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News Update/Press Release Mumbai, October 18th 2021: Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group strengthened its commitment towards combating the growing environmental concern about plastic pollution. In alignment with Godrej & Boyce’s ‘India Plastics Pact’ commitment, Godrej Interio India’s leading furniture brand in home and institutional segments revealed that it has also committed to reduce specific plastic consumption in plastic packaging by 5% year-on-year as part of their strategic initiative ‘Greener India’ under the company-wide Good & Green initiative. A first of its kind in Asia, the ‘India Plastics Pact’ pact is a joint initiative between CII and WWF India and has been established with the goal of envisioning ‘a world where plastic is valued and does not pollute

News update/press release New Delhi, 13 October, 2021 – On the occasion of World Sight Day, ENTOD Pharmaceuticals will conduct 30 free eye check-up and cataract camps across different locations. Apart from offering free screenings to people, the campaign will raise awareness on the importance of eye health, diseases that can occur and even offer free medication samples to people.  Raising awareness about the importance of regular vision screening is crucial in India where poor vision affects nearly 550 million people and costs the economy US$37 billion every year in lost productivity. The situation is adversely impacted by low awareness regarding the seriousness of the issue and limited access to proper vision care, especially in rural areas. Cultural stigmas, misconceptions and

News Update/Press Release Delhi, 13 October 2021: Vistara, a joint venture of Tata group and Singapore Airlines, today announced the reach and impact of the second phase of its flagship CSR program – ‘Vistara Wellness Initiative’. The airline has reached out to the most marginalized and vulnerable families with 4,000 wellness kits, comprising hygiene and nutrition essentials, bringing relief to more than 16,000 beneficiaries affected by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spearheaded by Vistara, in collaboration with the Tata Community Initiatives Trust, and supported by the volunteers from the local implementing partner, Robin Hood Army, the initiative was implemented in 28 cities in India. Rashmi Soni, Vice-president & Head of Corporate Communications and CSR, Vistara, said, “Community service and giving back to society are

News Update/Press Release Mumbai, October 8th 2021, Friday: NGO Vision Rescue contributed 50,000 N-95 masks to the Mumbai police at a handover ceremony at the Office of the Additional Commissioner of Police, Bandra West, yesterday morning. One lakh N-95 masks were donated to the non-profit Vision Rescue by a Sydney donor and were flown to India free of cost by Cathay Pacific airlines.                             50,000 of these N-95 masks were handed over by Mr. Biju Thampy, founder Vision Rescue, to the Additional Commissioner of Police Sandeep Karnik on October 8th, 2021. Sunita Sanghvi, Cathay Pacific’s Cargo Account Manager, & Dr. Abraham Mathai, founder & chairman Harmony Foundation and former Vice-Chairman of the Minority Commission, were also present at the event. Another

News Update/Press Release New Delhi, October 7th, 2021: Sewa International, a global non-profit organization that provides hands-on relief to the Indian community, continues its COVID-19 rehab projects across the country. Inspired by the spirit of ‘Service before self,’ Sewa International is working alongside several organizations on multiple projects to prepare for the third wave of Covid19 on multiple initiatives to facilitate holistic healthcare support, skill development, integrated livelihood and education amongst various stakeholders of the society including children, women, and farmers and the last and marginalized mile of the society.  The organization is working in various states across India directly or through partner organizations for the ground rehabilitation program with prioritized focus in Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tripura, and Karnataka.  Under one such

News Update/press release Pune, India, October 7, 2021 — Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation (HHSIF), the philanthropic arm of Honeywell, a Fortune 100 company, today announced it is setting up 10 oxygen generation plants of 600 liters per minute (LPM) capacity in government hospitals across India. In Maharashtra, these plants are being set up in Pune, Ratnagiri and Solapur districts to support healthcare infrastructure in preparation for an anticipated third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first such plant was inaugurated today at Late Droupadabai Murlidhar Khedekar Hospital, Bopodi, Pune. “Honeywell is pleased to partner with the government to strengthen healthcare infrastructure in the collective efforts to manage patient care during the pandemic,” said Ashish Gaikwad, President, Honeywell India. “Timely and adequate oxygen supply can help

News Update/Press Release New Delhi, 4 October 2021: Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, while children from middle and higher sections of society comfortably studying at home with access to laptops and other technology, those from the underserved sections face the bulk of their problems within their homes. Most of these children have completely been removed from their schools and have no safe learning space. Over time, this will lead to the emergence of severe problems among children like child labor and child marriage, the latter being common exploitation among girls. This is why child education especially for girls until the age of 18 is very important. Aahwahan Foundation is an NGO with a PAN India presence that works to improve the well-being

News Update/ press release Mumbai, 5th October 2021: ChildFund India, with the support of HSBC India, has launched a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination drive for fisherfolk and people from vulnerable communities in South Mumbai from October 4-13. The drive, supported by the Municipal Corporation Greater Mumbai, and in collaboration with Surana Hospital, Mumbai, was flagged off by Rahul Narwekar, MLA, Colaba Assembly Constituency and Harshita Narwekar, Corporator, 226 under A ward at a Private COVID Vaccination Centre in Colaba, in the presence of  Neelam Makhijani, Country Director, ChildFund in India, Aloka Majumdar, Head of Corporate Sustainability, HSBC India, Aman Ullah, Head of Communication, HSBC India, Dr Prajakta Amberkar, Medical Officer – Health, A ward, South Mumbai and community leaders from the Machhimar Nagar. India has

News Update/Press release New Delhi, October 4, 2021: Vitamin Angels India has tied up with Give-India for ‘Daan Utsav 2021’ to raise Rs. 50 lakhs to provide 2 doses of Vitamin A to 1 lakh children for a year. Through this partnership, Vitamin Angels will work towards helping mitigate childhood blindness that affects millions of children in India every year. In over a decade of its operations in India, Vitamin Angels has been helping reduce childhood blindness, malnutrition and child mortality by providing life-changing vitamin A tablets to children in far flung and remote areas and communities across the country. Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) is recognized as a serious global public health challenge across all underserved populations. While historically many public

News Update/Press release Pune, 04 October 2021: In line with its philosophy of making sustainability even more of a priority under its new ‘Limitless’ vision, Kirloskar Oil Engines (KOEL) has introduced the Kirloskar i-Land – a fully automated organic waste composter that blends biotechnology and intelligent engineering to convert organic waste from homes and commercial spaces into compost. It aims to reduce dumping of waste in landfills and reduce the waste-treatment pressure on government agencies. Kirloskar is India’s leading sustainable engineering solutions provider, and its latest innovation complements the government’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan that aims to create a clean and green India. Backed by Kirloskar’s rich engineering expertise and industry-leading service capabilities, the composter has features such as noiseless, odorless and