Sports & Culture

Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala (NSNIS), the academic wing of Sports Authority of India (SAI) is looking for partnership with reputed organisations for financial and operational support through Corporate Social Responsibility in different areas. The organisation extending CSR support can be a company, trust, society or LLP. NSNIS conducts academic programs at its...

Sports in India have a very rich history. Even before the British invasion, sports was very prominent in various classes of society. Its popularity has gained famous sportspersons with a lot of love and appreciation. They serve as an inspiration to the youth, who are keen to follow them in every facet of life....

Protesting Indian wrestlers Sakshee Malikkh, Sangeeta Phogat, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia have decided to throw their medals in the Ganges and sit on indefinite hunger strike at the India Gate. This decision comes a day after the protesting wrestlers were detained by Delhi Police from their protest site near the Jantar Mantar. Taking to...

Gameskraft Foundation, the social arm of the skill-based online gaming company Gameskraft and Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS), have announced their partnership to provide high-class training and access to facilities to identified young sports talents in India across various disciplines in the sport of track and field, at the ‘Gameskraft Foundation Athletics Centre of Excellence’. Started in...

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd and its CSR associate Pullela Gopichand Badminton Foundation, today announced the launch of “Kotak Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy”, a world-class badminton training Centre at Gachibowli, Telangana. The launch was attended by Pullela Gopichand Badminton Foundation's Pullela Gopichand, Founder Trustee and India's National Coach, L.V. Subrahmanyam, Trustee and Kotak Mahindra Bank's...

Sport has the power to change the world; it is a powerful tool to strengthen social ties and encourage positive mindset, peace, solidarity and respect for all. The 6th of April every year is observed as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace or International Sports Day, as per the United Nations. This...

The digitalization of the world has unlocked many possibilities which were earlier impossible. For instance, when technology had not peaked, no one, even in their wildest dreams, could have imagined that they would be able to get anything delivered to them at their doorstep without needing to step out.  Similarly, no one could have imagined...

The ciy of Agra in Uttar Pradesh is home to one of the modern wonders, the Taj Mahal. So overwhelming is the ethereal beauty of this marble mausoleum that Agra is known as the 'City of the Taj'. Yet, it doesn’t take much for a curious traveller to discover that there's more to this...

Handlooms are symbols of the country's rich and varied cultural heritage. They are an important source of livelihood to many in rural and semi-rural parts of the country. Empowering the country’s artists is a unique platform called iTokri. What is iTokri? iTokri is an online store for handicrafts, handlooms, fabrics, jewellery, paintings, and other artworks is...

The day was August 8, 1942 when the resolution of Quit India Movement was passed at the Bombay Session of the All India Congress Committee. The failure of Cripps Mission, which offered dominion status to India, led to the launch of the movement for which Mahatma Gandhi gave the slogan of ‘Do or Die’....

AU Small Finance Bank, under its CSR project ‘Bano Champion,’ organized a 5-day training program at Jaipur for sports coaches from rural and semi-urban areas of Rajasthan. Incepted in 30 locations across Rajasthan in October 2021, the project has touched base upon 30 new locations with over 6000 students enrolled under 60 professionally trained...

"No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half its citizens,” Michelle Obama, the former first lady of the United States of America has rightly said. Leading with this belief, CEQUIN, a Delhi-based NGO is working on the empowerment of women and girls,...