ONGC well in KG block leaking gas, causing fears of an oil spill

Oct 30, 2012

A deepwater well in a Krishna Godavari basin block operated by state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has been leaking gas for two months and there are now fears of environment damage due to the uncontrolled flow. There are no immediate reports

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Drug trafficking: India calls for global action to be equal to this most difficult challenge

Oct 12, 2012

India has called for renewed global efforts to combat the ‘severe challenge’ of drug trafficking, warning it was being used to finance terrorism and transnational organised crime. ‘There is deep-rooted nexus between drug mafias, arms dealers and money launderers,’ visiting Member of Parliament

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Trafficking in Persons: India yet to meet minimum standards for dealing with it, says report

Oct 12, 2012

The 2012 report on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) by the US Department of State has declared that ‘the Government of India does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.’ Conceding that the latter is making significant efforts to

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International Day of the Girl Child: To make education accessible and also spell the end of child marriage

Oct 10, 2012

October 11, 2012, is the first-ever ‘International Day of the Girl Child’, as declared by the United Nations (UN). The central objective is to promote equal treatment for girls across the world and secure a brighter future for them by making long-term education

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Child (mal)nutrition in India: Decidedly worrying, with half of the country’s under-5-years children too short

Oct 8, 2012

‘Children in India 2012’ – the report from the ministry of statistics and programme implementation – states that child malnutrition in India is severe and also a major underlying cause of child mortality. The findings point out that 48 per cent children under

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Meditation and Vastu Shastra are new additions in CSR

Oct 4, 2012

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) was an alien term for the majority of Indian businesses until a few years back. The ‘term’ became a ‘concept’ over time, and is becoming a part of all organizations that are concerned about, and believe in, sustainable business

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India’s green IT and sustainability spending predicted to double over 2010-2015

Oct 3, 2012

The prediction is founded on two factors: one, green IT and sustainability emerging as key concerns for businesses across industries and policymakers, and two, future policy initiatives and regulatory measures from the Indian government that will drive these initiatives.   In its report

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Vidya Balan endorses Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan

Sep 29, 2012

‘We are so far removed from the realities of the rural environment, that when I read the statistics about sanitation I did not want to lose the opportunity to be a part of this movement,’ said actor Vidya Balan on being appointed as

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India scores real low on food security index

Sep 26, 2012

A study on national food security has put India at 66, much lower than its giant neighbour China, which is at 38, and some of the under-developed countries such as Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Botswana and Guatemala. The study, covering 105

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CSR sought to be subject to public disclosure and scrutiny: PM

Sep 23, 2012

Emphasising the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR), which is intrinsically linked with the concept of sustainable development, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, ‘Corporate governance including responsible conduct towards all the stakeholders, within the corporation as well as outside, is also seen as

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