Sports & Culture

The CSR arm of the Wave Group called Ponty Chadha Foundation (PCF) is all set to kick off the third season of the PCF Cup tournament (Corporate Cricket Edition) from 6th March, 2021 in partnership with Citiskape Mediacom. It is an eight-week long tournament culminating on 25th April, 2021. The glittering trophy of the tournament...

NEC Corporation India has won the mandate to drive the Smart City project in Thiruvananthapuram. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the project alongside Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan. As the master system integrator for the city’s Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC), NEC Corporation India (NEC India) aims to complete the project in 2022. Thiruvananthapuram...

The British Council has launched a Warli Exhibition to celebrate India Craft Week 2021 and to showcase unique collaborations in Craft between India and the UK. The exhibit contains rare paintings of the creative genius Jivya Soma Mashe, the pioneer who popularized Warli art, nationally and internationally. British Council has joined hands with Crafts Village...

Sporting culture is a combination of tangible and intangible elements — the number of fans that turn up to watch local sports, the importance given to sports by schools and parents, the presence of playgrounds in urban environments, local teams, local platforms that showcase and highlight lesser-known sports and sporting talent, local coaches and...

Supporting NSS volunteers who continue to serve the nation even during COVID-19 uncertainties, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) announced that its road safety training ‘Honda Road Safety E-Gurukul’ has successfully empowered over 23,000 National Service Scheme (NSS) volunteers across India on staying safe on roads, that too digitally, from the safety...

The Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) has signed a MOU with The Centre of Excellence for Consultancy Projects (CECP) from S.P. Mandali’s Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research (WeSchool), Bengaluru, for a consulting assignment to measure the social impact of Cricket on visually challenged participants. Through this...

The Athletes of Special Olympics Bharat are ready to pair up with the employees of Enel Green Power India to pursue a five-week fitness regime that promises to foster Fitness as much as sensitization. In a session held virtually on 29 January 2021, the launch of the Inclusive activity unfolded taking the viewers through a...

In today’s digital world social media platforms are your garden to sow and reap new ideas and solutions to global grand challenges. Ultimately, this social media impact revolution will benefit both the individuals and the companies that are hands-on in their CSR activities – now digitally and with the power of voice. More than...

ibis, part of the Accor group has announced the global debut of “ibis MUSIC We Are Open”, a virtual voyage of ibis MUSIC featuring a roster of international headliners curated by Sony Music Entertainment as well as up-and-coming talents from all over the world identified in collaboration with Spotify. Headlining the tour are Charlie Winston...

Playing mobile games actually has a lot of positive effects on your mental health. While many would say that it is a waste of time, we think differently. According to verified sources, one out of three persons across the world is a mobile gamer. While some play once in a while, others are avid players...

Family-run business Jaipur Rugs has been working towards bridging the gap between the weaver at the grassroots and the urban consumers through the revival of the dying art of carpet weaving. As an inclusive development practitioner committed to promoting creativity everywhere it goes, especially in places where others are reluctant to venture, Jaipur Rugs...

National Tourism Day couldn't have been more sombre. The hotel and airlines industries in India – as with the rest of the world – suffered from the lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19. Hotel occupancy was at an all-time low. Consultancy firm ANAROCK puts the estimate of losses at Rs. 90,000 crore. So,...