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India is a country where women still find fighting for their rights and gaining the socio-economic status they deserve an uphill task. There is a constant need for a respectable life and the desperation of being able to make ends meet amongst the women. The lure of leading a luxurious lifestyle has motivated women...

Being an entrepreneur and running a business does not only mean making money and growing profits, even though it is the practical bottom line. We have to be very forward-thinking in approach to our products and services. Finding innumerable ways to build functional and cost-effective products and services, and also, provide innovative solutions to...

About 2 million people were displaced from their homes, and around 28,000 are still forced to flee on a daily basis due to persecution, conflict and natural disasters last year. The International Chamber of Commerce marked World Refugee Day on June 20, by launching a partnership with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and issuing...

Doubling down on its corporate social responsibility (CSR) diktat, the government may now also mandate companies to provide photographs and geographical tagging of such projects, reports The Economic Times. The move may be considered by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) after the Parliament amended the Companies Act to allow criminal action against companies that do not...

There is no better way to pay tribute to our country than by helping people understand the importance of healthy food in nourishing their lives. And nourishing needy children is one of the kindest deeds to do, especially on a special occasion.  On the eve of India’s 73rd Independence Day, Shangri-La’s Eros Hotel in Delhi will be...

Vedanta Aluminium has reinforced its commitment towards woman empowerment through the inauguration of a new turmeric processing machine for a women Self-Help Group in Lanjigarh. The company runs the Self-Help Group program, under the Sakhi Project with the rural women, which is one of the key initiatives of the sustainable livelihood program. Speaking on the...

Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has been widely discussed being a focal point for debates about hope and scepticism related to the world’s future development. AI is an innovation which will profoundly change our economy, politics and society – it is, therefore, time to ask if and how AI will change corporate social responsibility (CSR)...

Embassy Group and The Ugly Indians have embarked on the Hebbal Tech Hub transformation initiative to beautify the public spaces in the vicinity of Embassy Manyata Business Park in Bengaluru. Embassy Group, under its Corporate Connect Program advocates and create opportunities through which corporates are encouraged to collaborate as a means to solve larger social...

Over the last 20 years, the building sector has focused on tackling the 28% of global emissions created by the operational phase of a building, the greenhouse gases pumped out by offices and homes as they are cooled and heated. Far less attention has been paid to embodied carbon, those emissions created during the...

A social implementing organization Ambuja Cement Foundation (ACF) and a worldwide mining company Hindustan Zinc Limited today, inaugurated a skill development centre at Rapura Dariba Mine, Rajasthan. This partnership will aim to provide training to almost 3,000 unemployed youth in skilled trades like Assistant Electrician, Domestic Data Entry Operator, Sales Associate, Unarmed Security Guard and...

The estimated $550bn global hotel and hospitality sector is one of the world’s fastest-growing industries. And with some 17.2 million rooms booked each year, it is also one of the most impactful. Tourism contributes about 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and those are set to grow by 130% by 2035, according to the...

Chennai is facing its worst water crisis in more than 30 years. It went without rainfall at a stretch for 200 days and the city reservoirs are holding less than 1% of their total storage capacity. It is now dependent on desalination plants to take care of its water requirements. The Chennai Container Freight...