Los Angeles, Dec 28 (IANS) Actor Sacha Baron Cohen and his actress wife Isla Fisher have donated $1 million to charity for Syria. The star couple have given $500,000 to NGO Save the Children to…
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Dec 28 (IANS) A unique ‘roti bank’ has been launched in this city, famous for its Ajanta-Ellora caves, for the poor. People can ‘deposit’ rotis and the poor, aged, sick or the unemployed…
FC Barcelona’s Argentinian striker Lionel Messi, during a team’s training session at Joan Gamper Sports City in Sant Joan Despi, Catalonia, northeastern Spain, 16 August 2015. FC Barcelona will face Athletic Bilbao in a Supercopa…
New York, Dec 26 (IANS) Rapper French Montana donated $1 million to a charity in Bronx neighbourhood here. Montana received the money from rapper Sean John Combs, best known by his stage name P. Diddy,…
Los Angeles, Dec 25 (IANS) Actor-comedian Kevin Hart sent 300 children on a $100 shopping spree as part of Christmas festivities. The 36-year-old teamed up with basketball player Chris Paul for their second annual Holiday…
(Photo: Sandeep Mahankal/IANS) Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) On Christmas-eve, a 90 percent physically-challenged Mumbaikar has donated blood for the 76th time and gave what he terms “a gift of life” instead of just token…
Patna, Dec 22 (IANS) Moved by her plight, an NRI has financially helped a widow who was barred by villagers from cooking mid-day meals at a school in Bihar’s Gopalganj district, a senior official said…
Mexico City, Dec 21 (IANS/EFE) Two Mexico City police officers helped a 23-year-old woman give birth to a baby girl inside a car, officials said. The capital’s Public Safety Secretariat said the two officers were…
REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA – Tags: BUSINESS SCI TECH) Bhubaneswar, Dec 21 (IANS) The Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Odisha government for the eradication of malnutrition among…
Vancouver, Dec 21 (IANS) With only five days left for Christmas, a group of Santa elves went for a run in Stanley Park in Canada’s coastal city of Vancouver. Nearly 200 Santas on Sunday came…
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) Claiming that cow protection was not linked to any religion but a necessity for its scientific and economic value, the Go Seva Parivar on Sunday launched an event here highlighting the…
Indore: Geeta, a deaf-mute Indian woman who had been stranded in Pakistan for over a decade arrives at Indore, on Oct 27, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) The government will launch a…
Vancouver, Dec 16 (IANS) The aunt of a three-year-old Syrian boy Alan Kurdi, whose body was photographed on a Mediterranean beach, said she was busy preparing for the arrival of her relatives as refugees from…
Chennai, Dec 15 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar has extended a helping hand to the rain ravaged people of the city by donating Rs.1 crore for relief work. “After seeing the shocking visuals of rain…
Thrissur (Kerala), Dec 14 (IANS) Kalyan Jewellers, one of India’s leading jewellery brands, on Monday, pledged its support for the central government’s “Housing for All” scheme by contributing Rs.20 crore. T.S. Kalyanaraman, chairman and managing…
(INDIA – Tags: BUSINESS SCI TECH) Bengaluru, Dec 12 (IANS) As software professionals (techies) are well paid, they should give more for charity, Wipro czar Azim Premji said on Saturday. “IT firms and their employees…
Hyderabad, Dec 11 (IANS) Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan on Friday donated Rs.25 lakh to the Ramanaidu Charitable Trust for Chennai flood relief. The actor sent a cheque of Rs.23 lakh and medicines worth Rs.2 lakh…
(Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 11 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan has extended his support to the rain-affected victims of Tamil Nadu by donating Rs.15 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund. “The cheque of Rs.15…
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) An Indian-American couple has gifted $4.4 million to the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) of Berkeley to establish and endow the first Centre for Dharma Studies in the US. Ajay and Mira…
Chennai, Dec 8 (IANS) US-headquartered IT company Cognizant, with major operations in Chennai, on Tuesday, announced Rs.260-crore ($40 million) aid for flood relief measures here and assistance as loans, grants to its employees and business…