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Breaking barriers: How India’s professionals with disabilities are transforming workplaces and leadershipInspiring individuals with disabilities are transforming their challenges into opportunities. From wheelchairs to boardrooms, from hearing ...
She lost her sight at 13, then her PCO to mobiles; but never her dreams: How a Mumbai woman built a food business with her hands as her eyesJyoti, a 59-year-old Mumbai resident, faced complete blindness at 13 but refused to surrender. She started a PCO booth and later, Swaraj Ma...
Amazon India partners with Youth4Jobs to empower women sellers with disabilitiesUnder the partnership, Amazon Saheli programme will conduct workshops and provide onboarding and account management support for these women...
Gautam Adani's son Jeet's wedding promise: Rs 10 lakhs pledged yearly to help 500 brides with disabilitiesAhead of their wedding on February 7, Jeet Adani and Diva Shah have made a generous pledge to support women with disabilities by contributi...
52.81 crore PM Jan-Dhan accounts have deposit balance of over Rs. 2.30 lakh croreDeposits under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) have reached Rs. 2,30,792 crores, with a total of 52.81 crore Jan-Dhan accounts. ...
Ethiopian runners dominate Mumbai MarathonThe marathon, flagged off from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus by chief minister Eknath Shinde, along with deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis...
SPJIMR partners with M3M Foundation to promote social entrepreneurshipThe grants will be used to fund social initiatives and scale social entrepreneurship and impact. The two parties will also collaborate to c...
Amazon India announces a special diversity grant to support entrepreneurs in building their logistics businessAmazon India now has more than 350 entrepreneurs who are part of the program, with more opportunities for diverse partners to build their o...
President Kovind confers Nari Shakti Puraskars on 29 womenOn the eve of International Women's Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with these awardees and said that the success of governmen...
3 of 7 who handled PM Narendra Modi's accounts get Nari Shakti AwardA meticulous week-long exercise was carried out to identify the seven “inspiring women” about whom not much was known widely but had done r...
Kerala to set up India's first trade centre for womenThe first phase of iWTC, being executed under the gender park’s “Vision 2020”, is scheduled to be completed by 2021.
National Entrepreneurship Awards 2018 invite nominations for India’s most promising entrepreneursThe awards will recognise and honour first-generation entrepreneurs and organisations or individuals supporting the entrepreneurs in their ...
The secret to startup survival: Entrepreneurs tell their talesThe entrepreneurs sharing their insights were all finalists in a $1 million search to find this year’s best social enterprise.
Women entrepreneurs are carving out a niche for themselves in ‘unconventional’ businessesBeing a woman entrepreneur is a tightrope walk. People tend to judge them too quickly. That's why these success stories are phenomenal.
IIT-Delhi to mentor 45 women entrepreneurs from across the countryV Ramgopal Rao, director, IIT-Delhi, said that "in spite of the fact that women entrepreneurs are more productive than men, there has been ...
Women who won PM Narendra Modi's contest on identifying women who are transforming IndiaJury included ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochar, NITI Aayog vice chairman Arvind Panagariya, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and the UN Resident Coo...
Modi government to shortlist motivating stories of 'Women transforming India'The government is presently running an online and SMS poll till May 14 to get the public to vote for these 25 shortlisted women out of 1000...
Mann Ki Baat: Want 'Ek Bharat, Shresht Bharat' scheme, says PM ModiModi asked people to give suggestions on the portal MyGov.com as to what should be its structure, the logo and how to increase public parti...
- ISB raises Rs 1.7 crore funding for nationwide 'iDiya' contest
iDiya is ISB's annual nationwide idea competition for working professionals interested in setting up socially relevant ventures.
- Jindal MD honoured with 'Woman Entrepreneur of the Year 2009’
Managing director of Jindal saw Ltd Ms. Sminu Jindal has been honoured with the prestigious FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) 'Woman Entrepre...