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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

News Update/ Press Release Hyderabad, 27th May 2021: The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected all walks of society. With lack of isolation centers, hospital beds and oxygen cylinders, an initiative Covid Surge Impact Alliance (CSIA) was launched by Hyderabadis, consisting of 20 stakeholders from various NGOs, Corporates and industries associations who have come together and are actively coordinating relief activities in the state of Telangana and are delivering direct and indirect aid to the people. COVID SURGE IMPACT ALLIANCE (CSIA) powered by Surge Impact Foundation (SIF) provides three key services; an organized, easy to use Web App with real-time and verified data at www.covidhelphyd.in; an Emergency Bed Helpline which is supported by HRH Technologies 040-67419503; and, a One-to-One Personalized

News Update/Press Release Mumbai, 26th May 2021: With the country grappling with the second wave of the pandemic, the Akshaya Patra Foundation decided to scale up its feeding efforts in the Maharashtra region with the support of the Government to help the vulnerable populations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Akshaya Patra has served over 47 Lakh meals across Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nasik, and Aurangabad.  The foundation is serving cooked meals, food relief kits with essential groceries, Happiness Kits, Rail Yatri Food Kits. In Maharashtra, this initiative is being undertaken through the Foundation’s kitchens in Thane, Pune, and Nagpur. As a need-based solution, either freshly cooked meals or food relief kits with essential groceries are being provided to vulnerable populations. Each food relief kit has groceries sufficient

News Update/ Press Release India, 27th May, 2021-Bisleri, industry leader and India’s most trusted mineral water brand, has initiated a series of activities to ensure its employees, and their families, are protected during the second wave of COVID-19 that has hit the country. The company has provided Ozone Therapy treatments and COVID insurance of Rs.3 lakhs, to their employees. The company has also announced two policies – Covid Insurance policy and Covid death Insurance policy. All employees along their family members (spouse and children) can cover medical expenses up to Rs. 3 lakhs each and this is included under the Covid Insurance policy. The same policy would be applicable for the employee who are on contractual role with the organisation.

News Update/ Press Release Gurugram, May 26:  RHI Magnesita, the Global leader in refractory products and solutions, has directly supported more than 9000 families in the fight against COVID-19 recently by providing necessary safety tools. Under its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, the company, through its three Indian subsidiaries – Orient Refractories Ltd., RHI Clasil Pvt. Ltd. and RHI India Pvt. Ltd., distributed “COVID-19 Safety Kits” to the families in the communities around its manufacturing facilities in India. Commenting on the initiative, Parmod Sagar – MD & CEO of Indian operations of RHI Magnesita said, “We, as a Nation, are going through the most challenging times in recent history. We are together in it, and would need to hold each other’s hand to

India, 26th May, 2021-Godrej & Boyce has been contributing towards biodiversity conservation for decades; be it for mangroves located in the North eastern part of Mumbai or research on endemic plant species found in the Western Ghats by the Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research (NGCPR) In the last 14 months, NGCPR has discovered 2 new species and renamed one new hybrid species. One of the two new species has been discovered after 185 years and has been named as Alfred’s Commelina, after the collector Alfred Prentice Young. It was discovered by Dr. Mayur D. Nandikar, Scientist – Botany Plant Taxonomy from NGCPR. NGCPR has been actively conserving over 100 endemic plant species at their conservation centre in Shirwal, Maharashtra and have preserved more than 5,000 species in