Nearly half of all child deaths in India are caused due to premature births, making it the second leading cause in the country, claims a report by international NGO Save the Children. The number one cause is pneumonia. The report, ‘Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth’, informs that India has…
Well, they all are celebrating. The Prime Minister, the President, the media, the administrators, the defence forces and the department of science and technology… all of them are clinking crystal glasses and have their chests bulging out in pride. I don’t know what you call these people who make long lethal rockets (‘scientists’ would mean…
Synriam is India’s first indigenously developed drug for malaria treatment and a tablet a day for three days costs only Rs 130. Launched on World Malaria Day as part of Ranbaxy’s corporate social responsibility (CSR), Synriam is expected to become a part of India’s national malaria eradication programme. The drug has been developed by Ranbaxy…
Why urban CDMs is big news for city planners as well as climate campaigners? It is perfectly understandable that many passionate people working in development and sustainability remain downbeat about the glacial speed of progress to arrive at a meaningful global deal to tackle climate chaos. Yet, it is opportune to revisit…
In an interesting research, it is found that that 55 per cent of Asia Pacific (APAC) consumers will not mind paying extra for products and services of companies that have credible corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes and engage in activities that give back to society. In India, over half of the consumers surveyed are willing to…
A national-level advocacy campaign – Bandhua 1947 – has been launched to mobilize people against the bonded labour system. The campaign will also urge the government to strengthen the Bonded Labour Abolition Act through amendments. ‘Even after 65 years of Independence, hundreds and thousands of our fellow countrymen are still living a life worse than…
India has asked Sri Lanka to develop ‘independent, credible as well as transparent mechanism to investigate allegations of human rights violations that were reported during the end of Eelam War IV. Colombo has also been asked to give a deadline for the presentation of final reports of investigation . Commenting on the ‘Sri Lankan Lessons…
The much-talked-about Companies Bill 2011, which has finally been introduced in the Parliament, has strict expenditure and disclosure guidelines for corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of companies. Despite major protests by corporate groups, the bill makes disclosure of CSR spend mandatory for companies with a net worth of Rs 500 crore or more, or turnover…
Addressing a question on how intensely will the new Section 135, which is part of Companies Bill 2011, affect management of companies, ‘union corporate affairs minister Veerappa Moily said, ‘We are not interested in micro-management of a company. It is (section 135) just an oversight clause.’ He said that his ministry would remain the sole…
There were several hundred negotiators, each with dozens of conditions and thousands of opinions, but all agreed to one point: that the world is getting warmer, the environment’s resilience is depleting, and ‘something’ needs to be done on an urgent basis. The major point of conflict was”and might continue to be”whether that ‘something’ should be…
