Health & Sanitation
MyRight: Independence From Unhealthy Living
Healthcare and well-being is an essential pre-requisite for the development of any community. It generates good returns on investments both for human and for...
Corporate Houses To Be Roped In For ‘Total Sanitation’
The District Rural Development Agency is roping in partners – corporate sector and public sector units – for its efforts to ensure total sanitation...
India Witnessed 1.4 Million Deaths Due To Air Pollution: World Bank
In 2013, air pollution claimed the life of one person out of every 10 who died globally, a report released by World Bank stated....
On International Yoga Day, One Lakh MCGM School Students To Be Trained For Yoga
Isha Foundation in association with Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) will offer Upa Yoga programme for children across the city’s 390 MCGM schools....
Recycling Soap And Promoting Sanitation
According to World Health Organization (WHO) approximately over two million children die each year of preventable diseases like pneumonia and diarrhoea. India ranks first...
Yes Bank Commits Rs 250cr Towards Its CSR And Sustainability Activities up to 2020
According to figures published by CRY- Child Rights and You, close to 1.4 million child labourers in India in the age group of 7-14...
Need To Go Way Beyond Just Building Toilets: Sanitation Report
Most companies spending their corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds for sanitation focused on building infrastructure and not on operation and maintenance in the past...
KFC Launches Program ‘add HOPE™’ To Fight Hunger In India
KFC India announced the launch of add HOPE, a program that aims to fight hunger in the country with the launch, KFC hopes to...
Gujarat Govt To Provide Pack Of 6 Sanitary Pads At Rupee 1
The Gujarat government has announced that they will provide a packet of six sanitary napkins at the token rate of Rupee 1 to all girls in the...
Corporate Houses Don’t Invest Enough In Swachh Vidyalaya Initiative
Only 10 private companies and two industry bodies contributed towards building toilets in schools under the famed Swacch Bharat Mission till March 1, 2016...
Time to Ring Bells of Equality For the LGBT Community
From the middle of nowhere a few years ago, transgenders today are going places. In April 2014, India's Supreme Court recognised transgenders as people...
Standard Chartered Bank announces five new eye care projects for underprivileged
Standard Chartered Bank announced the launch of five new eye care projects to bring in innovation and strengthen the delivery of eye-care to the...