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27 Jul

Ashraya Hastha Trust and Smile Train India Announces Five-Year Commitment

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Ashraya Hastha Trust a Bangalore based charitable organization have announced a five-year partnership with an aim to boost the cleft care ecosystem in India. The partnership will focus on supporting cleft treatment in the seven identified states include Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir, while also strengthening safety and best practices in cleft care. In India, an estimated 35,000 babies are born with a cleft lip and/or palate every year, and hundreds of thousands of children with untreated clefts live in isolation and face difficulties with eating, breathing, hearing and speaking. Ashraya Hastha Trust…

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27 Jul

Ashraya Hastha Trust and Smile Train India Announces Five-Year Commitment

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Ashraya Hastha Trust, a Bangalore based charitable organization funded by Infosys’ Co-Founder K. Dinesh and his family and Smile Train India, the country’s largest cleft focused NGO have announced a five-year partnership with an aim to boost the cleft care ecosystem in India. The partnership will focus on supporting cleft treatment in the seven identified states, while also strengthening safety and best practices in cleft care. Ashraya Hastha Trust will support 10,000 cleft surgeries, five capacity building trainings and safety medical equipment at Smile Train treatment centers across seven states to include Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand…

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27 Jul

Ashraya Hastha Trust and Smile Train India Announces Five-Year Commitment

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Ashraya Hastha Trust a Bangalore based charitable organization have announced a five-year partnership with an aim to boost the cleft care ecosystem in India. Ashraya Hastha Trust will support 10,000 cleft surgeries, five capacity building trainings and safety medical equipment at Smile Train treatment centers across seven states to include Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir. Ashraya Hastha Trust is funded by Infosys’ Co-Founder K. Dinesh and his family and Smile Train India, the country’s largest cleft focused NGO. All cleft surgeries at the Smile Train Cleft Program at Srishti Hospitals & Research Centre,…

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27 Jul

GCPL unveils Godrej Magic Bodywash

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Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL), unveiled Godrej Magic Bodywash, India’s first ready-to-mix bodywash at just INR.45. This innovation encourages the habit of reuse and reduce wastage. Actor Shah Rukh Khan has been roped in as the brand ambassador for Godrej Magic Bodywash and will feature in a mass awareness campaign. India generates 3.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually. Skin and body care products contain high water content. Godrej Magic Bodywash requires just 16% of the plastic in packaging and only 19% of the energy to manufacture, and just 10% of the total energy required to make a soap bar.…

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27 Jul

PwC India Foundation supports Project Nanhi Kali

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PwC India Foundation has been supporting project Nanhi Kali since 2019, with the objective of empowering 500 underserved schoolgirls in Darjeeling. The project is jointly managed by the K.C. Mahindra Education Trust and the Naandi Foundation. Every year, PwCIF distributes kits for the young girls involved in the project. This year, Satyavati Berera, Chief Operations Officer, PwC India, joined PwCIF in Kalimpong for a ceremony to hand over the kits which contained school bags, stationery, a pullover/raincoat and menstrual hygiene products. Through this initiative, PwC reaches out to students from standards 1 to 5, most of whom are first-generation learners…

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26 Jul

EAM Jaishankar Briefs Rajya Sabha on MEA’s Role

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Recently, at the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Rajya Sabha, EAM Jaishankar provided a detailed clarity on how MEA’s systems and processes are in place to take care of India’s emigrating youth, in order to ensure that they are not being duped by fake agents. The e-Migrate system was established back in 2015, which provided India’s youth with a proper legal channel to find jobs abroad via the e-Migrate portal. Under the 'Surakshit Jaaye Prasikshit Jaaye' (Go Safe, Go Trained) campaign, the MEA organizes workshop and Pre-Departure Orientation & Training to raise awareness and facilitate safe and legal migration. The…

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26 Jul

Redcliffe Labs inaugurates its new lab in Agartala

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After a successful launch of its lab in Guwahati, Redcliffe Labs, a unit of Redcliffe Lifetech in the U.S. and India, has recently inaugurated its new lab in Agartala, Tripura and all set to expand in the North-Eastern part of India. The new lab will offer medical diagnostic services to the residents of the city, nearby towns and neighbouring states. It has launched the new lab with the association of Medicaids Lab, a popular lab serving 100 patients everyday with its advanced diagnostic and radiology investigations. Approximately 2000 square feet, the facility is well-equipped to cater 300-400 patients daily. The…

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26 Jul

NSDC partners with LawSikho

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National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), a strategic implementation and knowledge partner for Skill India Mission, working under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LawSikho, a fast-growing legal education startup, to impart skill training to aspiring learners (from legal and non-legal backgrounds) and provide upskilling in legal programs. The MoU was signed by Ved Mani Tiwari, Chief Operating Officer and Officiating CEO, NSDC and Ramanuj Mukherjee, CEO, LawSikho and was also attended by Abhyuday Agarwal and Siddhant Baid, co-founders of LawSikho. The partnership will facilitate internships and freelancing…

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26 Jul

Barbeque Nation launches ‘Flavours of Monsoon’ Food Festival

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Barbeque Nation launches a special ‘Flavours of Monsoon’ Festival to celebrate this mesmerizing weather. The two-week-long monsoon feast will be from 18th July to 31st July. Embrace the monsoon drizzle of Kolkata along with the special monsoon cuisine at Barbeque Nation. The widespread buffet at Barbeque Nation offers over 20 dishes in vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. Guests can slurp on piping hot Matir Bhare Chaa and indulge in authentic Indian delicacies like Moong Dal Pakora, Bone Chicken Pakora and Crispy Fried Anchovy Fish and Murgh Dhaniyari Shorba to set the tone for the monsoon mood. The main course section for…

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26 Jul

NSDC signs a MoU with TKM and ASDC

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National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) and Automotive Skill Development Council (ASDC) to train 18,000 students in three years, with special focus on rural areas, making them more employable through the company’s unique training initiative — Toyota Technical Education Program (T-TEP). These students will be trained across five automotive job roles such as General Technician, Body and Paint Technician, Service Advisor, Sales consultants and Call Center Staff. The MoU was exchanged between Mr. Ved Mani Tiwari, Chief Operating Officer and Officiating CEO, NSDC, Mr. Arindam Lahiri, CEO,…

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