Press Release

L’Oréal India and Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI), under the leadership of the Government of Maharashtra, to support the Women4Climate Mumbai Chapter. The Women4Climate is a joint initiative of C40 Cities and Fondation L’Oréal, where women from C40 cities can develop and implement actions inspired by the...

With the pandemic disrupting our lives, the nation has again chosen to strictly abide by the social distancing norms and stay indoors. While this is the wisest option of all, it also gives way to an alarming concern resulting from contaminants like bacterias, viruses, germs, gasses, particles, dust, pollen, and other hazardous substances that...

The first edition of the Oxfam Virtual Trailwalker Challenge for 2022 imbibes the spirit of the National Girl Child Day. The theme of the challenge is #WalkInMyShoes. It will not just get participants closer to their fitness goals but also support Oxfam India's work towards gender and economic equality. National Day of the Girl Child National Girl...

Edtech company Hero Vired has entered into a new partnership with Text & Clicks Academy to upskill existing, retiring and retired armed forces personnel and veterans. This first-of-a-kind partnership offers training and placement in emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science on a larger scale. This collaboration will provide attractive...

Bhubaneswar, Odisha: The Kinship Care Programme of SOS Children’s Villages of India, the largest self-implementing childcare NGO in India, serves about 300 children, including 150 girls, in 10 locations across the country. Introduced in 2017, the Kinship Care Programme ensures that children without parental care grow up with minimal disruption to their educational, cultural and social lives....

Delhi-based NGO Wishes and Blessings organized a vaccination camp for underprivileged children in partnership with Medanta. Under this initiative, free of cost vaccinations were provided to EWS children falling in the age group of 15-18 years. The medical team came equipped to administer over 150 Covid-19 vaccines to destitute children; however, the turnout was lower...

Bottles for Change – a CSR initiative by Bisleri recently partnered with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai’s (MCGM) G North Ward to arrange a plastic collection drive from housing societies, chowkis, corporates and theatres spread over four days. In a four-day activity, Bottles for Change collaborated with G North ward and Sangam Pratishthan for...

Top real estate developer Lodha has announced its commitment to set carbon emissions targets in line with climate science with the Science Based Targets initiative. This announcement is further to Lodha’s pledge on this World Environment Day to go carbon neutral by 2035. Recently, the group also received an exceptional score in S&P Global Corporate...

Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), a globally recognised organisation dedicated to transforming the lives of millions in rural India, has empowered 45 lakh beneficiaries through its various programmes since its establishment in 1993. Marking its 28th foundation day recently, the Pune-based social welfare organisation announced that it has executed rural development and ecosystem-based adaptation programmes for...

Valvoline Cummins Private Limited, the Original Engine Oil maker and a leading global lubricant manufacturer, organised a two-day vaccination drive in Khandsa, Gurgaon, beginning today. The camp is targeted at drivers, mechanics, and allied community members and their families in association with the Chief Medical Officer, Gurgaon, Dr Virendra Yadav, and Synergies Institute of...

Jharsuguda, Odisha: Vedanta Aluminium Business, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added products, and Runaya Refining, one of India’s fastest growing manufacturing start-ups, have won the ‘Gold’ award at the (Business World) BW Recycling for a Greener Tomorrow Awards 2022 in ‘Best in Recycling or Material Recovery Facility of the Year’ category. Vedanta Aluminium produces...

PNB Housing Finance has announced that it has set up two spice units in Baran and Chittorgarh districts of Rajasthan to empower women from vulnerable communities and bring socio-economic change in their lives. Collectively, these units provide employment to close to 75 women in these districts. The launch of the two units is part of...