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29 Jun

The Habitats Trust announces Grants worth Rs. 3.20 Crore

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaHabitats Trust

The Habitats Trust, a not-for-profit organization working towards the protection and conservation of India’s natural habitats and their indigenous species, is inviting applications to financially support organizations and individuals doing seminal work towards protecting and conserving India’s threatened wildlife and natural habitats. The Habitats Trust Grants, with a total of Rs. 3.20 Crore, will be given in three categories. The revised grant categories include (1) THT Conservation Grant of Rs. 1 crore, each to two organizations - The Habitats Trust Conservation Grant will support organisations working towards the conservation of lesser-known species and critical habitats. This grant is only open…

29 Jun

VMentor.ai joins forces with Wadhwani Foundation

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaVMentor.ai, Wadhwani Foundation

While the not-for-profit Wadhwani Foundation, through its initiative Wadhwani Advantage (WA), is known for systematically empowering SMEs to get on an accelerated growth track, through its global funding, world-class frameworks and consulting tools and trainings, VMentor.ai has been consistently empowering MSMEs to deliver 10X business growth with its world-class, tech-enabled, human-intervened mentoring platform. VMentor.ai and Wadhwani Foundation join forces for strategic collaboration. The MSME-accelerator alliance will offer specialized and subsidised mentoring by industry veterans to eligible MSMEs, with a revenue turnover between Rs 5 crore and Rs 100 crore, unlocking their potential for growth quicker and with a more strategic…

29 Jun

PM Modi celebrates yoga day with 15,000 people at Mysore Palace

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaINTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY, Mysore, PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in International Day of Yoga celebrations along with 15,000 people at the Mysore Palace Ground on the occasion of 8th International Day of Yoga. Yoga is not for one person, but for the entire humanity, thus the theme was Yoga for Humanity. Describing the 'Guardian Yoga Ring', the Prime Minister said that it is a collaborative exercise between 79 countries and Indian Missions abroad along with United Nations Organizations which portrays the unifying power of Yoga to transcend national borders. External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar participated in a yoga practice program organized at…

29 Jun

Comfy sanitary pads offer 80% better absorption

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaComfy sanitary pads, INDIA, Shraddha Kapoor

Comfy Snug Fit, a fast-growing menstrual hygiene brand from the house of Amrutanjan Health Care Limited, unveiled its latest TV campaign (TVC) featuring the popular actress Shraddha Kapoor. With this campaign, the brand seeks to brings alive its promise of #ThePowerToBeYou in a fresh, modern and vibrant voice. Comfy has, since inception, aimed to increase awareness about menstrual hygiene and educate women about the benefits of using sanitary pads. To this end it has made sanitary pads easily accessible to women in India, providing high-quality products at affordable prices. The new campaign catches Shraddha Kapoor navigating physically active situations with ease.…

29 Jun

Signify expands retail footprint in Eastern India

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness, Indiaguwahati, Philips Smart Light Hubs

The world leader in lighting Signify announced the launch of six new Philips Smart Light Hubs across Kolkata, Guwahati, Bhubaneshwar and Dhanbad. With these new store launches, the company has increased its retail presence to 36 exclusive lighting stores in Eastern India, offering a wide range of home lighting products. The two new Philips Smart Light Hubs in Guwahati span 1,000 &650 sq feet respectively and showcase more than 200 different kinds of lighting products. The stores have been designed to simulate actual home settings, such as a living room, bedroom, and dining room, allowing customers to experience the products…

29 Jun

Project NIPUN to skill, and upskill construction workers

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaMoHUA, NSDC

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), the nodal agency under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India, and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) announced the launch of the project NIPUN- National Initiative for Promoting upskilling of Construction Workers. The project aims to train more than one lakh construction workers through fresh skilling and upskilling programs and provide them with opportunities in foreign countries. The project implementation is divided into three chapters -training through Recognition of Prior Learning at construction sites, training through Fresh Skilling by Plumbing and Infrastructure SSC and International Placement through industries/builders/contractors.On-site skill…

29 Jun

Dalmia Cement Bharat Expresses Solidarity with Meghalaya

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaDalmia Cement Bharat, meghalaya

In its ongoing pledge towards supporting the people of Meghalaya affected by the incessant rain and floods, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited (DCBL) has contributed INR 25 Lakhs to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund to strengthen the government’s rebuilding and rehabilitation efforts. DCBL’s Meghalaya facility team also helped stranded commuters towards the road going into Silchar and provided them with warm meals and clean drinking water. The company’s sales and logistics team continue to procure and distribute relief materials to affected families. Nearly 3,00,000 people from Silchar are in distress with an acute shortage of food, clean drinking water, and medicines,…

28 Jun

Surya Cement’s new corporate song “surya utha dekhot surya bharosa”

editor0 CommentsAssam, Business, North East

Surya Cement has released a new corporate song titled “surya utha dekhot surya bharosa.” The new corporate song was unveiled and released on 26th June, 2022 by Surya Cement Brand Ambassador Sri Zubeen Garg, Assam’s heartthrob and popular singer, Smt. Garima Saikia Garg, fashion designer and producer and Sri Madhur Agarwalla, Managing Director, Purbanchal Cement Limited in the presence of company officials and dealer partners of Surya Cement at Hanoi city, Capital of Vietnam. The new corporate song “SURYA UTHA DEKHOT SURYA BHAROSA” exudes Surya Cement’s spirit of rising above challenges unitedly, to fulfil the promise of building a stronger…

27 Jun

NIC Honestly Natural Ice Cream to launches its new store in Siliguri

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusinessNIC Honestly Natural Ice Cream, SILIGURI

NIC Honestly Natural Ice Cream has made a mark for itself among the most loved ice cream brand, is set to open new stores and franchises throughout the country. While the brand is expanding in the market, NIC Honestly Natural Ice Cream has chosen Siliguri as the key market to launch their new store and franchisee in order to spread the joy of their ice cream flavors throughout the city.The brand is planning an expansion strategy that will contribute to development in places where they can introduce a better taste and variety of ice cream flavors in the city and…

27 Jun

ICICI Pru Life Insurance announces record annual bonus

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaICICI Pru Life Insurance

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance (India’s largest private life insurer in terms of new business sum assured) has announced an annual bonus of Rs 968.8-crore for FY2022 to all eligible participating policyholders. All participating policies in force as of March 31, 2022 are eligible to receive this annual bonus, which will be added to the policyholders’ benefits. Almost a million participating policyholders will benefit from this, taking them closer to achieving their long-term financial goals. This is the 16th consecutive year of bonus payment and also the highest ever by the Company till date, exceeding the FY2021 bonus by 12%. "We…