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Increase In The Number Of Tigers In India

The Royal Bengal Tiger was declared as the national animal of India in 1973. The move was a part of ‘Project Tiger’ to check the shrinking population of these big cats. When the project was launched from Corbett’s Dhikala range, the Royal Bengal Tiger was facing extinction with only about 268 wild cats according to...

CSR spend by NSE-listed companies up by 11% in 2017-18

The Corporate Social Responsibility spend by NSE-listed companies crossed INR 10,000 crore, witnessing an increase of 11% in 2017/18. This analysis, based on 1,080 companies, was released by nseinfobase.com, which is developed and powered by PRIME Database Group, The CSR Journal reports. The average net profit of these 1,080 companies over last three years was...
Iran soccer

FIFA Wants Iran to Lift Its Ban on Women in Stadiums

World football's governing body FIFA said it would work with Iran to end a long-running ban on women attending matches but offered no insight on when to expect the breakthrough. FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura made the announcement after she met Maryam Qashqaei Shojaei, a prominent Iranian campaigner who made headlines at this summer's World...
Mahindra Igatpuri Plant

India’s first Carbon Neutral manufacturing plant in Igatpuri

While the international COP24 conference continues, there is another piece of good news on climate change action from a corporate house in India. The Mahindra Group took a big step forward in its commitment to becoming Carbon Neutral by 2040, with its Igatpuri manufacturing plant recently becoming India’s first Carbon Neutral manufacturing facility. This was...
COP24

COP24: India calls for funds from rich to developing countries to fight climate change

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UN chief Antonio Guterres held discussions about climate change and India's support for the Paris Climate Agreement on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit. Secretary-General Guterres and the Indian leader "discussed the UN Climate Change Conference (COP24) and the importance of the completion of the Paris Agreement Work Programme,...
Cinepolis hosts film screening for kids

Cinépolis hosts a movie screening for 4700 underprivileged kids

Cinépolis organised a special movie screening in association with Round Table India for underprivileged kids. This initiative is part of Cinépolis’s endeavour to change the lives of young children for the better. This year, Cinépolis treated over 4700 underprivileged children by screening the action sci-fi thriller 2.0 at Cinépolis cinemas across 18 cities. Javier Sotomayor,...
Honda skill development MoU

Honda Cars India signs MoU with Automotive Skill Development Council

Honda Cars India Limited, leading manufacturer of passenger cars in India today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Automotive Skill Development Council (ASDC) for accreditation of its premier training centre - Honda Vocational Training Institute (HVTI) in Tapukara, District Alwar, Rajasthan. The MoU was signed by Mr Praveen Paranjape, Sr VP and Director...
Water conservation

CSR: Water Conservation Efforts By Indian Corporates

‘India’s ‘worst water crisis in its history’ is only going to get worse’. There are various research reports and analyses to indicate that by 2030, the country’s water demand is projected to be twice the available supply. If not addressed, the water scarcity is also likely to affect the GDP of the country accounting...

Key regulatory shifts in Indian corporate governance in 2018

The subject of Corporate Governance (CG) started to gain headway in India in the mid 1990s especially after certain unprecedented capital market events in the early 1990s. In general parlance, CG can mean some set of principals by which a company should ideally be directed and controlled. CG has come a long way since, until...
Ben and Jerrys Millennials

Sustainability as we knew it is over!

Sustainability among brands is undergoing a renaissance as eco-conscious consumers demand ethical practices, responsible behaviour and innovation to cut excess. In response, brands are creating products, services, packaging, and new systems that are as desirable and functional as they are eco-friendly. Make way for the New Sustainability. Late in 2018, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on...
Heat action plan by Ahmedabad

How Ahmedabad Became South Asia’s Leader In Global Cooling With Heat Action Plan

Based on current trends in carbon emissions, by the end of this century three-quarters of humanity will face deadly heat with significant losses in economic productivity. Densely populated regions in the Persian Gulf, Bangladesh, and northeast India may become so hot and humid that they surpass limits on human survivability in absence of heat...
languages in india

CSR: India’s freedom of Language

India has lost more than 250 languages in the last 50 years! According to the census more than 19,500 languages and dialects are spoken in India. According to The People’s Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI), carried out between 2010 and 2013, there are 780 languages and there could be another 100. The shocking part is...

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