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News Update/ Press Release UN Global Compact Network India ( UN GCNI), New Delhi, 14 June 2021- The United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit will virtually convene Heads of State, CEOs of major corporations and UN leaders. It will take stock of the converging global crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, increasing socio-economic inequalities and the unchecked corruption to offer solutions for a sustainable future. UN leaders, CEOs and Heads of State including H.E. António Guterres, UN Secretary-General; MDM Halimah Yacob, President of the Republic of Singapore; H.E. Kim Boo-Kyun, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea; H.E. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica; Alok Sharma, President, COP26; Julie Sweet, CEO, Accenture; Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman and CEO, Schneider Electric; Frank Cooper, Global

News Update/ Press Release New Delhi, 14 June 2021: ‘Good Samaritans India,’ a Hyderabad-based NGO, has left no stone unturned to help the most vulnerable during coronavirus pandemic-lockdown 2021. Providing Ration-Kits to More than 2000 Families, free ambulance services for the needy patients, arranging for the cost-free funeral of those who succumbed during this pandemic, delivering meals at railway stations and other places to the needy, and lending a helping hand to migrants and the homeless destitute people, providing oxygen concentrators to the needy patient post-discharge this NGO works every day to help those deprived of necessities in these tiring times. The Good Samaritans India has been working round-the-clock (24/7) to help COVID-19 victims and their families by providing ambulance, hearse,

News Update / Press Release June 10th 2021, Mumbai: Hotstuff Media Group recently joined hands with Doctors for You (DFY) an Indian humanitarian organization to help them with their overall communication strategy and campaigns  with focus on social media . The campaign was undertaken by Hotstuff as a CSR activity to help DFY to reach wider audience and create the impact required to fight Covid 19. DFY focuses on providing medical care to the vulnerable communities during crisis and non-crisis situation, emergency medical aid to people affected by natural disaster, conflicts and epidemics. Hotstuff helped DFY by creating powerful social impact stories through their social media assets. “Storytelling can do more powerful things than persuasive content. What we did was nothing in comparison

News Update/ Press Release MUMBAI, 11 June 2021: This World Environment Day, Kimberly-Clark India launched ‘Project घर’ in partnership with the Plastics for Change India Foundation, an initiative that will deliver sustainable housing facilities to on-ground waste collectors in India. Over a period of six months, a total of 30 metric tons of single-use and multi-layered plastic will be recycled to construct 15 houses in the Hubli-Dharwad region of Karnataka. Apart from directly reducing plastic waste, ‘Project घर’ is a step towards advancing the well-being of an underserved and underrepresented community. Once successful, the project will be extended to several other parts of the country as well. Kimberly-Clark, fulfilling its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), will connect with stakeholders across the value chain

News Update/ Press Release 11th June 2021, Kanpur, UP: The Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), IIT Kanpur, today said it has raised funding from ICICI Securities, one of India’s leading financial services company, for Mission Bharat O2 (MBO2), to support domestic manufacturing of oxygen concentrators on scale.  With this project, SIIC IIT Kanpur aims to make the Indian healthcare manufacturing ecosystem self-reliant. Mission Bharat O2 is a step towards the larger vision of SIIC to nurture a self-sustainable healthcare system in India.  The project, led by Prof. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Professor In-charge, Innovation & Incubation, IIT Kanpur, Srikant Sastri, Director, FIRST-IITK and Chairman, I3G Advisory Network, and Rahul Patel, Head of Strategic Initiatives, SIIC IIT Kanpur, will support local manufacturers to

News Update/ Press Release India,8th June ,2021-A study by non-profit organization Quest Alliance says women constitute only 14% of the nearly 280,000 scientists and engineers in research and development institutes in India. India sees low participation from women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. In a bid to arouse interest in these fields, Quest Alliance, in partnership with IBM, is trying to tackle gender disparity by designing and organizing programs like the STEM for Girls Hackathon. The initiative saw participation from 90 students across Karnataka, Telangana, and Odisha, over two months. The hackathon aims to encourage students to ideate, innovate, use science to improve their future. Following are some innovations from the Hackathon that are geared towards promoting

News Update/ Press Release 7th June 2021, Mumbai: ISKCON has been at the forefront of charity and social welfare through their various temples across the city and their ‘Food for Life’ is one such significant initiative that aims at fighting hunger with nutritious, Satvik meals served to the underprivileged in its vicinity. ISKCON’s Bhiwandi temple is leading one such significant ‘Food For Life’ program, serving up to 1000 free meals per day, every day, since March 2020, to the daily wage workers and warehouse labourers, who are battling unemployment and poverty during COVID. Further, the meals prepared by the temple devotees on a daily basis, are hygienic, and made using Satvik ingredients, ensuring it nourishes not only the body but

News Update/ Press Release New Delhi 7th June’21 : The entire world is witnessing India’s battle against the deadly virus which has hit even more vehemently in its second wave. With daily cases in India touching nearly 4,00,000, the highest daily count in any country, and nearly 4 million active cases, it is imperative that we stop the spread of COVID-19.  While some of us can afford the luxury of restricting our travels and staying at home, there are several integral members of our society that have a duty to save lives and serve the community during this crisis. Frontline COVID warriors like doctors, healthcare professionals, police personnel, civil defense volunteers including disaster management volunteers, municipal workers and more, are risking their lives every

News Update/ Press Release June 07th, 2021; Jaipur:  Advanced Technology Consulting Service (ATCS) has organised a vaccination drive for its employees and their families in partnership with the Manipal Hospital Jaipur today in the office premises located at Mahindra SEZ Jaipur. The initiative comes at a time when the employees and families recorded difficulty in booking slots for COVID-19 vaccination. The company has borne the cost of the vaccination for employees and their dependents of all the ATCS India employees. Keeping in mind the difficulties availing healthcare facilities and the risks associated with it amidst the COVID crisis, ATCS has partnered with Practo for online medical consultation covering 23 types of medical specialists. The service is available 24*7 for all