The founder of educational charity 'Bidyanando' Kishore Kumar Das from Bangladesh has been chosen for the Commonwealth Points of Light Award for his exceptional work in improving access to education for children from marginalised backgrounds.
The World Bank has issued the world's first Wildlife Conservation Bond (WCB) or the "rhino bond", raising $150 million to help efforts to increase the endangered black rhino population in South Africa, the bank said in a statement on Thursday.
RailTel Corporation of India Limited (RailTel), owned by the Indian Railways Ministry of Railways, has ranked 124th within the 8th Edition Fortune India the next 500 (2022 edition).