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India Inc has risen to the challenge of the global pandemic with high-value CSR contributions in cash and kind. Corporate social responsibility has been giving hope to the despondent, food to the hungry, funds to the jobless and support to the frontline workers. Top CSR contributions for Covid Here are some of the biggest CSR contributions...

The daily case count is inching higher and the paucity of oxygen has left COVID-19 patients in India gasping for breath. The government has widened the scope of CSR during the second wave to include setting up of plants for generating and storing oxygen, supply of oxygen concentrators, cylinders and medical equipment for Covid...

As part of our #LetsTalkCSR series doing a deep dive into social initiatives by top corporates, let's explore the CSR of ITC. The Group headquartered in Kolkata sits proudly on our list of top companies for CSR in 2020. Another report by Goodera ranked ITC Limited as the 7th largest spender on Corporate Social Responsibility...

May 4th is recognized as World Asthma Day. The day is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma to improve asthma awareness and care around the world. In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic took over the world and claimed many lives, the people of the world were praying for the year to...

Did you know that having asthma does not make you more susceptible to COVID-19? Since coronavirus affects the lungs and so does asthma, it's assumed that asthmatics are at higher risk but the latest research shows that there is no such evidence. So, you can heave a sigh of relief, literally! With World Asthma...

Dance is a universal language that needs no words. It binds people together with the joy of movement. In a country like ours, dance holds traditional significance especially for ancient tribes and religious communities. However, with the advent of satellite television, Bollywood cinema and American pop culture, these precious indigenous dances are dying out....

World Malaria Day today 2021 brings with it a ray of hope for eradicating the disease. The first malaria vaccine to show more than 75% efficacy has been developed by scientists at the University of Oxford, according to The Lancet journal. This is a medical breakthrough and crosses the goal specified by the World...

The second wave of Covid-19 is claiming more lives, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged the private sector for support in this emergency. Not only are government and private hospitals running out of beds, oxygen and medical personnel, they are turning critically ill patients away. In this scenario, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs...

April 22nd is celebrated as Earth Day across the world to pledge support for environmental protection. The day is aimed at reaffirming the commitments and targets by organisations, governments and the world in general towards climate change. According to earthday.org, Earth Day aims to “build the world’s largest environmental movement to drive transformative change...

Many small businesses in India have been hit hard by the global pandemic. MSMEs are unsure if they can survive the multiple crises that keep on coming. COVID-19 has brought with it an increased risk of corruption not only in the public health sector but also in the private sector. Corporate governance failures have...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide business opportunities to create shared value. Considering the challenges India is currently facing and also acknowledging the resource limitation for development, the CSR investments through the private sector should be channelized towards SDGs. Business opportunities The SDGs are the new, de-facto global standard for businesses to design, measure and account...

Pet Day celebrates the joy and unconditional love that all manner of pets bring into our lives. For those who have furry friends at home, every day might as well be pet day. After all, bringing humans and animals together helps make the world a better place. It doesn't matter whether you have a...