CHENNAI PRESS NEWS

Over and above its Rs. 150 Crore donation to PM-CARES Fund, the conglomerate to donate 45,000 PPEs, 1,51,000 N95 masks and 155 diagnostic kits capable of conducting 15,500 COVID19 tests Donated ventilators, hospital beds and other hospital equipment to various hospitals Help is provided to various health agencies belonging to Central government and state governments Chennai, 18 April: As a part of its corporate responsibility to help India fight COVID19, Larsen & Toubro, India’s leading technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing and financial services conglomerate, plans to further donate COVID diagnostic Kits, PPEs, N95 masks and other medical equipment worth Rs. 40 Crore. This is over and above the donation of Rs. 150 Crore by the company to the PM-CARES Fund announced on March 30 and Rs. 500 Crore per month for providing support to 160,000 contract labour spread across the country. Commenting on this development, Mr. SN Subrahmanyan, CEO & MD, La...

Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper ramps up efforts for Community initiatives. Employees raise Rs 15 lakh to help support local sanitation and health workers Partners with SHGs to manufacture and distribute hygiene items Chennai, 18 th April 2020: At a time when COVID-19 cases are on a steady rise, people and organisations from all walks of life are pitching in to supplement the efforts undertaken by the central and the state governments. Vedanta Sterlite Copper has contributed Rs 5 crore to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund to join forces with the state in fighting the pandemic.  Vedanta has already provided Rs 101 crore to PM-CARES Fund towards this cause and has set up a Rs 100 crore corpus for daily workers, preventive healthcare and welfare of employees and contract partners across the country. “We have 100,000 people working at Vedanta a...

Donates face masks, hand sanitisers and food provisions to local government and district municipality for caregivers & health workers Starts a programme with the local police department for daily food supplies to the needy 17 th April 2020, Chennai, India: Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd. (SPIC), one of India’s pioneering agri-nutrient and fertiliser companies and part of AM International, Singapore, has stepped up efforts to contribute to the country’s fight against COVID-19. As a first step, the company as started a series of donations to local authorities, municipality and healthcare professionals as a meaningful contribution amid the current crisis. The efforts are helmed under the group’s CSR arm, AM Foundation which focuses on improving public healthcare with a focus on the three areas of sanitation, nutrition and immunisation. In these challenging times, protecting healthcare workers and public caretakers is a priority. Short supply of hand ...

April 11, 2020: The discontinuation of classroom learning due to COVID-19 lockdown is bound to impact the nation’s 200 million student community negatively, if educational institutions and the government do not proactively change the standard methodology of teaching asap. A beginning has already been made by some schools and institutions, who have quickly embraced e-learning solutions that have the potential to reboot and reset the Indian Educational system. Caution should be taken while embracing new technology so that they are not quick fix solutions and will not lead to any sustainable learning outcomes. Students in Kenya using the Longhorn Learning platform in classrooms Manipal Technologies Limited (MTL), one of India’s most trusted print and technology major, had forayed into online learning solutions way back in 2015. Partnering with the largest Kenya based publisher Longhorn Publisher PLC , MTL had developed and implemented the Longhorn Learning Platform across...

The pilot phase of tele-counselling which started a week ago in Howrah, Kolkata scanned close to 250 patients daily is now going national Chennai, April 15, 2020 : The National NGO Smile Foundation plans to reach out to 40,000 families in the next one month, across 14 states to provide psychological counselling needs through tele-calling. “Suicidal tendencies, fears, and anxieties have gripped the poor and migrant labour populations who have been the worst affected by this sudden decision of lockdown by the government to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus. With the lockdown being extended, our beneficiaries need us more than ever to be there for them. Through this directly connecting with beneficiaries, we aim to create a sense of security and also help in addressing their fears,” said Santanu Mishra, Co-Founder, and Executive Trustee, Smile Foundation. Dr. Shadrach, Chennai location National NGO Smile Foundation, which works on primary healthcare has drawn ...

April, 2020: The KCP Engineers,a leading construction company in Coimbatore is implementing various welfare measures for poor and downtrodden people. The firm also provides various financial assistance including renovation of Anganwadi, educational assistance fund, medical camps for school students, improving basic amenities for Scheduled Caste people and flood relief measures. The firm has extended its helping hand for Covid19 relief measures by giving Rs 51 lakh for state government. The managing director of KCP Engineers, K Chandra Prakash handed over the amount to the S P Velumani, Minister of Municipal Administration, Rural Development and Implementation of Special Programme. He also handed over Rs 10 lakh worth sanitary spraying machines to Coimbatore corporation. Speaking on the initiative, Managing Director of KCP Engineers, K Chandra Prakash said, "Due to nationwide lockdown to contain spreading of corona virus, poor people and daily wage workers stay at home....

Dial +91-950067082 to avail these services in Chennai After successful launches in Hyderabad, New Delhi and Kolkata, a special fleet will assist in non-medical emergency transportation in Chennai Chennai, 13 April 2020:  After successfully launching this free service in Hyderabad, New Delhi and Kolkata, Mahindra Logistics (MLL), one of India's largest 3PL solution providers, announced that its enterprise mobility business, Alyte will provide emergency cab services for those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in the city. Alyte will provide these services through a dedicated fleet focused on senior citizens, disabled individuals, expecting mothers etc., who are unable to secure transport for essential services like shopping essentials & medication, visits to Banks, Post offices and periodic medical visits. They will also provide these services to doctors, nurses and others involved in providing essential services . Interested groups may contact Mahindra Logistics’ d...