Employing the right resources
Going beyond providing mere lip-service to social causes, 25 volunteers from GE Elfun -- a global movement of GE employees committed to work in the community for voluntary social service -- have renovated the dilapidated Nehru Place chapter of Mobile Creches.

Environmental NGO locks horns with auto major over `donated' car
It's an affair that hit too many speed breakers after a smooth start. People at Hyundai Motors India, who handed over the keys of their first Euro II compliant Santro to the Panchavati Green Movement last year.

Reduction of rental values on cards
The Maharashtra Rent Control Act in its new avatar is a boon for a large section of people. And more than anything else, it's an initiative in the right direction. But before analysing the new legislation, a look at its background, which dates back to 1947.

My Money/Pooja Bhatt
I'm still extremely impulsive. Choosing this career, becoming a producer people think I'm completely crazy. I've tried to do things on other people's terms, but it didn't work for me.

Spare the rod, love the child
Most parents today know that the old saying, ``Spare the rod, spoil the child'' has been proved by researchers to be untrue at best, and even harmful.

Keep 'em moving all winter long
If the only exercise your family gets during the winter involves the thumb on the remote control, Susan Adams, MD, a St Louis Children's Hospital paediatrician, recommends that you get everyone moving.

Do companies do well by doing good?
``Most car dealers offer `cash back' programs. In our case, it just so happens to go back to her,'' An example of cause marketing, the ad promises that a purchase of a Mercedes-Benz from any of these dealers

KLM's Aircares programme is dedicated to children's education
If the amount spent in the United States each year on cosmetics, or by European citizens on ice cream, was plowed into education, it could eradicate global illiteracy.