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01 Feb

Sunstone Eduversity’s “Step Up Scholarship”

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Sunstone Eduversity has announced 1000+ scholarships amounting to INR 5 Crores through its "Step Up Scholarship" program. The program offers an opportunity for students to launch their careers with outcome-oriented and impactful higher education programs. Under this breakthrough initiative, students pursuing or planning to pursue Post Graduate courses (MBA, MCA, and PGDM) are eligible to apply for scholarships up to 100%. As a first step towards availing the Scholarship, aspirants must take the "Step Up Scholarship" test to be conducted on the 5th & 6th of February 2022. The test will entail multiple-choice questions on quantitative and verbal aptitude, psychometric…

01 Feb

Nissan Magnite exports expand to 15 global markets

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Nissan has said that after the successful first year sale of its highly popular Magnite compact SUV, the company has expanded the number of export markets to 15 in total. Magnite, produced at Nissan’s Chennai plant in Tamil Nadu, was launched in December 2020 and has since gone on to achieve 78,000 cumulative customer bookings in India alone, with a further 6,344 shipped overseas. Magnite was the first global product to launch under the Nissan NEXT transformation plan, shifting the company’s focus towards high-demand products that deliver lasting value to the business and to customers. Following the successful introduction of…

31 Jan

Tamil Nadu girl who killed self over ‘conversion’: CBI takes over case

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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday transferred the Lavanya suicide case to the Central Bureau of Investigation after the victim’s parents had filed a petition seeking a CBI probe into the matter. The case was transferred to the CBI on the day when the NCPCR team is visiting Thanjavur to conduct a probe into the case and enquire with officials involved. The NCPCR had earlier alleged that the Tamil Nadu government was not cooperating with the enquiry presided over by their state team and therefore they had to get a team from the Centre to conduct…

31 Jan

Kishan Bharwad murder case: Gujarat ATS arrest cleric from Delhi

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With new developments in the case, the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested a cleric, Maulana Qamar Gani Usmani from New Delhi on Sunday in connection with the killing of Kishan Bharwad, confirmed Imtiaz Sheikh, SP, ATS Gujarat. The Gujarat ATS has arrested a total of six people in this case.30-year-old Kishan Bharwad was murdered in Ahmedabad’s Dhandhuka on Tuesday was allegedly shot dead over a social media post. According to the ATS, the cleric ran an organisation named the Tahreek Farogh-e-Islami and allegedly circulated videos of speeches to instigate youth belonging to the minority community to target those who…

30 Jan

Indian Railway Mall Warehouse Workers Gets Recognition from Government

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After years of tireless efforts and struggle of the Indian Railway Mall Warehouse Workers Union, the Ministry of Labor, Government of India, considering the demands raised by the Union, ordered to register the goods warehouse workers on the e-shram portal. This decision gave the goods warehouse workers of railways an identity all over India. The Indian Railway Goods Warehouse Workers Union held small meetings with railway goods warehouse workers and their families at various places across India from 26 to 28 January 2022 under the COVID-19 guidelines issued by the govt. The workers and their families pointed out certain demands…

29 Jan

Meghalaya Gets a Taste of Oaksmith®

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Beam Suntory, has launched Oaksmith®, India’s first International Blended Whisky in Meghalaya. After a successful launch in December 2019 in Maharashtra and Telangana followed by rapid expansion in West Bengal, Goa, Assam, Chandigarh, UP and Karnataka, the iconic brand is now available in Meghalaya with both blend variants - ‘Oaksmith® Gold’ and ‘Oaksmith® International’. The brand has delivered 300,000 cases since its launch in India. Oaksmith® has been created by world-renowned Shinji Fukuyo, Chief Blender, Suntory, the founding house of Japanese Whiskies – with world-class Japanese craftsmanship, blending high quality Scotch Malt whiskies and smoothest American Bourbons to build a…

29 Jan

7UP® unveils its latest campaign in its ‘Think Fresh’ series

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7UP®, has launched as part of 7UP®’s ‘Think Fresh’ series, is to address everyday curveballs/googlies through a fun and playful attitude. The quirky brand campaign features the much-loved, curly-haired 7UP® mascot Fido Dido who looks at turning life’s googlies into opportunities and encouraging today’s youth to not be frustrated with daily problems. The campaign opens with a man who’s sitting in the ladies’ section of a bus and pretends to fall asleep as soon as he sees a young girl enter the full bus takes a swift swig of 7UP® and comes up with a fresh solution. In a ‘Think…

28 Jan

Honda Grazia125 achieves 2 lac customers’ milestone

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Making deeper inroads into the two-wheeler landscape of eastern India, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India announced that the Sporty Stunning Genius – Grazia125 is now trusted by over 2-lac families in the region. This remarkable feat for Grazia125 is driven by growing demand amongst the youngsters in the eastern states of Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Sikkim, Odisha, Nagaland and Assam.Mr. Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Director - Sales & Marketing, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt Ltd., said, “It is a moment of great pride and a testimony from 2-lac happy & satisfied Grazia125 customers in…

28 Jan

Philippines confirms move to acquire BrahMos cruise missiles in $375 mn deal

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India got its first-ever export order for BrahMos missiles on Friday when the Philippines' Defence Ministry signed USD 374 million contract with BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited to supply an undisclosed number of missiles, military officials said. The BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited, an India-Russian joint venture, produces the cruise missile BrahMos that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or from land platforms. The USD 374 million contract is to supply shore-based anti-ship BrahMos missiles to the Philippines' Navy. In a statement, the defence ministry said, "The BAPL signed a contract with the Department of National Defence of the Republic of…

28 Jan

Sikkim Gets a Taste of Oaksmith®,

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Beam Suntory, has launched Oaksmith®, India’s first International Blended Whisky in Sikkim. After a successful launch in December 2019 in Maharashtra and Telangana followed by rapid expansion in West Bengal, Goa, Assam, Chandigarh, UP and Karnataka, the iconic brand is now available in Sikkim with both blend variants - ‘Oaksmith® Gold’ and ‘Oaksmith® International’. The brand has delivered 300,000 cases since its launch in India. Oaksmith® has been created by world-renowned Shinji Fukuyo, Chief Blender, Suntory, the founding house of Japanese Whiskies – with world-class Japanese craftsmanship, blending high quality Scotch Malt whiskies and smoothest American Bourbons to build a…