Maruti Suzuki to train over 2,100 youth annually in car service and repair
Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), market leader in passenger vehicles, has announced that it will scale up its skill-development activities by setting up Automobile Skill Enhancement Centres (ASEC) at 45 government-run Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country. Each of these centres will
#SaveKidsLives – A campaign to support UN Road Safety Week
ACC has joined Holcim Group in supporting the #SaveKidsLives campaign to enhance road safety awareness as part of the UN Global Road Safety Week (4″10 May 2015). #SaveKidsLives is planned as a high-involvement campaign across Holcim Group, of which ACC is a part.
DLF Foundation inaugurates two fully solar-operated wellness centres
As part of their health and wellness initiatives, DLF Foundation has inaugurated two wellness centres at DLF City Phase 1 and Phase 2 in Gurgaon, Haryana. Being run on rooftop solar panels, the centres are designed to be environment-friendly and sustainable for years
The best and the worst places to be a mother? India takes 140th place out of 179 countries
India is one of the 10 countries in the world with the largest survival divide between wealthy and poor urban children. It figures in this list with Rwanda, Cambodia, Kenya, Vietnam, Peru, Madagascar, Ghana, Bangladesh and Nigeria. India has also scored poorly in
Environment, climate change, forests… where is Modi-led India headed?
Last week when Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a two-day State Environment and Forest Ministers’ Conference and made yet another ‘historic’ speech, he carefully uttered weighty words in a deep tone to express his environmental concerns. After his signature break – sip water
Green Signals from Jairam Ramesh – ‘go’, ‘no go’, and making sense of the in-betweens
On a pleasant March day (the last of the year’s pleasant March days in Delhi) at his Lutyens’ bungalow, former environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh discussed with Padma and Ranjan the thought processes that shaped Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in
World Bank dollars, economic growth, land acquisition… what’s in store for Tribal India?
Last week, the country’s mainstream media was flashing a couple of good news hinting at economic progress for the country in the near future. The claims were backed by the approval of a $500 million loan from World Bank for the MSME Growth
Zero-waste sachet recycling by IBHA
The Indian Beauty and Hygiene Association (IBHA) undertook a unique Zero-Waste Sachet Recycling pilot project and collected about 600 kilograms of sachet waste in Mumbai in 2014. The waste will be recycled to produce oil and carbon. ‘This project is a first for the industry in looking at ways to reduce our carbon
Women’s Empowerment Journalism Awards by Diageo
In an effort to recognize and honour outstanding achievements in the reporting on women’s issues, Diageo felicitates journalists through Women’s Empowerment (WE) Journalism Awards. Part of Diageo’s Plan W, the awards honour print, broadcast and online journalists across six categories and also chooses
Recycling 34 million cubic metres of water, claims Vedanta
The water-conservation efforts of Vedanta led to recycling of nearly 34 million cubic metres (34 billion litres) – which is 22 per cent of water used – during April 2014″January 2015, claimed the company in its media release. ‘Water conservation and its