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Amitabh Bachchan Is Ambassador For Nationwide Water Conservation Campaign
One of the greatest challenges facing humanity is the day when the taps run dry. While many grapple with the basic need for cooking, washing, drinking and even farming, there are many more facing the calamities of climate, as floods and lashing storms ravage home and landscapes. Managing this water crisis is today an...
This Aussie’s ‘rocket stove’ cuts pollution in the Himalayas
Russell Collins, a tinkerer by nature, knew he was onto something when he stumbled across a way to get rid of the smoke killing more people in India than HIV, TB and Malaria combined. (WHO stats link below).
Based in the small coastal town of Byron Bay, Australia, Russell had heard about the efficiency of...
Skipper Foundation Awards Scholarship to Girl Students
Bharat Ratna, Shri Pranab Mukherjee former President of India, today gave away scholarships to 1336 underprivileged girl children from Skipper Foundation to support their education in “BetiPadahoAbhiyaan”. This is the 3rd edition of the BetiPadhaoAbhiyaan organized by Skipper Foundation, the CSR wing of leading Power Transmission and Distribution and Polymer products company Skipper Limited.
Shri Anand...
CSR: Digital Healthcare for Rural India
Universal Health coverage is one of the SDGs, which India is striving hard to achieve. While there is an overall shortage of doctors and healthcare practitioners in the country, it is more felt in the rural areas. It may take some time to set up a permanent infrastructure to ensure that adequate medical facilities...
India Inc’s expenditure on CSR activities isn’t enough
Even after five years of the mandate coming into play, many companies appear reluctant to spend on CSR activities
India Inc breathed a sigh of relief when the high-level committee on CSR (corporate social responsibility) — appointed in September 2018 — recommended doing away with the penal provision of imprisonment for non-compliance with CSR norms....
Making Dalhousie One Of The Cleanest Hill Stations through CSR
Nestlé India, in collaboration with Recity Network and Dalhousie Municipal Council launched the Hilldaari Initiative today at an event in Snow Valley resort, Dalhousie in the presence of key Government dignitaries. The movement aims at transforming solid waste management practices and making Dalhousie one of the cleanest hill stations of India.
At the event, 12...
CSR violations not to be treated as criminal offence, says finance minister
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...
Govt expels Spanish nun after 50 years of social service
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...
Universal healthcare, key to national well-being
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...
Save the Children’s #WhyTheGap Campaign Backs the Cause of Marginalized Children
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. Releases Global Water Strategy
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...
Multi-stakeholder Approach To Transform India’s Education System
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...