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News Update/Press Release Mumbai, 6th April 2021: With an aim to celebrate the efforts of students who are striving to become alert, informed and active citizens – ACTIZENS, Desh Apnayen Sahayog Foundation hosted its annual awards ceremony with philanthropist and author Ms. Rohini Nilekani as the Chief Guest. The awards ceremony was hosted live on their Facebook page. The Champion Schools Award was presented to ten schools – Agurchand Manmull Jain School, Chennai, DCM Presidency School, Ludhiana, HVB Global Academy, Mumbai, Narmada Calorx Public School, Bharuch, Our Lady of the Rosary High School, Goa, Pawar Public School, Dombivali, Shri Pragya Public School, Ajmer, Smt. Chandabai Pagariya Jain Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai, St. John’s Universal School, Mumbai and The PSBB Millennium School, Chennai. 20 teachers received the Champion Teachers Award and the President and Vice President of the most active Desh Apnayen

News Update/ Press Release IndiA, 31st March 2021: Amidst the isolation and missing social and emotional connection that has been a result of the pandemic, certain segments of society like our elders and senior citizens have been especially impacted. While we all want to be close to our loved ones, this has been especially hard in the past year, given the risks associated with travelling and socializing, and the increased vulnerability of the elderly. Surf excel’s latest Holi campaign #RangAchheHain is built around this very insight and shows a heart-warming gesture by an innocent boy who wishes to include his friend Rancho, an elderly neighbour, in the Holi celebrations. It takes forward the brand’s ‘Daag Achhe Hain’ proposition, showing how colours

News Update/ Press Release Ranchi, 25 March 2021– Jharkhand State’s Department of School Education in collaboration with World Vision India, UNICEF and Child Fund India roll out the ‘Apni Suraksha Apne Hath’ campaign’ in the districts of Giridih, West Singhbhum, Ranchi, Bokaro and Dhanbad of Jharkhand. ‘Apni Suraksha Apne Hath’ campaign was inaugurated by the Honorable Chief Minister Mr. Hemant Soren. The ‘Jagrukhta Rath’ awareness vans showcases messages on sanitation, hygiene and key guidelines on the prevention of COVID-19. The campaign would drive home the messages to children from 14251 schools in 24 districts across the state of Jharkhand. School closures since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have presented an unprecedented challenge to children’s education and wellbeing. As an organization working for Child well-being,

News Update/Press Release New Delhi, 25th March, 2021: Power Finance Corporation Ltd secured 2nd runner-up position in the recently concluded Power Cup 2021 (Delhi) T-20 Cricket Tournament. Power Cup 2021 (Delhi) was organized by NHPC. A total of 8 teams including teams from the Ministry of Power (MoP), Powergrid, NHPC, PFC, NTPC, POSOCO, EESL and REC took part in the tournament. The tournament started on 20th Feb 2021 and concluded on 21st March 2021. The 2nd runner-up position match was played between PFC and NTPC. PFC won the match convincingly chasing the set target of 134 in 13.4 overs with 8 wickets in hand. Vishu Chaudhary from PFC was declared ‘Man of the Match’ for his 64 runs innings in 35 balls

Press Realease Mr. Dineshkumar Musalekar, President of the Board, Lumel S.A. & Lumel Alucast has won the Indian Achievers’ Award for Business Leadership. Due to the on-going pandemic situation, the award ceremony could not be organised with respect to the social distancing norms in India. Mr. Musalekar resides in Poland where he was felicitated by the Embassy Ambassador of India Mr. Tsewang Namgyal. The award ceremony was brief and diginified.

News Update/Press Release Mumbai, March 22nd, 2021: Hinduja Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Hinduja Group, on the occasion of World Water Day announced its continued commitment to its flagship Jal Jeevan programme. Water is one of the ‘champion causes’ across the Hinduja Group for its multifaceted CSR activity. In 2020, the group contributed Rs. 34 crore towards water conservation, restoration and stewardship. Through this programme, more than 53000 Ha land equivalent to 1 lakh football fields has been treated. Further, a storage capacity of approximately 25000 Olympic swimming pools (219 million Cu. ft) has been created. Lastly this project has also been instrumental in dispensing around 629 million liters of safe drinking water – equivalent to approximately 31 million

News Update/ Press Release March 18, 2021, India – PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) and The PepsiCo Foundation announced today that the company has helped more than 55 million people gain access to safe water globally since 2006 and out of this, 50% beneficiaries i.e. over 27 million people are from India.  The Foundation also catalyzed nearly $700 million in additional funding over the same period which included over USD 22 million investment in India to partner with multiple organizations like Water.org, Safe Water Network & WaterAid to help provide safe water access to marginalized communities. The milestone announced today marks significant progress towards PepsiCo’s goal of reaching 100 million people globally with safe water access by 2030. PepsiCo Foundation has also partnered with Safe Water

News Update/Press Release 16th March 2021, India :With an aim to empower the women of India and become self-reliant in a true sense, Muthoot FinCorp launched Aatmanirbhar Mahila Gold Loan – a unique and exclusive gold loan scheme for women. This is an extension of Muthoot FinCorp’s #RestartIndia Mission. The AtmaNirbhar Mahila Gold Loan scheme was launched by India’s leading and versatile actor – Vidya Balan at a virtual event held on Monday, 15th March 2021.  AMGL offers maximum Loan to Gold value and the lowest interest rate. This Scheme is aimed at and is expected to be helpful to a large number of women who are currently dependent on local money lenders for their financial needs.  Vidya Balan expressed