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News Update/ Press Release National, 11th June, 2021 – Embassy Group, one of India’s leading real estate development firms, was acknowledged and awarded for its continuous efforts towards sustainability and resilience. Receiving one of the most prestigious and globally recognized accreditations, Embassy Group is one among the very few in South East Asia to grab the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership Award. This accolade is a testimonial to Embassy Group’s commitment to sustainability and creating eco-friendly projects. The 2021 U.S. Green Building Council India and Southeast Asia Leadership Awards held virtually at USGBC Live event on 10th June, 2021 awarded some of the notable green building projects, companies and individuals in the region over the last year and appreciated the

News Update/ Press Release New Delhi, 14 June 2021: ‘Good Samaritans India,’ a Hyderabad-based NGO, has left no stone unturned to help the most vulnerable during coronavirus pandemic-lockdown 2021. Providing Ration-Kits to More than 2000 Families, free ambulance services for the needy patients, arranging for the cost-free funeral of those who succumbed during this pandemic, delivering meals at railway stations and other places to the needy, and lending a helping hand to migrants and the homeless destitute people, providing oxygen concentrators to the needy patient post-discharge this NGO works every day to help those deprived of necessities in these tiring times. The Good Samaritans India has been working round-the-clock (24/7) to help COVID-19 victims and their families by providing ambulance, hearse,

News Updates/Press Release UNITED NATIONS, New York, 13 June 2021 — Business leaders across the world report increasing pressure to act on sustainability and expect the momentum to grow significantly over the next three years, according to new data to be released at the UN Global Compact Leaders’ Summit on Tuesday. Results of the UN Global Compact 2021 survey of companies and chief executive officers, in partnership with Accenture, reveal that 79 per cent of CEOs believe the pandemic has highlighted the need to transition to more sustainable business models. Three out of five (62 per cent ) CEOs said the pressure to act on sustainability grew significantly over the last three years, and three out of four (73 per

News Update/Press Release Mumbai, June 14, 2021: Around 58,887 rural entrepreneurs under Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), a sub-scheme of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India have been trained by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) (EDII is designated as National Resource Organisation(NRO) for implementation of non-farm projects and currently associated with 15 State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM)) in multiple employment generating activities amid this pandemic. The objective of this programme is to help these micro-entrepreneurs and their family members to setup small enterprises in rural areas under non-farm sector. In all 75 blocks, across 15 states India are being covered under the programme whose main objective is to promote micro entrepreneurs and

News Update / Press Release June 10th 2021, Mumbai: Hotstuff Media Group recently joined hands with Doctors for You (DFY) an Indian humanitarian organization to help them with their overall communication strategy and campaigns  with focus on social media . The campaign was undertaken by Hotstuff as a CSR activity to help DFY to reach wider audience and create the impact required to fight Covid 19. DFY focuses on providing medical care to the vulnerable communities during crisis and non-crisis situation, emergency medical aid to people affected by natural disaster, conflicts and epidemics. Hotstuff helped DFY by creating powerful social impact stories through their social media assets. “Storytelling can do more powerful things than persuasive content. What we did was nothing in comparison

News Update/ Press Release MUMBAI, 11 June 2021: This World Environment Day, Kimberly-Clark India launched ‘Project घर’ in partnership with the Plastics for Change India Foundation, an initiative that will deliver sustainable housing facilities to on-ground waste collectors in India. Over a period of six months, a total of 30 metric tons of single-use and multi-layered plastic will be recycled to construct 15 houses in the Hubli-Dharwad region of Karnataka. Apart from directly reducing plastic waste, ‘Project घर’ is a step towards advancing the well-being of an underserved and underrepresented community. Once successful, the project will be extended to several other parts of the country as well. Kimberly-Clark, fulfilling its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), will connect with stakeholders across the value chain

News Update/ Press Release 11th June 2021, Kanpur, UP: The Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), IIT Kanpur, today said it has raised funding from ICICI Securities, one of India’s leading financial services company, for Mission Bharat O2 (MBO2), to support domestic manufacturing of oxygen concentrators on scale.  With this project, SIIC IIT Kanpur aims to make the Indian healthcare manufacturing ecosystem self-reliant. Mission Bharat O2 is a step towards the larger vision of SIIC to nurture a self-sustainable healthcare system in India.  The project, led by Prof. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Professor In-charge, Innovation & Incubation, IIT Kanpur, Srikant Sastri, Director, FIRST-IITK and Chairman, I3G Advisory Network, and Rahul Patel, Head of Strategic Initiatives, SIIC IIT Kanpur, will support local manufacturers to

News Update/ Press Release Aurangabad , 08 June, 2021-Varroc Foundation, the CSR arm of Varroc Engineering Ltd. (Varroc), a global tier-I auto component group along with Confederation Of Indian Industry (CII), Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), EcoSattva environmental solutions, Aurangabad Cantonment Board, and the Aurangabad Smart City team has undertaken the restoration of Kham river in Aurangabad. Varroc Foundation has been working towards ensuring environmental sustainability, ecological balance, protection of flora and fauna, animal welfare, agroforestry, conservation of natural resources, and maintaining the quality of soil, air, and water. The foundation has undertaken the restoration and cleaning of the Kham river for a 15 km distance. And over the last four years, has installed trappers for garbage, constructed and guarded the

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