CSR
CSR: Gender Pay Gap and SDG 5
Globally, it is estimated that women earn 77% of what men earn. While data from 37 countries show the gender pay gap is slowly...
Swiggy delivers over 1.5 million orders a month on cycles, encourages electric vehicles
Two years ago, Swiggy took a leap towards sustainable development by encouraging more mechanical cycles for its fleet. The move also had the added...
Renewable Energy: A Potent Tool For Women Empowerment In Rural India
By Vaishali Nigam Sinha
While otherwise enjoying a phase of robust economic growth, India, unfortunately continues to be plagued by energy poverty. This is more...
Volunteers Are Cleaning Up 22,000 Pounds of Trash Left on Mount Everest
People who attempt to climb Mount Everest have to make a $4,000 deposit before their ascent that they only get back if they lug...
Drinking water topmost need in wake of Cyclone Fani
‘Cyclone Fani’, one of the strongest storms to batter the Indian subcontinent in decades, made landfall near Puri, India, on 3rd May 2019. Over...
United Nations launches project to boost women’s entrepreneurship in Cambodia
Women-owned businesses have been on the rise over the past twenty years in the Asia-Pacific region. In Cambodia, around 65 per cent of micro-sized...
This Amazon-Led Alliance is Out to Revolutionise Healthcare
In January 2018, the world’s richest man entered into an alliance with the CEOs of the world's third-largest public company and the United States’ largest bank.
Their sights were set...
CSR: Potential Positive Applications of Synthetic Biology
Science and technology have made leaps of progress in the field of biotechnology. The power of technology is such, that scientists can modify microorganisms...
CSR: Recruiters cold to differently-abled, only 15% hire from this set
Hiring of differently- or specially-abled professionals by Indian recruiters has still a long way to go, if the recent survey findings by recruitment and...
Maruti Suzuki to invest INR 125 crore in CSR activities over next five years
Maruti Suzuki India Limited on Friday announced that it has committed a sum of INR 125 crore to undertake two mega projects under its...
Kodai lake areas get a facelift
Areas around Kodaikanal lake got a facelift with renovated public toilets, better railings and levelled footpaths, on May 3.
The Carlton hotel, in a bid...
Mastek Foundation musical fundraiser collects INR 1 crore in 3 hours
Mastek Foundation annual fundraiser witnessed Mumbai citizens not only enjoy good music concert but come forward and donate enthusiastically to support Parivaar.
Mastek Foundation...