The Flipkart Foundation, is a new platform with a focus on development in rural areas and providing equitable access to growth opportunities for women and other disadvantaged communities.
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.
AP Abdullahkutty has been elected as the chairperson of the Haj Committee of India, while for the first time, two women have been chosen as its vice-chairpersons- Munnawari Begum and Mafuja Khatun.
NITI Aayog plans to launch the National Data and Analytics Platform, which will deliver government data in a user-friendly manner and encourage data-driven decision making and research.
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