Day: February 24, 2017

LG Electronics India Limited is going to celebrate this 68th Republic Year of the country, with the launch of the #KarSalaam initiative, dedicated to Indian soldiers. The campaign invites the whole nation to come forward and send their wishes to the Indian Armed Forces. Through this initiative, LG will salute the soldiers’ spirit of selfless contribution and service towards the country. LG is committed to walk the extra mile, providing a good life to the citizens of India. Accordingly, the company will extend their support and solidarity to our soldiers…

Microsoft has collaborated with Sankara Eye Hospital, Bengaluru to launch Maitri, a customized rehabilitation bus that visits remote villages in Karnataka to identify citizens suffering from vision problems and provide comprehensive rehabilitation services. With less than 30% of patients receiving rehabilitation services, Maitri was conceptualized to provide rehabilitation to visually impaired patients at their doorstep, helping them become independent and improve their quality of life. Microsoft has contributed funding to build and launch the bus under its commitment to corporate social responsibility and meeting the provisions of Schedule VII of…

As part of its Disaster Relief and Risk Reduction (DRR) programme to support the victims of the recent Cyclone Vardah in Chennai, HCL Foundation has organised a Relief Distribution Drive in Semmencherry. Approx. 7,000 households from the severely hit Semmencherry community received the relief kits during the drive which was organised on January 11, 12 and 13. Semmencherry, primarily a resettlement colony of labourers and daily wage earners, is one of the worst affected areas in Chennai that has incurred colossal damage to property and livelihood of the residents due…

Ashoka Buildcon has conducted its 600th Road Safety Awareness Session and entered into the Guinness World Records for ‘Largest Road Lesson’ with comprising of 2700 participants. The event was conducted in an Auditorium of Nashik. Ashish Katariya, COO of Ashoka Buildcon who spearheads the Safety Initiatives by the Company opened the session. He said, “We are happy that our 600th road safety session will be getting global recognition. Ashoka Buildcon has always taken up Road Safety as a serious issue.” The company introduced their formal road safety mission three years…

On the occasion of the ‘International Disability Day’, Vodafone India has announced the launch of special caller tunes for the speech and hearing impaired. These caller tunes can be availed lifelong for free. The challenge speech and hearing impaired users often face is that when they order any service like a fleet cab or a parcel from e-shopping platforms, the driver/courier by default calls their phone to inform them of his arrival, which they are unable to respond to, thereby missing out on accessing several such services currently. These specially…

Huawei India’s R&D Center has launched the construction of clean drinking water facilities for villages in Bengaluru. The Bhoomi Pooja (ground breaking ceremony) for the construction and installation of R O Plants under the Huawei CSR programme was conducted at Panathur, Mullur and Seetharampalya villages under Mahadevapura Constituency, Bengaluru. The event was attended by the MLA of Mahadevapura Constituency and ex-Minister for Higher Education, Government of Karnataka, Shri. Arvind Limbavali, BBMP Corporators, several leaders of local Zilla Panchayat, BBMP officials. The R O Plant installation programme is a 50:50 joint…

Snapdeal has announced that their initiative to spread Christmas and New Year cheer in partnership with leading NGOs has received tremendous response, with over 50,000 ‘Happiness Boxes’ being donated to underprivileged children. The initiative, organized from 23rd December 2016 to 5th January 2017, was a special gesture to spread warmth and cheer during the festive season. The collected ‘Happiness Boxes’ were delivered across 300+ locations in over 25 cities across more than 15 states. Over 25 NGOs across India (including Teach for India, GiveIndia, World Vision India, Bharti Foundation, Akshaya…

On the occasion of National Road Safety week, United Spirits (USL), a Diageo Group Company, and Essar Oil Limited have announced a path-breaking collaboration to create a paradigm shift in road safety in India. This programme that brings two big corporate houses together in a unique partnership will create awareness and drive definitive behaviour change, particularly among commercial vehicle and truck drivers through a combination of on-ground at the point of sale (petrol pumps), as well as digital, activity. Lalit Gupta, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Essar Oil Limited,…

In order to curtail malpractices in the advertisement of AYUSH drugs, the Ministry of AYUSH has signed a MoU with the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). Addressing the cases of misleading advertisements with respect to Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy drugs, treatments and related services, ASCI will comprehensively monitor these advertisements across print and electronic media. The MoU was signed by Advisor (Ayurveda), Ministry of AYUSH Dr, Dinesh Chan Katoch and Chairman, ASCI Shri Srinivasan K Swamy in the presence of Secretary AYUSH Shri Ajit M…

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has taken a number of initiatives which are aimed to enable reliable and secure operations of large interconnected grid operations. The CERC has notified regulations with regard to Deviation Settlement Mechanism (DSM) and Grid Code and Ancillary Services Regulations to support variable generation. An official from the power ministry, who was present at the Make in India Week conference last week, said, “CERC has been instrumental in the creation of an enabling market environment through notifying regulations also on open access, inter-state transmission and…