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04 Sep

Sony introduces High Power Party Speakers with Karaoke

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Sony India launched four exciting new models to its High Power Party Speaker range - MHC-V83D, MHC-V73D, MHC-V43D and MHC-V13. These Party Speakers are packed with stunning sound and experiential party lights. These are set to make every moment at a party memorable. The V43D and V13 are both equipped with two front tweeters that spread the sound across any venue. Like the V83D and V73D, the V43D also includes the midrange. These all-new designs increase the rigidness of the cabinet, delivering stronger bass while also improving clarity. This new line-up of High Power Party Speaker range features key upgrades…

04 Sep

Lysol’s new campaign against Covid-19 virus

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Lizol, India’s leading disinfectant brand unveiled its new campaign ‘Safe To Touch’. The campaign is focused on raising awareness during the ongoing pandemic on the importance of surface disinfection to help fight germs and viruses. Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Lizol has been educating consumers on understanding the need for disinfection to help break the chain of this deadly infection. The new campaign is a behavior change campaign and is aimed at educating consumers. The ‘Safe To Touch’ campaign will be Pan-India and in multiple Indian languages, focusing on the need to clean and disinfect surfaces to keep…

03 Sep

Amway ushers in a new digital era

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Amway India is making significant strides towards strengthening the gig economy ecosystem in the country. The organization has a stated global A70 multi-year growth strategy which is focused on unleashing the power of entrepreneurship with social commerce. As part of this multi-year growth strategy, Amway India has identified the rise of the gig economy as a key global megatrend. In-line with this and in its endeavour to support the revival of the Indian economy, Amway India is focused on enabling growth for its Direct Retailers/Sellers and creating new sources of business generation for their profitable, sustainable success. The FMCG industry…

03 Sep

Colgate launches new campaign

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In its continuous endeavor to Keep India Smiling, Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited, the market leader in oral care, recently launched a new communication under its ‘Smile karo aur shuru ho jao’ campaign. The new film inspires people to use the lockdown as a moment for reassessment and start challenging journeys with optimism. The story reveals the journey of an elderly woman whose heightened loneliness during the lockdown propels her to take charge of her life with a decision to find companionship. The narrative describes her experience of overcoming inhibitions and fear of social judgment, leading us to witness a pivotal moment…

02 Sep

Indus Towers provided 90% network coverage in Sikkim during the lockdown

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Supporting the country’s fight against COVID-19 as a committed partner, Indus Towers has been working relentlessly in Sikkim ensuring an average uptime of 90% during the lockdown period and the following months. While adhering to social distancing norms, Indus Towers is playing a crucial role in keeping the 164 mobile towers and 319 tenancies operating and enabling seamless connectivity across the state especially during the period of lockdown. With towers even in high altitude places such as Lachung and Lachen which supported the local administration with essential services as well as the general public. Going above and beyond, field personnel…

01 Sep

BKT Tires collaborates with 6 teams for T-20 League

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Balkrishna Industries Limited (BKT Tires), the Indian multinational group and global player in the Off-Highway tire market has announced that it will be sponsoring six teams in the upcoming T-20 league for Season 2020. The teams are - Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab. The company has already been promoting this sport by supporting the KFC Big Bash League (BBL) based on an agreement with Cricket Australia. Whether it is about cricket, football, or the amazing stunts at Monster Jam – BKT loves the sport because it fully reflects its…

01 Sep

GST compensation CRISIS: State govts ask Centre to borrow and pay

editor0 CommentsBusinessCENTREGOVERNMENT, FINANCE, financeminister, GST, Indian government

Terming the two options proposed by the Union government as“unconstitutional,” “illegal” and “a betrayal of the spirit ofcooperative federalism,” key opposition-ruled states pressed theCentre to borrow in order to compensate states for the entire goodsand services tax (GST) shortfall ‘regardless of Act of God’.While six states – Kerala, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Punjaband West Bengal – huddled over a video-conference meeting onMonday to thrash out a strategy to take on the Union government,some states separately shot off letters to the Centre, expressingdisapproval of putting the onus of borrowings on states.The finance ministry on Saturday officially communicated the finerdetails of the two…

01 Sep

Q1 GDP data: Employment-creating sectors get hit drastically

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The April-June quarter GDP data, released on Monday, showed thedeepest damage in the employment-creating sectors, likeconstruction and manufacturing. This comes at a time the Centreand the Finance Ministry are talking about green shoots in theeconomy. According to the data released by the National Statistical Office, theconstruction sector fell a staggering 50.3 per cent, whilemanufacturing sector contracted by 39.3 per cent, at constantprices. Almost all the major sub-sectors reported a contraction, withconstruction activities, manufacturing sector and trade, hotels, andtransport in the services sector being hit the worst hit. Thecontraction in some services is large, and as these continue to beunder restricted…

31 Aug

Jio Fiber broadband new plans

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The Reliance Jio company has revamped its Jio Fiber broadband plans to make the service more enticing for the customers. The new Jio Fiber plans are priced starting just Rs. 399/month. Not only this JioFiber is also available on a no-condition 30-day free trial as well for new users. Jio says that these plans will have symmetric speed, that means download speed will be equal to upload speed, something that wasn't the case before. As part of the trial period, new JioFiber customers will get 150 Mbps internet speeds, 4K Set-Top Box with access to top 10 paid OTT apps…

31 Aug

JSW Group’s new initiative – JSW One

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JSW Group has presence in Steel, Cement & Paints business in India. Now, the Group is combining its distribution and supply chain expertise across the Steel & Cement businesses under an integrated JSW One initiative. All these three products have a common set of customers as they are essential in building a home. In order to reach out to these consumers & channel partners, an integrated effort is being mobilized through this unique initiative. JSW One enables the JSW Group to become a one-stop-solution for the consumer’s home-building requirements as well as benefit from the synergistic advantages of customer overlaps…