Health & Sanitation
What’s in Store for Graduates in Organic Farming
As the Indira Gandhi National Open University introduces a Certificate Course in Organic Farming, here’s a look at the current demand for organic produce in India and Global markets and why there is need for Government & Corporate backing for the Indian Organic Farming dream to materialize.
Dial 108 To Live: More States To Add Unified Emergency Number?
J&K among states considering adopting GVK EMRI, India’s largest emergency management service, and part of infra major GVK’s wp activity, after service is shown to reduce maternal mortality rates in states where it is functional.
Modi On I-Day: Sanitation A Priority
SANITATION seems to have become the buzzword ever since Prime Minister Narendi Modi has assumed office, or perhaps even before. In his first, what...
Heal me, Dr. Food!
Hospitals in the US are shifting to fresh, organic food to improve the health of their patients. Corporate houses in India could similarly harness the vast tradition of Ayurveda, adopting and strategically implementing the concept of ‘Food as Medicine’ as a business or wp activity.
Big B vs. TB – Watch & Spread the Word
Since large scale awareness is essential to prevent TB, who better than the megastar Amitabh Bachchan to command the attention of the common man...
Champions Of The Toilet
One out of every two people practicing open defecation globally lives in India. In fact, India has more than double the number of people...
Wockhardt Adds 100th Mobile Van To M’tra Healthcare Service
WOCKHARDT Foundation reached a milestone achievement of adding the 100<sup>th </sup>Mobile 1000 health van, to its rapidly expanding healthcare services. The latest van will...
Give Way for Ambulance
The Mumbai Traffic Police, in association with RADHEE Disaster and Education Foundation and Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd has started an initiative “Give Way for...
Cigna Foundation Global Grant Supports Crowdfunding for Surgeries in India
The Cigna Foundation has announced a $100,000 World of Difference grant to Samahope – a crowdfunding platform that allows anyone, anywhere to directly fund...
L&T Joins Swachh Bharat Brigade, Pledges 5000 Toilets
INFRASTRUCTURE multi-national Larsen & Toubro has announced a wp initiative that would add traction to the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ programme recently launched by the Prime...
Allcargo Launches Leprosy Elimination Project
ALLCARGO Logistics, through its NGO Avvashya Foundation, has inaugurated the Leprosy Elimination Action Project (LEAP) at Koproli Primary Health Centre (PHC). The project was...
Coke, US Cos Collaborate To Give Africans Access To Medicines
THE Coca-Cola Company and its Foundations, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the...