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Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh, has become the first city in India to adopt the localisation of the United Nations-mandated sustainable development goals (SDGs). The adoption of localisation of SDGs is a significant step towards translating Agenda 2030 into local actions and impacts that contribute to the global achievement of the goals....

Now residents from any remote corner of the country can track and even recover their lost or stolen mobile phones, all thanks to the latest initiative by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. The Government’s ‘Sanchar Saathi’, an integrated citizen-centric online portal which helps to track lost mobile phones, will be expanding its...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a paper outlining five strategies to promote corporate action on climate change through the use of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds. The report focuses on the decade-old CSR laws regulated by Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the potential to amend them to support...

The process of admission has begun in the 80 Schools of Excellence inaugurated by Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in various districts across the state. For admission to 1st, 6th and 9th standards, the last date for submitting the application is 15th May, while admission tests would be conducted on 19th May. In a historic...

India is taking a big step towards reducing its carbon footprint in the transportation sector through its proposed Green Ports Policy. This policy is geared towards making India's ports more sustainable while promoting the adoption of cleaner energy sources for trucks. The policy also has ambitious targets for increasing green cover and electrification levels...

The Registrar of Companies (RoC), Mumbai region has reportedly imposed a whopping amount of Rs 1 crore as penalty on RHI Magnesita India Ltd, a leading supplier of high-grade refractory products for allegedly failing to utilise its Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR funds. According to a news report, the RoC has penalised the company for...

National Technology Day is being celebrated across India today to honour scientists and engineers. The beginnings of this national holiday, however, are less benign. May 11 is when the Indian Army conducted three nuclear tests at the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan in the year 1998. The code name was Operation Shakti. There were...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending in India for the financial year 2021-22 remained stagnant at Rs. 14.6k crore, which is the same as the previous year. The country has significant social and environmental issues that require attention, making the lack of increase in spending surprising. According to a recent study, companies have also failed...

Of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations in September 2015, Sustainable Development Goal 4 or SDG 4 is about quality education. Sustainable Development Goal 4 aims at ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all. Lotus Petal Foundation is an NGO that works in the area...

"The increasing global pushback against the rights of women and girls and the declining security and safety for women and girls continue to be alarming,” said Nagaraj Naidu Kakanur, Joint Secretary (G20), Union Ministry of External Affairs, ahead of a G20 meeting. Women's empowerment has been a pressing issue for many years now. During a...

The 9th of May every year is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate world famous poet Rabindranath Tagore. However, only addressing the legend as a ‘poet’ will be doing injustice to his versatile talent and vast sea of literary work. Popularly addressed by names like ‘Kabiguru’ and ‘Gurudev’, Tagore was a scholar,...

World Red Cross Day and Red Crescent Day is celebrated on 8th May every year by the Red Cross society across all the countries. This day marks the birth anniversary of founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Henry Dunant, who was born on 8 May 1828. The first 'International Red Cross...