Sports & Culture

Private life insurance company PNB MetLife continues its mission of promoting the sport of badminton at the grassroots level, this time in a digital form with the Junior Badminton Championship (JBC) Dugout. More than 3,200 children from across India attended the virtual event to hear from of P.V. Sindhu, BWF World Champion (2019), the Olympic...

HCL Technologies (HCL) announced it is sponsoring Dutchess of the Sea, an all-women Dutch team participating in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, a transatlantic rowing race. The four women departed from the Canary Islands on December 12 and will row over 3,000 miles non-stop to the Nelson’s Dockyard English Harbour in Antigua & Barbuda. HCL’s support...

Habitat for Humanity India hosted the 3rd edition of its annual Charity Golf Tournament at the iconic Willingdon Sports Club in Mumbai on January 10, 2021 to raise funds for building homes for families of martyred soldiers in Maharashtra. The golf tournament serves to highlight the work of Habitat for Humanity and in turn, creates...

With the aim to support and provide all the necessary aid to the Indian Olympic Team, the State Bank of India (SBI) has come forward to donate Rs.5 crores towards National Sports Development Fund (NSDF). This amount would be utilized for customized training of the Olympic Team under reputed coaches at institutes having world-class...

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” Napolean Hill (American self-help author) Self-confidence is the cornerstone of all great performances. The first factor in the Self-Confidence equation is Self-Belief. Therefore, athletes with a strong sense of Self-Belief possess a belief that they can do anything, achieve anything and perform well in any situation,...

One of the most frequently shared quote in the year 2020 was “There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen,” by Vladimir Lenin. The year drastically changed the way we live our lives, work and perceive time. During the year, there were times when weeks felt like days, and others when...

Christmas is the festival of love and kindness. The festival that is otherwise celebrated with loved ones while exchanging stories and gifts, maybe a bit bleak because of losses that we have suffered this year in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is important to count our blessings this year, and recognize that...

By Dipak Natali, Regional President and MD, Asia Pacific, Special Olympics Young people are future leaders. They are the ones who are going to influence others, the ones who will be running businesses years from now, and the ones who are going to be key pillars of the community. Society is constantly being formed and...

India has the largest number of migrants living abroad. The latest World Migration Report says that a whopping 17.5 million global citizens come from India. India also tops the list of remittance recipient countries (remittance being the act of sending money elsewhere). Indians living abroad sent home US $78.6 billion in the year 2020,...

Oxfam India's 2020 virtual Trailwalker challenge concluded on a triumphant note on 29 November. This fundraiser gave thousands an opportunity to help them and also raise money for Oxfam India’s ongoing COVID-19 relief work, and their #RightsOverProfits campaign. The total amount raised by the walkathon was over Rs. 50 lakh. Two editions spread across five...

While social media has so many positives – like bringing together a community of people – it can also have negative consequences – such as a higher risk of cyberbullying. Bullying in school (or college) is another travail for Generation Z. However, two young sisters who have fallen prey to different forms of bullying...

Tata Steel has been recognised as the “Best Organisation Contributing in Sports through CSR” at the FICCI India Sports Awards 2020. The India Sports Awards ceremony took place on a virtual platform during ‘TURF 2020’ - 10th Global Sports Summit on December 8, 2020. Chanakya Chaudhary, Vice President Corporate Services, Tata Steel, received the award...