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DPS Students Raise Funds To Provide Sight To Elderly People
What can be a bigger gift than the gift of sight? Unfortunately, millions of elderly people lose this precious gift due to a lack...
New Twist To CSR: Care For The Cow, Get Tax Benefits
The Aditya Nath Yogi government has directed divisional commissioners and district magistrates to reach out to private companies and business houses and encourage them to set up and support shelters for cows as part of Corporate Social Responsibility.
3,000 Million Litres Of Sewage Enters Maharashtra Waters Daily, Says Environment Ministry Report
At least 3,000 million litres of untreated sewage and industrial effluents flow into rivers, water bodies or percolates into the ground in Maharashtra every day, according to a central government report.
Government To Set Up 49 Cancer Centres
Central and state governments are planning to set up 49 cancer centres in 3 years, all across the country. These will be added to the already functioning 39 cancer centres.
Where Is The Government Lacking In Road Safety
Mumbai ranked fifth from fifty cities in India with population a more than a million, that witnessed the most number of road accidents. This is according to the data released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Dowry-Less Social Weddings: Reliving The Unsaid Obligation
Individual Social Responsibility is about continuing to make efforts inorder to make a difference in the lives of people. Earlier this month, a dowry-less...
My Failures Taught Me How To ‘Fail Faster’: Jimmy Wales
“The world is facing many difficulties and young people will be the solution,” Wikipedia founder tells the UNESCO NGO Forum in Riyadh
Bajaj Wants Govt To Clarify On Tax Exemption On CSR Spending
Bajaj Group patriarch Rahul Bajaj has asked the government to clarify whether the Indian firms spending two per cent of their profits on corporate...
Sweden Keen To Collaborate On Climate Issues
Sweden is keen to collaborate with Maharashtra on waste management, smart cities, and renewable energy.
"I exchanged views with both the governments at the centre...
Climate Change: In Big Relief, FAO Says Agriculture In India On Right Path
Indian agriculture can overcome problems of climate change and take the path of sustainable and climate-smart agriculture (CSA) by using mitigation techniques and adapting...
Are You Creating A Positive Water Impact?
India recently signed a $175 million loan pact with the World Bank for National Hydrology Project that aims to improve management of water resources. The...
Empower Children To Be Change Ambassadors
About 10,000 school children, 50 schools through 100 workshops are now enabled to become ‘Health Champions’ for their peers and communities. ‘She’s Ambassador’ is...