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Amazon has announced that its month-long Great Indian Festival (GIF) 2022 has seen the largest-ever shopping celebration for its sellers and brand partners on Amazon.in, bringing joy to millions of customers across the country. GIF2022 started at midnight of Sep 22nd with Prime Early Access and went live for all customers on Sep 23. Customers loved crores of product selection from sellers on Amazon.in including unique products from lakhs of Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) Bharat continued to shop safely on Amazon.in with 80% of new customers from tier 2 & 3 towns. Amazon India had 1.2X higher Prime member…

Union Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched the draft of National Credit Framework (NCrF) for public consultation. The programme was attained by MoS, Education, SmtAnnpurna Devi, MoS, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Electronics & IT, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar Smt Anita Karwal; Secretary, Higher Education Shri Sanjay Murthy; Secretary, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Atul Kumar Tiwari; Chairman, NCVET; Shri Dr.Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi and senior officials of the Education and Skill Development Ministry. Taking the vision of the new National Education Policy (NEP) as envisioned under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra…

Swiggy, India’s leading on-demand convenience platform has gone live with its food delivery service in Port Blair, the capital of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. After serving millions of customers in hundreds of cities in India, Swiggy has partnered with leading restaurants and hired Delivery Executives for its maiden operations in Port Blair. With this, Swiggy is creating both direct and indirect local employment in the Union Territory while bringing great choice and convenience to consumers. For locals and tourists in Port Blair, Swiggy is bringing the finest cuisine and delicacies to their doorstep, from over 50 restaurants in the city.…

Boeing-Jaivel Aerospace and Learning Links Foundation today announced the launch of a new chapter of Learn and Earn, a unique youth skilling program aimed at creating a skilled and employable workforce for the aerospace and manufacturing sector in Gujarat. Since its inception programme has already benefitted 188 individuals, of which 23% are girls and 14% PWDs, and helped them attain jobs in various industries. The second batch of 20 trainees in the program will undergo classroom training, followed by on-the-job training at Jaivel Aerospace. The curriculum will focus on mechanical and fabric tooling in the aerospace manufacturing sector. The program…

Jaipur rugs, the largest manufacturer of handmade Rugs in India announced its much loved Rug Utsav – Knot so ordinary is about to enter its last stage. This initiative to bring the artisan and consumer together is witnessing huge number of customers reaching out to understand the know-how of carpet weaving and also resulted in Substantial increase in topline as well. The Rug Utsav are very few days left for the customers across the country to select from 1000’s of premium quality, unique styles, designs and colors ofhand knotted, hand-tufted, hand-loom and flat-weave dhurries at up to 60% off. Jaipur…

India’s largest and fastest growing apparel and accessories specialty chain of Reliance Retail, TRENDS, announced the launch of its new Store in KRISHNAI town of Goalpara district in the state of Assam. The Trends store at KRISHNAI boasts of modern looks and ambience featuring an exciting range of good quality and fashion merchandise that is relevant to the consumers of the region and at prices that are affordable and seen as high value for money. This 4452 sq. ft store, which is the first store in the KRISHNAI town has a special inaugural offer for its customers, besides great relevant…

The move is in line with the initiatives taken by the govt of Republic of India to push the employment of electrical vehicles as greener & cleaner alternatives to IC engines within the country. The electron volt business is about to grow by leaps and bounds within the coming back years, and that we can seemingly see a strong electron volt business within the country.  In line with the need of the electron volt business, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance is currently giving insurance policies for personal electrical vehicles and business vehicles. to supply seamless services to any or all the…

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi have announced a strategic partnership to initiate two certification programs including six-month certification and nine-month long advance certification program in modern technologies to make India’s youth future ready. The students will be educated in two integral streams - data science and machine learning. The program will begin from1 November. Through these courses, learners will be enabled to pursue several careers in data analytics, data management, data science, business analytics and business intelligence. The courses will be delivered through a live broadcast by the IIT Mandi faculty. The program…

A two-day event was organized by the SCERT, Government of Arunachal Pradesh (GoAP). The workshop was facilitated by Reach to Teach Foundation, who is the technical partner in the tripartite agreement with GoAP and NITI Aayog. The objective of the workshop was to create a roadmap for a three-year programme to improve teaching and learning outcomes and improve National Achievement Survey (NAS) performance of the state. The main vehicle for the implementation of Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital in Education (SATH) in Arunachal Pradesh will be Mission LEAP (Learning Enhancement for Arunachal Pradesh) through which the State Government will…

Himalaya Wellness Company, one of India’s leading wellness brands, announced the launch of its 7th edition of ‘Ek Nayi Muskaan’ in Bengaluru. Muskaan is the flagship social impact initiative that aims to create awareness on the condition of cleft lips and palates in children. This initiative has been co-created and implemented in partnership with Smile Train, the world largest cleft-focused NGO dedicated to spreading awareness on cleft deformities and supporting this facial birth difference and supporting 100% free cleft surgeries and comprehensive cleft care for the underprivileged. To commemorate the launch this year, Himalaya, organized an event to address the…