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Are people around you catching a cold? Winter colds and flus are an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that arise as a result of a violation of the laws of health. They are a house-clean, say health and wellness experts. Colds are needed to expel built-up waste. This house-clean will...

We live in an era of big data. The proliferation of apps, social media, and e-commerce platforms, as well as sensor-rich consumer devices like mobile phones, wearable devices, commercial cameras, and even cars generate terabytes of data about the environment and about us. With impressive efficiency gains made in data collection, mining and analysis, technology...

India is facing a major pollution crisis. 14 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India. This has caused it to hold the burden of the highest pollution related mortality rate and disease. According to a report by the World Health Organisation, there were about 60,987 deaths of children under...

India is going through a digital revolution. Where on one hand the government is encouraging the use of digital in majority of sectors, it is placing a ban on crypto-currencies which is creating a havoc in the industry. According to the official release by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the government of India, the...

Driven by a young digital audience, and rapidly increasing smartphone and internet penetration, India is witnessing significant growth in online consumption of sports content. With increasing smartphone penetration and falling data tariff, online consumption of sports content is on the rise in India. 60% of the digital audience in India is within the age group...

More than billion mobile phone users and half a billion internet users make India the second largest country in terms of number of people connected to a telecom network and internet. India is in the middle of a digital revolution where more and more transactions are moving from offline to online. This revolution does...

There has been enough noise (apart from that of the firecrackers) about celebrating an eco-friendly Diwali. It is our citizen social responsibility (CSR) to do so. While we all wish to save the environment, a list of better alternatives to celebrate in an eco-sensitive manner can bring about a sea change. Ecosac suggests 7...

Impact measurement is often quite specialised and needs to be undertaken by an independent team with specific skills depending upon project design. What is CSR impact measurement? Impacts of the development projects typically take a while to manifest. For instance, a girl child education programme can show an increased enrolment and retention of girls and on...

The global population is growing rapidly causing a rise in demand for sustainable food production. The unsustainable farm practices certainly produce higher yields. This is why conventional farming is more popular than organic farming. But they also put additional pressure on global resources such as soil and water. Critics of organic farming argue that it...

India has less than 5 doctors per 10,000 people. India has the second largest number of phones in the world. There is a clear link here that will help us bridge the gap. The answer is IoT. Internet of Things (IoT) is an ecosystem of connected physical objects that are accessible through the internet. The...

India is home to the largest and youngest workforce in the world today. Having reached this pivotal demographic point in our economic and political history, and in light of our long engagement with girls, investment in our girls is a national priority that can no longer be sidelined. Investment in their health and wellbeing,...

Sexism has been a huge hurdle holding us back from progress, equality, unity and peace. It is hampering the world to reach its ideal potential. And hence, it is necessary to fight it, with more development and progress. However, what can be done if the said progress is perpetuating same values that we are trying...