NGOs to fund youth’s education, skill training
New Delhi: With the objective to empower youths in areas of education, skills training and preserving cultural heritage, several major firms in collaboration with NGOs have set a financial target for the purpose. lanxess has committed a sum of Rs 53 lakh per year for several social welfare projects in the country for the period 2014-2018. The global chemical company has partnered with Teach For India social organisation for honing the skills of youth.
India terms wto’s ruling unfortunate
New Delhi: India on Wednesday termed as "unfortunate" the recent WTO ruling which held the Centre's power purchase agreements with solar firms as "inconsistent" with international norms and said it will raise the issue during a high-level UN event this week. "It is unfortunate that when India has launched such a big renewable programme, very small portion of it is in a way reserved for India's small entrepreneurs. We will definitely flag this issue because this shows the way we are going green. The developed world should not have objections on such a small thing," Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said.
‘stop marketing of sweetened beverages’
New Delhi: Major groups around the world have called on Coca Cola and PepsiCo to acknowledge the burden of sugar related diseases in children and stop hard-core marketing and advertising of the sugar sweetened beverages to them. The group includes Alliance for the Control of Tobacco Use and Health Promotion, Brazil, The Nutritional Health Alliance, Mexico, Australia & New Zealand, Obesity Society from Australia, China, India & UK, Centre for Science and Environment, India, The George Institute for Global Health and World Obesity Federation.
PMO won’t divulge info on ex-Gujarat CJ’s letter
New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office has refused to disclose a letter by a former Gujarat High Court Chief Justice to the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh complaining against former CJI Justice Altamus Kabir. The PMO denied the information on the ground that the matter was related to third party information and cannot be disclosed.