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World’s Largest Clothing Retailer Joins Hands With ILO To Promote Inclusion Of People With Disabilities In Workspace

January 30, 2023

Inditex—the world’s largest clothing retailer—the latest company to join the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN). The group’s CEO, Óscar García Maceiras, announced the move during a meeting in Geneva with ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo. Both signed

COVAX Programme Delivers 1 Billion Doses To 144 Countries

Tannuka Juneja

January 17, 2022

News·Social Welfare & Development

The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the vaccine association GAVI and partners, has led the largest vaccine procurement and delivery operation to date in 144 countries. Out of 194 countries members of WHO,

Women In Mexico Fighting To Break Taboo Around Menstruation

Tannuka Juneja

January 16, 2022

News·Social Welfare & Development

Dignified Menstruation is a non-profit organisation, made up of more than 30 associations, which is focused on fighting for women’s rights. The group has been working for years to combat misinformation about menstruation and thereby eliminate the taboo that permeates Mexican society.

Youth Disenchantment, A Major Risk for India: World Economic Forum

Tannuka Juneja

January 13, 2022

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The increasing reliance on digital processes in the last two years affected by the Covid-19 epidemic has increased the risk of cybersecurity globally. According to the survey released on Tuesday by the World Economic Forum (WEF), things like disenchantment of youth, digital

Afghanistan: UN Requests $5 Billion to Prevent Country Collapse

Tannuka Juneja

January 12, 2022

News·Social Welfare & Development

The United Nations’ emergency relief coordinator, Martin Griffiths, said in Geneva that $4.4 billion was needed for the Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan alone, “to pay direct” to health workers and others, not the de facto authorities. “This is the largest single country’s humanitarian

Visually Impaired Students to Get Braille Maps Using Advanced Technology

Tannuka Juneja

January 11, 2022

News·Social Welfare & Development

India’s over 28 million visually impaired people now have the option to study and understand the Indian geographical contours in detail, without having to rely only on literature. Visually challenged students are about to get a Braille map. This map has been created

Dementia Cases Expected to Rise Nearly 200 Percent in India by 2050, Says A Lancet Report

TC Web Desk

January 10, 2022

News·Social Welfare & Development

A study published in The Lancet Public Health says that by 2050, 11.44 million people in India are expected to be living with dementia, which is up from 3.84 million in 2019. According to the Global Burden of Disease study published in

IndianOil’s CSR initiative to help eradicate TB disease in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh

TC Web Desk

January 9, 2022

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IndianOil has committed to supporting National TB Disease Eradication Program (NTEP) in India by providing an enabling environment through integrated and prioritized initiatives with City Coordination Committees, District Health Societies, Technical Support Groups, etc. in 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh and 23 districts in Punjab. ) has resolved to support. The main objective of the program is to screen

WFP Joins Akshaya Patra Foundation to Fight Malnutrition and Hunger

TC Web Desk

January 7, 2022

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Akshaya Patra Foundation (TAPF) will work together to enhance school meals programmes in India with an aim of sharing the experience beyond the country. Bishow Parajuli, Representative and Country Director for WFP in

WHO DG Urges To Eliminate ‘Largely Preventable, Treatable’ Cervical Cancer

Tannuka Juneja

January 6, 2022

News·Social Welfare & Development

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said on social media Twitter that “cervical cancer is largely preventable and treatable. It may become first cancer ever to be eliminated.” The International Cancer Institute, an intergovernmental agency under the WHO, stated that cervical cancer

Uday Foundation Collaborates With NDTV To Give Blankets for Poor

Tannuka Juneja

January 3, 2022

News·Social Welfare & Development

Uday Foundation, a non-profit organisation, in collaboration with New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV), has initiated a drive to provide blankets to help people keep warm in bone-chilling winters of North India. The target for the initiative is to collect 60,000 blankets. So

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