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After many a hiccup, the Agha Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) finally commenced restoration work at the historic Qutb Shahi tombs here on Saturday. This follows permission given by the Wakf Tribunal to take up repair of the 'Badi Bouli' at the ...

The rich who donated billions of rupees for various causes TEXT SIZE : A | A | A TOOLS Picture by Tribhuwan Sharma RELATED STORIES Philanthropy may be a new trend for Indian businessmen, but over the past few years, some of the biggest ...

Entertainment News: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, P N C Menon, Vineet Nayar and Ronnie Screwvala, figure in this year's list of Asia-Pacific's most remarkable "givers", compiled by Forbes Asia magazine. The annual list of 'Heroes of Philanthropy'features a ...

Philanthropy foundation Dasra has awarded the amounting to $800,000 (Rs 4.47 crore) to six organisations in India, who are intent on building the ecosystem for the impact investing industry. Impact investments are investments into organisations with ...

SocialStory ( social.yourstory.in ), a YourStory media property focused on covering the social entrepreneurship space has been adjudged as one of the winners of the Impact Economy Innovations Grant Fund (IEIF). IEIF was put out in January 2013 by ...

Offset by the giant white marble in the backdrop, this small canopy, chhatri (umbrella), is now visible because it has regained the beauty that the original artisans had imparted to it almost 500 years ago. There are eight such chhatris on the ...

Efforts to secure the patch of land on which the Nila Gumbad stands have finally borne fruit, with the Northern Railway handing over the plot to the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC). Conservation work on this earliest Mughal-era structure began ...

Over two months of Shramdaan has finally yielded result for the villagers of Hatidhala-Panposi who have been struggling for water since long. In fact, they are now so comfortable with the situation that they are thinking of starting kitchen gardens ...

Mukesh Ambani, 55 Chairman, Reliance Industries Rank \\'12: 12 WHY In 2012, he held on to his position as the worlds richest Indian for the fifth year in a row, despite his net worth slipping by $1.6 billion to $21 billion. High cash generation from ...