Tag: covid-19
Migrants in Asia and the Pacific at higher risk of COVID-19 and its socioeconomic fallout, says new report
The COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic fallout pose great risks to migrants in the Asia-Pacific, a new United Nations report reveals. They are more...
Should Corporates Deploy CSR Funds to Inoculate Employees Against COVID-19?
The COVID-19 vaccine is on top of everyone’s minds right now, including those operating in the domain of corporate social responsibility. Biocon chairperson Kiran...
Israel Aids NGOs in India to Help the Underprivileged During COVID-19 Pandemic
The Embassy of Israel in India collaborated with NGOs in different parts of India to help and support underprivileged communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Borrow Wisely: 6 Smart Ways to Use a Personal Loan Amid Covid-19
The thing about emergencies is that they come uninvited. The best thing that you can do is stay prepared at all times, both mentally...
Pros and Cons of Directing CSR Funds for the Administration of COVID-19 Vaccine Across India
The COVID-19 vaccine has received approval for administration in various places in the world. As India awaits the vaccine to enter its markets, the...
ACT Grants and EK Desh donate 10 Lakh N95 Masks to Frontline Workers
In a bid to improve the compliance around wearing face masks in India, ACT Grants along with nonprofit Ek Desh announced that they are...
Global firms concerned about e-waste arising from COVID-19
COVID-19 has left many casualties in its wake, not all of them human. Electronic devices that were bought in an emergency to work-from-home are...
How citizen-led Khaana Chahiye made massive impact during COVID-19
Citizen social responsibility (CSR) is growing from strength to strength in the time of COVID-19. Citizen-led initiative Khaana Chahiye epitomises how individuals can make...
Preventing COVID-19 Vaccine Nationalism Will Save the World
Pfizer Inc has announced that its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective. This marks a major milestone in the fight against a...
CSR of ACT Fibernet donates modular ICU units to Tamil Nadu Government for COVID-19 patients
As novel coronavirus continues to spread, ACT Fibernet in its effort to help combat COVID-19, joined hands with the Tamil Nadu government and donated...
15% COVID-19 Deaths Globally are Linked to Air Pollution
According to a study published in journal Cardiovascular Research on October 26, 2020, about 15 per cent deaths across the world due to COVID-19 can be...
Do you have coronaphobia?
Coronaphobia is affecting more people than the coronavirus. Call it another byproduct of the global pandemic. Or an adverse effect of these “unprecedented times”....
