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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability is the new space where businesses compete with one another. They are no longer merely voluntary activities that companies perform on the side, but are effective business tools that organisations use to gain favour from the market and their shareholders. CSR has become an integral part of every...

Sanjay Roy, the culprit in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital trainee doctor rape and murder case has been sentenced to life imprisonment till death by a Kolkata court on Monday. He has also been fined Rs 50,000 by the Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court. Sanjay Roy was found guilty by the Sessions Court...

Verdict has finally been announced in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital junior doctor rape and murder case after a long wait of five months. The Additional District and Sessions Court in Kolkata’s Sealdah on Saturday convicted the main accused Sanjoy Roy as guilty in the case. Sanjoy Roy, who was a civic...

Indian Railways has responded to misleading news reports claiming that there will be free trains to Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj during the upcoming Maha Kumbh Mela, which will be hosted in January 2025. The Railways has issued a clarification saying that there will be no free of cost travel for passengers travelling to attend the...

After the iconic trams faced extinction from the roads of Kolkata, it is time for more than half of the yellow taxis, another defining feature of public transport in the city of joy to bid goodbye. At least 4,493 yellow taxis from a fleet of over 7000 will be taken off the roads this...

With Mumbai’s air quality dipping lately, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has banned bursting of firecrackers after 10 p.m. during the ongoing Diwali festivities. The Mumbai civic body has issued new guidelines to restrict the use of firecrackers during Diwali and at the same time urged citizens to follow the same in order to...

Social media company Meta helped save the life of a young woman in Lucknow last week after it got a hint of her suicidal tendency through her virtual behaviour. The woman had posted a distressing video on Instagram where she had a noose around her neck. Lucknow Police took action to prevent the woman...

Ananat Ambani’s animal welfare organisation ‘Vantara’ has extended its support with an aim to rescue the animals which are being culled by Namibian authorities. As per reports, Namibia has started to cull hundreds of its most majestic wild animals, including dozens of elephants and hippopotamuses, to provide meat for its 1.4 million people. This comes...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was declared mandatory by the Government of India on 1st April, 2014. As per the Companies Act of 2013, Section 135, companies that meet certain turnover and profitability requirements, will have to spend at least 2% of their average net profit of the previous three years on CSR activities. Companies...

The idea of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been a topic of discussion since the 1950s. However, it wasn’t until much later that people started understanding its meaning, significance and impact. CSR, in the form that we see today, became popular after it was defined by Archie Carroll’s “Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility” in...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first budget in his third term meant for the financial year 2024-25 puts employment and skill development for youths on priority, as announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday. While announcing the budget, the Finance Minister announced a Rs 2 lakh crore package for schemes which are aimed at...

From Goshalas to adopting strays, India has a sensitive population that does care for animals. However, in spite of various efforts, today there are over 35 million stray dogs and 5 million stray cattle, indicating that there is a lot more that could be done in this space. The stories of human-animal conflict, that...