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21 Apr

HCL Jigsaw to assess problem solving skills of students

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HCL, a US $10 billion leading global conglomerate, presents ‘HCL Jigsaw’, India’s premier critical reasoning platform designed to assess key 21st-century skills in young (Grade 6 to 9) students and build a culture of problem solving in the country. The registration for the championship is now open and interested students or schools can register themselves at www.hcljigsaw.com, by 31May. The Pan-India competition will take place virtually in two rounds- Qualifier (24 – 27June) and Finale(17 and 18July). Participating students will get an opportunity to win prizes and gadgets worth Rs 16 lakh. HCL Jigsaw will assess participating students on 10…

21 Apr

Amazon’s commitment towards ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’

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In the opening session of its flagship event Smbhav, Amazon India announced a $250-mn Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund to invest in startups and entrepreneurs focusing on technology innovations in SMB digitization, Agriculture and Healthcare. The Venture Fund will invest in technology led startups that are passionate about unlocking possibilities of a digital India. The Venture Fund will specifically focus on encouraging the best ideas to digitize SMBs (Small & Medium Businesses), drive technology led innovation in agriculture to improve farmer productivity and enable them to bring the best of India’s farms to consumers, and enable universal and quality healthcare access…

21 Apr

‘KFC Kshamata’ program

editor0 CommentsBusinessKFC INDIA, KFC Kshamata program

Reinforcing its commitment towards gender & ability parity, KFC India announced the KFC Kshamata program, a focused effort towards driving 2X Empowerment by 2024. Taking forward the brand’s global Diversity & Inclusion agenda, KFC India aims to bridge the gender and ability imbalance gap and increase the women workforce at their restaurants by 2X by 2024. Likewise, the aim is to double the footprint of Special KFCs, operated by hearing & speech impaired team members, by 2024. In addition, the brand would launch select, flagship Special KFCs across the country, that provide an elevated KFC experience for specially-abled team members…

21 Apr

Madan Mitra was admitted to SSKM Hospital in Kolkata after suffering from shortness of breath

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Trinamool Congress leader Madan Mitra has been admitted to SSKM Hospital due to respiratory problems. According to sources, Mitra, one of the main leaders of the Trinamool Congress, fell ill in the middle of the mitra Bengal elections. More than one crore voters in West Bengal, 306 candidates will decide their political fate on Thursday when 43 votes will be cast in the Assembly constituency. Security has been beefed up in the wake of earlier incidents of violence, especially in the wake of the deaths of five people in Cooch Behar in the fourth phase of the April 10 polls,…

21 Apr

Shyam Steel India embarks on a vision to build the nation; Launches their new TVC Campaign, “Maksad Toh India Ko Banana Hai” starring Sonu Sood

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National, April 2021: Shyam Steel India one of leading producers and manufacturers of TMT Barslaunched their new TVC campaign"Maksad Toh India Ko Banana Hai". The campaign aims to send across the brand message that steel is just an offering, but the idea is to build the nation. The TVC campaign stars Sonu Sood in the lead and has been created by Mogae Media. The campaign was launched through a virtual platform in the august presence of Mr Sonu Sood, Brand ambassador of Shyam Steel India, Mr Lalit Beriwala, Director, Shyam Steel India, MsMegha Beriwala, Vice President, Marketing, Shyam Steel India…

21 Apr

Better Life Medical Centre aims to provide affordable last-mile healthcare in remote Assam

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A doctor, working with some of the top medical institutes in East and Northeast India, left her job and became an entrepreneur to start a medical facility at a remote location in Udalguri district of Assam. Gynecologist Dr Sayantani Bhattacharjee has set up ‘Better Life Medical Centre’ at Paneri in Udalguri district of Assam with an aim to provide last-mile healthcare facilities to the underprivileged sections of the society. Addressing media persons at the Gauhati Press Club in Guwahati on April 20, Dr Bhattacharjee informed that the centre at Paneri is the flagship unit of her startup ‘Better Life -…

21 Apr

22 Covid Patients Dead After Oxygen Tanker Leak In Maharashtra

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Twenty two people died after an oxygen tank leaked at Nashik’s Dr Zakir Hussain NMC Hospital, Nashik Collector confirmed. The leakage accident happened when tankers were being filled. While operation is underway to control the situation, a video tweeted by ANI showed gaseous oxygen spreading across the area which was supposed to be used by the hospital. About 171 patients were on oxygen in the hospital. Explaining the cause behind the deaths, Nashik collector Suraj Mandhre said, “The supply tank that was set up in this hospital started leaking due to cork damage after which the pressure decreased and those…

21 Apr

The four men who were killed in the Sitalkuchi firing incident during the Bengal assembly election

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post-mortem reports of the four people killed in the Sitalkuchi firing incident in Bengal have revealed that the bullets were fired by CISF from a medium range. During the fourth phase of assembly elections in West Bengal on April 10, a total of five people were killed in Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar. According to the post-mortem report all four victims had sustained bullet injuries on their upper body.

21 Apr

KFC hosts the biggest Burger Bash ever

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KFC India hosted the biggest virtual burger party of the year. KFC’s Big Burger Bash was indeed a party like no other as it brought together burger lovers, popular social media stars, food communities, bloggers and consumers from across the country, to relish their favourite new Value Burges. Attending the party, legendary actor & KFC fan Anil Kapoor shared his love for KFC burgers and posed for pictures with other participants at the Bash. With about 500 people coming together from across cities, this was indeed the first-of-its-kind and largest gathering of people coming together virtually for a burger party.…

21 Apr

Nissan Magnite crosses 50,000 bookings milestone

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All-new Nissan Magnite has received a phenomenal Customer response, clocking over 50,000 bookings & 10,000 wholesale deliveries since its launch on December 02, 2020.Since its launch, the all-new Nissan Magnite has received 2,78,000 plus enquiries with more than 50,000 bookings with 5,000 (10%) bookings on the digital platform and 45,000 through the on-ground bookings at the Nissan dealerships. Approximately 15% of these bookings made were on the CVT models and approximately 60% of them were top end variants that are XV and the XV Premium. The all-new Nissan Magnite is available in 20 grade line-up and over 36 combinations. The…