Who was Mahatma Gandhi and what impact did he have on India?
2019年10月2日 · Britain’s strong grip on India was also evident in the Salt Act, which made it illegal for Indians to collect, produce or sell salt. Official sales of salt were also subject to tax. It was legislation that hit the poorest hardest. And so, …
This is how India created its first 'smart village'
2016年10月3日 · The country has often been touted as an emerging superpower even though most Indians remain super poor. This is why empowering villages through technology and creating rural innovation clusters will be critical to reconcile India’s “super power-super poor” conundrum and realize the true potential of Digital India.
15 facts about the Indian diaspora in Africa
2015年6月25日 · Gandhi was 24 when he arrived in South Africa in 1893 to work as a legal representative for the Muslim Indian Traders based in the city of Pretoria. He spent 21 years in South Africa, where he developed his political views, ethics and political leadership skills, and returned to India in 1914 where he put them into practice on a large scale.
How India is creating collaborative solutions to tackle waste
2023年8月2日 · The institutional framework for waste management in India is divided between the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change overlooking the development of rules and guidelines, and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs anchoring the ground level enforcement via guiding and supporting state governments and urban local bodies to implement programmatic initiatives and projects for ...
These are the challenges facing India’s most sacred river
2019年8月20日 · The Ganges is a lifeline for the people of India, spiritually and economically. On its journey from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, it supports fishermen, farmers and an abundance of wildlife. The river and its tributaries touch the lives of roughly 500 million people .
As a rising global power, what is India’s vision for the world?
2018年8月14日 · India has always bucked this trend, emerging as a leading power that has never tempered its idealism of “having an interest in peace, and a tradition of friendliness to all”, as one official put it. Whether it is on free trade, climate change or international security, India’s non-interventionist and multilateral approach is well suited ...
India could become the world’s 3rd largest economy in the next 5 …
2024年1月15日 · Amidst a challenging global scenario, India has emerged as a significant economic and geopolitical power. 2023 was a landmark year for India as it assumed the presidency of the G20, marked by some notable achievements. India is poised to play a defining role in shaping the future of the global economy in 2024 and beyond.
Vijay Eswaran | World Economic Forum
Executive Chairman of the QI Group of Companies. Entrepreneur, philanthropist, speaker and author. He is also Chairman of the University Council of Quest International University in Malaysia. A proponent of value-based leadership, Vijay Eswaran has ensured the QI Group adheres to sustainable practices in business, making a positive impact in the communities it operates in. A 2011 honouree of ...
This is why food security matters now more than ever
2020年11月23日 · India is the second biggest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world. Yet according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, some 189 million Indians are undernourished, the largest number of hungry people in any single country. An estimated 14% of the population of India are too malnourished to lead a normal ...
This Indian school accepts plastic waste instead of fees
2019年5月29日 · But at one school in India, students are turning up with bags of trash. The country has a plastic waste problem, generating 26,000 tonnes of the stuff every day. And in Pamohi, in the northeastern state of Assam, people had taken to burning it to keep warm in the harsh winters of the Himalayan foothills.