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11 trekkers lost their lives while attempting to climb Mount Everest in 2019. Three of them were Indian nationals, according to the official data...

L&T Financial Services (LTFS), a Non-Banking Financial Services Group, launched ‘Digital Sakhi’ - an educational programme aimed at digital financial inclusion of rural women...

Sponsored by Magnolia Quality Development Corporation, the Well-being Architecture, Technology and Sustainability (WATS) Conference held on 3 June attracted 1,000 participants from diverse professions. Assoc....

Nipah virus has hit back the state of Kerala again after claiming 17 lives in 2018. A young student was confirmed to have been...

Nestlé volunteers worldwide participated in clean-up drives to celebrate World Oceans Day, on June 8, 2019. In India, around 2000 volunteers participated in this...

People expect companies across many industries to commit to corporate social responsibility (CSR). When asked which industries should commit to CSR, respondents answered: Food retailers...

By Annie Banerji, Thomson Reuters Foundation Organizers of the Femina Miss India beauty pageant came under fire on Thursday for selecting only fair-skinned women, with human...

The global food system is expected to feed a world population of 9.8 billion by 2050. However, it is under threat from all sides....

Canada is committing $330 million to women’s rights organizations and gender equality in Canada and across the globe, making the country the top investor...

In 2013, Sumeet Mohanty, a biochemical engineer from IIT Kharagpur, had taken a trip to a small village in Jharkhand. He was troubled to...

According to various reports, the United Kingdom now has more electric vehicle (EV) charging stations than it does gas (or shall we say petrol, or...

India has secured 95th rank in the first-ever SDG Gender Index, which measures strides made in achieving gender commitments against internationally set targets. The...