Month: July 2023

SKIPPI FORAYS INTO NEW FMCG RANGE WITH LAUNCH OF CORNSTICKS
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SKIPPI FORAYS INTO NEW FMCG RANGE WITH LAUNCH OF CORNSTICKS

Hyderabad, 27th July 2023.Following up on their success in developing India’s premium ice-pops, Skippi has forayed into new FMCG range with the launch of Skippi Cornsticks with four mouthwatering flavors i.e. Tangy Tomato, Thai Chilli, Sweet Corn & Magic Masala. The cornsticks will be avialbale exclusively on Skippi’s website.Corn Stick by Skippi! Prepare yourself for a snacking experience like no other, as we take your taste buds on an extraordinary journey through a burst of irresistible flavors.So, get ready for delightful tea-time moments and surprising school treats, courtesy of Corn Stick by Skippi! Let your taste buds revel in the captivating flavors, all available in one irresistible pack. Get ready to elevate your snacking experience with Corn Stick by Skippi – your ne...
Religare-nasscom CoE Collaborate to Drive Tech Innovation
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Religare-nasscom CoE Collaborate to Drive Tech Innovation

Bengaluru, July 2023.Religare Enterprises Limited (REL), India’s leading diversified financial services group, and nasscom CoE for IoT & AI, have entered a strategic partnership to strengthen REL’s business processes & solution landscape, making it future-ready through the infusion of cutting-edge technology and innovation. The collaboration will harness the collective strengths of both organisations to enhance customer experience and drive operational efficiencies and data security while creating long-term value within the sector.nasscom CoE’s  expertise in co-creation and vast network of startups and SMEs specializing in emerging technologies such as AI,ML, AR/VR, Robotics, Blockchain, Drones, and IoT, will present Religare Group the access to relevant innovators and...
Myntra Beauty announces event showcasing must-have lip brands and products together, ahead of World Lipstick Day
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Myntra Beauty announces event showcasing must-have lip brands and products together, ahead of World Lipstick Day

Bengaluru, July 26, 2023.Taking one step further in its journey to become one of India’s leading beauty destinations, Myntra Beauty will be celebrating World Lipstick with much pomp and fanfare this year with lipsticks taking centre stage through a standalone event on the platform. Being held on 28th and 29th July, the event will witness participation from 150+ leading beauty brands,for  showcasing unprecedented offers on one of the most popular segments from Myntra's Beauty and Personal Care charter.With an array of high-performing, long-lasting and colourful lipsticks ranging from bullet to liquid, shiny gloss to pure-matte finish at play, the event will offer lipsticks across price points for beauty enthusiasts and aficionados alike. Some of the popular brands participating in t...
EZVIZ Launches H8c in India
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EZVIZ Launches H8c in India

Mumbai, July 2023.EZVIZ, a global smart home security company, has introduced a new outdoor security camera under its vibrant portfolio. Inheriting the core technologies from EZVIZ’s award-winning outdoor pan & tilt camera series, the H8c puts loads of smart features into a compact unit for simply smart home protection. This trusted, accessible camera is reliable in any weather and operates steadily on residential internet platforms. The camera provides complete surveillance coverage and is equipped with features to make monitoring and recording activities easier and more efficient.The compact device has the capability to move 350 degrees horizontally and 80 degrees vertically which provides crisp, 360-degree vision with no grey areas.The EZVIZ H8c Pan & Tilt Camera of...
Hitachi Payment Services to acquire Writer Corporation’s Cash Management Business
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Hitachi Payment Services to acquire Writer Corporation’s Cash Management Business

Mumbai, July  2023.Hitachi Payment Services, India’s leading integrated payment solutions provider, has entered into an agreement to acquirethe Cash Management Business of Writer Corporation, a multi-business enterprise. In the Cash Management industry, Writer Safeguard - the Cash Management Business of Writer Corporation, has been providing comprehensive cash services including ATM cashreplenishment and retail cash pick-up services to corporate clients in India since 2001. Writer Safeguard has a network of close to 40,000 touchpoints including ATMs and Retail spanning 25 states across 1,500 locations serviced by a workforce of over 10,000 people.The acquisition will transform Hitachi Payments’ market standing by integrating the cash management business into its overa...
Laptop Bags by Language: Where Timeless Elegance Meets Contemporary Functionality
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Laptop Bags by Language: Where Timeless Elegance Meets Contemporary Functionality

New Delhi, July 28, 2023.In today's fast-paced world, finding a laptop bag that seamlessly combines style and practicality is no easy task. However, laptop bags made by Language effortlessly capture the zeitgeist's minimalist style. These handcrafted bags are the pinnacle of style and utility. They are made from the finest leather and include exquisite features.The laptop bags by Language are thoughtfully designed to accommodate all your work and play essentials while maintaining a poised and unruffled appearance. With cavernous compartments, they provide ample space to organise your laptop, documents, and personal belongings with ease. The clever arrangement of these compartments ensures that everything stays in place, reflecting the bag's sophisticated design even during the busi...
Have been eating well, healing beautifully: Sushmita Sen
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Have been eating well, healing beautifully: Sushmita Sen

Mumbai, July 27, 2023.Bollywood star Sushmita Sen says she is doing well and hopes to bring the third season of "Aarya" and her new series "Taali" to fans as soon as possible.Sen had suffered a heart attack in March and underwent angioplasty at a city-based hospital here.The 47-year-old actor on Wednesday night conducted a live session on Instagram where she interacted with her fans and followers.
Celebrating Innovation & Design Excellence, Lexus India announces Lexus Design Award India 2024
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Celebrating Innovation & Design Excellence, Lexus India announces Lexus Design Award India 2024

New Delhi, July 27, 2023.Lexus India has announced the call for entries for the seventh edition of its most celebrated – Lexus Design Award India 2024 (LDAI), a unique platform for design professionals to showcase their talent and creativity. Entries will be accepted beginning the 20th of July till the 30th of September 2023. Lexus India is seeking innovative ideas from design professionals that contribute to a thriving and better future for all through the power of design and technology.LDAI, since its first edition in 2018, has received an overwhelming response. In 6 years, LDAI has received over 4300 entries from across the country with participants sharing their unique designs with an aim to create a better tomorrow. The designs curated were focused on solving problems in a wid...
Time Stands Still with Nebula by Titan’s New Art Deco Collection
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Time Stands Still with Nebula by Titan’s New Art Deco Collection

Bengaluru, July 27, 2023.Nebula by Titan today introduced an exquisite line up of 7 timepieces inspired by the exuberance, elegance and grandeur of the Art Deco era. Designed for the modern Indian, Nebula by Titan’s 18K gold watches are embellished with precious stones, and astutely translate design inspiration through the finest of jewellery making and precision watchmaking. The streamlined geometry, rich detail and sleek lines of this luxuriously modern collection are a glamorous homage to this most revered period of artistic expression that emerged in France in the 1920s and gained traction across the world in the decades that followed. Nebula by Titan’s Art Deco collection, is an effortless statement of style and individuality where each watch is a timeless piece of art t...
NSDC and Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India successfully equip 800 people with digital skills; 70% secure job placement
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NSDC and Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India successfully equip 800 people with digital skills; 70% secure job placement

New Delhi, July, 2023.The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) today announced that their national skills development partnership, launched in 2022, has completed its inaugural training programme for 800 ambitious young people, with 70 per cent of trainees subsequently securing employment to date. The bespoke programme focuses on digital and broader technology skills trainingto provide participants with the tools and knowledge to support their entry into the workforce across a range of industries. More than 60 per cent of the 561 trainees that have secured jobs are women.NSDC and AM/NS India intend to build on the success of the programme by training another 800 people in the coming years. This will involve establishing t...
Resource Efficiency Circular Economy Industry Coalition to be launched by Hon’ Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav
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Resource Efficiency Circular Economy Industry Coalition to be launched by Hon’ Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav

New Delhi, July 27, 2023.The Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Industry Coalition (RECEIC) is set to be launched at the side event during the 4th Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group and Environment and Climate Ministers meeting in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Conceptualized under India's G20 Presidency, RECEIC is an industry-driven initiative aimed at promoting resource efficiency and circular economy practices globally. The coalition is envisioned to be a self-sustaining entity that will continue to operate beyond India's G20 Presidency, making a lasting impact on environmental sustainability.39 companies headquartered in 11 different countries have joined the coalition as its founding members. As a collaborative platform, RECEIC aims to facilitate knowledge-sharin...
NITI Aayog organizing a G20 Conference on Green and Sustainable Growth Agenda for the Global Economy
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NITI Aayog organizing a G20 Conference on Green and Sustainable Growth Agenda for the Global Economy

New Delhi, July 27, 2023.NITI Aayog, the Government of India’s institution for policy planning together with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, and the Global Development Network (GDN), New Delhi, is convening a two-day international policy workshop of around 40 leading thinkers to examine prospects and challenges for green and sustainable growth globally. “The legitimacy of the G20 derives from its ability to shape a political consensus to support high quality growth”, noted Suman Bery, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog. “International organizations (such as the World Bank and the IMF) suggest that several developments will require different growth strategies in the coming decades. As organizers, we are proud that this workshop has been included as a side e...
Tech Mahindra Q1’24Revenueup 3.5% YoY
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Tech Mahindra Q1’24Revenueup 3.5% YoY

Mumbai, July 2023.Tech Mahindra Ltd., a specialist in digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services today announced the audited consolidated financial results for its quarter ended June 30th, 2023.Financial highlights for the quarter (USD)Revenue at USD 1,601 mn; down 4.0% QoQ, down 1.9% YoY Revenue reduced by 4.2% QoQ in constant currency terms EBITDA at USD 163 mn; down 33.7% QoQ, down 31.8% YoY; Margin at 10.2%, down 460bps QoQ Profit after tax (PAT) at USD 84 mn; down 38.0% QoQ, down 41.1% YoY Free cash flow at $ 106 mn, conversion to PAT at 126%Financial highlights for the quarter (₹)Revenue at ₹ 13,159 crores; down 4.1% QoQ, up 3.5% YoY EBITDA at ₹ 1,338 crores; down 33.8% QoQ, down 28.8% YoY Consolidated PAT at ₹ 693 crores; down 38.0% QoQ, dow...
Ashok Gehlot says ‘speech removed’ from Modi event, PMO replies: ‘your presence will be deeply value
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Ashok Gehlot says ‘speech removed’ from Modi event, PMO replies: ‘your presence will be deeply value

Jaipur, July 27, 2023.Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sikar in Rajasthan, where he is scheduled to release the 14th instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme at a public event Thursday, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot accused the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) of removing his “pre-scheduled 3-minute address” from the programme.PMO responded soon after and said the Rajasthan CM was “duly invited” and his speech “was also slotted”, but his office had said he won’t be able to join.Gehlot again hit back, saying that the PMO was not “made aware of facts”. He stated that his office had informed the Centre that owing to his leg injury he will be attending the event through video conferencing. “My address was kept in the proposed minute to minute programme sent from the Ministry of Health, ...
ETS launches TOEFL Go app to facilitate test takers
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ETS launches TOEFL Go app to facilitate test takers

New Delhi, July 27, 2023.The Educational Testing Service (ETS), which conducts the English testing exam— Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) has launched an application for test takers to prepare for the new and shorter version of the exam.The app— TOEFL Go, includes complete TOEFL iBT mock tests, additional practice sets for all four sections, artificial intelligence (AI) powered automated scoring, performance feedback for sections, personalised feedback and tops for speaking and writing responses.
Apple developing an iPhone with zero bezels
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Apple developing an iPhone with zero bezels

New Delhi, July 27, 2023.With the iPhone X, Apple offered an iPhone that was all-display at the front for the first time (minus the notch that is). Subsequent releases trimmed down on those bezels further but Apple could now be planning on doing away with those entirely.According to a report by TheElec, Apple is working on a new iPhone design that would completely eliminate the front bezel and offer a truly edge-to-edge display. The company has asked its OLED screen suppliers, Samsung Display and LG Display, to develop a version of the display that has no bezels at all.The report claims that Apple also wants the suppliers to improve the technologies for Thin Film Encapsulation (TFE) – which is the technology that enables stronger, lighter, and more flexible AMOLED – and under-p...
Monsoon health: Include these foods in your diet to stay fit this season
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Monsoon health: Include these foods in your diet to stay fit this season

Jaipur, July 27, 2023.In the first part of the mansson fodd guide the nutritionist recommended including foods like boiled peanuts, pulses (soaked, sprouted and cooked as dal or sabzi), corn, dudhi, cucumber, pumpkin and other creeper vegetables, along with suran, arbi and other root vegetables, in your diet at least 2-3 times a week. Additionally, she shared a recipe to incorporate arbi into the diet.Method:*Pressure cook arbi with water for 2-3 whistles.*Peel off the skin, and cut it lengthwise.*Coat it with a mixture of chilli powder, haldi and leave it for 10 minutes.*Add salt to it just before frying.For part two, Diwekar listed down food items that should be consumed at least once a week. The list included millets like rajgeera and kuttu, as well as wild and uncultivated ...
PM inaugurates International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre – ‘Bharat Mandapam’
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PM inaugurates International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre – ‘Bharat Mandapam’

New Delhi, July 27, 2023.The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to nation the International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC) complex at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, and urged the nation to move ahead with the principle of ‘Think Big, Dream Big, Act Big’. The complex has been named, ‘Bharat Mandalam’.In his welcome address at the inaugural function, Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, thanked Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for sparing his valuable time to participate in the inauguration of the International Convention Complex – Bharat Mandapam.He said that Prime Minister Modi has changed the way the country thinks and has inspired us to move as a nation towards the goal o...
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will dedicate 1.25 lac PM Kisan Samriddhi Kendras to Nation
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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will dedicate 1.25 lac PM Kisan Samriddhi Kendras to Nation

New Delhi, July 2023.Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will grace the occasion of launching multiple initiatives and releasing the 14th instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme at Sikar, Rajasthan tomorrow. The event will be organised jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and will witness the presence of esteemed dignitaries, including Union Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Kailash Choudhary, MoA&FW Secretary Shri Manoj Ahuja, MoC&F Secretary Shri Rajat Kumar Mishra and local MPs and MLAs. Around 2 Crore farmers from Rajasthan and acro...
Time magazine unveils list of best films of the past 100 years; Pather Panchali only Indian movie to make the cut
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Time magazine unveils list of best films of the past 100 years; Pather Panchali only Indian movie to make the cut

New Delhi, July 27, 2023.Time magazine has unveiled a list of the best movies of the past 10 decades, as per critic Stephanie Zacharek. The list traces the evolution of cinema from the 1920s to the 2010s, beginning with The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920) and culminating with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). In between these two films, there was room for only one Indian title, director Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali (1955).An adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s 1929 Bengali novel of the same name, the film marked Ray’s directorial debut. It has since found mention in several similar lists of the best movies of all time. It functions as the first part of Ray’s Apu trilogy, which also includes Aparajito and Apur Sansar.Pather Panchali was one of the first Indian films...
Colgate-Palmolive (India) Announces Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2023
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Colgate-Palmolive (India) Announces Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2023

Mumbai, July 27, 2023.Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited today reported Net Sales growth of 10.8% over the same quarter of previous year aggregating to Rs. 1314.7 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. Reported Net profit after tax for the quarter was Rs. 273.7 crore, a growth of 30.5% as against the Net Profit of Rs. 209.7 crore for the same quarter of the previous year. Excluding the impact of exceptional items, the Net Profit growth reported was 33%.Ms. Prabha Narasimhan, Managing Director & CEO of Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited, said, "We are pleased with the results for the quarter that saw strong quarter-on-quarter sales growth and improvement across profitability ratios. This has been driven by good execution against our strategy focussed on growing the oral care categ...
India-Pakistan World Cup game likely to be rescheduled, Oct 15 clashes with Navratri start
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India-Pakistan World Cup game likely to be rescheduled, Oct 15 clashes with Navratri start

New Delhi, July 26, 2023.The October 15 India-Pakistan World Cup match in Ahmedabad is likely to be rescheduled.With the International Cricket Council (ICC) slotting the tournament’s most anticipated game on the first day of Navratri, a festival celebrated with mass participation at garba nights across Gujarat, security agencies, it is learnt, have advised the BCCI to tweak the itinerary.In case the date does get changed, a logistical nightmare awaits fans who have finalised travel plans for the game whose tickets get sold out within hours, and bring sky-high TRPs for broadcasters.
Kiara Advani showstopper for Falguni Shane Peacock’s India Couture Week show
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Kiara Advani showstopper for Falguni Shane Peacock’s India Couture Week show

Mumbai, July 26, 2023.Kiara Advani stole the spotlight in her desi Barbie outfit as the showstopper for Falguni Shane Peacock’s India Couture Week (ICW) show.As the Satyaprem Ki Katha actor walked down the runway, all eyes were on her captivating attire from Falguni Shane Peacock’s ‘Renaissance Reverie’ collection, which was showcased during the opening show of FDCI’s Hyundai India Couture Week 2023 on Tuesday.Kiara stole the show for the designer, whose latest collection was on display at the fashion extravaganza. While the models wore stunning traditional wear from Falguni Shane Peacock’s new collection, Kiara brought desi Barbie magic to the runway in a hot pink bralette and trendy lehenga skirt combo.
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