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Amazon India has announced that over 2 lakh sellers including over 1500 from North East India have joined Local Shops on Amazon program since its launch in 2020. Amazon India launched the program to help bring offline retailers, kiranas and local shops online. Notably, the number of sellers on the program has more than doubled YOY.This festive season customers will be able to shop from some of their favourite local stores in their cities, get deliveries the same/next day and also benefit from value added services offered by these sellers. To help new sellers kick start their journey, the company…

 Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation has called for nominations from Kolkata, arunachal pradesh, Nagaland for its prestigious 26th Mahaveer Awards 2022. Individuals who are Indian nationals and institutions based in India and providing selfless service to the voiceless and the poor would be eligible for the All-India award. The awardees will be selected by a panel of eminent personalities representing different domains and headed by Justice Shri. M.N. Venkatachaliah, Former Chief Justice of India. The Award in each category carries a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs, a commendatory citation and a memento, which will be presented to the Recipient at a…

 Shopsy, has concluded the first edition of its mega shopping carnival - The Grand Shopsy Mela that ran between September 3-11, 2022. During the sale, Shopsy observed heightened participation from Bharat, with local sellers and brands from across the country coming together for the first time to serve millions of customers. The 9-day event saw customers across the country participate in high volumes, with the women cohort leading the purchases. Highest uptick was recorded in headphones, t-shirts, shoes, ethnic wear, bedsheets, among other categories. New customers on Shopsy during this period grew by 1.2X and sellers witnessed an increase of…

Myntra has announced the arrival of the 'Big Fashion Festival', India's grandest festive fashion dhamaka, scheduled to start on 23 September. The third edition of BFF has 1.5X more styles compared to the previous edition and will enable a diverse set of over 6000 brands to give value offers and cater to the festive shopping needs of the entire family. Celebrating the country's festive shopping spirit, the event is expected to witness a higher demand compared to previous years. To meet this demand, the tech capabilities of the platform are geared to handle ~13k orders per minute at peak. This…

Western Digital® has started its new six-month festive competition called “Share Your Memories”. Consumers buying selected Western Digital offerings including SanDisk® products, 128 GB* and above, or any WD products, 2TB* and above, will be eligible to participate in this exciting contest. Two winners will be selected every week, who will win vouchers worth Rs. 1,00,000 each that can be redeemed to buy LG Electronics consumer durable products from a physical marketplace. The process to participate couldn’t be easier. First one need to buy the products that are eligible under this contest, just scan the QR code given on the…

 Land Rover is celebrating its 75th year anniversary with the new Defender 75th Limited Edition. Available in 90 or 110 body designs, the Defender 75th Limited Edition has an exclusive exterior design theme with unique detailing, finished in iconic Grasmere Green paint with complementing wheels and interior finishes. The Limited Edition is based on the high-specification HSE, with comprehensive standard equipment. Innovative technology includes 3D Surround Camera, Configurable Terrain Response, Meridian Sound System, Matrix LED front lighting, 28.95 cm (11.4) Pivi Pro infotainment system, Head-Up Display and Wireless Device Charger. Stuart Frith, Lifecycle Chief Engineer Defender, said: “ This new…

 Lakhs of enthusiastic youth of India have formed teams to participate in the Indian Swachhata League that will launch a massive campaign to keep their cities garbage free. Under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Union Minister Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri declared the Indian Swachhata League open on September 9. 1800 plus cities have registered for the Indian Swachhata League. 47 cities with Million plus citizens have registered for the league. The top three states with maximum participation based on percentage of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) participating in the Indian Swachhata League are Odisha-100%, Assam-99% and Chhattisgarh-97%. The unique…

Inspired by Deepika Padukone’s ease in making relaxed, oversized pieces look effortlessly stylish, Levi’s has made its collaboration with Deepika Padukone for LEVI’S®xDeepika Padukone Season 3. The season 3 is all about the shift to relaxed, comfortable fits in a streetwear-inspired collection that goes beyond denim and promises elevated fashion. The collection is a creative reimagination of Levi’s®, fusing exaggerated proportions of the ‘90s with a modern-day streetwear vibe in a variety of prints, textures, patterns, and fit.This season comes with the XL Flood, ’94 Baggy Carpenter and the high-loose, the jeans answer to that relaxed, loose trend playing out…

 HDFC Life has launched a term insurance plan Click2Protect Super, which enables customisation as per your protection needs and you only pay for the benefits / plan options that you have chosen. Click2Protect Super is a non-linked, non-participating, individual, pure risk premium/ savings life insurance plan that provides you with multiple flexibilities such as changing life cover, extending the policy term, getting coverage for accidental death and terminal illness, etc. The plan fi¬ts your needs from three plan options – Life, Life Plus & Life Goal. Life Option provides an inbuilt-benefit of terminal illness cover and also allows one to…

Dalmia Bharat Foundation (DBF), with a vision to make India’s ‘Self-reliance’ into a reality has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a not-for-profit education society, NIIT Foundation to develop state-of-the-art, community-centric skill-building and educational training courses that will benefit 8000 under privileged youth across 16DIKSHa(Dalmia Institute of Knowledge and Skill Harnessing) centres in India including Lanka in Assam. The aim of the MoU is to usher in a New India that is progressive and self-dependent by harnessing the collaborative strengths of DBF’s robust community engagement and NIIT Foundation’s quality educational process so as to empower children and youth belonging…