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Cybersecurity Awareness Programme Concludes with Empowering 80 Frontline W
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11: As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen responses to cybercrime, United Way Mumbai (UWM) held the closure ceremony of its one-day "Cyber Security Awareness" programme focused on digital security and literacy for low-income communities. The programme, support
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Google.org awards USD 1 mn grant to Karya to boost ai-based economic oppor
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The grant will enable Karya to extend access to digital tasks and skill-building resources through smartphones, with a focus on data annotation and feedback contributions that improve local language AI models.
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Experimento India reaches out to students from low-income communities
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Experimento India reached out to students from low-income communities, bridging the digital learning divide by providing internationally recognised education resources, the Siemens Limited said in a release on Thursday.
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Prajakta Koli, Freida lend their voice to short film series on gender equa
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Actors Prajakta Koli and Freida Pinto have lent their voice to a film series titled 'She Creates Change', which aims to drive gender equality and literacy in low-income communities with the belief that educated women can change the world
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Heart transplant patients from low-income communities have higher mortalit
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Between 2004 and 2018, recipients of heart transplants from socioeconomically disadvantaged communities had a 10 per cent higher relative risk of graft failure and death within five years than those from non-distressed communities.
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READ-A-THON: A Record Setting Reading Initiative by Room to Read India
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 1: Room to Read India, as part of its ‘India Gets Reading’ flagship reading campaign, organised the "READ-A-THON" event today on September 1, 2023 from 11 AM to 11:30 AM. READ-A-THON 2023 is an ambitious record-setting attempt by Room to Read India, where the obj
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Aavas Financiers Celebrates 100 EDGE Certified, Self-Built Green Homes
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], July 3: Aavas Financiers, recently announced that the company has successfully accomplished financing of 100 EDGE certified self-built green homes in India. This is another milestone in their vision to inculcate sustainability into building affordable homes in rur
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Dunzo launches "Project Swabhimaan" to support financial literacy for Wome
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 18 (ANI/PRNewswire): Dunzo, one of India's leading hyperlocal and q-commerce brands recently launched, "Project Swabhimaan", a financial literacy program for delivery partners and store pickers associated with the organisation. The training is provided in p
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Edtech-focused accelerator to back foundational learning for kids from low
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
This consortium, which benefits from the expertise and support of founding partners Reliance Foundation and UBS Optimus Foundation with design and implementation by Central Square Foundation, British Asian Trust as fund manager and the US government, through the US Agency for International D
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National Health Authority, IIT Delhi join hands to scale up healthcare inn
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], August 12 (ANI): The National Health Authority (NHA) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi have joined hands to scale up high-potential healthcare innovations which will support innovators and entrepreneurs in improving the healthcare facility of the country.
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Finland Chamber of Commerce in India (FINCHAM India) launches 'Resilient S
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Finland Chamber of Commerce in India (FINCHAM India), in association with Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence (CURE), a not-for-profit development organization that works with urban, informal and low-income communities, launched Project 'Res
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Depression in black teenagers require different treatment: Study
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 07 (ANI): Black teenagers, especially those from low-income communities, express depressive symptoms differently from other demographic groups, says a recent study.
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