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Muthoot Finance Ltd, India’s Largest Gold Loan NBFC has announced the launch of the 9th Edition of Muthoot M George Higher Education Scholarships 2025-26. Applications are now invited for its professional scholarship program 2025–26, aimed at supporting meritorious students pursuing higher education in professional courses. Over the past nine editions, the initiative has supported a total of 394 students, with an overall scholarship outlay of ₹3.94 crore. Under this initiative, 210 scholarships will be awarded to meritorious students who have secured admission in B.Tech, MBBS, or B.Sc Nursing programs during the academic year 2025. Eligible students from Kerala and major cities including Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, and Kolkata can now apply for the scholarship. Applicants are required to select

The partnership will impact over 1,000 students and 40 women across four schools through structured menstrual health awareness sessions. 13 th November 2025: Ujaas, an initiative of the Aditya Birla Education Trust, founded by Ms Advaitesha Birla, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Evonik India to launch a structured Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) awareness initiative across schools in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. The MoU was formally signed at VDS Public School, Turbhe, one of the participating schools in the program. The event was graced by Ms. Poonam Patkar (Head of Ujaas Unit) and Ms. Steffi Fernando (Senior Manager) from Ujaas, Mr. Vinod Paremal (President & Managing Director, Evonik India Region), Ms. Vidya Gopinath (representative of

November 13, 2025: Aequs Foundation is proud to announce the success of its annual One Precious Notebook campaign, a flagship Corporate Social Responsibility initiative dedicated to advancing education in communities surrounding its manufacturing ecosystems. This year’s campaign delivered a remarkable 1,07,411notebooks to nearly 17,019 students across 97 schools, stimulating a robust culture of learning. What truly distinguishes the ‘One Precious Notebook’ campaign is the deep personal involvement of Aequals (Aequs employees). A record 699 employee volunteers participated, in the campaign, dedicating their time to personally distribute the notebooks to the students. In a heart-warming gesture, these volunteers added motivational messages to the last page of each book they contributed, turning a simple school supply into a source of inspiration and encouragement.

CSI White Paper Calls on COP30 to Move Beyond Acknowledging Vulnerability to Champion Financing for Resilience  10th November 2025: The Climate and Sustainability Initiative (CSI) announced the release of its new White Paper, “Bridging Global Agendas and Local Realities: Reflections on the COP30 Agenda”. The publication provides a critical analysis of the climate adaptation finance crisis and offers actionable pathways to mobilise capital ahead of COP 30 in Belém, Brazil. As the world focuses on COP 30, which is envisioned as the ‘Implementation COP’, the paper stresses the urgent need to convert global climate commitments into “tangible, local action”. Despite growing international commitments, the White Paper highlights that climate adaptation finance remains underfunded, fragmented, and inequitable. The findings underscore a

November 10, 2025: On November 9, 2025, Mumbai witnessed an evening where melody meets meaning, as CanKids KidsCan, India’s largest childhood cancer NGO, and Bansuri Music Group (Music with A Mission) presented “Sunehre Swar – Ban Jayenge Gold”  an event to raise funds for Mahacares For Kids With Cancer. This is part of CanKids nationwide ‘Ban Jayenge Gold’ campaign  inspired by gold, the global symbol for childhood cancer awareness. This charity concert celebrated courage, compassion, and the spirit of children who bravely fight cancer. Graced by prominent personalities from music, healthcare, philanthropy, and public life,  like Dr Sanjay Mukherjee (Metropolitan Commissioner – MMRDA) , Shri Ranjeet Deol (Principal Secretary – School Education & Sports Department) , Dr Shripad Banavali (Director

With support to 551 more girls, the initiative has now benefited 1,102 students, assistance of Rs. 7,500 each also extended to 7,500 farmers affected by unseasonal rains. Surat: Surat-based industrialist Piyush Desai’s educational initiative ‘Hiraba No Khumkar’, aimed at promoting education of the girl child, has evolved into a broader social movement with additional financial support for farmers affected by unseasonal rainfall. Launched on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 75th birthday, the initiative initially supported 551 girls from economically disadvantaged families through educational assistance of Rs. 7,500 each, covering school fees and related expenses. At an event today, support was extended to another 551 students, taking the total number of beneficiaries to 1,102. So far, assistance amounting to