Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 11 (ANI/NewsVoir): India has put a lot of work into establishing robust plans and activities that are in line to accomplish sustainable growth over the past year to stand out at the top in terms of its ESG commitment. Deliberating on the collective accomplishments and navigating the road ahead toward circular sustainability, ET Edge, an initiative of The Economic Times hosted the 5th Edition of The Economic Times Global Sustainability Alliance 2nd edition of ESG & Net Zero Summit 2022 on 16th December at the Taj Land's End, Mumbai. The summit witnessed the august gathering of industry stalwarts, leaders, and pioneers under one roof coming together to discuss the accomplishments as well as the way forward in the direction of ESG as an opportunity and Net-Zero's future. Initiating the dialogue at the summit, Nadir Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Industries & Godrej Agrovet delivered an engaging address on ESG being a shared value and not a cos
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 13 (ANI/PRNewswire): Ahead of the annual Protein Day on 27th February, 'Right To Protein', a dedicated awareness initiative, has announced 'Easy Access to Protein for All' as the theme for 2023. In its fourth year, the theme aims to draw much-needed attention to the accessibility of protein foods, encouraging citizens at large to learn more about protein and its importance in better nutrition and health. With a population of approximately one billion in South Asia, strategic and urgent steps are required to arrest food inflation and security in many parts of the region. Given this, the theme of 'Easy Access to Protein for All' aims to drive dialogues and highlight solutions for citizens to stay informed of accessible protein food sources that can be included in daily diets and further the efforts to make 'nutrition security' a reality. Sanjay Sethi, Executive Director, Plant-Based Foods Industry Association, a staun
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI/SRV): FEMTO GREEN HYDROGEN LIMITED, a subsidiary of Indo Thai Securities Limited, announced the successful trial of its Femto device. World's leading testing, inspection, and certification company SGS GULF LTD conducted vehicle emission testing to check the emission concentration before and after installing FEMTO DEVICES on gasoline vehicles in Dubai, UAE. The conclusion drawn by SGS analysis has been substantiated as well as documented based on a EURO STD-6 Car. The reduction of the pollutant gases such as Carbon Monoxide, Hydrocarbons, Nitrous oxide, and Sulphur Oxide were noted to have reduced by a remarkable percentage of more than 90 per cent. NANDAN KUNDETKAR, Director of FEMTO GREEN HYDROGEN LIMITED (Subsidiary Company of Indo Thai Securities Limited) was present during the field monitoring, testing, and sampling of the said emission trials. Vehicle emission testing was carried out using emission testing analyzers befitting international st
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI/OP Jindal University): Mentioning how the rights which we now consider as universal were not universal all the time, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dr Justice D.Y. Chandrachud on Friday delivered the 8th Dr L M Singhvi Memorial Lecture hosted by the OP Jindal Global University (JGU), on the theme 'Universal Adult Franchise: Translating India's Political Transformation into a Social Transformation'. Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar was the chief guest of the event. Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar also addressed the gathering at the Memorial Lecture and defined that power resides with the citizens in a true democracy through their electoral mandate. The Lecture commemorated the life and work of diplomat, jurist, lawyer, and Parliamentarian L M Singhvi (1931-2007). Addressing an august gathering of distinguished guests from the Indian legal and political fraternity at Dr Ambedkar International Centre, Justice Chandrachud said,
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): Prapul (21) and Prajwal (24), siblings from Bengaluru helped save the lives of two blood cancer patients. The brothers were matched to two different genetic twins within a brief time after their registration as potential blood stem cell donors with DKMS BMST Foundation India, a non-profit organization dedicated to the fight against blood cancer. This is the first time for DKMS-BMST that two brothers were independently matched with two different patients from India, and their donated stem cell helped save the two precious lives. Prapul says, "As a dental student, I am aware of the challenges that blood cancer and other blood disorder patients face. Stem Cell transplant is the only chance at survival for most of these patients. I registered as a donor in one of the registration events organized by DKMS BMST Foundation India in my college. Registration is a simple process wherein you only have to give your cheek swab sample an