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India,19 May,2021- Hindustan Unilever Limited has now rolled out Mission HO2PE in New Delhi and Bangalore. As part of Mission HO2PE, HUL has partnered with KVN Foundation and Portea, India’s largest home healthcare company to make oxygen concentrators available free of cost to patients in need in these cities, promptly and efficiently. India is facing a severe shortage of O2 concentrators as the healthcare system continues to grapple with the deadly second wave of Covid-19. Through Mission HO2PE, HUL has airlifted over 5000 oxygen concentrators into India. HUL’s partnership with KVN Foundation and Portea will provide access to oxygen for Covid-19 patients directly in their homes, thereby reducing the pressure on our healthcare infrastructure which is already under duress. In New Delhi and Bangalore, patients and caregivers can

In the mountains of northern Turkey, people might hear the strains of whistling on the breeze. It sounds like birdsong, complete with trills, chirrups and lilting whistles. But this whistling is entirely human. The next time you are in Turkey, visit Kuskoy – the village in district Canakci in Giresun province where people communicate through bird sounds. The unusual and very efficient whistle language used as a means of communication by villagers in remote northern Turkey has entered the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The United Nations Cultural Agency this week has accepted the “bird language” of Black Sea villagers as an endangered part of world heritage in need of urgent protection because it could soon be overtaken by modern

Meet T. Haridas, the restauranteur, entrepreneur, philanthropist from Kerala who has won the hearts of the British through healthy and mouth-watering cuisines from God’s Own Country, and that of the Malayalees through his philanthropy.     Some 40 years ago, 21-year-old Thekkumari Haridas went to London on an invitation of his uncle who worked in the Indian Foreign Ministry. Instead of enrolling in a course, a graduate then he started working as an accountant in the High Commission of India. But the earning was not enough, he felt and so he joined an Indian restaurant after he did a diploma in catering. His dedication to work and the calibre to run a restaurant business impressed the owner who handed over

Nawab Mir Nasir Ali Khan’s exemplary leadership, passion and enduring work ethics along with a philanthropic bent of mind today inspires many budding entrepreneurs and young achievers to contribute towards nation building. After completing his Masters in Business Management, he started his real estate business. His clear vision, down-to-earth attitude and unceasing determination, steered his companies to great heights and reputation in no time, thus setting new benchmarks for many aspiring entrepreneurs. Today, he is also known as a philanthropist for whom the nation and its people come first. Meet Nawab Mir Nasir Ali Khan who is the Promoter and Managing Director of Hyderabad-based MAK Projects Pvt. Ltd. and Rooshna Constructions. “I am blessed to be born in a country