Self help group women implementing rainwater harvesting in Sundarbans area to counter salinityResidents of Pathar Pratima block in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district are using rainwater harvesting to combat high groundwater sal...
26 Feb, 2025, 04.52 PM IST
Watch: Lucknow slum kids’ Sabyasachi-inspired bridal viral video wins over internet; designer reactsA group of underprivileged children from a Lucknow slum recreated a bridal campaign inspired by Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s ‘Heritage Bridal’ co...
07 Nov, 2024, 06.22 PM IST
Apple ties up with NGO for water management pilot outside BengaluruThe iPhone maker is supporting the development of an "innovative, scalable approach that strengthens local water management and decision ma...
03 Mar, 2023, 07.27 PM IST
Born out of Covid-19, women’s health initiative takes off with pilot project at MathuraNGO Sangini Saheli distributed 12.86 lakh sanitary napkins across 17 states of India, roping in young bureaucrats who volunteered to help w...
03 Dec, 2020, 01.36 PM IST
Bill Gates meets Rajnath to discuss initiatives of American philanthropies in IndiaThe home minister also suggested that the foundation should concentrate on developing villages and make them "model villages" so that the l...
16 Nov, 2017, 09.51 PM IST
Healthcare startups bringing the doctors to your doorstepJust as Mobident on-boards dentists, firms such as non-communicable diseases screening startup Chikitsak and cervical cancer screening star...
15 Dec, 2016, 09.43 AM IST
Supreme Court asks Centre to curb rising drugs, alcohol abuse in childrenA bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and D Y Chandrachud also asked the Centre to conduct a national survey on the substance and alc...
14 Dec, 2016, 12.24 PM IST
Infosys Foundation to boost rural livelihood in Andhra Pradesh, TelanganaInfosys Foundation has signed an MoU with NGO Sahakara Mitra Samstha to enhance livelihood of the farming community in Andhra Pradesh and T...
15 Mar, 2016, 06.06 PM IST
Poor and the deprived have a space in this CraftsvillaThe firm is focusing on targeting a minimum of 1000 artisans over the next 6-9 months, mainly women artisans in Kutch, to tribal artisans i...
17 Feb, 2016, 10.53 AM IST
Delhi High Court closes hearing on plea seeking ban on Indian Premier LeagueDelhi HC has closed hearing on a PIL seeking ban on the IPL till foolproof corrective measures are taken to stop alleged corrupt practices ...
12 Jul, 2015, 10.58 AM IST
Website of Kailash Satyarthi's NGO crashes, his name trends on TwitterMinutes after Satyarthi's name was announced today as the winner of Nobel Peace Prize, the website of his NGO 'Bachpan Bachao Andolan' cras...
10 Oct, 2014, 06.35 PM IST
BSP poll symbol: Delhi High Court seeks written submission from party & NGOPrashant Bhushan suggested that the court may decide issue as "there is no doubt that elephant statues were erected at state expense."
31 Jul, 2014, 08.29 PM IST
Jairam Ramesh says Greenpeace is funded domesticallyThe government cannot ask NGOs to stop their protest because their job as a protester is to protest, while the job of a government is to go...
12 Jun, 2014, 07.06 PM IST
- Mukesh Ambani calls for adopting Indianised approach for CSR
Ambani asked corporate houses to adopt new biz model measured on "social returns together with fin returns", while imbibing country's ethos...
11 Jul, 2011, 07.02 AM IST
- Delhi HC orders DIAL to stop collecting ADF
The HC has asked the NGO to file an appeal before the appellate tribunal of the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India within a we...
02 Jun, 2011, 04.21 AM IST
- SC quashes levying of Airport Development Fee on passengers
The Supreme Court today quashed levying of Airport Development Fee (ADF) by private airport developers in Delhi and Mumbai on international...
26 Apr, 2011, 11.58 AM IST
- Social entrepreneurs gearing to change India
Social entrepreneurship is expected to be the next big thing to influence India as the country juggles to achieve a balance between a growi...
29 Jun, 2010, 10.31 AM IST