SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

~Offers Rs 1 lakh aid to ease her daily struggle in testing times~   Mumbai, 27 th  May 2020:   Amidst multiple tales of the struggle for survival in the ongoing global COVID-19 crisis , Mankind Pharma has been supporting the community and frontline workers fighting against the deadly virus. With similar thoughts , the company has now stepped up  and applauded the   heroic tale of Jyoti Kumari by offering  Rs 1 lakh aid to the lion-hearted girl. Mankind Pharma has been involved in the country’s fight against the pandemic in several ways. Besides producing affordable medicines, it has donated ventilators, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and medicines to the states. Now Mankind has supported 15-year-old Jyoti  Kumari, who cycled 1,200 kms with her ailing father riding pillion,  from Gurugram to her home in Bihar amidst the lockdown. Mankind Pharma’s aspiration to become the top pharma company in India is not just about reven...

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...

16 th  May 2020, Mumbai:   Prabha Khaitan Foundation , an organization that is dedicated to the socio-cultural welfare and humanitarian cause had through its platform   Kitaab , organized a virtual book launch of the e-book ‘ The Coronavirus: What you Need to Know about the Global Pandemic’.  The book is   written by   Dr Swapneil Parikh , co-founder DIY Health,   Maherra Desai , clinical psychologist and medical researcher and   Dr Rajesh Parikh , Director of Medical Research and Neuropsychiatry, Jaslok Hospital. Published by   Penguin , the book takes the reader through the history of pandemics while giving some serious advice on how to keep oneself safe from the deadly virus.   Kitaab,  connects Asian writers with readers globally and provides a writing and publishing platform to emerging and seasoned writers from the region to express themselves creatively. Ms. Shama Deo, President of Spectrum - a Study group from Pune co...

Mumbai, 12 May 2020 –  There is promising news for thousands of stranded Indians waiting for their return from UAE to India on the background of current COVID 19 pandemic. The air traffic between these two countries has been resumed and the process of registration of names with Indian Consulate and ticket booking has also commenced.  Dr. Dhananjay Datar, Chairman & Managing Director of Al Adil Trading,  is extending his co-operation in sponsoring the air ticket expenses of the needy travellers coming back to India. Dr. Datar said he will contribute to the ticket expense and COVID testing fees for Indians from the UAE who are waiting to get repatriated. Dr. Datar said this is a personal initiative from his side to help those who are unable to meet the expenses in order to travel to their homeland. “The repatriation efforts taken by the Indian Government is one of the largest initiatives undertaken to help those stranded on account of the pandemic. It goes wi...

Beijing, China —The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) Board of Directors has approved a loan of USD 500 million to support India’s efforts to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 by strengthening the preparedness of the country’s national health system. The project is funded by AIIB’s  COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility  created to adapt to urgent financing needs of the Bank’s members impacted by the pandemic. The  India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project , co-financed with the  World Bank , will support India in addressing significant challenges posed to the public health system. The financing will enable the Government of India to scale up efforts to limit the transmission of cases, strengthen the health system to expand its response capacity and enhance preparedness to manage future outbreaks. The project also supports the purchase of medical equipment, enhanced disease detection capabilities...

Pune, 6th May 2020:  Amidst COVID-19 lockdown, some ‘good samaritans’ have come forward to help the needy. Among them is Rashmi Prasad, an employee of Aide et Action International, who is aiding 200 families hailing from the marginalized section of society. She has arranged food provisions in Pune and Mumbai to enable them to tide over the joblessness in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown. As of now, food kits worth Rs. 400 each, have been distributed to 140 domestic workers. These food kits comprise rice, flour, pulses, oil, salt and sugar. Also, girls have been provided 2 reusable cloth masks and a bar of antiseptic soap. 60 families of youth, who have received training under the iLEAD programme, were provided food material worth Rs. 600 each which included kitchen supplies like rice, flour, pulses, oil, sugar, salt, turmeric powder, pickle and biscuits and sanitary products for girls. To date, she has aided 146 families in Pune and 57 families in Mumbai and it is targeting to r...

SynPhNe starts online therapy sessions for patients affected with stroke and other Neuromuscular disorders to ensure continual improvement even during lockdown COVID-19 and lockdown provides impetus to telemedicine and telehealth Mumbai, May 04, 2020 :  The COVID-19 pandemic has left a large number of patients suffering from Neuromuscular disorders such as stroke, traumatic brain injuries (TBI), Parkinsons and  Learning disabilities (LD) in a precarious condition because of a sudden loss of access to therapy. To cater to the needs of these patients, SynPhNe, a Digital Neurological Therapeutics company, has adopted Telehealth initiative to provide virtual therapy/online sessions to their patients. Based on the assessment of the patient’s past and current condition, a trained therapist from SynPhNe guides them through an exercise routine that has been specially customized keeping in mind the improvement goals that are mutually set. Stroke is one of the leading caus...

Beijing, China —The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is doubling available funds under its COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility to provide USD5-10 billion due to high client demand. This follows   AIIB’s announcement to make USD5 billion available  to help public and private sector clients manage through the COVID-19 pandemic. Requests for funding have substantially exceeded the USD5 billion originally allocated for emergency relief. Based on client feedback, immediate assistance is required in three key areas: (1) to help alleviate health care pressures in the form of health infrastructure and pandemic preparedness; (2) liquidity support through on-lending facilities and credit lines via financial institutions to address working capital and liquidity shortages and (3) immediate fiscal and budgetary support, in partnership with other multilateral development banks, so governments can focus on addressing the human and financial impacts of COVID-19. “We are fac...

Donating 60,000 litres of hand sanitizer to public health authorities, police & NGOs Providing personal protective equipment (PPE) to Primary Health Centres Providing food and essentials to migrants and their families Donating Care Packages to healthcare workers on the frontline Matching employee contribution to  PM CARES Fund India, 16 April 2020 :  L’Oréal India today announced its initiatives to support the country during the COVID-19 outbreak. This commitment is made in addition to L’Oréal’s global  Solidarity Program   which includes a donation to non-profit organizations.   L’Oréal India has been working on a multi-pronged initiative to augment the ongoing efforts of the central and state governments, the healthcare fraternity and citizens to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. #1 SUPPORTING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS & VULNERABLE SECTIONS L’Oréal India’s operations team will be distributing over 60,000 l...

These can be difficult times for all of us as we hear about spread of COVID-19 from all over the world, through television, social media, newspapers, family and friends and other sources. The most common emotion faced by all is Fear. It makes us anxious, panicky and can even possibly make us think, say or do things that we might not consider appropriate under normal circumstances. Understanding the importance of Lockdown Lockdown is meant to prevent the spread of infection from one person to another, to protect ourselves and others. This means, not stepping out of the house except for buying necessities, reducing the number of trips outside, and ideally only a single, healthy family member making the trips when absolutely necessary. If there is anyone in the house who is very sick and may need to get medical help, you must be aware of the health facility nearest to you. Handling Social isolation Staying at home can be quite nice for some time, but can also be boring and restrict...

With COVID-19 crisis which is impacting the Indian and global economy at large, it has become utmost important to monetize the deficit and ensure cash flow and liquidity in the market. A 75 bps rate cut (bringing down current the repo rate to 4.4%) combined with a reduction of 90 bps in reverse repo rate along with other measures to infuse liquidity into the system are significant moves taken by the governor to ease liquidity. Government of India is taking critical moves under consideration to address this global pandemic by announcing several comprehensive packages. These measures will bring liquidity and relief to the cash flow of organizations giving them financial relief. as part of the overall initiative along with the 3-month moratorium on all term loans by financial institutions will alleviate the concerns of small and medium organizations and individuals alike. These bold moves, along with zero collateral loans, will encourage banks to lend, giving succou...

- Ties-up with over 5000 local pharmacies for doorstep delivery of medicines round the clock - Facilitates online Doctor consultancy via Video call and Chat to address health-related queries along with a Coronavirus expert on board Medicalwale.com, a futuristic Omni-channel healthcare platform aimed at putting India at the top of the global healthcare chart by making the best of the services accessible and affordable for people, launched several initiatives to help people get through the tough lockdown times that India faces today due to the Coronavirus pandemic. In a bid to contain the spread of Coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-days-long nationwide lockdown. Medicalwale.com has tied-up with over 5000 local pharmacies in Mumbai to enable residents of the vicinity to get access to medicines and health essentials while staying quarantined safely in their homes. Users can now easily order medicines, OTC products and daily essential products as the plat...