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Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services and solutions, goes plastic-free with its ‘Don’t Be Plastic’ campaign. Starting August 1st, Tech Mahindra has banned single-use plastic across its campuses globally. The organization is also giving biodegradable bags in exchange for the plastic bags to associates across locations. On the...

Sustainability of development is comparatively a new area of knowledge in which scientists, economists, philosophers and other social scientists are working together. The raising awareness about climate change and events happening because it has caused many people including school children to demand bolder actions on climate change by governments, businesses and investors. In order to...

150 adolescent girls under ‘Ab Meri Baari’ are leading various initiatives to create a nation-wide movement for raising awareness on adolescent priorities such as education, nutrition, health, sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR), skilling, safety and creation of agency for empowerment. These girl champions finalized the priorities of adolescents in the state after discussing the...

L&T Technology Services Ltd., a leading global pure-play engineering services company, today announced the launch of a unique incentive-based waste management program in Dumad Village near Vadodara in partnership with SOCLEEN and project managed by Concept Biotech. The initiative aims to ensure segregation of the wet and dry waste, which is further to be...

As India celebrates its 72nd Independence Day, bikers across 15 cities came together to set the ‘wheels of change in motion’ for girls from less privileged communities, giving a special meaning to word freedom that only education can enable. The iconic British luxury motorcycle maker Triumph and Smile Foundation came together for the fifth time in...

HDFC Bank, country’s largest private sector lender has said on August 14, 2019, that it spent Rs 443.80 crore on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the fiscal year ending March 2019. This is after the government released a list of entities which was named as having fallen short of the mandatory spending, and it included...

Working on his task of Character Designing, Kishore Mohite from Pune with hearing impairment is in the hope of winning the ICT competition. Orthopaedically challenged Anita used to work as an accountant. Today she is competing in Regional Abilympics showcasing her talent by giving beauty therapy to the onlookers. Mumbai recently hosted the regional...

Experiential marketing agency The Think Tank Entertainment celebrated its 6th anniversary with the residents of Kishan Gopal Rajpuria Old Age Home in Mumbai. The Think Tank Entertainment is a full service integrated entertainment network, which specialises in creative strategy and big ticket events. In an effort to bring back joy to their everyday lives, the...

India is racing to become a $5 trillion economy in the next 5 years as per the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is imperative to double the farmers’ incomes in order to achieve this. However, with a rising scarcity of natural resources such as land and water, and increasing food insecurity because...

While the concept isn’t new – false information and mistruths have been circulating for as long as stories have been told – smartphones, the internet and social media (especially Whatsapp) have given it a new lease of life and a new high-speed distribution mechanism. Back in 2013, the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report...

A high-level committee chaired by Injeti Srinivas, secretary, corporate affairs ministry, has suggested removing the criminalisation of non-compliance with CSR norms. The committee has recommended that non-compliance of CSR should be made a civil offence and moved to a penalty regime. The committee submitted its recommendations to Finance Minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman suggesting that CSR...

Nine states in India are reeling under the effects of severe monsoon flooding. Over 200 have been killed in different parts of the country and thousands have been displaced after heavy rainfall battered several states. Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala are among the worst-hit states. Earlier in July, over 210 people lost their lives and...