Sports & Culture

Special Olympics Bharat launched Developmental Sports for young athletes to enable their transition to higher sport participation by learning sport specific skills. Herbalife Nutrition has extended CSR support to the tune of US $150,000 for two years from April 2020, to expand the programming across the length and breadth of the country. What is Developmental...

The current situation with COVID-19 has led to a lockdown and cancellation of all live shows. This crisis has put the industry workers; ranging from sound engineers to tentwaalas as well as the folk artists at great financial risk. It has put on pause over 10 million jobs in the Indian event industry, thereby...

Tata Power’s ‘SaheliWorld.org’ is a dedicated website offering handmade products by its self-help groups, farmers and women micro-entrepreneurs from rural India on one platform. With an intent to take its patrons back to the roots of rich indigenous products, the e-commerce platform, today, launched the ‘Warli Art Collection’ from its Jawahar artisans. Through this collection, the Company...

India’s media universe is enormous, perhaps the world's largest: Over 17,000 newspapers, 1 lakh magazines, 178 news channels on television, and numerous websites in dozens of languages. Thousands of Facebook pages - all calling themselves news sources, and local YouTube channels with alerts on everything from developments in real estate to police raids. In our...

“You play for respect and pride!” - Rahul Dravid Respect and thoughtfulness are concepts that are slowly diminishing in the present era. In sports also, we often see umpires or referees giving incorrect decisions and a lot of the times, players have perhaps shown disrespect or negativity towards them. This reminds me of a popular and controversial...

Earlier this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the world, countless frontline workers risked their lives for the sake of others, with their selfless efforts. As a small token of gratitude, Delhi Capitals, through its digital initiative "Salaam Dilli", recognised the contribution of some frontline workers from Delhi NCR. Inspired and humbled by the efforts...

In 2007 the United Nations General Assembly resolved to observe 15 September as the International Day of Democracy—with the purpose of promoting and upholding the principles of democracy. The UN invited all member states and organizations to commemorate the day in an appropriate manner that contributes to raising public awareness. International Day of Democracy 2020 - Theme The unprecedented COVID-19 crisis...

As the world tries to slowly recover some semblance of normalcy even in the face of rising COVID-19 cases and an economic downturn, the Population Foundation of India (PFI) has launched a campaign titled ‘Himmat Hai Toh Jeet Hai’ to celebrate himmat, and fortitude that Indians have but will need much more of. The anthem...

In June 2019, the Government of India introduced a Draft Education Policy that promoted a three language theory for school children. The proposal consisted of making Hindi mandatory for all school children across the country. The proposal faced strong opposition from the states of West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, because of which,...

Launched on Independence Day 2020, Sunfeast India Run As One, the citizen-led movement aimed at Indians and Indophiles all over the world, enters its last mile, achieving significant success. With Social Impact as its core pillar, since its launch, the initiative has raised a whopping INR 1.18 crores in support of families impacted by...

India celebrates National Sports Day today. In the field of sports, and in life, challenges and obstacles are inevitable. We’re living in a time where the world faces several challenges in the form of climate change, poverty, education inequity, social inequalities – to name a few. Added to that, the whole world has come...

After the success of Sesa Football Academy at Goa since its inception in 1999, Vedanta aims to expand the reach of grassroots football development to Odisha and other parts of the country. Vedanta recently launched Zinc Football Academy at Zawar, Rajasthan reaching out to aspiring footballers across the state. Annanya Agarwal, President, Vedanta Sports announced...