Press Release

The Department of Posts, in association with UNICEF today announced the winners of the 2019 Stamp Design Competition, celebrating Children’s Day in India and commemorating 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The top two winning entries have been adapted as stamps. More than 14,000 children from across India participated...

Marico Limited, in line with its commitment to sustainability, has announced its partnership with Future Retail’s format Big Bazaar to launch a plastic recycling programme ‘Plastic Lao Paise Kamao’.  Aligned with the national agenda on plastic waste management, this initiative is aimed at building awareness amongst consumers around plastic recycling and encourages them to take...

AROH Foundation organized several events to celebrate Children’s day and pay tribute to the first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. On the special day, AROH Foundation conducted various competitions and games for children across all its centres in Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Bihar, Odisha, Delhi, and Uttarakhand. At HDFC supported HRDP’s “Parivartan “in...

On the occasion of Children's Day, Scholastic India today conducted a pan-India campaign to promote reading among the underprivileged children by reaching out to multiple NGOs across various cities. They hosted storytelling sessions in sixteen NGOs across the country and donated books to underprivileged kids. While education is important, it is not just textbooks that...

According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), the level of fundamental learning skills in underprivileged children is very low owing to absence of basic education infrastructure. To bridge this gap, on the occasion of Children’s day, Pearson India, leading digital learning company has partnered with Robin Hood Army under their CSR initiative to affirm...

IKEA, the world’s leading multichannel home furnishings retailer has unveiled a new limited-edition collection named HANTVERK, meaning ‘handicraft’ in Swedish. HANTVERK consists of cushion covers, throws, baskets, bowls, vases and more, all in natural sustainable materials like banana fibre, handmade paper, ceramic and cotton. For this, IKEA collaborated with various social enterprises based in India, Thailand...

LANXESS India Private Limited established a skill development centre in Thane as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility programme to provide training to aspiring candidates looking for suitable employability. The LANXESS  B-ABLE SKILL CENTRE was set up in association with BASIX Academy for Building Lifelong Employability Limited (B-Able) who is the implementation partner for...

Global social impact enterprise The World We Want (WWW) and the global business intelligence initiative part of The Times Group, Times Strategic Solutions Limited, have announced the inaugural The Economic Times SDGs Impact Summit. Convening over 500 global delegates across government, media, activists, celebrities, industry leaders, civil society, NGOs, young advocates, corporates and the private...

APL Apollo launched its Steel for Green initiative at the ITC Grand Bharat in Gururgam. The Steel for Green initiative signals a major move towards environmental consciousness and sustainability. Which is why the event saw participation from APL Apollo’s dealers across the country along with company employees across the organizational hierarchy. The Chief Guests at...

Ingersoll Rand India, as part of its community relations initiative, has joined hands with Smile Foundation to facilitate healthcare services for economically disadvantaged people in Naroda and neighbouring areas in Ahmedabad. Ingersoll Rand is supporting the ‘Smile on Wheels’ initiative that targets mobile healthcare vans to deliver professional healthcare services at the doorsteps of 4...

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, presented Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards to selected companies. The President conferred national awards to winning companies in two categories namely, “Corporate Award for Excellence in CSR” and “Contribution of CSR in Challenging Circumstances”. In his address, President Kovind stated that CSR has now become an integral part of business...

ITM Institute of Hotel Management at both their campus i.e. Navi Mumbai and Mumbai campus celebrated International Chef’s Day and World Food Day by preparing and serving food along with acclaimed Chefs from the Industry to the children from Premdan orphanage, Kharghar, St. Catherine Orphan Home, Spark-A-Change Foundation, and Schools on Wheels, Mumbai. The students...