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CSR shouldn't be legally mandated, charity must come from within: Premji
He added that it is important that individual and personal philanthropy is separated from a company's CSR efforts
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World's richest Bezos tops list of making largest charitable gifts in 2020
The world's richest person made the single-largest charitable contribution in 2020, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of top donations
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' ex-wife donates $1.7 billion for social causes
MacKenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, announced that she has donated around $1.7 bn to groups involved in philanthropic causes such as healthcare, LGBT rights and racial justice
Easing woes: Unsung warriors who helped the poor during Covid-19 lockdown
A new report highlights the role played by non-profit organisations in mitigating the effects of Covid-19 despite facing financial and other constraints
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Individuals lead the way in philanthropy, even as firms' contribution falls
Contribution from foreign sources, domestic corporations has slowed
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India ranks low on World Giving Index despite informal culture of donations
The report, published online in October 2019, was based on surveys of 1.3 million people in 128 countries over the last 9 years (2009-2018)
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Movember, ice buckets, fun runs: Why philanthropy of the body is the rage
Researchers are only just starting to grapple with embodied philanthropy as a new kind of pro-social behaviour
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