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‘They See, They Learn’, a campaign for under privileged students has been launched with the aim to provide better education. Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), a chemical company based in Riyadh is driving the campaign for children in Gurgaon. Local administration is helping the company to get the campaign going. Appreciating the drive, T L...

NEW DELHI: Jet Airways has been awarded the Henry Spira Humane Corporate Progress Award for the company’s role in ending the transport of shark fins from India to international shores. The award is given out by The Humane Society of the United States. In 2014, Humane Society International/India, the international affiliate of The HSUS, began...

Rajendra Singh of India is named the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, for his innovative water restoration efforts, improving water security in rural India, and for showing extraordinary courage and determination in his quest to improve the living conditions for those most in need. The announcement was made at the World Water Day celebrations...

New Delhi: IPE Global, in its endeavor to create a knowledge base across relevant stakeholders in India, launched the first edition of the IPE Global Annual Leadership Engagement Programme around the theme of ‘Development and Sustainability’ recently. The engagement programme has been designed to encourage discussion around current economic events and address, in particular, the sustainability concerns...

Alstom’s philanthropic arm Alstom Foundation recently adopted Moldanga village in association with Swami Vivekananda Vani Prachar Samiti. An extension of Alstom’s CSR activities the initiative is in line with the company’s focus on sustainable development for transforming villages intEcovillageses. Moldanga has a population of around 47 families, which belong to the Santhal tribe and is located close to...

The camels are Rajasthan’s signatory animals, its former source of identity and pride, as well as the foundation for the globally unique camel culture of the Raika who once took care of the breeding herds owned by the Maharajas. In the last decades, a decline in demand for draught camels and a number of...

ICICI Bank trained 100 police officials on prevention and investigation of banking frauds Ranchi, Jharkhand:ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, in association with Jharkhand Police organised a training workshop for the police officials to enhance their knowledge and understanding in investigating cybercrimes and banking frauds. The Bank has conducted over 600 similar trainings to law...

Three Bollywood Stars launch simultaneous Online Campaigns to raise funds that will go towards the aid of the J&K flood victims through CARE India.

His ‘clean’ look in an upcoming movie poster may be grabbing eyeballs and attention for all the wrong reasons but the activist Bollywood actor prefers to focus on a bigger 'cleaning up act' by flagging off a waste management program in Jodhpur.

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie is known to visit war zones on her own expense. Here’s a peek into the humanitarian work of the fearless Hollywood star who works to support and promote over 50 charities and causes around the world.

The extraordinary story of Dharamveer Kamboj - risen from rickshaw puller to being honoured this month at Raisina Hill - tells us just how mistaken we would be to term social innovations as 'jugaad'

‘The Hulk’ star Mark Ruffalo is fighting for clean water in the US, asking fans to support the cause and win a chance to spend a day with him of the sets of his next film, Avengers: Age of Ultron. Bollywood superheroes, are you listening?