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Jaivir Singh is the Vice Chairman of PwC India Foundation (PwCIF) and his primary focus lies in strategising and executing Corporate Responsibility programmes. While speaking with The CSR Journal, he throws light on the broad themes of work done around environment sustainability, Water and sanitation, Humanitarian Response programs and addressing issues related to urban...

Farmers are the nutrition providers of any nation. They are responsible for producing food for the entire nation. Ironically, they are also one of the most malnourished people in India. The farmers are also paid the least in the entire food production and distribution hierarchy. This has reduced the number of people engaged in agriculture by...

बीएमसी द्वारा ब्लैकलिस्ट की गयी इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर कंपनी जे कुमार को मेट्रो के काम से नवाजा गया, ये जानते हुए भी कि बीएमसी रोड घोटाले में जे कुमार इंफ़्रा प्रोजेक्ट्स का नाम सामने आया था, बाकायदा 350 करोड़ के बीएमसी रोड घोटाले में जे कुमार के खिलाफ एफआईआर भी दर्ज है और अभी भी मामले...

Humpback Mahseer, one of the most iconic fresh water fish in the world is on the verge of extinct, according to a study conducted by Indian and British biologists. This is because of pollution, sand extraction and hydel power projects. Humpback Mahseer, only found in India’s Kaveri basin, is known to anglers as one...

निर्भया कांड को लेकर आज अहम दिन रहा, देश की सबसे बड़ी अदालत ने आखिरकार निर्भया पर अपना अंतिम फैसला सुना दिया, देश की राजधानी दिल्ली में 16 दिसंबर 2012 में हुए निर्भया गैंगरेप के दोषियों की पुनर्विचार याचिका पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट सुनवाई करते हुए याचिका को ख़ारिज कर दिया और फांसी की सजा...

According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways headed by Nitin Gadkari, the current speed limit for the vehicles in M2 and M3 categories, such as trucks and cargos, on highways is 90kmph, on expressways is 100kmph and 60kmph within the city limits. However, one can easily witness loaded trucks on highways going...

Globally, the advent of digitally enabled Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has already been termed as the fastest period of innovation ever. Rapid advancements in technology, disruption of conventional markets and reconstruction of business-as-usual models are transforming and realigning the ways economies and societies operate. India, with an estimated growth rate of 7.4% in FY19, expected...

In an incident which sent shockwaves across the country, 11 members of the Bhatia family in Delhi’s Burari area were found dead in what was reportedly mass suicide. It appears that the family was involved in occult practices to attain salvation. Evidence points to tantric literature at the scene of the crime. In the posh...

Education is the movement from darkness to light. Many pupils in India are always in darkness because they don't have access to the books needed to educate themselves. There is another side of India where people have the books but are discarded after they have been used only once. Book donation is a way to...

Samhita Social Ventures and the Maharashtra Government have signed an MOU in the presence of Hon. Chief Minister Shri Devendra Fadnavis to implement the Swachh Maharashtra Grand Challenge in the district of Chandrapur. The Grand Challenge will identify, pilot and scale innovations across the sanitation value chain: behaviour change, sanitation entrepreneurship, school sanitation and faecal...

Imagine an Indian city of the future. Do you see sufficient space for residents, clean, well-aligned streets, pedestrians in designated walking areas, disciplined traffic, planned housing for all economic classes, adequate high quality facilities for education, entertainment and culture, abundant sources of livelihood, medical facilities for all and people having the opportunity to give...

Air pollution is at an all time rise in India because of industrialisation and urbanisation in lieu of national development. Especially in Northern India, the air quality has dropped down at alarming levels causing the government to declare red alert several times in the last couple of years. One of the significant contributors to this...