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ASSOCHAM asks its members to build toilets under CSR
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 conservation campaign in the tribal hamlets of Mumbai
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...
Marches, Speeches and Promises
‘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...
CCS Petitioning the HRD Minister
Centre for Civil Society is petitioning India’s Human Resource Development Minister, Smt Smriti Zubin Irani to ‘Assess all schools and accord recognition on basis of learning outcomes and not input/infrastructure norms’
Today in India, 3,494,520 children are out of school, due to the fact that 19,414 private schools across 17 states have been closed or issued notice for closure for not fulfilling...
Stitching a Better Future
When Guddi Bai, is cutting the fabric to stitch it and create a garment, she is actually shaping her dream to create a better future. An underprivileged woman from Palki village near Nagda in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh, feel self-confident when she earns Rs 500 per month to contribute her share to support...
ICICI Foundation Signs MoUs for Skill Academy with Industry Leaders
Mumbai: ICICI Academy for Skills (ICICI Academy), an institute set up by the ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth (ICICI Foundation) to create sustainable livelihood for the youth, announces the signing of agreements with Spencers Retail Ltd, Bluechip Corporate Investment Centre Ltd and AkzoNobel India Ltd. While Spencers Retail and Bluechip Corporate Investment Centre will...
The ‘Smart’ CSR Of Samsung India
NEW DELHI: Samsung India Electronics has been awarded two Golden Globe Tigers Awards for its initiatives to empower disadvantaged children and youth through its CSR initiatives.
The “Samsung Smart Class” initiative received the award for Excellence & Leadership in CSR under the category Support and Improving the Quality of Education, while the “Samsung Technical School” initiative...
CSR Comes To The Aid Of Quality Medical Education
Chennai-based TAKE Solutions has made a CSR contribution to the Centre for Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship (CIIE), the Technology Business Incubator of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad for seed investment in an early stage healthcare based impact company. The joint selection committee of CIIE and TAKE solutions chose Gurgaon-based start-up Bodhi Health...
wp Restores Mumbai University’s Iconic Clock Tower
MUMBAI: Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), recently announced the restoration of the iconic Rajabai Clock Tower and Library building in coordination with Indian Heritage Society, Mumbai. The Rajabai Clock Tower is located in Fort campus of the University of Mumbai. Modeled on the lines of London’s “Big Ben”, the tower stands at a height...
Farmers Sum Up The Irony Of Agriculture In India
‘The agricultural sector is a profitable profession. But we are not the ones reaping the profits. Traders, companies and other large interest groups are earning profit while we are bearing the losses continuously.’ This quote by Gajodhar, a farmer from Muzaffarnagar in Bihar, sums up the irony of agriculture in India today. In a...
Ricoh India Achieves Global Environmental Benchmark
NEW DELHI: Ricoh India Ltd. recently announced that it has received Silver ratings for a total of 32 of its imaging equipment products marketed in India, including MFPs and printers, as qualified by the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) registry. Ricoh is the first manufacturer to have its Imaging Equipment products meet the stringent environmental...
New UN Energy Portal Launched For Asia Pacific
BANGKOK: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has launched an innovative new online portal that will provide unprecedented access to information on the energy policies of countries in Asia and the Pacific, and advance the sustainable energy agenda in the region. The Asia Pacific Energy Portal, offers member States powerful tools, including highly ...