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This Initiative is Improving Primary Education for the Benefit of Underprivileged Children
The human brain starts developing at a tender age. By the time, a child is six-seven years old, 90 per cent of the brain development has already taken place. This makes it crucial to ensure from an early age, children are being taught in a manner that will allow them to reach their maximum...
What does the Union Budget 2022 mean for sustainable development?
The Union Budget 2022-23 comes on the eve of elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. Expectations were high for a boost in rural development and agriculture spending. However, did the budget announcements meet expectations? What does it have in store for sustainable and rural development of our nation?
“With our provision for...
Jobs for women in rural India affected by COVID-19 pandemic
Since June 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down in India yet business has been restarting slowly. Recent studies show that women from low-income households in India were disproportionately impacted by the crisis. According to the UN, women are bearing the brunt of the economic and social fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pandemic pushed women...
Amai Mahalinga Naik Aka The Tunnel Man of Karnataka Wins Padma Shri
It is so easy to believe ‘it wasn’t meant to happen’, if you do not get the desired results even after putting in a lot of honest hard work for the 4th or the 5th time. It is easy to feel that it was all for vain and feel disheartened over not being successful....
Global Sustainability Report: 3M Commits to Carbon Neutrality by 2050
Continuing our series of reports on multinational corporations, today we are going to explore the sustainability initiatives of 3M. The 3M Company is an American multinational conglomerate corporation operating in the fields of industry, worker safety, US health care, and consumer goods. The company based in Maplewood, a suburb of Saint Paul, Minnesota, made $32.2 billion...
Tata Power created a not-for-profit app so Indian citizens can take climate action
Tata Power, in its commitment to #DoGreen and contribute to the collective well-being of our shared home – planet Earth – has launched the 'Tree Mittra App' on the occasion of the International Day of Education today.
The day was proclaimed by the United Nations in 2018 to celebrate the role of education in bringing...
Gen Z woman entrepreneur launches new campaign to empower homemakers
24-year-old Anamika Pandey, an engineer from Uttar Pradesh, dropped out of MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business to pursue a career at Bigbasket’s new venture - BBdaily to only quit later to launch her own food product startup Naario.
Campaign for women homemakers
Anamika wanted to help her mother and some other...
India’s solar module making capacity will rise 400% by 2025: CRISIL Ratings
India is endowed with vast solar energy potential. About 5,000 trillion kWh per year energy is incident over India's land area with most parts receiving 4-7 kWh per sq.m per day. Solar photovoltaics power can effectively be harnessed providing huge scalability in India. Solar also provides the ability to generate power on a distributed...
Floating man-made plastisphere could set off another pandemic
Plastic pollution is one of the most prevalent environmental pollutants and a significant driver of climate change and biodiversity loss. But it is not just the cigarette butts and drinks containers littering beaches, turtles suffocating on discarded plastic straws and whale stomachs full of plastic waste. While extremely concerning, these visible impacts are the...
A Millennial Wildlife Presenter Launches a Line of Apparel to Raise Funds for Environmental Projects
Suyash Keshari, a 25-year-old Wildlife Presenter, Filmmaker, and Conservationist, has developed a conservation goods brand that will donate 100% of its revenues to environmental projects. The brand was launched with the aim to raise funds for conservation while also allowing individuals to get involved. The programme will enable everyone to make a difference, actively...
National Youth Day 2022: Honouring the Young Activists of India
January 12th is celebrated as National Youth Day in India to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand. Vivekanand achieved a lot in his short life, from reviving modern Hinduism to inspiring nationalist consciousness, he served as an inspiration to the youth of the country. On his birth anniversary, let us celebrate three Youth...
How is the pandemic affecting children’s mental health?
Children may have been largely spared the worst physical effects of COVID-19, but it has still upended their lives, and created real concern for their mental health and well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic has raised huge concerns for the mental health of an entire generation of children. But the pandemic may represent only the tip...