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Indian scientists have tinkered with the chemistry of gold and turned it into ‘black gold' which they say can be potentially used for applications ranging from solar energy harvesting to desalinating seawater. Scientists at the Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) used gold nanoparticles and by rearranging size and gaps between them developed a...

Here's a solution developed right here in India, capable of offering clean drinking water, practically free of cost. A small firm in Tamil Nadu is providing crystal clear water to cities abroad using traditional knowledge about herbs. The man behind the revolutionary innovation is a former journalist. KP Sunil "couldn't clean the scum of politics,"...

The order of the Supreme Court issued on February 13, 2019 with respect to the claims of forest-dwelling Indian tribals — the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers — is a case of the Supreme Court speaking against itself. In effect, the court has ordered the eviction of lakhs of people whose claims as...

In a bid to give fillip to the corporate social responsibility (CSR) norms enlisted in the Companies Act, 2013, the ministry of corporate affairs  is mulling to have an annual report which will highlight use of CSR funds. One of the suggestions highlighted by the government-nominated high-level committee on CSR, include having an annual report...

After securing the third spot in the ‘Swachh’ rankings this year, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has set a target of procuring at least 100 mobile toilets from funds set aside under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the industries in Mysuru to support its Swachh initiatives. The MCC has submitted several proposals for inclusion under...

Millennials may have different motivations for supporting corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts than older consumers, with important implications for advertising in this space, a study in the Journal of Advertising Research (JAR) has argued. Yoon-Joo Lee (Washington State University) and Eric Haley (University of Tennessee) addressed this subject in a digital-first JAR paper entitled, How do...

11 trekkers lost their lives while attempting to climb Mount Everest in 2019. Three of them were Indian nationals, according to the official data received by the Nepal Government. The photo of climbers stuck at 8000m above sea level in a traffic jam has been doing rounds on social media since last few weeks....

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 rights campaigners saying the contest highlighted the nation's failure to respect women from all walks of life. The Times of India newspaper, which belongs to the group that organises the annual...

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 filling) stations, boasting 8,646 EV charging locations compared with 8,400 gas stations and reflecting a growing EV footprint in the U.K. The data revealing this milestone comes from Zap Map, an...

There is increasing conversation around on-ground actions that businesses need to take to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and create economic value for India. Global Compact Network India (GCNI) – the local arm of UN Global Compact, New York acknowledged this by choosing as its theme: ‘Pioneering Solutions for India’ in keeping with...

आखिरकार 30 साल बाद राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा नीति का मसौदा आ ही गया, इस मसौदे में नेशनल एजुकेशन कमिशन बनाने और मंत्रालय का नाम शिक्षा मंत्रालय करने की बात कही ही गई है। साथ ही इस मसौदे के मुताबिक उच्च शिक्षा के लिए सिर्फ एक रेगुलेटर बनेगा और मानव संसाधन मंत्रालय का नया नाम शिक्षा...

Current discussions and debates on social issues related to race, caste, gender and religion in progressive circles have somehow managed to trickle into popular discourse. This means that even as many people are railing against the ‘revised’ norms of what is considered as decent, acceptable behaviour, they are being forced to adapt to this...