Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
VISAKHAPATNAM: In a step forward towards scientific solid waste management, Kirlampudi Colony near Beach Road, which has around 800 households, would soon commence 'Two bins one bag' system. A workshop was also held this week for the residents to raise awareness about solid waste management and composting. Kirlampudi Layout, with …
The Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (BALCO) has received the ‘Best India CSR Project Award’. This has been awarded for its Project Jalgram-‘Towards Sustainable Livelihood’ in the category-‘Agriculture Development’, a company press release informed. The award was presented in a glittering award ceremony held in Bangalore and was received on behalf …
DEHRADUN: One of the main objectives of the Swachh Bharat Mission is to get all villages and towns to become open defecation free (ODF) which had to be achieved by 2019. Any region which has sufficient number of household, community and public toilets is said to be open defecation free. …
A ‘first of its kind’ initiative which will help to enable more emphasis on Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs through a curriculum Course to benefit more than 200 Under Graduate students (UG) and 40 Post Graduate (PG) students this year Advanced educative methodologies to be adopted, participative …
Mangaluru: Karnataka Bank on Tuesday donated over 60 solar lights worth Rs 18 lakh to Kadri Park, managed by department of horticulture. Kadri Park is, incidentally, the city's major lung space, frequented by people who come here for exercise or walk. The installation of solar light will come as a …
A CSR initiative of KBL; 60 solar lamps installed at a cost of Rs 18 lakh Next time, if you want to take a stroll at Kadri Park even after dusk, you can do so, without bothering of power cut. On Tuesday, it was equipped with 60 solar lamps that …
Sustainability reporting has taken a stronghold among Southeast Asia’s corporate giants, but they have a long way to go in improving the quality of their reports, new research has found. The study conducted by the National University of Singapore Business School’s Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO) and Asean …
Distribution of soil health cards among farmers in Telangana began on Tuesday under a combination of government and corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects. The initiative is expected to make farming profitable. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) coordinated the soil testing down to individual farm level …
New Delhi: Releasing the report, "The State of Female Infanticide in Himachal Pradesh" (http://www.stopfemaleinfanticide.org/files/HimachalPradesh.pdf), Asian Centre for Human Rights stated that child sex ratio (CSR) has seriously declined from 982 females per 1000 boys (0-6 years) in 1971, the period before the use of the ultrasound machines for sex selection …
Cost-intensive conventional sewage treatment plants have often stopped civic agencies from investing in treating effluents entering lakes. Now, the lake division of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in association with some private players has come out with a cost-effective natural osmosis technique to filter sewage. Using the corporate social …
Nashik: The Kumbh Mela finally comes to an end on August 11; and while the river has swelled to capacity with the onset of monsoon, the Godavari is once again filled with drainage, sewage and other waste, bringing the focus once again to the cleanliness issues marring the holy waters. …
Bank of Kigali (BK) has supported a local non-profit environmental conservation organization with Rwf 25m to plant 150,000 trees within three years from now in Nyagatare district. The move is part of its activities to mark 50 years this December since it was incorporated in 1966. "We understand that climate …
In India, 400 million people live without adequate electricity access in India and yet the solar lighting market remains nascent with penetration well below five percent. To discuss this issue, India's largest CSR management company NextGen, in partnership with International Finance Corporation (IFC) and ET CSR, hosted a workshop on …
The Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) in collaboration with the residents of Karonga have agreed to sue the mining investors in the district, for spoiling the environment as well as infringing the rights of workers. The concerned companies include Paladin Africa Limited and Eland Coal mine Company. Speaking …
The majority of international companies using most cotton globally are failing to deliver on cotton sustainability according to new independent research published by Pesticide Action Network (PAN) UK, Solidaridad and WWF. Just eight companies out of 37 made it out of the red zone in the ranking research conducted by …
Navratna CPSU National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) has bagged the prestigious India Pride Award for the year 2015-16 for CSR, Environment Protection and Conservation, instituted by the Dainik Bhaskar Group. Nalco CMD Dr Tapan Kumar Chand received the award from Union Minister for Communications & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul has urged the Centre to enhance funds from the existing Rs.12,000 to Rs.40,000 per unit of Individual House Hold Latrine (IHHL). While highlighting the border sensitiveness of the State and its difficult terrain, the Chief Minister made the plea during a meeting with Union …
Federal Minister for Climate Change, Zahid Hamid, stressed the need for exploiting massive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) potential to address the country’s shrinking forest cover by large-scale forestation. “The country corporate sector should divert a significant chunk of the CSR funds to strengthen the country’s ailing forestry sector, so that …
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016 (‘the Bill’) has been introduced in Lok Sabha on 16 March 2016. The bill proposes further amendments in the existing Companies Act, 2013 (‘the 2013 Act’) for ease of doing business.
Udaipur: Marwar Junction, Rani, Falna and Ranapratap Nagar railway stations under Ajmer division would soon be lit up with solar power. To harness the abundantly available solar energy, solar photo voltaic power plant having total capacity of 280 KWp will be installed. In the presence of Naresh Salecha, divisional railway …
