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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Mumbai to inaugurate Metro Rail Lines 2A & 7 worth around Rs 12,600 crores on Thursday. The Prime Minister enjoyed a metro rail ride and interacted with youngsters inside the train. The metro line 2A connecting Dahisar E and DN Nagar (yellow line) is around 18.6 Km long, while metro...

All nations are impacted by the complex social, political, and economic issue known as corruption. Corruption threatens democratic institutions, stifles economic growth, and fuels political instability. By skewing voting processes, subverting the rule of law, and establishing bureaucratic tangles whose sole purpose is to collect bribes, corruption undermines the foundation of democratic institutions. Foreign direct...

In Mumbai's BMC office, Essar installed water filters as part of its CSR programme. How necessary was it? Providing Mumbai citizens with safe drinking water and maintaining the city's cleanliness fall under the purview of the BMC. Nevertheless, it is seen that BMC staff are using water from the water filters that Essar Foundation and...

West Bengal has always been the centre of culture and modernization. The state is home to the age-old festival of Durga Puja which has recently been honoured by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Apart from picturesque tourist attractions ranging from the Himalayan foothills of Darjeeling, the jungles of Dooars, the terracotta...

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued a notification which announces certain amendments made by the Government of India in the rules governing corporate social responsibility (CSR). This has been named the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2022. Companies to set up CSR Committee According to this, the government orders companies having any amount...

The woes of LGBTQ people in India are countless. They are subjected to discrimination all through their lives in terms of employment opportunities, education, healthcare and many other basic human rights. This leads to their marginalisation and exclusion from mainstream society. In order to address some of these issues, several policies have been designed to...

Film stars in the Southern states of India not only have a large and devoted following but also do tremendous amount of charity work alongside their acting work. 1. Chiranjeevi Chiranjeevi first laid the foundation of the Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust (CCT) in 1998, which works with eye banks and blood banks. The actor himself is a...

Both science and gender equality are critical for achieving internationally accepted development goals, such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Over the last few decades, the international community has worked hard to inspire and engage women and girls in science. Despite this, women and girls are still barred from fully participating in science. In...

Odisha has been empowering its women very effectively under the Mission Shakti women empowerment program. Let us see how. What is Mission Shakti Women Empowerment Program? Naveen Patnaik, the chief minister, devised the Mission Shakti strategy to empower women. However, the government has begun to create work possibilities solely for women in various government departments, giving...

Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary singer breathed her last on Sunday, Feb 6th 2022, after a prolonged illness at the age of 92. The Bharat Ratna Awardee singer was muse to some of the country’s greatest music composers. Talking about his inspiration for making music, the celebrated music composer S.D. Burman had once allegedly said,...

On August 30th of 2021, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 75/317, which proclaimed February 2nd of every year as World Wetlands Day. Thereby making 2nd February 2022 the first-ever World Wetlands Day. What is World Wetlands Day? World Wetlands Day is a United Nations international day, aimed at raising awareness among people about wetlands....

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Union Budget 2022 yesterday, calling it 'inclusive and growth-oriented' – among other things – in her speech. But was it really? What did the corporate sector really think about the announcements with regard to CSR, inclusive development, job creation, the EV ecosystem and climate action? We asked leaders...