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Corporates can lead, when it comes to eradicating child labour
The number of child workers in India has dropped for the first time in 20 years (4.3 million as compared to 12.6 million child...
Avashya Foundation to plant 1,02,500 plants under Maitree initiative
Avashya Foundation, the CSR arm of Allcargo Logistics, has announced that it will plant 1,02,500 trees by working with 2300 farmers in Jawahar, Mokada...
CSR: Combating Deforestation – Responsibility of Companies to Protect Environment
Forests are critical to protecting the environment. Protecting them is essential in order to avert the worst impacts of climate change. According to the...
This Blood Donation App Connects Patients to Donors
On the occasion of World Blood Donors Day 2019, in-vitro diagnostic company Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd. has unveiled ‘SAVIOUR’, a location-based blood donation app that...
Canada Is Banning Single-Use Plastics as Early as 2021
Canada intends to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday at the Gault Nature Reserve in Mont St-Hilaire, south of...
Capgemini sets up ‘Digital Academies’ in India
Capgemini has launched its Digital Academy initiative in India, a one-of-a-kind program focused on digital inclusion aimed to reintegrate a wide range of people...
CSR: Fight to Eliminate Child Labour
June 12 has been recognised as the World Day Against Child Labour across the world. Child labour is a cruel yet highly prevalent practice...
14-year-old girl is rainproofing rag pickers in India
Imagine getting up early in the morning each day to go to work; work that involves cleaning the garbage from gutters, sewers, drains, and...
OYO launches its CSR programme ‘OYO Reach’ from Shimla
OYO Hotels & Homes, South Asia’s largest, China’s top two and the world’s fastest growing chain of hotels, homes and living spaces firm launched...
CSR: P&G Invented New Technology for Recycling
Plastic bottles are among the biggest cause of pollution in the oceans. The plastic bottles, commonly known as PETs, have caused a lot of...
Child obesity on the rise, hospital acts
Child obesity is increasing at an alarming rate in India. India has the second highest number of obese children in the world, with 14.4...
Overtourism Causing Loss of Life at Everest
11 trekkers lost their lives while attempting to climb Mount Everest in 2019. Three of them were Indian nationals, according to the official data...