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THE Coca-Cola Company and its Foundations, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced the expansion of ‘Project Last Mile’ to include 10 African countries over the next five years. This public-private partnership – currently focused on Tanzania...

UNION Minister for Environment, Forests & Climate Change Prakash Javadekar today met with a six member French delegation led by Foreign Affairs and International Development Minister Mr. Laurent Fabius in New Delhi. During the discussions Mr. Javadekar said part of the Green Climate Fund could be utilized to finance differential cost of IPRs (Intellectual...

AS its fundraising and development efforts gain traction, IIMA, today, made its first tranche of announcements relating to support that has been committed by and agreed to with leaders in corporate and Government institutions. Put together, these collaborations, where the agreements have already been signed and the contributions have started coming in, will pool...

GAIL (India) Limited initiated implementation of a slew of relief measures for the affected families and villagers of Nagaram. This is following the tragic gas pipeline incident in which nineteen people lost their lives and several were injured. The compensation of Rs. 20 lakhs per deceased and Rs. 50,000/- to each of the 19 injured, totaling...

‘OKHAI’, a brand created & promoted in 2002 by Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development (TwpD) with an aim to empower women in the rural areas and promote the traditional art of Okhamandal – mirror work, patchwork and embroidery which are legion and have an international appeal, now goes online with the launch of...

NEW DELHI : Omax Autos Limited, organized a unique Value Deployment Program, ‘Saksham’ under its CSR Initiative, for kids located in Manesar region. A colorful & spell bounding performance by kids titled ‘Ram Saga 2015' enthralled the gathering on the occasion. The CSR initiative is aimed to impart values and moral education to kids in the society to ensure...

THE Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has launched the ‘Mumbai Mission for TB Control’ awareness campaign, with Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan as the brand ambassador. At an event to launch the campaign, Bachchan made the revelation of having suffered from tuberculosis in 2000, saying, “I have been a victim of this disease in spite...

Spiti, a remote valley tucked away in the Trans-Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh with a population of little over 11,000 inhabitants  has been attracting a large number of tourists. The region has also seen the obvious negatives of tourism, such as an increase in garbage, especially from plastic water bottles. And this, even inspite of...

Indian Social Responsibility Network (ISRN), a forum for Corporate Social Responsibility is organising a national seminar on wp for ‘Shreshth Bharat’ on 8th of October, 2014 at Hotel Ashoka, New Delhi to facilitate relationship building between Corporate, NGOs and community towards positive development. The event will be inaugurated by Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State Commerce and Industry, Corporate Affairs and Finance as the chief guest and Shreepad Yesso Naik, Minister...

Rising up to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s game-changing programme for ensuring a clean India, apex industry body ASSOCHAM has asked its four lakh strong membership to join the Swachch Bharat initiative and will hold a series of programmes to involve profit making companies to spend on building and maintenance of toilets under their mandatory...

Environment sustainability & Upliftment of tribals being one of the main objectives Allcargo Logistics, through its in-house NGO Avashya Foundation has successfully executed phase II of environment conservation campaign in the tribal hamlets of Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Gorai village of Mumbai. Avashya Foundation in association with NGO Jaag, organized tree plantation, solar lamp...

‘Honored delegates, leaders of the world, I pretend for a living, but you do not… The time to answer humankind’s greatest challenge is now. I beg of you to face it with courage and honesty.’ Leonardo DiCaprio, who has recently been made the UN Climate Change representative, made a strong plea to combat Climate...