SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

Devangi Dalal an audiologist and Speech Therapist is a Co-Founder of JOSH Foundation with experience over 28 years. She is the first Indian to win the Humanitarian Award from the American Academy of Audiology. She is also the first Indian to present the Learning Module “A Road map to Independence for Children with Hearing Impairment in Developing Countries” at Audiology now- 2016—conference organized by the American Academy of Audiology Phoenix, Arizona, USA. She actively organizes and participates in events where she can spread awareness about hearing-impaired children. So far, her foundation has distributed 1100+ hearing aids to underprivileged - hearing impaired children and has been able to make children of 12 schools wear 100 % digital hearing aids.  Her core motto is to make the world understand that hearing impaired are no more handicapped. Besides all this, she has achieved something really huge. Coalition for Global Hearing Health (CGHH) who works with WHO planning...

Globally,  US$ 1,00,000  was raised through a 24-hour campaign and all funds raised will be donated to the World Health Organisation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund The “ Global BIGOer One World Together ” fundraising campaign witnessed  worldwide 3.7 Million  viewers coming together on 14 May 2020 to support the fight against COVID-19. The fundraiser is part of a larger series of campaigns organised by Bigo Live to raise global awareness on COVID-19 while spreading positivity among the community India, 1 8 th  May 2020  - Bigo Live, a global leading live streaming platform, has raised a total of US$100,000 in donations through its inaugural ‘ Global BIGOer One World Together ’ campaign. All proceeds raised will be donated to the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s  Solidarity Response Fund  by BIGO Technology, the parent company of Bigo Live. ‘ Global BIGOer One World Together ’ saw more than  3.7 million  viewers across the g...

Is back pain the biggest obstacle for India’s small-town sportswomen   Year after year, India’s most promising athletes back out of important sporting events citing back pain. There is now new data intelligence available that slots back pain into 100 different types; and offers a customised treatment plan. Will this change things for Indian sports? Indian sport is replete with stories of its female warriors who win laurels for the country. Unfortunately,  due to lack of facilities and trainers, more often than not, they train under adverse conditions and suffer from injuries during crucial stages of their sporting pursuit. Case in point being World championship and Commonwealth Games gold medallist weightlifter  Saikhom Mirabai Chanu  who had to pull out of the 2018 Asian Games due to a back injury. In February, she made a comeback after a nine-month injury-layoff and  won the gold in the 49-kilogram category at the EGAT Cup in Thailand, a qu...

·         MEMS Dial 108 Selected by Ministry of Health and WHO to showcase its success story before 23 countries  Maharashtra Emergency Medical Services (MEMS-Dial 108), the public-private-partnership ambulance of project of Government of Maharashtra has been selected for presentation to 23 countries, as the best practice in digital health initiatives. The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare along with the World Health Organisation (WHO) has organised the Fourth Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP) Summit in Delhi from 25 th  to 27 th  February 2019. This is the fourth edition of the GDHP and also the first time India is hosting this event. The first three editions were held in Canberra-Australia, Washington DC-US and London-UK. Government representatives from 23 countries attend the GDHP. The member countries discuss and share best initiatives in healthcare that use data and technology and also share know...

Azafran navigates to a new retail landscape Azafran Innovacion ties up with Aditya Birla’s More Megastore to expand its retail presence  A report by Transparency Market Research states that global demand for organic personal care products is expected to reach $ 13.2 billion by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 9.6%  A KPMG Wellness Sector report projects that India's beauty and wellness market would double to Rs. 80,370 crore by 2017-18.  Azafran has its own facilities near Sanand in Ahmedabad which includes its own organic farm, large greenhouses, manufacturing facility and dedicated R&D centre.  Company has been awarded the USDA, ECOCERT stamp of approval for its organic farm-land and its production facility certified by ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OSHAS 18001, WHO and GMP. Azafran Innovacion Limited - an integrated personal care company has tied up with Aditya Birla Retail Ltd to launch complete range of its innovative personal care products across Aditya Birla Hy...