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Woman Drives Through 32 Countries To Raise Awareness About Women Empowerment
Maria Teressa de Fillippis, the name won’t ring a bell for many of us. Apart from being the first woman to enter Formula One...
India Heading Towards Sustainable Energy Practices
India has approximately one per cent of world's energy resources, but it consists of 16% of world's population. Awareness needs to be created of...
Parliament Passes Disabilities Bill, 2016
After a wait of over two years, the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 finally was passed through both the houses of parliament after...
Think Twice Before You Call A Person With Disabilities As ‘Divyang’
‘Divyang’, ‘differently-abled’ or ‘specially-abled’ are the terms we often use for persons with disabilities (PwD). But do we consider them and their reactions before...
Institutions Come Forward To Raise Awareness On HIV Prevention
December 1 is observed as World Aids Day since 1988. It is dedicated towards the global fight against Aids Pandemic caused by human immunodeficiency...
79% Parents Feel Our School System Lacks Freedom
Time and again, our school education system has been receiving flak. A recent survey conducted in Mumbai considering 800 people reaffirm the concern of...
Impact Investing In India Could Grow To $6-8 Billion By 2025, Says McKinsey
New research from McKinsey suggests that impact investments in India have reached over $4.1 billion in cumulative investments over the past six years. The...
CSR: 4,195 cos spend nothing; show cause notices to 496 firms
Government has issued show cause notices to 496 companies for not complying with CSR norms while about 4,195 companies have not spent a single...
MCA Pulls Up Companies Over Lack Of CSR Spends
The ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has criticized companies for failing to meet the mandatory spending requirement on corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
Rejecting reasons...
Nifty 50 Companies Spent 92.7% Of The Mandated Rs 5,478 Crore On CSR Activities This Year
Spending increased by 27% this year on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. Nifty 50 companies were able to spend Rs 5,082 crore out of...
Corp Affairs Ministry to Hold Sensitisation Workshops on CSR Norms
To ensure better compliance, the Corporate Affairs Ministry plans to conduct workshops for officials and other stakeholders to sensitise them about social welfare spending...
Kailash Satyarthi To Launch Global Initiative For Children With Nobel Laureates
Nobel Laureates and world leaders will be present in India to discuss and derive solutions for protection of child rights in New Delhi, Kailash...