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OYO Hotels & Homes, South Asia’s largest, China’s top two and the world’s fastest growing chain of hotels, homes and living spaces firm launched its corporate social responsibility assistance programme 'OYO Reach'. The program has commenced from Shimla where 83% of OYO hotels in the hill station have been equipped with rainwater harvesting systems. Implementation of this...

L&T Financial Services (LTFS), a Non-Banking Financial Services Group, launched ‘Digital Sakhi’ - an educational programme aimed at digital financial inclusion of rural women - in Villupuram, Tamil Nadu. A ‘Digital Sakhi’ is a rural woman with a digital device who is equipped with skills and knowledge to impart digital financial literacy training to...

Nestlé volunteers worldwide participated in clean-up drives to celebrate World Oceans Day, on June 8, 2019. In India, around 2000 volunteers participated in this initiative which took place in towns near Nestlé India factory and branch locations. The volunteers included Nestlé India employees and their families, NGO partners, distribution partners, suppliers and officials. Commenting on...

In 2013, Sumeet Mohanty, a biochemical engineer from IIT Kharagpur, had taken a trip to a small village in Jharkhand. He was troubled to learn that three children from the village had died on consuming water from a nearby lake that lacked adequate sewage treatment facilities. The incident inspired him to look for a solution...

Part of the larger theme of #RiseAgainstClimateChange, the Mahindra Group's new initiative aims to motivate citizens to plant a tree to celebrate the joyous milestones in their lives. Alternately, individuals who are not able to do so, can simply like, share or comment on #CelebrateDifferently and Mahindra will plant a tree on their behalf...

Coca-Cola India Foundation, Anandana, has announced the establishment of integrated waste management infrastructure along with SAAHAS, CHINTAN and HASIRU DALA, which also includes setting up of Material Recovery and Segregation Facilities (MRFs). The partnerships will also drive social initiatives such as the inclusion of informal waste sector into a formal one, raising awareness of...

Ambuja Cement Foundation and AU Small Finance Bank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a Skill Training Institute by the name of ‘AU Skills Academy’ in Jaipur district. This partnership aims at empowering the youth between the age of 18 and 35 years by helping them gain employment and entrepreneurship opportunities through...

Dolphins are an indicator species of healthy river systems. India is one of the few countries in the world that has two fresh water dolphin species - the Gangetic River Dolphin and the Indus River Dolphin, sub-species of South Asian River Dolphin. The latter is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation...

Liferay’s latest effort to create a fair and equitable society is being practised through its Employee Volunteer Program (EVP) by which Liferay India has built a sensory playscape for visually impaired children. The leadership at Liferay understands true progress in society is possible only when its neediest members are cared for. This is why...

LANXESS India Private Limited has 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 in Thane has been set up in association with BASIX Academy for Building Lifelong Employability Limited (B-ABLE) who is...

Whisper today pledged to reach out and extend the impact of its flagship ‘Mother Daughter Menstrual Health & Hygiene Program’ to 5 Crore girls by the end of 2022. As part of its commitment to increase menstrual hygiene in the country, Whisper will reach out to more than 40,000 schools across India. The pledge was made...

Adolescence is one of the most important phases of a child’s life. The experiences that children undergo during this phase have a long-lasting impact on them and play an important role in shaping up their future. Keeping this in mind, Tata Power sensitised over 1800 children under its ‘ARPAN’ initiative on the ill effects...