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UN GCNI OBSERVED INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY 2021

New Delhi; December 18, 2021; UN GCNI organized a Fireside Chat titled “Corruption and Our Role: Reflections and Resolutions for the 2030 Agenda” observing the International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) on 9th December 2021, with eminent experts from Business, Education, Gender, Sports, Health and Technology to discuss their roles in promoting anti-corruption as individuals, organizations and moreover collectively as a society. Over 400 participants registered and joined us in this discussion. This event was preceded by an awareness campaign from December 1, 2021 to December 9, 2021 titled – “Voice of Leaders on Fight against Corruption” in order to raise awareness against different forms of corruption across the sectors and encourage the leaders towards promoting integrity in business through collective action.

New Age Luxury residential projects focus on “Design First “approach

Contemporary and elegant aesthetics, native to Neterwala and Aibara’s designs—this show home in the garden city of Bengaluru by MAIA Estates is dipped in luxury. Embodying Bengaluru’s greatest values of merging progressive design with an abundance of lush foliage and amenities—27 Summit, a development by MAIA Estates exemplifies contemporary aesthetics for the cosmopolitan residents of the garden city. Boasting of large windows, high ceilings, neutral toned wall panels, wooden architraves and functionality in its fullest form is this show flat designed for MAIA Estates by interior design firm, Neterwala and Aibara. We are welcomed by a 9 ft tall main door, standing on an intricately done up patterned marble flooring in beige and grey with brass inlays that leads us

UN Global Compact Network’s 16th National Convention 2021

New Delhi, 15th -16th December 2021: UN Global Compact Network India (UN GCNI) – The local arm of United Nations Global Compact, New York, announced that the 16th National Convention is scheduled to be held hon December 15-16, 2021. The Convention will have participants from business including CEOs, CXOs, Heads of Corporate organizations from Public and Private Sector, and also, representatives from Academia, Civil Society and UN entities from across India. ‘Target 2030: Assess, Act, Accelerate’ is the theme for the year 2021 and the objective is to assess, act and accelerate to achieve the SDG Target of 2030; which stays connected to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its allied mechanisms and figures out solutions from the Governments,

Road to Recovery- a campaign focused on Covid-19 relief work

6th December 2021: The pandemic had harsh effects on many people. In response to the same, Habitat for Humanity India and MUFG Bank (MUFG) have joined hands to provide essential hygiene items and medical equipments to government healthcare facilities under the NGO’s Road to Recovery COVID-19 response. Road to Recovery is Habitat for Humanity India’s pan-India humanitarian response to the pandemic aimed at creating a safety-net for families affected by COVID-19 and the lockdown, supporting them with relief measures and moving towards permanent housing eco-system solutions for a long-term post COVID-19 recovery. Road to Recovery 2.0 is Habitat India’s response to the deadly second wave of the pandemic. Support from MUFG has enabled Habitat India provide of 5000 PPE kits,

A Commitment towards Child Welfare; to benefit 15,000 children this year

December 01, 2021, India: Games24x7, India’s largest online skill gaming platform, today announced that it will work towards the cause of child welfare in India. Towards this end, Games24x7 will make financial contributions and partner with some of the pre-eminent organizations working in this domain including Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation (KSCF), Hemkunt Foundation, Akshaya Patra Foundation and United Way of Bengaluru. Games24x7 has announced a total donation of INR 6 crore in the current fiscal, towards causes of child welfare that will include, protecting children from trafficking, facilitating education, distribution of nutrition kits and bridging the digital divide in education & training. These initiatives will benefit 15,000 children in shaping the progressive blueprint of their future. “The scourge of COVID-19

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A campaign to break all the stigma built around HIV/AIDS

Delhi, 29th November 2021: Ferns N Petals is a brand that connects people on emotional grounds with its gifting solutions. The brand’s latest campaign-Touch Nahi Karna Hai is an initiative to break the stigma built around HIV. Although HIV/ AIDS has multiple effective and evidence-based prevention measures, people with HIV or AIDS are stigmatized socially with the largest concern being – HIV/ AIDS is a communicable disease. The narrative Touch nahi karna Touch karta hai is a voice that urges to people to relook at their own perspectives. For this campaign, a team from Ferns N Petals reached out to Desire Society, a non-profit voluntary organization registered under Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001with several programs in the field of

Safe Zindagi- an online platform to offer all in all services

New Delhi, December 1, 2021: Today, on World AIDS Day, Project ACCELERATE, a program funded by USAID/PEPFAR and implemented by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, in partnership with YRGCARE, The Fenway Institute and Blue Lotus Advisory under the technical guidance of National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), launched safezindagi.in, an online platform that offers information and services for HIV testing, prevention, treatment, and retention in care through public sector and private organizations of India in collaboration with various community based organizations. Safezindagi.in aims to be a comprehensive demand generation and service delivery online platform for risk assessment, innovative prevention, and testing services (like PrEP and HIV self-testing) with linkage to treatment including tele-consultation with medical and counselling professionals to ensure

Empowering Children with Free-Learning Programmes

New Delhi, November 29, 2021: In an endeavor to provide every child access to quality education, BYJU’S – ‘Education for All’ has partnered with Ladli Foundation to positively impact the lives of 100,000 underprivileged children across the country. Launched in a phased manner for three years, this collaboration will provide children in classes 6-10 free access to BYJU’S high-quality and tech-enabled learning programs. Implemented in 26 states in India in phase 1, the program is witnessing significant results in Bihar, Gujarat, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Telangana, and Kerala. The partnership has several other ancillary programs that have also been launched. One such is the e-Pathanshaala program through which volunteers and interns of Ladli Foundation guide the beneficiary students to use

A Workshop for linguistic development of young girls

Watts group is leaving no stone unturned in working towards the development of society as a whole. Following their series of administering several educational and development workshops, one more workshop is added to the list. This time, the workshop was an offline event in a government school of girls in Jalalabad West. Around 350-400 girls attended the workshop. The theme of the workshop was the implementation of language and communication skills. The main speaker at the event was the president of Watts Group and renowned ICCRC member, Ritesh Watts. Moreover, this workshop was a step towards the main cause of women’s empowerment. The girls were fluent in their native language i.e., Punjabi but were hesitant in speaking in English. They

Jagmag Pathshala- illumination of Government schools for students’ brighter future

New Delhi, India – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, in partnership with SRF Foundation recently illuminated 15 rural government schools in the Mewat District of Haryana under its CSR program called ‘Jagmag Pathshala’. This initiative has positively impacted more than 7000 students in the district and aims to provide an improved learning environment for young students by upgrading their school infrastructure through solar powered lighting. Each school is powered by a 3 to 7 KW solar mini grid system that provides clean electricity to run the lights and fans in the classrooms. Additionally, these grids are also powering the smart LED TVs in the digital classrooms and equipment for water management, thereby enabling a holistic improvement in

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