30 Jun 2021 COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a pandemic declared by the WHO, brought into focus, rather sharply, on not only how quickly but also how effectively we are creating & adapting the ‘new normal’. HVAC systems can have a major effect on the transmission of…
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Bringing Change through Technology
28 Jun 2021 India is passing through an unprecedented health crisis and yet another economic challenge. However, the loss of economic momentum is not as severe as last year. As vaccination gains speed, the second half is expected to be strong. The objective, both for the Government and for the…
Driving Change for Child Safety: A battle worth fighting
26 Jun 2021 Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is a real problem in many countries in the world, and even in India, the numbers have been alarming. In recent times, due to awareness, more information, and accessible avenues to raise an alarm, more cases are now coming to light. The unfortunate…
COVID-19 Accelerated Clean Energy Adoption
24 Jun 2021 Globally companies are getting into corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with renewable energy producers. This trend of corporate PPAs was popularized by tech giants such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, AT&T who have altogether around 10 GW of PPA, but it is becoming more and more…
Zoonotic Diseases- The chain of transmission
22 Jun 2021 As COVID-19 continues to rattle the world, discussion around zoonotic diseases has gained prominence. Zoonotic diseases or ‘zoonoses’ are diseases that are transmitted between animals and humans due to viruses, bacteria, parasites, or fungi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L33a9fnxTiw The novel coronavirus has been widely presumed to be transferred from the…
How to Manage Large-Scale Public Crises
14 Jun 2021 Read about how we can manage a large-scale public crises in the CII blog, based on a Stanford Social Innovation Review article by Haritha Saranga and Prateek Raj. In a world fraught with uncertainty, unforeseen crises have the power to bring entire economies to a standstill. During…
CII COVID-19 Relief and Rehabilitation Initiatives: Distributing Relief Material to the Last Mile
12 Jun 2021 As the second wave of Coronavirus spread across India, it reached remote parts of rural India as well. The spread put tremendous strain on an already weak healthcare system and led to the loss of lives and livelihoods. Large swathes of rural populations – many of whom…
India’s Economic Performance during 2020-21
11 Jun 2021 The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI), Government of India, recently released the quarterly estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2020-21 for the fourth quarter (Q4), along with the provisional estimates of annual income for the same period on 31 May, 2021. GDP…
COVID-19 and Global Economic Forecasts
09 Jun 2021 The global economy experienced an unprecedented economic shock with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, that caused widespread disruptions and affected millions of lives and livelihoods. Vaccine rollouts and high inoculation coverage in major economies along with coordinated policy support from Governments across the world have significantly…
Food Safety – an Imperative in the New Normal
07 Jun 2021 The pandemic has accelerated the priority of some areas, food safety being one of them. With the growing awareness on increasing our immunity, the intake of safe, wholesome and hygienic food has become central to our priorities. Essentially COVID is a health pandemic. Food and health are…