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AI to Reduce Food Waste
Food waste is a global issue that poses a plethora of challenges at humanitarian, environmental and economic levels. However, the threat that it actually...
Agroecology: A socio-ecological solution to the agricultural crisis
Art | Science | Innovation | Traditional Knowledge | Social Relations | Community Ties | Ecological sensitivity | Sustainable Living | Diversity | Economic...
CSR skilling programmes that address pre-training counseling
It is imperative in skilling programmes to ensure that trainees are conditioned for technical and non-technical training before their commencement and their expectations set...
Vedanta’s Balco Medical Centre treats over 4,000 cancer patients
Since receiving its first patient a year ago, Balco Medical Centre (BMC), a subsidiary of Vedanta Medical Research Foundation, has travelled a long way...
Embracing the Field Approach to achieve SDGs
Dasra, a strategic philanthropy foundation, emphasized on the adoption of a ‘Field Approach’ to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for India at Dasra Philanthropy...
A child leader fighting for child rights
For a change, a burn gave birth to fire. This is the story of Thimma Reddy from Raichur, who is emerging as one of...
Walmart Foundation Supports IDEI Irrigation Project to Raise Farmers’ Incomes
Ten thousand smallholder farmers in Andhra Pradesh are set to benefit from the introduction of sustainable irrigation products and practices under a program offered...
SME approach towards CSR activities
By Poorvi Sanjanwala, Partner, Pearl Boga, Principal Associate and Karen Issac, Associate at Rajani Associates
Due to the mandatory financial thresholds stipulated by the Companies...
Bausch + Lomb India and Optometry Council of India unveil the Eye Screening Protocol
Bausch + Lomb India in association with the Optometry Council of India launched the Eye Screening Protocol for Government school children as a part...
First transgender woman to marry legally, set for Bollywood debut
Shree Ghatak Muhuri, a transgender woman, has been cast in director Ram Kamal Mukherjee's film Season's Greetings. Celina Jaitly’s comeback movie will see the...
Samsung R&D Centre in Bengaluru Switches to Solar Energy
Samsung’s R&D centre in Bengaluru has switched to solar power for its campus in the IT capital of India. The campus which houses...
Swades Foundation & Government of Maharashtra sign Letter of Intent towards 1000 Dream Villages
Swades Foundation signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the Government of Maharashtra on January 26, 2019, to scale up operations for 1000 “Swades...