Building a More Compassionate India: Inside Flipkart Foundation’s Sampark 2025
The Flipkart Foundation hosted the third edition of its annual conference, Sampark, on 20th Nov 2025, at Bharat Mandapam, where community workers, nonprofit organisations, and CSR leaders came together to discuss how partnerships can create long-term impact. Voices from the field, programme partners,
Shriram Life Announces Scholarships for School Toppers Across Telangana
Shriram Life Insurance Company recently announced a scholarship programme for Class 10 toppers from government schools across 119 assembly constituencies in Telangana for the 2024–2025 academic session. The top-ranked student in each assembly constituency will receive a scholarship cheque of Rs. 30,000. Additionally,
63 Tonnes of Waste Processed, Ensuring Clean and Sustainable Women’s Cricket World Cup
Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd. (AWHCL) has completed a major waste management project for the women’s Cricket World Cup held at DY Patil Stadium over the course of five matches, totaling an impressive 63 metric tons of waste collected and processed. The project
Lake Restoration Revives Water Security in Kolar
The Yagavoddu Kere Lake has been restored. A joint initiative between the Aahwahan Foundation and Netcracker Technology has brought back this essential water source for more than 10,000 individuals across 40 villages in this drought-prone district. This restoration included large-scale desilting and reinforcement
Aahwahan Foundation launches Happiness Kit programme in Hyderabad
The Aahwahan Foundation has launched its annual Happiness Kit programme in Hyderabad to provide school supplies to more than 10,000 underprivileged children across India. The initiative, run in collaboration with BDO Rise Pvt. Ltd., will distribute learning essentials to students in several states
MAV Marks Children’s Day with Anti-Vaping Awareness Drive at Delhi School
To celebrate Children’s Day at Harcourt Butler Senior Secondary School, Mothers Against Vaping (MAV) launched an awareness campaign about the increase in electronic cigarette and nicotine product use amongst school-aged children. The event was conducted under MAV’s “Our Future, Our Fight” initiative and
#WashTheDabba Campaign Wins Anthem Award for Safe Plastic Disposal
The #WashTheDabba initiative launched by BBC Media Action to promote safer and more respectful methods of disposing of waste in Bengaluru has earned international acclaim with two awards at The Anthem Awards in 2025, one Gold for Sustainability, Environment and Diversity, and
LiveLoveLaugh takes its rural mental health programme to Chhindwara in MP; on course to reach 40,000 beneficiaries in next 5 years
As the organisation fine-tunes its mental health intervention model so as to make a holistic impact on persons with mental illness (PWMI) and their caregivers, it too has evolved over time, going from a focus on awareness to enabling access and affordability. This
A ‘sustainable lighting’ shop it is
The first Philips Solar Light Hub has just been launched in India by Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), and the company claims that over 100 solar lighting products are on display in this exclusive retail store aimed at encouraging a wider use of solar lighting
Sustainability initiatives round-up, April – May
Nestlé India will chart a green journey with LNG-powered fleet The fleet will comprise 46 feet long containers custom-created by GreenLine, pioneers of LNG-fuelled heavy trucking logistics in India. The containers will be deployed between Nestlé’s factory in Sanand, Gujarat, and Bhiwandi, Maharashtra,