From Dooars to Delhi: Project Yuva Shakti Creates a New Employment Pathway for Local Youth
The Indian Army and Monica Sarin Foundation have launched a skill-development initiative connecting young people from remote Dooars villages with training and employment opportunities in hospitality, healthcare and retail. For young people growing up in remote communities, finding a job can sometimes begin
From School Hackathons to Prototype Grants: Muthoot Sets Up ?1 Crore Fund for Young AI Innovators
The five-year CSR programme will support school students up to Class 12 with prototype funding, mentorship and technical guidance for AI-led ideas. A school project usually ends when the competition does. Muthoot CSR is trying to take some of those ideas a step
Beyond Water and Livelihoods: SKF’s Integrated Village Development Programme in Gujarat
Gram Unnati will work across five villages in Gujarat’s Bavla block, combining water security, renewable energy, livelihoods, education and ecological restoration under a three-year rural development programme. A rural development programme in Gujarat is taking an integrated approach to some of the challenges
Bisleri International and Ministry of Earth Sciences Join Hands for Coastal Clean-Up Across 35 Beaches
A massive environmental mobilization effort successfully concluded along India’s coastlines today following a week-long joint initiative targeting marine plastic waste. Reports indicate that **Bisleri International**, operating through its flagship “Bottles for Change” sustainability program, partnered with the **Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)** to
L’Oréal Picks Two Indian Startups for Its Global Sustainability Accelerator — One Recycles Packaging, the Other Runs on Farm Waste
L’Oréal has named the second cohort of its L’AcceleratOR programme, and two Indian startups have made the cut out of a field spanning eight countries — 13 companies in total, selected from a pool competing for a spot in the beauty giant’s flagship
At Delhi Summit, BRICS Nations Commit to Climate Finance, Forest Protection and Clean Water Goals
On September 12, 2026, leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and several other nations sat down together in New Delhi. They call themselves BRICS. Over two days, they signed a long document called the New Delhi Declaration. Most of it reads
Reckitt and Jagran Pehel Launch Dettol School Hygiene Education Programme in Ladakh, Strengthening Last-Mile Hygiene Access
Leh, September 12, 2026: Reckitt has launched the Dettol School Hygiene Education Programme in Ladakh under its Dettol Banega Swasth India (BSI) campaign, in collaboration with the Directorate of School Education, Ladakh. The programme was launched at Council Model School, Ayu Saboo, Leh,
180 students collect 300 bags of legacy plastic waste in Mumbai
Mumbai, August 30, 2026: Around 180 students, including NCC cadets and NSS volunteers, participated in a plastic waste collection and segregation drive at Ismail Yusuf College in Mumbai on August 22, collecting around 300 bags of discarded legacy plastic waste from the surrounding
Swiggy, Hero MotoCorp partner on vehicle access and road safety for delivery partners
Swiggy and Hero MotoCorp have announced a partnership to provide Swiggy Food Marketplace and Instamart delivery partners with access to two-wheeler purchase benefits, financing options and road safety training. Under the partnership, Swiggy delivery partners can select a Hero MotoCorp two-wheeler through the
Dell Technologies launches uDaan to skill 23,000 youth for India’s AI and electronics manufacturing economy
National public-private consortium will work with 190 government and aided institutions across five technology corridors On September 3, 2026, Dell Technologies launched uDaan: Empowering India’s Future Workforce, a national skilling and innovation programme designed to prepare 23,000 young people for careers in artificial