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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

News Update/ Press Release National, 7 June 2021: In line with its efforts to safeguard its workforce, Puravankara rolled out anon-site vaccination program in its Bangalore office on 5 June 2021. The inoculation drive offers safe,convenient and free-of-cost access to vaccines to all its employees and contractual staff as well astheir family members i.e., parents, spouses and children above 18 years of age. This is a continuationof the successful vaccine initiative that the company had completed earlier this year for its labourforce and their dependents over the age of 45 years.Puravankara has partnered with multiple health service providers for the ongoing vaccinationprogram in Bangalore. The vaccines are administered by licenced healthcare professionals. All theprocesses within the program are strictly aligned

News Update/ Press Release Hyderabad, June 07, 2021– The pandemic has been one of the greatest challenges for the startup ecosystem. Hence, leading FinTech company and a renowned name in the startup ecosystem Zaggle decided to move a step forward and contribute to its ecosystem that would make a difference in the lives of thousands of people. Zaggle, launched a distinctive vaccination initiative for its employees and other startups to lend them a helping hand in these trying times.The drive is going on in the HiTechCity of Hyderabad and is also ready to take off in Mumbai within the span of a few weeks. The company has already been successful in vaccinating more than 1000 employees of various startups along

News Update/ Press Release India, 02 June, 2021: Reinforcing their commitment towards supporting local communities, Ebro India, the Indian arm of Ebro Foods International Group, is funding and taking an active role for the establishment of an oxygen generating plant at Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College & Hospital (KCGMC) in Karnal, Haryana. Facilitated by the Ebro Foundation, this initiative towards Covid-19 relief is yet another testament of Ebro India’s ethos to nurture and support the community in which it operates in. Home to Ebro India’s manufacturing unit in India – Karnal is one of the oldest districts of the state. KCGMC is one of the biggest hospitals in the region, with a capacity of close to 280 oxygen beds. The

News Update/ Press Release Bangalore,  May 31, 2021: HP India in collaboration with Jubilant Bhartia Foundation (JBF) have launched a National Toll-Free Number, easing registration on the Co-WIN portal. The service will help people who have restricted or no access to smartphones or the internet and are dependent on others to register on their behalf. With a multi-lingual helpdesk, assistance will be initially available in four languages – Hindi, English, Telugu and Kannada and more regional languages will be added soon. With a sizeable population of India having restricted access to smartphones and internet connectivity, misinformation and lack of resources are preventing many people from getting vaccinated. The Government of India recently announced the third phase of the vaccination drive, catering to

News Update/ Press Release Tamil Nadu, 31st May 2021: As India is battling the 2nd wave of COVID-19, Saint-Gobain India – Glass Business joins the force to fight COVID-19 and extends its support to the government of Tamil Nadu. This will be through relief efforts in major districts of the State-Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur, Erode, and in the capital Chennai. The company pledges a total of INR 4.5Cr to overcome the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic and to provide medical care to those affected. With the commitment to provide relief to affected people in the state, Saint-Gobain will provide essential oxygen generation plants airfreighted from France, one for Government Medical College Hospital Omandurar, Chennai costing INR 2.5 Cr and another plant costing INR 75 lakhs

News Update/ Press Release New Delhi, 29 May 2021: Corteva Agriscience (NYSE: CTVA), the global agriculture company is collaborating with local governments and non-profit organizations (NGO) to fight against the pandemic. Keeping in line with its CSR goals to safeguard the community and to address urgent needs, Corteva is serving more than 2000 patients every day at 13 COVID care centers in Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Ranchi, Lucknow, Savli and other cities in India. These COVID care centers are set up in hospitals in some locations; others are set up as dedicated quarantine / isolation centers equipped with oxygen facilitated beds, 24X7 doctor consultation, nursing staff and access to ambulance facilities. Mr. Rahoul Sawani, President South Asia, Corteva Agriscience said