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YES Bank, India’s fourth largest private sector bank, has successfully launched the 2nd Edition of YES Udaan. Udaan is an ambitious Five Year Project launched in 2013 by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) that aims to provide training and employment opportunities to the youth of Jammu &...

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged a prestigious order valued at Rs.68 Crore for setting up a 10 MWpGrid connected Solar Power Plant for Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL). The Solar Power Plant will be set up at Shivanasamudram, Belakavadi Village in Mandya District of Karnataka. BHEL’s scope of work in the turnkey contract envisages...

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi has left for Brazil to attend the sixth BRICS submit to be held in Brazil. The theme of the high-profile summit this year is ‘Inclusive growth and Sustainable Development’ – echoing a key plank of the new government. READ the statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office before he left for...

TECH giant Infosys has announced its decision to invest and develop its Mysore campus as a ‘Smart City’. The company will also provide its expertise in the areas of smart infrastructure planning and sustainable building technology to the Ministry of Urban Development. This announcement was made during a meeting between Vishal Sikka, Chief Executive...

NEW DELHI: NASSCOM Foundation has recently kick-started the Digital Literacy Week with a target to bring digital literacy to over one lakh Indians. This initiative, is a part of the National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM), and will complement the government’s vision to empower at least one person per household with critical digital literacy skills...

NEW DELHI – The Global Resilience Partnership recently announced 16 teams selected to move forward in the Global Resilience Challenge. Teams were chosen from among nearly 500 applicants across six continents. In applying for the Global Resilience Challenge, teams were asked to submit their vision and plan for taking a multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral approach...

NEW YORK: Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Gates Foundation Co-Chair Melinda Gates and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton will join global and community leaders for the official release of the No Ceilings Full Participation Report on Monday, March 9, in New York City. The Report on the Status of Women and...

A new digital platform – the Futures Centre – has been developed by global sustainability non-profit Forum for the Future (Forum) as a powerful tool for decision makers to track trends, share resources and spot opportunities for sustainable innovation and collaboration. Forum has nearly twenty years’ experience using futures techniques, such as trends, scenarios...

AN initiative of oil and gas company Vedanta, through its group company BALCO, aimed at increasing the rice crop yield of farmers in Korba, Chhattisgarh, has benefitted 17 farmers who took part in the pilot demonstration. The farmers experienced a 41% increase in crop yield on average. The success of Project Jalgram’s Systematic Rice Intensification...

To coincide with the World Economic Forum (WEF) held in New Delhi this week, Sanjiv Mehta, CEO & Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Kajol Devgn, Lifebuoy’s ‘Help A Child Reach 5’ Handwashing Ambassador, Malini Mehra, CEO of Globe International and Rajiv Shah, Administrator of USAID joined Shri Saraswati Prasad, Joint Secretary – Drinking Water...

MUMBAI : Re-iterating its commitment to safety regulations for water quality, UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a global safety science organization, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Water Quality India Association (WQIA). With this MoU, UL will be recognized and accredited by WQIA to conduct product testing as per WQIA’s arrangements with its clients. This certification...

Parle Products has extended its countrywide ‘Litter Free’ project and launched an out-of-home campaign in Delhi-NCR on the back of its nationwide TV campaign, which was rolled out in January 2015. The initiative, developed by Havas Media Group’s OOH and activation brand Havas Media Active, seeks to take forward Parle’s anti-littering message in an...