Author: Business Wire India

New Delhi, Delhi, India The International Gas Union, the global voice for the natural gas industry, has issued a new report outlining the essential role of natural gas in global energy policy. The findings have significant implications for India, and its desire to tackle growing air quality issues in a sustainable and economical manner while meeting its commitments towards climate change. Titled “Global Gas Markets supporting Growth and Sustainability”, and set to be discussed at the fifth IEF-IGU Ministerial Gas Forum meeting held in New Dehli on 6 December, this latest report builds on recent initiatives from the IGU examining…

[gt_alert id=”gt-alert-487″ title=”” dismissable=”0″ type=”info” title_color=”” content_color=”” content_background=”” border_size=”” border_style=”none” border_color=”” border_radius=”” css=””]FICCI?KPMG Report ? 2016 – “The contribution of Direct Selling to Building India” [/gt_alert] New Delhi, Delhi, India Mr. Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog said that direct selling will have to be given a great thrust as it empowers women, MSMEs and promotes manufacturing in India, at FICCI DIRECT 2016, annual flagship event for DS industry. Mr. Kant applauded the efforts of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs to come up with the guidelines to govern the direct selling industry and is hopeful for its implementation by…

[gt_alert id=”gt-alert-271″ title=”” dismissable=”0″ type=”info” title_color=”” content_color=”” content_background=”” border_size=”” border_style=”none” border_color=”” border_radius=”” css=””]The Thums Up VEER K2K road expedition for the cause of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) reaches Mumbai after covering 2200 kms in 14 days. [/gt_alert] Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Boniface Prabhu – Padma Shri awardee, India’s No. 1 wheelchair tennis player for years and the country’s first ever Para world-championship medal winner – is on a mission. He is leading the 3,500 KM Thums Up VEER Kashmir to Kanyakumari (K2K) road expedition, to create awareness and sensitize people to the cause of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). During a stopover…

New Delhi, Delhi, India Clovia, India’s fastest growing lingerie brand announced their support for Akanksha, a Haridwar based NGO that works with special children. As a part of Clovia’s #TheRightSupport Initiative, in November, for every order made on Clovia.com, the company will donate ? 1 to Akanksha. In addition, Clovia will provide users the option to contribute towards this cause as well. Users while making a purchase on Clovia.com can add on an amount of Re. 1 to their cart. The contribution from Clovia will be utilised for the vocational training needs of special kids through Akanksha’s Development Center for…

[gt_alert id=”gt-alert-726″ title=”” dismissable=”0″ type=”info” title_color=”” content_color=”” content_background=”” border_size=”” border_style=”none” border_color=”” border_radius=”” css=””]A fest for government school kids. [/gt_alert] Bangalore, Karnataka, India ‘Sinchana’, a first of its kind fest organized for kids at government schools adopted by Embassy Group has been initiated this year. The first event “Colours of Life Sinchana 2016” was held on November 14, 2016 at Ambedkar Bhavan Auditorium, Bangalore. The event featured enjoyable and action-packed competitions for students across fifth standard to tenth standard at no cost. Embassy Group, India’s leading real estate developer has taken this initiative in collaboration with Colours of Life and cordial…

New Delhi, Delhi, India In line with the increasing demand of medical professionals to deal with emergency situations, RPG Foundation, the non-profit arm of RPG Enterprises & KEC International Limited, Jhotwara, Rajasthan, collaborated with Fiinovation, a global CSR consulting firm for implementing their CSR initiative at Jaipur, Rajasthan. Fiinovation will be assisting RPG Foundation & KEC International under their CSR-CSO Partnership practice and Maharaj Vinayak Society will be implementing the CSR initiative that aims to train individuals in health sector through a skill development programme, focusing on patient care assistance. The project titled “Sanjeevani Project”- Patient Care Assistant Course” was…

[gt_alert id=”gt-alert-422″ title=”” dismissable=”0″ type=”info” title_color=”” content_color=”” content_background=”” border_size=”” border_style=”none” border_color=”” border_radius=”” css=””] Ola and CRY to come together to enable citizens buy CRY branded goodies on-demand. Ola will donate all proceeds from the activity to help fund education of underprivileged children associated with CRY. [/gt_alert] Kolkata, West Bengal, India This Children’s Day Ola, India’s most popular app for transportation is giving citizens of Kolkata a chance to support underprivileged children in the city. In an endeavor to help more than 30 thousand underprivileged kids, Ola, today announced an on-demand contribution drive. As part of this campaign, Ola will introduce…

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India The eighth edition of these awards will be held on May 26, 2017 at Hyatt Regency, Mumbai; Nominations for the Awards are open till December 05, 2016 To survive in the present business environment, adoption of sustainability and sustainable practices is an imperative for all enterprises across industries. Companies need to build strategies that will minimize pecuniary or environmental impact for future generations; the greater the attempt to sustain consumption of limited resources and maintain their availability for the future, the better will be the drive toward a new sustainability paradigm. The Sustainability 4.0 Awards 2017 are…

[gt_alert id=”gt-alert-759″ title=”” dismissable=”0″ type=”info” title_color=”” content_color=”” content_background=”” border_size=”” border_style=”none” border_color=”” border_radius=”” css=””]Government & Private Sector comes together for Business Sustainability through Disaster Risk reduction. [/gt_alert] New Delhi, Delhi, India A special conference was held to focus on the setting up of a GLOBAL UNITED FUND, the world’s first $100 Million Fund to bring Government and Private Sector together for Business Sustainability through Disaster Risk Reduction. To build up capacity of the nation in Disaster Management a strategic alliance was formed between the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), and National Institute of Disaster Management in September…

[gt_alert id=”gt-alert-615″ title=”” dismissable=”0″ type=”info” title_color=”” content_color=”” content_background=”” border_size=”” border_style=”none” border_color=”” border_radius=”” css=””]A Sin tax rate below 40% would certainly make all tobacco products even more affordable to youth and other vulnerable populations. [/gt_alert] New Delhi, Delhi, India India has the second largest number of tobacco users (275 million or 35% of all adults in India) in the world – of these at least 1 million die every year from tobacco related diseases. Tobacco-use imposes enormous health and economic costs on the country. There is certainly an overarching consensus that goods that are harmful to society categorized as “sin” such…