, which also takes place in 11 other cities across the world, will see the city’s top businesses to come together, as teams of ten employees each...

2019 was a big year for Corporate Social Responsibility in India. Corporate India breathed a sigh of relief when the high-level committee on CSR recommended doing away with the penal provision of imprisonment for non-compliance with CSR norms. This had followed the recent amendments to the Companies Act 2013 treating CSR non-compliance as a...

If you ate today, thank a farmer. National Farmers’ Day aka Kisan Diwas is being observed nationwide, and it couldn’t be at a more significant time. Earlier this year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the promotion of Zero Budget Natural Farming in the Union Budget 2019 to boost farmer’s income and save them from...

If you ate today, thank a farmer. December 23 is observed as National Farmers' Day aka Kisan Diwas across India. Have you ever wondered, how many farmers would like to have their children follow in their footsteps? This is worrisome because we are losing out on the people who have our back when we...

Schools are the foundation for children to acquire knowledge and develop a personality. Inclusive and holistic growth of a child relies on various factors, even at the school level. For improved learning outcomes, a promising environment and method of teaching and learning have to be inculcated. Infrastructure, availability of space, learning methodology, availability of...

More than 2,900 enthusiastic Godrej Group employees across 60 locations in 9 nations participated in the Group’s fifth International Global Volunteering Day event, to promote the elimination of single-use plastic. The initiative has helped clean-up and collect close to 12.6 tonnes of solid waste. With this initiative, the group worked with each of its businesses...

Learning Poverty Report, recently released by the World Bank has estimated that about 53 per cent of children in low and middle-income countries cannot read and understand a simple story by the end of primary school. It has set a new learning target which aims to cut at least half the global rate of...

With a large percentage of the population dependant on livestock for their livelihood, Fullerton India’s Pashu Vikas Day 2019 helped create on ground cattle awareness and medical support to the rural community. This edition of Pashu Vikas Day witnessed simultaneous cattle camps being held at over 350 locations, covering 500 villages and 15 states where...

Nonprofits in India for education and skill development have a gargantuan task laid out for them. Education is of utmost importance among parents who are concerned for their children’s future. Then there are children who unfortunately don’t have parents and are deprived of basic essentials and cannot afford education for a stable future. Fortunately, there...

The CoP 25 (Conference of Parties) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) failed to reach a deal on the 2020 climate action goals. The emotional expectations of the society have been unmet because of lack of action by the governments. This has encouraged millions of people to get on the...

When Licypriya Kangujam took the stage at COP25 in Madrid, Spain, on Tuesday, there was a brief confusion. The eight-year-old child climate activist from India paused for a minute, before stepping back, as an organiser stepped in to help adjust the podium and the microphone to her height. Hailing from Bashikhong in Manipur, Licypriya is...

Mandatory CSR in India has made a significant contribution in addressing various social issues. It has been making an effort to tie loose ends by working in every sector, including health, skilling, education, women empowerment, malnutrition, and so on. However, the general pattern that has been observed suggests that the majority of CSR projects...