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PRIME Minister Narendra Modi has left for Brazil to attend the sixth BRICS submit to be held in Brazil. The theme of the high-profile summit this year is ‘Inclusive growth and Sustainable Development’ – echoing a key plank of the new government. READ the statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office before he left for...

Environment journalist and author of Green Wars Bahar Dutt spells out some Dos and Don’ts for corporates gearing up to spend their mandatory 2% on wp

At the surface level, it seems to be an initiative which only has brownie points to showcase. And in formal conversations, no stakeholder is holding back any praising term to underline the good intentions it quintessentially carries. Corporate Social Responsibility (wp) laws which came into the effect this April and provisions for a mandatory...

The Comptroller & Audit General of India (CAG) has revealed a ‘serious lack of initiative, implementation and desire to implement Corporate Social Responsibility’ scheme in at least 41 out of 110 central public sector enterprises (CPSE’s)

UNFPA has partnered with sustainability management company NextGen to provide a cloud and mobile enabled platform for corporates to channel Corporate Social Responsibility funding for the benefit of adolescent girls. The NextGen-developed cloud and mobile solution, called ‘p3’, provides a monitoring, evaluation, reporting and impact assessment for the projects by participating companies using the...

NEW DELHI: Samsung India has contributed Rs 2.92 crore to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. The cheque was recently handed over to the Prime Minister’s Office by Mr. Hyun Woo Bang, Senior VP and Chief Relations Officer of Samsung India and Mr. Dipesh Shah, Senior VP and Deputy MD of Samsung Research India-Bangalore....

IN the throes of a worldwide recession in 2008, when investors had limited reliable fixed income investment options, and fewer still that specifically supported environment-friendly projects, the World Bank Treasury issued its first green bond. Green bonds, an increasingly popular source of finance worldwide, are fixed income, liquid financial instruments that are exclusively used...

NEW DELHI: In a day replete with goodwill symbolism, climate change became one of the key focus areas as US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi emerged from their first bilateral meet in New Delhi. Addressing the news media, both the leaders said they had worked on a series of...

Often called the thinking man’s sex symbol or the female hero in Bollywood, Vidya Balan has a carved a strong niche for herself as the woman of substance in Hindi film industry. In her career spanning almost a decade, the actress paved the way for women-centric films in Hindi cinema, by earning critical acclaim...

Since large scale awareness is essential to prevent TB, who better than the megastar Amitabh Bachchan to command the attention of the common man and create awareness on the subject. In this Campaign video, Mr. Bachchan talks of early diagnosis and cure – a vital message delivered effortlessly and effectively with the power to...

One out of every two people practicing open defecation globally lives in India. In fact, India has more than double the number of people practicing open defecation (OD) than the next 18 countries combined. The practice negatively affects health and is a leading cause of diarrhea, which kills 300,000 children each year in India,...

WOCKHARDT Foundation reached a milestone achievement of adding the 100^thMobile 1000 health van, to its rapidly expanding healthcare services. The latest van will ply in Vaijapur village in Aurangabad. Launched in 2007, Wockhardt Foundation’s ISO 9001:2008 approved Mobile 1000 programme has been successfully administering high quality, free, primary healthcare services to growing number...