Age-control creams that are natural, toxin-free and vegan?
Personal-care brand The Moms Co. has launched a ‘natural age-control range’ which it describes as a 100% natural, toxin-free and vegan solution to fight early signs of ageing. Launched with a digital campaign celebrating #AgelessExpressions featuring actor Kalki Koechlin, the range includes three
Ideas to make mobility more mobile and less troublesome
Three solutions aimed at solving Bengaluru’s traffic woes were proposed at the Mobility Champions programme, hosted in October by Young Leaders for Active Citizenship (YLAC) in partnership with the #BengaluruMoving campaign, World Resources Institute India (WRI), and Let Me Breathe (LMB). These solutions
A helpline to help artisans
A helpline for artisans has been launched by Okhai, established by Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development (TCSRD) to encourage and empower women in rural areas. The initiative is in line with this year’s theme, ‘Building rural women’s resilience in the wake of
No #MeToo for informal workers
A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found that women employed in India’s informal jobs sector are routinely sexually harassed and abused at work despite the existence of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act (or POSH Act). Poor enforcement
China to become carbon-neutral in 40 years
China has pledged to become carbon-neutral by 2060, as per a recorded video message to the UN General Assembly by the country’s leader, Xi Jinping. He also reiterated his previous commitment that the country will aim to halt the rise of its carbon
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Breakthrough: Breaking gender norms
Cricket as a metaphor and more Discrimination based on gender, caste, creed and ethnicity exists in every society irrespective of the progressive values it upholds. For women and girls, it is always challenging to raise their voice against such inequities because of the
Sustainable Living and Working: The Ideas Series
– Rajiv Williams, Jindal Stainless
The world has undergone much change in the name of development and progress, particularly over the past century. I think it is relevant to understand the fundamentals of the basic existential tenets of life and how ‘the self’ has come before ‘service’ or
Mahindra Holidays: Sustainability done right?
The Mahindra Group is a well-known Indian conglomerate and its brand name is ubiquitous in the country and abroad. One of its most recognisable companies is Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd (MHRIL), or Mahindra Holidays, which is part of the leisure and
Sustainable Living and Working: The Ideas Series
– Gayatri Divecha, Godrej
I strongly believe that meaningful change can only happen when three things come together 1. We engage with others and learn from them, recognising that there is so much out there to learn from. 2. We make
Sightsavers: Helping avoid avoidable blindness
Sightsavers, with the support of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), has launched an Urban Eye Health Programme called Amrita Drishti in Kanpur and Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. The intervention primarily focuses on increasing uptake of eye-health services through vision centres in slum communities, provisioning