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Allaying industry concerns, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said violations of CSR norms under the companies law will be treated only as civil liability and not as a criminal offence. The corporate affairs ministry would review the sections concerned under the Companies Act, she said. The industry has expressed concerns over penal provisions for...

An 86-year-old Spanish nun was forced to return to her country after the Indian government rejected her visa renewal application, leaving residents of a village in Gajapati district of Odisha distraught. According to Odisha TV, Sister Enedina had been providing health and other services to locals of the Aliganda village for almost 50 years. After...

India’s economy is soaring and is now the world’s envy, but its healthcare system remains an Achilles’ heel. For millions of people, the high cost of treating illnesses continues to undermine economic progress. This is largely on account of India’s dilapidated healthcare system: a major symptom of the dire lack of funding. India ranks...

Started as a campaign to mark its centenary year, Save the Children’s #WhyTheGap challenge, with support from artist ambassadors Twinkle Khanna and Dia Mirza, has already touched over 12 million people on social media since its launch on August 19. #WhyTheGap is the final leg of Save the Children’s 100-day digital campaign and has been...

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) announced a new water strategy that represents an evolution in thinking around water use in a global supply chain, particularly in areas already facing water stress, and a new way to define successful water stewardship in manufacturing. It leverages the latest water science and data, consultations with leading water...

Today’s children are tomorrow’s scientists, engineers, doctors, lawyers and administrators of the world. The very foundation of the intellectual genius of students is laid in schools. This makes it very important for teachers to have the appropriate skill set to bring out the weaknesses and strengths of the students in order to be able...

Estimates show that more than 163 million humans in India lack access to safe water and more than 190 million people go hungry, yet the meat, egg, and dairy industries are wasting massive amounts of water, grain, land, and other resources on animal agriculture. Animal agriculture contributes to water shortages, pollution, climate change, and...

Canada's House of Commons passed a bill Monday to make it illegal to hold a whale, dolphin or porpoise captive, punishable by fines up to $150,000 USD. It's known colloquially as the "Free Willy" bill, named after the 1993 movie in which a young boy frees a killer whale from a US amusement park. "Nothing...

The state whose capital city houses major business houses, celebrities and crème de la crème of the country has been in distress because of severe floods. The total death toll in the past three weeks arising from flood or rain-related accidents across five districts in western Maharashtra has risen to 50 even as floodwaters have...

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and US-based CADMUS group launched the Indian Solar Market Aggregation for Rooftops (I-SMART) program in Dehradun, Uttarakhand at the workshop held to promote Rooftop Solar Power Plants. The program is supported by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH....

Vista Equity Partners, a US-based investment firm, has announced the expansion of its partnership with The Akshaya Patra Foundation. Vista and its portfolio companies operating in India have pledged an additional USD 1 million to Akshaya Patra to support the Foundation’s Mid-Day Meal Programme across India, helping deliver hot, nutritious, and hygienic meals to...

Tomorrowland is one of the world’s biggest electronic dance music festivals. Stretching over two weekends, 400,000 visitors from all of the world come together and celebrate music and unity. The Tomorrowland team, on account of celebrating their 15th anniversary, aspired to send out a powerful message by opting for sustainable T-shirts for their crew-members....