Shall we just say ‘prevention is more complicated than the cure’?
The way we human beings hurtle ourselves into disastrous scenarios has an uncanniness about it. Think. The traffic signal is flashing yellow/amber and it’s seconds before it goes red. We push the accelerator faster and make it to the other side in a
Premature birth causes almost half the child deaths in India
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
Ranbaxy introduces Rs 130 anti-malaria drug as its CSR
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
Why Agni? Light up the grassroots, instead, you people in power!
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
A New Reason to Not Be Upset with Carbon Offset?
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
Indian consumers pay extra for ‘responsible’ brands?
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
Bandhua 1947: Advocacy campaign against bonded labour system
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
Human Rights: Clean investigation sought in Eelam War; WB unit not educating; AP forum against mining; Officers trained in Karnataka
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
CSR: Companies failing to spend ‘mandatory’ sum will not be penalized
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
Companies may not fear CSR Section 135; it is just an ‘oversight clause’
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