The residents of Sahar Village along with the members of Mitra Mandal, a non-governmental organisation, staged a protest against the recent terror strike at the Chhattrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai on Monday.The protestors urged the airport authorities to ban all aircraft of the Pakistan International Airlines from taking off or landing at the airport. It also urged airport workers to refuse to undertake any work of PIA flights.
Cognizant Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of Cognizant, has extended a financial aid of approximately Rs 40 lakh (Rs 4 million) to Maharashtra-based non-governmental organisations.
Gay activists and the non governmental organisation which fought an eight-year-long legal battle for their rights on Thursday hailed the Delhi High Court verdict legalising homosexuality as 'progressive'. "Now it seems we are in 21st century as the rights of homosexuals have been recognised by the high court. This very progressive judgment recognises the right to equality," said Anjali Gopalan, founder of Naz foundation, the NGO which filed the petition in HC.
Spanish world number one Rafael Nadal will set up a tennis school in India through his foundation, local media reported on Thursday. The Nadal Tennis School (NTS) will take shape in September and be functional by June next year in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
"Pakistan's investigation into Bhutto's murder lacks independence, transparency and credibility," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "Scotland Yard should never have agreed to only investigate the cause of death, instead of who was responsible. It should not tarnish its reputation by lending its imprimatur to this dubious inquiry."
Tracking hundreds of missing people, particularly women and children, in flood-hit Bihar is proving to be the biggest challenge for the state government and the non governmental organisations involved in relief and rehabilitation.Hundreds of people were seen queuing up in front of relief camps in the flood-affected districts of Madhepura, Saharsa, Supaul, Purnia and Araria to trace their missing family members. Thousands of people have been separated from their families.
Now onwards, the village will be known as 'Trump Sulabh Village'.
The petitioners also sought action against beneficiaries of the alleged commission of Rs 640 crore in the deal.
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has topped the list of 100 most powerful business people in the public sector and non-governmental organisations compiled by The Daily Telegraph. Vadera, parliamentary under-secretary of State for Business and Competitiveness, Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, is ranked 20th.
A non-governmental organisation (NGO) has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the charges levied by the authorities for using the Bandra-Worli sea link being inaugurated by Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday.
Lakhs of mourners turned out in Anantapur city of Andhra Pradesh to pay their respect to a Spanish man who worked for almost half a century to help the poor and the needy in this backward and drought prone district.
The delegation was led by Union Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhary and comprised non-governmental organisations, FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO), and Bollywood actress Preity Zinta.
Non governmental organisations seeking curbs on circulation of the Nanavati Commission report giving clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narender Modi in the Godhra train carnage and subsequent riots got a setback as the Supreme Court on Monday disagreed that there was illegality in submitting an interim report.
More than 130 experts and non-governmental organisations from 23 countries have criticised the Ind0-US nuclear deal, saying its proposal to exempt India from the long-standing global nuclear trade standards "would damage the already fragile nuclear nonproliferation system and set back efforts to achieve universal nuclear disarmament".
NRIs lobby for unrestricted flow of foreign funds in India for philantrophic purposes. They appealed to the govt. to do away with FCRA.
Naandi is one example of the increasingly common intersection of philanthropy and social entrepreneurship in India and south Asia.
As a part of Children's Day celebrations, Jet Airways operated its annual 'Flight of Fantasy' for over 80 underprivileged children.
The review petition filed by Tamil Nadu government is still pending in the court.
The United Sikhs, a United Nations-affiliated international non-governmental organisation, has moved the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg challenging a French law, passed in March 2004, which bans wearing of conspicuous religious signs, including the Sikh turban, in public schools in France.The United Sikhs lawyers filed a petition against France, on behalf of Jasvir Singh and Ranjit Singh, who were 14 and 17 respectively at the time when they were expelled.
A survey conducted by the Karnataka Election Watch, a non-governmental organisation, states that the Bharatiya Janata Party has the highest number of candidates with a criminal background. The BJP tops the list with 13 while the Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular come second and third with 9 and 8 candidates respectively.
The activists of various green groups called on the French authorities on Monday, urging them not to scrap the decommissioned French warship - Clemenceau - in ship-breaking yards in India.
In a city that never sleeps, residents are tossing and turning all night with the fast paced life taking a toll on their nocturnal patterns.With the change in lifestyle and late night schedule, even the children are complaining of insomnia, health experts said. Doctors recommend good sleep habits - wake up at a particular time even if one goes to bed late, avoiding stimulants before sleep, using bed only for sleeping and going to bed only when you feel sleepy.
The report has been lauded by a cross section of US lawmakers, academics and non-governmental organisations for its sustained effort to alleviate the lot of Hindu minorities in several countries in South and Central Asia, the Middle East.
Karmayog, a leading NGO which recently carried out a CSR rating of top 500 Indian companies, says that only two drug companies - Dr Reddy's and Lupin - have done work on this front. While the two firms scored three out of five, 30 other drug firms failed to perform satisfactorily. Nine of the companies, including leading ones such as Nicholas Piramal, Panacea and Glenmark did not score at all.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the interim custody of 20-day-old surrogate baby Manji, granted to her Japanese grandmother Yamada, till September 16.A bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and Mukundakam Sharma granted two weeks time to non governmental organisation Satya to explain its locus standi for seeking custody of the child.The NGO had sought custody of the child on the ground that Manji was an abandoned child and Yamada had no right over her.
"We support the Women's Reservation Bill and we are working to build a consensus among all political parties for the purpose," Home Minister Shivraj Patil said in New Delhi.
In the wake of rising cost of living, a coalition of prominent non-governmental organisations is trying to change Malaysians' spending habits by organising a "Buy Nothing Day" later this month.
An NGO said the present controversy on sex education in schools is opposed on the grounds of it being anti-ethical to Indian culture while the WHO reports conversely show that it resulted in delayed age of entering into sexual relationship, reduced number of partners, increase use of safer sex and contraception and other positive behaviour.
MESN has set up a carpooling service called Koolpool.
The findings refute the perception that farmers are the most suicide-prone section of society.
The funds for the purpose were provided under the Sarva Shikshya Abhiyan launched by the centre to ensure 100 percent literacy in the country.
About 42 farmers have committed suicide this month and the total number of suicides is now 975.
Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in various countries have expressed apprehensions over the increased stress given by nations for the use of bio-fuels.
He said Muslims were trying to spread their religion by migrating to new areas, infiltration and Jehad.
The techniques are non-invasive and non-hypnotic.
Approximately 70 percent of the population lacks access to adequate water supplies, while 80 percent does not have effective sanitation.
The petition said there was need for constituting a commission of inquiry headed by a sitting judge of the high court, as neither the Centre nor the state government has taken appropriate action over the alleged role of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the incident and the riots in 2002.
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