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Registration Open for 3rd Edition of HCL Jigsaw
25 Apr

Registration Open for 3rd Edition of HCL Jigsaw

Business CorrespondentNorth East,
A US $11.2 billion global conglomerate HCL announced that registrations are now open for the third edition of HCL Jigsaw- India’s premier critical reasoning platform. It is aimed at building a community of young problem-solvers by identifying and awarding India’s Top Young Problem Solvers through a multi-layered evaluation process.HCL Jigsaw assesses school students in grades 6 to 9 on key 21st-century skills including research, critical thinking and communication. It will assess participating students on 10 parameters under three primary attributes such as research skills, communication process and thinking critically. It will include three assessment stages—qualifiers round, semifinals and finals. Over…
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Celebration of Earth Day with a Digital Forest in the Metaverse
24 Apr

Celebration of Earth Day with a Digital Forest in the Metaverse

Business CorrespondentBusiness, world, ,
Earth Day is being celebrated by Metaverse with AqarChain’s AqarLand and India’s ‘Forest Man’. Noteworthy, Earth Day started in 1970. AqarLand, a Virtual Land Metaverse with an NFT Marketplace, part of AqarChain the pioneer in Fractionalizing NFT of real world real estate assets, is working to bridge the physical environment with the metaverse in an effort to help reforestation and restoration of lands by planting trees in a Digital Forest. AqarChain is partnering with Jadav Payeng, known as the forest man of India, who spent his entire life single handedly erecting a forest, the Molai Forest. The Forest now houses…
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Flipkart’s first Grocery Fulfillment Center in Guwahati
22 Apr

Flipkart’s first Grocery Fulfillment Center in Guwahati

Business CorrespondentAssam, Business, ,
Aiming to enable the consumers to online shopping and get doorstep delivery of groceries, Flipkart has launched its first grocery fulfillment center in the northeast region. Consistent with Flipkart’s people-centric approach and commitment to strengthening diversity and inclusion in its supply chain operations, this is Flipkart’s second facility in India, after Coimbatore, which is almost entirely run by women. The center will cater to the grocery needs of customers in over 800 PIN codes across Guwahati and the neighboring cities and towns including Agartala, Aizawl, Darjeeling, Dibrugarh, Imphal, Kohima, and Shillong. Located in Palasbari (near Guwahati, Assam), this facility will…
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Senco ropes in Madhumita and Sunita, as its regional brand ambassadors
22 Apr

Senco ropes in Madhumita and Sunita, as its regional brand ambassadors

Business CorrespondentBusiness, ,
As part of its ‘Hyperlocal’ approach, Senco Gold and Diamonds has chosen renowned Bengali actress Madhumita Sarcar and popular Assamese actress and dancer, Sunita Kaushik as its regional brand ambassadors, to establish a deeper customer connect and enhance the visibility of the brand in east and north-eastern regions. Kiara Advani is Senco’s brand ambassador since October 2021. While Madhumita Sarcar of ‘Bojhena Se Bojhena’ fame will promote the brand in West Bengal through a campaign which will go live on the occasion of Poila Boisakh, Sunita Kaushik will portray the legacy of the brand and its wide range of exquisite…
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Britannia 50-50 Golmaal, with Sabyasachi & Anirban
21 Apr

Britannia 50-50 Golmaal, with Sabyasachi & Anirban

Business CorrespondentBusiness, , ,
50-50 Golmaal - Britannia Industries Limited launched this product exclusively in West Bengal with renowned actors, Sabyasachi Chakraborty & Anirban Bhattacharya. The 50-50 Golmaal launch comes on the back of extensive research done by the Company, on the favourite flavours and spices consumed in households in West Bengal. Kala Jeera with a dash of sugar crystals made the winning combination. Britannia 50-50 Golmaal is a light and melt-in-mouth cracker, with West Bengal’s favourite spice Kaalo Jeera (Black cumin) as the key ingredient. Britannia 5050 Golmaal is piced at Rs 25 for 200gm. The brand collaborated with Sabyasachi Chakraborty & Anirban…
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Students awarded at India’s First JuniorSkills Championship
19 Apr

Students awarded at India’s First JuniorSkills Championship

Business CorrespondentBusiness, Education,
The country’s first championship for school students JuniorSkills 2021 ended on a high note in the capital as the Additional Secretary of MSDE Mr. Atul Kumar Tiwari felicitated more than 60 winners with cash prizes, certificates, and medals. The Championship is India’s skill competition for school students, launched in partnership with CBSE.Gold medal winners will get an opportunity to travel to Shanghai in October 2022 to experience from close quarters the WorldSkills Competition where different countries participate for the ultimate recognition in skills. It was announced that the second edition of JuniorSkills will be renamed IndiaSkills Junior and a new…
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MSDE completes training of female employees
18 Apr

MSDE completes training of female employees

Business CorrespondentBusiness,
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) organized a five-day-long self-defense workshop for all its women employees, in partnership with the Sports, Physical Education, Fitness, and Leisure Skill Council (SPEFL-SC). The participants were trained in self-defense techniques, mental agility, and being aware of their surroundings to avoid possible danger. More than 50 women employees of the ministry participated in the session, which commenced on March 28, 2022. The main objective of the workshop was to make women mindful of their security and instill confidence to deal with any unforeseen situations. The training modules also taught them to be mentally…
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India Records 975 fresh Covid Cases In 24 Hours
16 Apr

India Records 975 fresh Covid Cases In 24 Hours

editorCovid19
India today recorded 975 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the whole wide variety of coronavirus infections to 4,30,40,947. According to Union Health Ministry, India also reported 4 Covid-related deaths in the remaining 24 hours, taking the whole number fatalities to 5,21,747.The quantity of active cases of COVID-19 presently stands at 11,366. The active cases account for 0.03 per cent of the whole caseload, whilst the national COVID-19 healing charge remained at 98.76 per cent. 796 recoveries in the ultimate 24 hours increases the complete recoveries to 4,25,07,834. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.32 per cent and the weekly positivity…
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Residential prices firm up across top eight cities
10 Apr

Residential prices firm up across top eight cities

Business CorrespondentBusiness,
According to a report by online real estate major PropTiger.com, which is part of REA India that also owns Housing.com & Makaan.com, home sales and new launch numbers have shown a year-on-year growth in the period between January and March, 2022. The report by the Gurgaon-headquartered company shows 70,623 units were sold in Q12022 as compared to 66,176 units sold in Q12021, registering 7% YoY growth. A total of 79,532 units were launched in Q1 2022 as compared to 53,037 units in Q1 2021. Mumbai and Pune had the biggest share in housing sales, with their combined share standing at…
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Amazon Smbhav Summit 2022
09 Apr

Amazon Smbhav Summit 2022

Business CorrespondentBusiness,
Amazon India announced that it will host the third edition of ‘Amazon Smbhav’ on May 18 and 19 this year. The two-day virtual mega summit will bring together policymakers, eminent industry leaders, solution providers, startups and Amazon leadership for invigorating discussions on the best ways to leverage technology to enable digitization and economic progress of lakhs of small local stores and businesses across India. The summit will feature keynotes, panel discussions, master classes, and more on the significance of technology adoption across industries while focusing on key thrust areas like Social Empowerment & Enablement for Inclusive Economic Growth, Innovating for…
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