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Volkswagen India signed a MoU with Lila Poonawalla Foundation towards the education of girls from Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad. The MoU was signed by Gurpratap Boparai, Managing Director, Volkswagen India Private Limited, Jan Frydrych, Head HR and Admin, Volkswagen India Private Limited, Lila Poonawalla, Chairperson, Lila Poonawalla Foundation in the presence Priti Khare, CEO of...

Walmart Inc. has issued its inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, which details the company’s goals, progress and achievements for the fiscal year 2019 toward its commitment to increase economic opportunity for associates and local communities, build sustainability in supply chains and activate climate change initiatives. The company is disclosing progress to date in several...

Two years ago, Swiggy took a leap towards sustainable development by encouraging more mechanical cycles for its fleet. The move also had the added benefit of enabling more riders in becoming a part of Swiggy’s delivery fleet. Delivery partners swear by the swift movement, smooth navigation, mobility and fitness benefits of riding cycles. Additionally, cycle...

‘Cyclone Fani’, one of the strongest storms to batter the Indian subcontinent in decades, made landfall near Puri, India, on 3rd May 2019. Over 10,000 villages and 50 towns bore its brunt, with over 1.4 million people still in relief centres across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. Drinking water is evident...

Subhrakant Panda, Chairman, FICCI Odisha State Council and Managing Director, IMFA today appealed to corporates to contribute generously to help those affected by Cyclone Fani while committing INR 75 lakhs by the company in addition to efforts at the local level. In his appeal, Subhrakant Panda said: “While the Central & State Governments have stepped...

Women-owned businesses have been on the rise over the past twenty years in the Asia-Pacific region. In Cambodia, around 65 per cent of micro-sized businesses are women-led. However, when it comes to upscaling their businesses, women entrepreneurs across the region face significantly higher barriers including discriminatory legislative frameworks, limited access to finance and ICT,...

By Abdul Bari Nijrabi and Max Bone On April 25, representatives of the United States, Russia, and China convened at the first trilateral meeting on the Afghan Peace process in Moscow. At the conclusion of this meeting, the United States released a statement outlining the agreements reached during the trilateral consultation. This meeting was preceded...

In January 2018, the world’s richest man entered into an alliance with the CEOs of the world's third-largest public company and the United States’ largest bank. Their sights were set on healthcare, and remain so. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos (net worth: $128.1 billion, as of 2018), Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett and JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon—the respective parties in question—announced a goal to lower healthcare...

Science and technology have made leaps of progress in the field of biotechnology. The power of technology is such, that scientists can modify microorganisms like E. coli by rewriting their genetic code to turn them into tiny living factories that produce biofuel. This is an example of products made possible by the advanced genetic-engineering technology known...

Hiring of differently- or specially-abled professionals by Indian recruiters has still a long way to go, if the recent survey findings by recruitment and flex-staffing firm Genius Consultants are anything to go by. The survey finds that the bulk of recruiters, or about 85% of the respondents, have either not hired or are companies in...

Maruti Suzuki India Limited on Friday announced that it has committed a sum of INR 125 crore to undertake two mega projects under its corporate social responsibility initiatives. The company laid the foundation stones for a multispeciality hospital and a senior secondary school at Sitapur, Gujarat. RC Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki, Kenichi Ayukawa, MD &...

Areas around Kodaikanal lake got a facelift with renovated public toilets, better railings and levelled footpaths, on May 3. The Carlton hotel, in a bid to boost tourism-related infrastructure, began working on repairing the municipality-owned toilet block near the Kodaikanal lake. The renovations were a result of the organisation’s Corporate Social Responsibility activities. The lake surrounded...