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2021/05/06 01:15 The catastrophic wave of Covid-19 in India has prompted donors to send millions of dollars to the country, which Tuesday crossed the grim mark of more than 20 million cases of the killer disease. “The situation is desperate,” says Ashish Shah, senior director for philanthropy and community engagement at Indiaspora, a global network of people of Indian origin who work for social change. “We need to get the funds and deploy them because after a month, it’ll be too late.” During the last week of April, Indiaspora reactivated its Chal...

The catastrophic wave of Covid-19 in India has prompted donors to send millions of dollars to the country, which Tuesday crossed the grim mark of more than 20 million cases

USA TODAY India is being overwhelmed by a record-breaking wave of COVID-19 cases, with deaths keeping some crematoriums running 24 hours a day and hospitals running out of oxygen. The country has become the first in the world to report more than 400,000 daily cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, as the surge threatens global efforts to tamp down the pandemic and return to pre-COVID life. "It's almost like India hit a perfect storm," said S.V. Subramanian, a professor of population health and geography at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, noting the confluence ...

CSR Act amendments: All you need to know April 30, 2021, 1:11 PM IST Samheeta Rao is a partner at GameChanger Law Advisors and has worked extensively with several nonprofits and social enterprises operating in the social impact space. The amendments to the CSR Rules have officially been passed by the Government of India. Here’s a comprehensive list of their implications on corporates and nonprofits. Impact on corporates The following activities cannot be included as part of a company’s eligible CSR spend: Activities which are undertaken in the nor...

A new study finds that the key fundraising challenges Indian nonprofits face are building strategy and attracting new donors. Over the past several years, a series of reports have captured the state and potential of...