Managing trustee of Swarga Foundation, Swarnalatha is paving the way for other people with varying forms of disability embrace their impairment and make the best out of their lives too. Between adversity and our response is a space. In that space are the power and freedom to choose to crumble, or to elevate both ourselves …
Climate change will widen the inequality gap in India. People exposed to natural hazards in low-income regions are seven times more likely to die, and six times more likely to be injured or displaced, compared to equivalent populations in high-income regions, a report said on Friday. This analysis by New Delhi-based climate research group Climate …
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS TO WIDEN INEQUALITY GAP BETWEEN RURAL, URBAN INDIA: REPORT Read More »
Six years ago, six Australian entrepreneurs got together and decided to start a social enterprise called Pollinate Energy in the IT city of Bengaluru aimed at bringing social change in India’s urban slums and in the villages of Nepal. Today, the venture is all set to directly impact one million lives in the urban slums …
These young Australian entrepreneurs want to bring social change in India’s urban slums Read More »
Women are paid the most unequally in India, compared to men, when it comes to hourly wages for labour. On average, women are paid 34 per cent less than men, a recent report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found. This gap in wages, known as the gender wage gap, is the highest among …
Gender wage gap highest in India, women are paid 34% less than men: ILO Read More »
Hailing from the state of Kerala which boasts of the highest literacy rate in the country, the cause of education has always been close to 2011-batch IAS Officer, Nikhil Nirmal’s heart. In August 2018, West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee expressed concerns about the quality of education being imparted to students in the state. At …
IAS Officer’s Zero-Cost Model Educates 20,000 Kids Battling Poverty, Trafficking Read More »
