Hyderabad:(IANS) Leading sportspersons from Telangana have come forward to help families of farmers who have committed suicide due to debt burden and crop failure. Responding to an appeal by the state government to all sections of the society to come to the rescue of...
New Delhi:(IANS) The government has identified over 300 cities and towns across nine states for implementing its Housing for All scheme, an official statement said on Sunday. "Three hundred and five cities and towns have been identified in nine states for beginning...
Patna:(IANS) A Singapore company has donated $10 million to build the central library in the newly revived Nalanda International University, a varsity official said on Tuesday. Vice Chancellor Gopa Sabharwal said a five-member team of a Singapore-based RSP...
Chennai: India's leading stock exchange National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) on Wednesday said it has issued notice to 260 companies for not having appointed a woman director. The stock bourse, in a statement, said: "In compliance with the SEBI (Securities and...
By Saumya Tewari New Delhi:(IANS/IndiaSpend) Seventy-five percent of rural households in India have a monthly income of less than Rs.5,000 ($79), 51 percent of households make a living from manual labour, 28 percent (over 50 million) of households do not have...
Bengaluru: IT czar Azim Premji has given away almost half of his shareholding in Wipro, India's third largest exporter of software services, towards philanthropy. Wipro's billionaire founder has given away an additional 18 per cent of his stake in the IT...
London : (IANS) A Saudi Arabian billionaire is planning to give his entire $32-billion fortune to charity, media reported on Wednesday. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the richest men in the world, said he wanted to donate to groups that promote health and help with...
Jammu & Kashmir used just about 4% of the Rs 121.52 crore granted by Delhi for the Abhiyaan. SRINAGAR: Sanitation in Jammu & Kashmir is among the worst in India, with more than 54 per cent of approximately 1.2 million households without toilets and the 2014-15...
SRINAGAR: Disappointed with central government’s recent Rs 1677 Crore rehabilitation package for State's flood-affected people, a leading traders’ body in Valley asked Modi government to allow international donors to send their aid directly to Kashmir while opposition...
Hyderabad: Each Ramadan US-based Indian Muslim Relief & Charities (IMRC) conducts a Ramadan Feeding Program in which the poor and needy are given food in grains and hot meals. IMRC’s reaches out to rural and slum areas hoping to distribute to as many impoverished...