Educate Girls: Reaching out to literacy backwaters through community engagement
This year, India Development Marketplace (IDM), the long-term programme supported by the World Bank Group, shortlisted 30 out of 264 proposals seeking finance to scale or replicate inclusive and sustainable business models in Bihar, Rajasthan and Orissa. Keeping in perspective the parameters of
Intel: Closing the digital divide
In 2009, Intel Education Initiative in India announced that approximately one million teachers, teacher educators and student teachers had completed the Intel Teach Program during the previous 10 years, across 20 states and 73 universities in the country. Globally, Intel had by then
GoaFest’s ‘creativity with a conscience’ agenda culminates in a pledge towards responsible advertising
‘To my organization, business associates, industry and to society at large, I pledge to ensure honesty & truthfulness, decency in advertising, non-exploitation of vulnerable sections of society especially children, fairness in competition. I commit myself to advertising with a conscience.’ About 240 industry
Migrants from Nepal: Rootless in a hostile urban environment
Under the 1950 Peace and Friendship treaty between Nepal and India, Nepalese have the right to live and work in India. Indeed, for decades they have been coming to India in search of employment opportunities. In theory, Nepalese in India have the same
Can better water governance between citizen, state and business solve the scarcity crisis?
Water is ‘kind of’ important. It makes up between half and three quarters of the human body weight, needs to be topped up on a regular basis, and we cannot go without it for more than about a week. As well as drinking
Poor environment in classroom affects child’s mental health
The study links classrooms with poor environments – inadequate material resources and teachers who are not happy or are not interested in their job – which have been linked to a higher number of mental health problems in students.
Mortality rates down in Melghat; NGOs allege under-reporting
If the administration of the malnutrition-hit Melghat region in Maharashtra is to be believed, the region has seen a marginal decline in infant mortality rate (IMR) and child mortality rate (CMR) as compared to 2009-10. The infant mortality rate has come down from
Anna Hazare’s letters to the PM and Sonia Gandhi
Here is the full text of the letter written by Anna Hazare to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India New Delhi Dear Dr. Manmohan Singh ji, We were invited for talks by Shri Kapil Sibal yesterday (7th April,
Anti-corruption protesters’ demands rejected; Anna Hazare continues to fast
The status quo remains – reformer Anna Hzare continues to fast, and the anti-corruption campaign that he started is steadily gaining momentum garnering more support across the country – as the committee for drafting an anti-graft law rejected two major demands of the