A fight for peace, happiness and all things not warlike

A fight for peace, happiness and all things not warlike

Jul 23, 2020

The world is not the same anymore. I know, I know. Who doesn’t! What’s the point in stating the obvious though? Also, when has the world been the same anyway? Things have always been happening to it. Sometimes to shock, sometimes to restore

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CSR: Who should write your mandatory report?

CSR: Who should write your mandatory report?

Jul 23, 2020

While the next few months are about guessing when will the new guidelines making CSR impact reports mandatory be passed, one must also wonder who will be measuring the ‘impact’ in the first place. While I write down a few principles that social

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Honda Motorcycle and Scooter: Road safety is important, lockdown or no lockdown

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter: Road safety is important, lockdown or no lockdown

Jul 21, 2020

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd (HMSI) has further expanded its digital road safety campaign. With social distancing becoming the new normal in the Covid-19 era, Honda 2Wheelers India introduced the Digital Road Safety Awareness Training initiative – ‘Honda Road Safety E-Gurukul’

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How The Live Love Laugh Foundation is living up to its name

How The Live Love Laugh Foundation is living up to its name

Jul 20, 2020

The three verbs in the name of this organisation founded by Indian film actor Deepika Padukone appear to have been chosen with thought, care and deliberation, to send out a message to all concerned that any conversation around mental health is pointless without

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Tata Power: Shop direct, help direct

Tata Power: Shop direct, help direct

Jul 20, 2020

Tata Power has launched a dedicated website offering products made by SHGs and farmers supported by the company. The website, SaheliWorld.org, is a marketplace for its rural entrepreneurs and offers a wide range of Covid-19 essentials, apparel, handicrafts, home décor items, and dairy,

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Identify: Trans rights are human rights

Identify: Trans rights are human rights

Jul 16, 2020

Launched in June this year in Mumbai, Identify, The World For Transgender, will work with trans people across India.   Much of the trans community that’s solely dependent on the alms they make in the ladies’ compartments of Mumbai locals, at the signals,

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adidas: Shoes that are fit for the planet and you

adidas: Shoes that are fit for the planet and you

Jul 15, 2020

On June 29, a sustainability film to fight plastic pollution was launched by adidas, the global sportswear giant, to celebrate its five-year successful partnership with Parley. Through this film, adidas aims to raise awareness about fighting marine plastic pollution and replacing all plastics

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Diageo announces creation of ‘world’s first 100% plastic-free, paper-based spirits bottle’

Diageo announces creation of ‘world’s first 100% plastic-free, paper-based spirits bottle’

Jul 14, 2020

Diageo, makers of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Guinness, claims that the bottle is made entirely from sustainably sourced wood. It is expected to debut with Johnnie Walker in early 2021. The announcement comes on the heels of Diageo’s new partnership with Pilot Lite,

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Those who are eyeing the spoils of this pandemic

Jul 11, 2020

In a Covid-19-hit world, there is a whole new parallel socioeconomic ecosystem that is emerging, and in a way that is turning more than our health system on its head. We now have a mask for every occasion and dress type, a sanitiser

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DBS Bank: Facilitating payment services for truck drivers

DBS Bank: Facilitating payment services for truck drivers

Jul 2, 2020

DBS Bank and Transport Corporation of India Limited (TCIL), a supply chain management company, have announced a partnership to offer digital solutions for real-time payments to truck drivers. The API solution, called DBS RAPID (Real Time APIs by DBS), will help TCIL truck

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