Advertorial: Asha loves you, you made her smile

Asha loves you because she is like any other child who lives with her mother and her brothers and sisters. Thanks to sponsorship and support from people like you, Asha lives in an SOS Children’s Village in a loving home with a caring mother to take care of her and her siblings who are parentless like her.

However, more children like Asha needs your continued support and care as resources to keep SOS Villages like Asha's alive are dwindling owing to increased abandonment of children and reduced sponsorship and corporate funding.

Suzlon powers a new brand initiative: p.a.l.s.

Mumbai: Powering a greener tomorrow, India's leading wind power company, Suzlon, has launched a new brand campaign called p.a.l.s. – the Pure Air Lovers’ Society. P.a.l.s. is a movement to emphasize the importance of clean air, while helping to educate people on how to live a more environmentally responsible life.

Identifying the need for a campaign of this nature, p.a.l.s. has already found support from prominent members of society like RJ Malishka, MilindSoman, Gerson da Cunha and Anil Dharker, who are the first p.a.l.s. champions. These champions will be tasked with the responsibility of outlining recommendations and sustaining momentum to ensure the success of the movement.

Advertorial: Love shoes? Find a sole-mate, online!

Small, big, sensitive, well-heeled or plain finicky – there are shoes for everyone.

Picture this: you browse through 50,000 shoes to find that perfect pair, get the right size and colour, add it to your shopping cart and then eagerly wait for your shoes to arrive at your doorstep. And when it does, the joy of receiving a package, the anticipation of opening it though you already know what’s in it, the thrill of trying on shiny new shoes that you can’t wait to flaunt, and the "New shoes? Nice!" compliments thereafter. Priceless, isn’t it?

V-Guard’s net sales for Q1 of 2011-12 up by 43%

Kochi: The Board of Directors of V-Guard Industries Limited, the electronic and electrical major today considered and adopted the unaudited financial results of Company for the quarter ended 30th June, 2011.

The net sales of the Company rose to Rs 240.07 crores, showing an increase of 43%, from Rs 168.21 crores, sales in the corresponding period of the previous year. The Company achieved a profit after tax of Rs 12.34 crores during the quarter under review, thereby showing an increase of 11.38% over the profit after tax of 11.08 crores achieved in the same period of the last year.

Advertorial: Hitachi, the AC which cleans itself

Dust and dirt are possibly the worst enemies of an air conditioner. The dirt which gets stuck in the AC clogs the filter and ultimately leads to poor cooling, increased power consumption, and reduced air volume. Eventually the worse follows. Your AC maintenance costs surge and chances are that you’ll be left with that unpleasant odor rather than the soothing chill you always wanted from your AC.

Keeping all this in mind the Japanese technology major Hitachi has rolled out a range of self-cleaning air conditioners. Launched under the brand name of iClean, these ACs are intelligent, new-age machines which clean themselves by the means of Automatic Filter Cleaning Technology. The interior structure of these ACs is made of stainless steel and is equipped with an advanced cleaning mechanism which ensures that the filter fitted in the AC is meticulously cleaned so that the supply of fresh, clean, cool and soothing air never ceases.

LIC introduces unique new health plan: Jeevan Arogya

Mumbai: From June 1, 2011 LIC of India is launching a New Non-Linked Health Insurance Plan "Jeevan Arogya". The plan offers comprehensive hospitalization benefits for the whole family of the Principal Insured.

A unique feature of this plan is that it also offers to cover the Parents in-law of the Principal Insured besides spouse, minor children and parents.

ICSE results available today on myschool.in.com

The results of ICSE 2011 and ISC 2011 will be declared on May 17 at 3:00 pm. The results of the examinations of ICSE-2011 and ISC-2011 will be made available through the Internet. The user may log onto mentioned website using the specified URL to view the results.

http://www.cisce.myschool.in.com

Advertorial: P&G's 'Shiksha' Educational Drive - Building Blocks towards Advancement

When it comes to education, ours is a country plagued with dual problems: One is that of enrollment – India has amongst the highest number of out-of-school children in the world – and the second and even more alarming problem is that of drop-outs. In India, just 54 per cent children in the age group 11-14 years are enrolled in schools and a shocking 50 per cent of those who do enroll drop out by class VII.

Our nation needs educational infrastructure that enables millions of children to not only access their right to education but also encourage them to pursue it in a manner that truly empowers them to steer the future of our country. It is to address both these issues that Procter & Gamble launched its flagship Corporate Social Responsibility program Shiksha in 2005, that has today taken shape into a national consumer movement.

P&G's Shiksha building 20+ schools across India

In India, nearly one out of two children does not go to school and 47 per cent of India’s habitation does not even HAVE a primary school.

We all hear alarming facts like these often and feel the urge to contribute within our means. P&G's signature CSR Program 'Shiksha' understands this national concern, and gives consumers a simple yet powerful way to participate in building India’s educational future.

Welcome to a Green Home

Mahindra Lifespaces is India's first company to receive the platinum-rated green home pre-certification by the Indian Green Building Council for its housing projects. What makes it green, and how is Mahindra helping the environment? Read on

Innovation has always been a vital part of Mahindra Lifespaces, not just for setting the yardstick for advanced living, but also to ensure that the environment is protected and conserved for the future generations.