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Bridging the digital finance gender gap
One of the most promising ways to close the stubbornly persisting gender divide is technology. While inclusion is growing for everyone, women tend to...
HCL Samuday Partners with Banas Dairy to Augment Income of Marginal Dairy Farmers
HCL Samuday, a project of HCL Foundation working towards creating a scalable and replicable development model for rural India has announced its partnership with...
Top CSR programmes for women empowerment
It has been proved that extra income in the hands of women leads to significant and positive changes in human development since it is...
Shortcomings in the CSR rules
A 90-minute drive from Delhi lies Birondi Chakrasenpur village in Dadri block of Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddha Nagar district. The government-run secondary school in...
CSR audits to usher in transparency
Monitoring of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds will bring more accountability and transparency to the mandatory expenditure undertaken by India Inc. The projects implemented...
School Children Practice Organic Farming After School Hours in Maharashtra
Organic farming is gaining a lot of mileage in recent years considering the damage caused because of the chemical fertilisers. The depleting quality of...
The Body Shop launches its first Community Trade recycled plastic from Bengaluru
Our planet is drowning in plastic. The devastating effect of plastic waste on our oceans is well known. However, there is a human element...
Colgate India is first Indian co. to be certified TRUE Zero Waste Platinum
Colgate India has received TRUE Zero Waste Platinum certification, for all its four manufacturing sites in India, from Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the premier organization...
The Age of Adani?
As India votes for its next government, how is the Adani Group placed?
Among the tailwinds working in the group’s favour is the perception that...
CSR: Aviation Industry Under Pressure to Reduce Emissions
The Aviation industry that was once synonymous to innovation and progress is now lagging way behind in terms of innovation to curb the carbon...
How smart is your smartphone about the environment?
Smartphones have revolutionized our daily lives. From instant messaging to global interaction at our fingertips, today’s communication is fast, efficient and low-cost.
But how smart...
The hypocrisy of harassment and discrimination in the development sector
Current discussions and debates on social issues related to race, caste, gender and religion in progressive circles have somehow managed to trickle into popular...