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Disadvantages of mainstream music

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$39-Bln Essar Group CSR Chief Says Endless Demand For ‘Visibility’ Hurts CSR

The biggest challenge for CSR (corporate social responsibility) professionals is to convince the internal stakeholders, especially those who allocate funds and probably do not fully understand the role of CSR, says the CSR chief of India’s $39-billion Essar group that mainly operates energy and steel facilities. Deepak Arora, who oversees deployment of Rs 100 crore

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Sunil Mittal's Bharti Foundation Aims Corpus of Rs 5 billion

Bharti Foundation, India’s top telecom operator Bharti group’s philanthropic arm, aims to enlarge its corpus to Rs 500 crore in five years from Rs 210 crore now. Group CEO Sunil Bharti Mittal and family, India’s 10th richest on the Forbes list with a net worth of $7.8 billion, set up the foundation about seven years ago and it has since focused on school education. The way the foundation did things in the past is now changing, Vijay Chadda, a former military officer who took over as the foundation’s chief executive six years back, told Trust Inc in an exclusive interview.

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Pentagon Warns Climate Change Will Intensify Conflict -

Natural disasters from climate change will intensify global instability, disease, poverty and conflict, according to the U.S. Defense Department. “We refer to climate change ...

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Barely 3% Of Companies Provide Data On Key Sustainability Indicators -

Only 128 of the 4,609 largest companies listed on the world’s stock exchanges disclose the most basic information on how they meet their responsibilities to society, according to a new report.

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From Palm Oil To Rhino Horns, Business Has Played Its Part In Cutting World's Wildlife By Half -

The WWF states in its report that there are three main threats to wildlife, the first is habitat loss and degradation, the second is exploitation through hunting and fishing – for food, sport, or as accidental bycatch. The third threat is climate change.

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Industries Along Ganga Have Until March To Set Up Waste Monitoring System -

All polluting industries along the river Ganga will have to set up sensor-based real-time online effluent monitoring system by March 31 next year. 

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Individual Giving Rises But Corporate Charity Falls In America -

Last year, corporate giving fell by nearly 2%, to $17.9 billion.

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Beyond Twerking: Miley Cyrus Raises $200,000 for Nonprofit Helping Homeless -

A fundraising campaign kicked off by the pop star Miley Cyrus at the MTV Video Music Awards in August raised more than $200,000—and loads ...

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Among All Countries, Indian Dining Table Has The Healthiest Food: Survey -

India is far ahead of other other countries in eating healthy food, thanks to its culturally dictated eating habits, a recent survey by the National Geographic Society and the research consulting firm GlobeScan showed.

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Someone Should Tell Warren Buffett India's Poor Need Opportunity, Not Charity -

How has any country transited out of mass poverty? Capitalism plus good governance. Has philanthropy permanently wiped away a social ill anywhere? No. Can ...

How has any country transited out of mass poverty? Capitalism plus good governance. Has philanthropy permanently wiped away a social ill anywhere? No. Can ...

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Farmers Fight Coca-Cola as India’s Groundwater Dries Up -

Savitri Rai winces as she recounts how police beat her when she protested against groundwater extraction at a Coca-Cola Co. plant near her farm 

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Human Filth Once Made London Men Wear High Heels, Now Helping India Discover Corporate Compassion -

(Dr Bindeshwar Pathak is the Founder of Sulabh International, a nonprofit active in the field of sanitation) 

London. About 150 years ago, when the England was busy subjugating half the world, London faced a unique challenge at home: “The Great Stink”.

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The solar initiative is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to provide round-the-clock electricity to homes and factories, crucial to accelerating economic growth.

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It’s Getting Stranger By The Day: Now State-Run Firms Want Investing In Sick Unit As CSR Activity -

It just leaves you wondering if India’s government-run firms understand the intent behind the new law mandating companies to invest 2 percent of their ...

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In 8 Years You Can Hope To Stop Seeing People Defecating Along Ganga Banks -

As part of its ambitious ‘Namami Gange’ programme, the government plans to free all villages along the banks of the river from open defecation ...

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his maiden speech to the UN General Assembly, leveraged India’s idea of launching a satellite for common use by South Asian nations to drive home the point that advanced economies were not doing enough to combat factors leading to climate change.