Archives July 2023

Prayagraj, 10th July 2023 Makoons Play School in George Town Prayagraj, is pleased to announce that they completed their one year. Recently, the school celebrated their first Anniversary with the entire staff and students. They celebrated the day with a cake-cutting ceremony and conducted various fun activities for the students.

The cake was decorated with various decorations, such as candies, chocolates, toys, and so much more. The aim was to celebrate among the children and make it a fun experience for them. The teachers also conducted fun games for the students, such as Lego building, block building, sand play, and much more. To make their day even more exciting, they recited nursery rhymes and distributed gifts to students.

Mr Vijay Kumar Aggarwal, CEO & Co-Founder at Makoons Play School said, “It gives me immense happiness in making sure that my children are constantly learning while also enjoying themselves. It not only reduces any form of stress but also makes them alert and aware. He also added, “Children truly grow and learn when we give them the chance of opening up and learning whenever they can. When we celebrate even the little milestones, it acts as motivation to only do better and keep improving.”

To add to this, Mr Abhinav, Director at Makoons Play School, George Town Branch said, “I truly agree to this. In my personal experience, when we as teachers have celebrated the little milestones, students in our branch have improved and are now more eager to learn. A child-centric approach allows the child to bloom into their full potential and become the leaders they are meant to be.”

Makoons is India’s fastest-growing preschool that focuses on not just academics but the overall development of its children. At Makoons Play School, their curriculum revolves around the idea that each child is unique. Their aim is to meet each child’s developmental, social, emotional, intellectual, and educational needs. It is the foundation that needs to be solid so that the child can take on the future challenges of primary schooling. Their Program is developed for the overall development of children with methods and techniques never used before in preschool education.

Audience tout Kiara Advani as the soul of Satyaprem Ki Katha; hailed amongst the best actors in the industry

With the cinematic triumph of Satyaprem Ki Katha, Kiara Advani is rising to the top position with her standout performance.

The story of the film is based on a relevant and sensitive subject that Kiara enhances with her stellar performance becoming the voice for women. Social media is ablaze with messages from cinephiles across quarters applauding the actor for having the sensibility and courage to portray the truth with so much soul.

Applauding the acting prowess of Kiara, netizens couldn’t stop praising the emotional scenes,
Resonating with Kiara’s character through her emotional portrayal, a user wrote, “Katha is an emotion. my heart went out to her, I felt so anxious watching her carry that heavy burden, her body language was uneasy and she was continuously fidgeting, hiding from everyone and herself.

Another user complimented the actress saying, “It’s not every day that we get to see mainstream actors take on such roles. @advani_kiara, kudos to you for your sensitive, nuanced portrayal of Katha!
Lovely to see you shine brighter with every film. You’ve set a new precedent. More power to you!
#SatyaPremKiKatha”

One more fan said, “#KiaraAdvani take a bow girl. From considering herself a victim to holding d sword n shield & getting ready to fight, development of Katha’s character, and the way u owned it all. From d grace to those panic attacks, its just u, who aced Katha soo beautifully
#SatyaPremKiKatha.”

A true admirer of Kiara wrote, “#KiaraAdvani ‘s Katha refuses to leave me & it is Kiara’s performance that did the trick. It is a deeply touching performance & has registered Kiara among the leagues of the best we have right now in #Bollywood.
She acted like a pro. I have been a huge fan since #MSDhoni S.”

A user wrote, “it really takes a lot of courage to play a character like katha, on this sensitive topic & @advani_kiara you did complete justice to this character! I hope after this all the Kathas out there get the strength to become the hero of their life!

Complimenting Kiara Advani’s skills, one user wrote, “The thing about her that amazes me is her eyes make u feel her emotions make u feel pain & u will start crying when she cries u instantly feel a connection to her character for real
I feel so proud & happy seeing the growth of Kiara Advani as an actor
Thank you for choosing Katha ”

Particularly highlighting a scene, one user said, “Just watched #SatyaPremKiKatha. Performances were spectacular from everyone – but extra credit to Kiara. Her panic attack scene was fantastic and got me emotional. This was truly HER film and I’m so happy she got to shine! #KiaraAdvani #KartikAaryan @advani_kiara”

One more user wrote, “Kiaraadvani as katha left me genuinely speechless the change of expressions and the way she expressed so many emotions throughout the movie even tho her character was so complex is just applause worthy outstanding performance.”

At the top of her game, Kiara Advani enjoys a consecutive streak of successes and impressive performances one after the other.

Known to be a director’s actor, Kiara has become a directors favourite, and her huge fan base translates into packed audiences at the theatres making her every producer’s delight. Being the crowd puller, Kiara Advani has developed a confidence amongst the audience to deliver quality content owing to her impeccable choice of films along with extraordinary performances. Presenting stories that are not just entertaining but also ones that strike a chord with the audience, Kiara has been growing her fan base with each film.

The actor par excellence has been setting new benchmarks for herself as well as others with every character she plays. Proving her versatility, Kiara skilfully gets into the skin of her every character, excelling every role she takes up.

Touted as the Queen of romance, Kiara is winning hearts of the audience with her compelling performances, especially mastering the emotionally intense scenes.

Rising above and beyond, Kiara Advani has recently made headlines with updates of her upcoming projects which include some of the most awaited and anticipated films of the near future.

New Delhi, 8th July 2023: In the last couple of months, Check Point Research (CPR) has been tracking the activity of a Chinese threat actor targeting foreign and domestic policy entities as well as embassies in Europe. Combined with other Chinese-based groups’ activity previously reported by Check Point Research, this represents a larger trend within the Chinese ecosystem, pointing to a shift in target towards European entities, with a focus on their foreign policy. In this campaign, apart from the UK, most of the targeted countries are Eastern Europe countries like Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, and as per our assessment, the goal of the campaign is to get ahold of sensitive information on the foreign policies of those countries.

The activity described in this report, utilizes HTML Smuggling to target foreign policy entities in Europe, focusing on Eastern Europe. HTML Smuggling is a technique in which attackers hide malicious payloads inside HTML documents.

This specific campaign has been active since at least December 2022 and is likely a direct continuation of a previously reported campaign attributed to RedDelta (and to the Mustang Panda group to some extent).

The campaign uses new delivery methods to deploy (most notably – HTML Smuggling) a new variant of PlugX, an implant commonly associated with a wide variety of Chinese threat actors. Although the payload itself remains similar to the one found in older PlugX variants, its delivery methods result in low detection rates and ‘successful’ evasions, which until recently helped the campaign fly under the radar.

The way HTML Smuggling is utilized in the SmugX email campaign results in the download of either a JavaScript or a ZIP file. This leads to a long infection chain which results in PlugX infection of the victim.

Lures & Targets

The lure themes identified by our team are heavily focused on European domestic and foreign policies-governmental entities, and were used to target mostly governmental entities in Eastern and Central Europe. However, other western European countries were also referenced in the lures.

The majority of the documents contained diplomatic-related content. In more than one case, the content was directly related to China and human rights in China.

In addition, the names of the archived files themselves strongly suggest that the intended victims were diplomats and public servants in these government entities. Here are a few examples of the names we identified:

• Draft Prague Process Action Plan_SOM_EN
•  2262_3_PrepCom_Proposal_next_meeting_26_April
•  Comments FRANCE – EU-CELAC Summit – May 4
•  202305 Indicative Planning RELEX
•  China jails two human rights lawyers for Subversion

Conclusion

In this research, we analyzed a recent campaign which is highlighting the Chinese APT’s shift to persistent targeting of European government entities. We identified multiple infection chains that employ the HTML Smuggling technique which leads to the deployment of the PlugX payload.

The campaign, dubbed ‘SmugX’, signifies a part of a larger trend we are seeing of Chinese threat actors shifting their focus to European entities, governmental ones in particular.

CPR will continue monitoring the trends and will further report accordingly.

Check Point Software Customers remain protected against the threat described in this research.
Check Point Threat Emulation and Harmony Endpoint provide comprehensive coverage of attack tactics, file-types, and operating systems and is protecting against the type of attacks and threats described in this report.

Check Point Threat Emulation:

•  APT.Wins.MustangPanda.AP

Harmony End Point

•  APT.Win.PlugX.O
•  APT.Win.PlugX.Q
•  APT.Win.PlugX.R

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has set its sights on leading innovation in Europe by building a next-generation smart manufacturing and technology hub in Tallinn, Estonia. The new facility, a green field investment valued at about EUR 155 million (USD 169 million), has sustainability and operational efficiency top of mind.

The plan is to consolidate all of Ericsson’s operations in Estonia into a single, state-of-the art, 50,000 sq m smart hub that comprises test labs, warehouses, production lines, and offices. It will be used for co-developing cellular ecosystems and production techniques mainly with customers and partners in Europe but with global impact on industrialization for volume production. By establishing this European hub, Ericsson will enable a symbiotic relationship between its established R&D in Sweden and manufacturing, where product innovation extends into production and vice versa.

As a first step towards this goal Ericsson, through its Estonian affiliate, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire property to build this smart hub with the transaction expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024, subject to agreed conditions.

The fully connected hub will be located inÜlemiste City in Tallinn, the largest business park and future-oriented urban area in the Baltics. The new European hub is expected to be operational in early 2026, with Ericsson’s ambitions of it becoming LEED* Gold-certified during the same year.

Fredrik Jejdling, Executive Vice President and Head of Networks, Ericsson, says: “This move is in line with Ericsson’s long-term strategy for a more resilient and sustainable supply chain, significantly reducing our carbon footprint and harnessing the power of 5G for smart manufacturing. Our entire production landscape globally is being digitalized and, as we have done in the U.S., this will strengthen the link between our R&D and new product introduction to ensure every product we manufacture not only benefits our customers but are also produced with as low environmental impact as possible.”

The new European hub is expected to reduce its carbon emissions by up to 70 percent compared to all four existing facilities in Tallinn. It will support Ericsson’s 2030 target to be Net Zero in its own operations through highly sustainable and energy-efficient design including the use of low embodied carbon wooden glulam beams, ensuring structural strength while minimizing environmental impact, and a solar farm on the roof.

Ericsson is also supporting communications service providers (CSPs) in their Net Zero journeys with the most energy-efficient portfolio in the market. By upgrading existing 4G sites to 5G, CSPs can increase their network capacity by up to 10 times while reducing energy consumption by more than 30 percent.

“We are committed to being at the forefront of sustainable operations in Europe as we revolutionize our manufacturing process jointly with our partners and customers, and support the scale up of 5G deployment,” Jejdling says. “This smart hub will be powered 100 percent by renewable electricity and built with optimal efficiency through AI, machine learning, robotics, and other advanced Industry 4.0 technologies. In addition, we aim to attract local and European talent by creating an environment that fosters collaboration, innovation, employee wellbeing, diversity, and inclusion.”

Ericsson has currently more than 2,200 employees in Estonia, including engineers and experts in AI and machine learning. The existing factory plays a strategic role in Ericsson’s global supply footprint, accounting for more than 40 percent of the industrialization of Ericsson 5G products.

TiitRiisalo, Minister of Economic Affairs and Information Technology of Estonia, says: “Ericsson’s decision to establish a high-tech, smart manufacturing and technology hub in the forward-looking Ülemiste City, stands as a prime illustration of the economy’s next generation for Estonia. It serves as a concrete demonstration of Estonia’s commitment to the green transition, our robust ties to emerging technologies, and the creation of an ecosystem that fosters innovation for other companies as well.”

Gurugram, India, 8th July 2023: Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. (Sona Comstar), one of the leading global providers of automotive technology solutions, has achieved the cumulative production milestone of 5 million differential assemblies. Sona Comstar is the leading global supplier of driveline solutions for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV), Passenger Vehicles, Commercial Vehicles and off-highway vehicles and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of differential assemblies for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV).

Sona Comstar started manufacturing differential assemblies at our Gurgaon plant in 2008, extended production to our Pune plant in 2014, and commenced production at our state-of-the-art plant in Manesar in 2019. The company crossed the production milestone of 1 million differential assemblies in 2017 and achieved the 2 million mark in 2020. From there, we reached the 5 million differential assemblies production milestone in less than three years, reflecting the company’s strong growth. This outstanding achievement is the result of our customers’ trust, our suppliers’ support and the efforts of our people.

Sona Comstar designs and manufactures differential assemblies and other driveline parts for electric vehicles across various segments, such as passenger, commercial, and off-highway vehicles. Backed by our R&D and engineering capabilities, we are committed to innovating and supplying cutting-edge technologies to our discerning customers. From our plants in India, Sona Comstar serves seven of the world’s top-10 PV OEMs, three of the world’s top-10 CV OEMs, seven of the world’s top-10 tractor OEMs, five of the world’s top-15 EV OEMs and four of the top-15 Indian e2Ws OEMs.

The company expresses gratitude to its customers for their faith in its products, which encourages us to innovate and enables our growth. The company is committed to offering cutting-edge products to its customers to enable faster adoption of greener and safer mobility in India and globally.

Management Comment

Mr V. Vikram Verma, CEO of Sona Comstar’s Driveline business, said, ” We are delighted to reach this milestone of 5 million differential assemblies, which reflects our commitment to technology, innovation, quality and customer satisfaction. I congratulate my team on this achievement and thank our customers for their continued trust in our products. Engineering excellence and innovation are at our company’s core, and we always strive to innovate and solve complex engineering problems for our customers worldwide. As the automotive industry undergoes a structural transformation towards electrification and automation, we are well-positioned to leverage our engineering capabilities to cater to the market’s evolving needs.”

India, 8th July 2023:Indians living abroad have always built wealth during the prime of their life, in preparation to return home financially more stableafterretirement. It is, however, not uncommon for manyof these ‘NRIs’ to get lucky and win sizableprizes while abroad in the Gulf countries, substantially advancing their financial freedom targets.

Known to be the land of opportunities, the UAE, namely Dubai, is no different, particularly thanks toMahzooz, the country’s leading weekly draw that has changed thousands of lives around the world through its generous weekly prizes and community outreach. Among the many winners whose lives have completely changed, are over 100,000 Indians who took home over INR 310 crore in prize money over the past two years.

Offering equal chances to all participants in its fair, transparent, and generous weekly draws, Mahzooz, Arabic for “lucky”, continues to showcase the UAE as a land where dreams can be fulfilled. For the 100,000 Indians who were fortunate with Mahzooz, it has always been a true game-changer, especially for 17 Indian expats who became multi-millionaires, after winning top prizes ranging between INR 2 crore to INR 44 crores.

These winners come from many different walks of life, such as Dali, the mechanical engineer who won INR 44 crorein the 102nd draw and 25-year-old farmer turned laborer, Thinakar who won INR 22 crore In his first attempt in 2022 at the 57th draw.

How does it feel to become a millionaire overnight? Dalip shares this inspiring story of his win saying: “I had goosebumps when I received the email from Mahzooz on that memorable night. With the sizable prize money, I have been able to pursue all the aspirations for my family while investing back in my home country”. Dalip’s greatest desire was to retire and reside in a state-of-the-art house in India and he has been able to fulfil this dream for him and his family members through Mahzooz.

Mahzooz’s 21st multi-millionaire, Thinakar’s massive windfall with Mahzooz has dwarfed his debt problems so much so that he has decided to reunite with his family and asked his eldest sibling working in Saudi Arabia to move home to jointly run a business and cultivate their land. “The largest sum of money I had seen until I won Mahzooz was INR 20 thousand. Only because of Mahzooz I now have 10,000 times that amount” says the youngest of three brothers.Thinakar shoulders the responsibility of educating underprivileged children in India and has used a major chunk of his windfall to improve the school facilities in his village: “I was never a studious person, but I know that good education can open windows of opportunities. I wa Mahzooz s able to come to the UAE only because I finished 12th grade and completed a vocational course”.

Pan India release, 08 July 2023: Mahindra Group has unveiled the much-awaited Cultural Events Calendar for the year 2023-24. From rock music, to performing and visual arts, to poetry and crafts, these incredibly enriching and impactful events are a true celebration of Indian culture and communities that aim to ignite a vibrant cultural exchange and create a magnetic pull for artists from across the world while prioritising millennial engagement.

Mahindra Group is a key player in the Indian live entertainment industry, known to host some of the most talked about events in the country. It has played a pivotal role in keeping the Indian cultural legacy alive across the globe with its tastefully curated events. Through time, these exclusive festivals with a strategic purpose have grown manifold in aspects of scale, footfalls and geographic locations, and have positively impacted the brand, its stakeholders and various art forms of traditional and contemporary India – leaving an indelible impression on its audiences.

And fuelled by this remarkable success, the Mahindra Group seeks to add greater impetus in enabling a spectrum of diverse audiences on an artistic discovery across North and South India via its cultural outreach initiatives.

Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) is the only national level recognition in the field of theatre; Mahindra Blues Festival – the biggest blues festival in Asia – has hosted worldwide legends like Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, Johnny Lang, Popa Chubby, Jimmy Thackery and the likes. The Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival launched in 2010 as a showcase of craft traditions, involving master craftsmen from the regions, has over the years transformed into a resplendent concoction of art, music, theatre, literature, dance, heritage, experiential exhibitions, and cuisine, in a grandeur intrinsic to Awadh. Mahindra Kabira Festival brings together the leading exponents of classical, folk and Sufi music and evocative poetry recitals, intending to be a beacon of love and hope in the Poet’s place of birth, while promoting the city’s cultural heritage.

In 2022-23, Mahindra Group resurrected the iconic Independence Rock fest which unfolded to be a roaring celebration of the genre, and also launched two new IPs – Mahindra Roots and Mahindra Percussion, all with an aim to offer a comprehensive symphonious experience comprising poetry, rock, classical, and folk music in multilingual forms. These powerful events together showcase artists and performances that strike a chord with everyone, particularly with millennials to strengthen their cross-cultural understanding and facilitate cultural preservation.

Mahindra Group’s much-loved series of live events 2023-24 that form its Cultural Outreach initiative will yet again serve as a catalyst to preserving India’s traditions while ensuring that these cultural practices continue to flourish in the modern world.

Jay Shah, Vice President – Cultural Outreach at Mahindra Group, said, “People make culture, just as culture makes people. India’s culture is a melting pot of diversity, steeped in rich history and heritage, and infused with numerous art forms, dialects and languages, creating a fertile ground for artistic exchange. Our Cultural Outreach Initiative is meant to bring communities together and promote the many aspects of the Indian cultural landscape that remain unexplored, particularly from the lens of the youth. After prospering for centuries many arts are now fighting for survival, many are struggling for mere acknowledgement. In the face of modernization and changing societal values, preserving these artistic traditions becomes imperative to safeguarding India’s cultural identity. The endeavour is to present these dwindling art forms in a modernized fashion to millennials, bring in relevance and reignite the affinity for them. We achieved this to a great extent through the Kabira, Sanatkada and Roots festivals last year. And so, we are thrilled to announce another year of power-packed cultural festivals and we hope it will drum up similar support and a loyal following for the years to come.”

Listed below are the upcoming programs that promise to take fans on a soulful, artistic journey with an element of discovery, making the fests the beating heart of Indian arts and culture.

Mahindra Independence Rock Festival (4th & 5th November 2023): The rock festival was initiated to revive the rock scene in India through music alone besides providing the young independent rock musicians with a creative platform to express non-conformist ideas, freedom of speech, inclusivity, and equality.

Mahindra Kabira Festival (15th – 17th December 2023): The Mahindra Kabira Festival is held annually on the historic ghats of Varanasi with an aim to unleash the mystic melodies and artistic vibes of the Poet-Saint Kabir and convey the essence of Kabir’s philosophy to new-age audiences.

Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival (2nd – 6th February 2024): The Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival is an annual five-day affair dedicated to a beautiful slice of Awadh’s syncretic culture.

Mahindra Blues Festival (10th & 11th February 2024): Asia’s largest Blues festival, and emerging as an iconic Western music event that has now embedded itself in the cultural tapestry of Mumbai by continuously showcasing the world’s biggest blues names at Mehboob Studios.

Mahindra Roots Festival (24th & 25th February 2024): Mahindra Roots Festival which made its debut this year, aims to revive and showcase India’s multifaceted cultural roots embedded in performing and visual arts while enabling young minds to rise from their roots. The festival spans theatre performances, tribal music forms, immersive storytelling, folk music, classical music and poetry in multiple languages to bring millennial and Gen Z audiences closer to a melting pot of voices and art intrinsic to the pulse of India’s cultural matrix.

Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards Festival (14th-20th March 2024): The META Awards has been serving as a platform that has levelled unknown theatre companies on the same stage with well-known ones. By far, the platform has presented over 100 theatrical masterpieces from all over India and is referred to as an institution that recognises, nurtures and promotes great theatre.

Mahindra Percussion Festival (23rd March 2024): The festival is a first-of-its-kind platform that traverses various music genres, led by resounding percussion beats while celebrating the heartbeat of music. Intending to democratise various art forms and with artists breaking creative boundaries, the Mahindra Percussion Festival evokes a celebration of rhythm that deeply stirs human emotions, creating a world-class cultural experience.

Over the years, the overwhelmingly positive reaction that these initiatives have received shows that Mahindra Group is fiercely committed and successful when it comes to the support and patronage of the arts. Recognizing India’s penchant for extraordinary experiences, several companies have joined forces with Mahindra, including Hyperlink Brand Solutions which has conceptualised and executed four of the seven cultural events (I-Rock, MBF, MRF and MPF). The Cultural Outreach programme is designed for the long term and also amalgamated with philanthropic endeavours, much in tandem with Mahindra’s Rise philosophy, one that ultimately seeks to create a positive impact for the community, the brand and Indian arts & culture.

Hyderabad, 8th July 2023.. The Association of Corrugated Case of Telangana (ACCT), the trade body of the corrugated packaging industry in Telangana today inaugurated its 2day Corrupack Summit-2023 at Hotel Grand Kakatiya.

The CorruPack Summit 2023 is an exhibition and conference dedicated to corrugated packaging. It brings together corrugated box manufacturers from all over India, Mr ML Agarwal, Vice-Chairman, International Corrugated Case Association addressing a press conference.

This event is also an important milestone in the history of Corrugated Box Manufacturers of Telangana because among other things that will be finalized are arrangements for the International Corrugated Summit of ICCA (International Corrugated Case Association) in Hyderabad. It is decided that Hyderabad will be the host. And it will be held in January 2027. The arrangements for the same will be fine-tuned during this Corrupack Summit, he said.

The ICCA Global Summit 2027 is the world’s biggest meeting of Corrugated Box Manufacturers. It is coming to India for the first time. It is a biennial conference where professionals from all over the world converge for the common good.

ICCA Global Summit 2027 is a unique event with 3 big events running concurrently. Besides this summit, FCBM CorruPack Summit 2027 and Corrugated Exhibition 2027 will be held simultaneously. Over 500 International and 2000 national delegates are expected to attend.

It is pertinent to point out that the ICCA Global Summit 2023 and Board meeting was held at Mountain Resort Banff, Canada last month and the city’s industrialist M L Agarwal, who is the Past President of FCBM and also Past President of FTCCI took over as Vice chairman of ICCA. He will become Chairman in 2025. This is a unique honour for FCBM and India.

Giving an overview of the industry, Mr ML Agarwal said, Corrugated packaging industry is growing at a handsome pace in India principally due to increasing demand for consumer products and also an increase in e-commerce. The expected rate of growth in corrugated packaging is well above the GDP and is projected currently at 10% per annum. This growth rate is expected to sustain for the next few years aided by strong macroeconomic conditions. The market size currently stands at 10-11 Million tons per annum.

The market size of the Indian Corrugated Industry is Rs 50,000 crore per annum.

The capacity of the industry in Telugu states is half a million tonnes. And the size is Rs 2500 crore. Telangana industry is expected growth by 15% per annum which is slightly higher than the national average, said Mr ML Agarwal

Speaking of the problems confronting the Indian corrugated packaging industry is the paper. The quality of the pager is very bad. It doesn’t have much fibre content in it. More fibre, more strength to the box he said. India is the largest importer of waste paper. Even the price of the paper is higher in India.

Followed by a press conference a Tabletop Exhibition was inaugurated by FCBM President Mr. Vineet Jain from Indore. It is an exhibition with over 20 exhibitors showcasing various products and services used for the manufacture of corrugated boxes that’s being organized that’s part of the event. Over 100 delegates from across India have registered to attend. In addition, 100 local corrugated box manufacturers are also participating.

The managing committee of FCBM (Federation of Corrugated Box Manufacturers) is also being hosted. FCBM is the premier national body taking care of the interest of corrugated box manufacturers.

8th July 2023, Mumbai: Caprese, a premier women’s affordable luxury handbags and accessories brand, recently hosted the “Fashion Fete” to celebrate its latest iconic ‘Emily in Paris’ collection in collaboration with Viacom18. The beautiful and fashion-forward evening introduced and showcased the exquisite limited edition collection of handbags that reflected the essence of beauty, flair, and Parisian charm. The special event took place at the Novotel Mumbai International Airport last weekend, on 1st July 2023.

Caprese’s Fashion Fete was an evening of pure elegance and glamour and witnessed the presence of renowned personalities – from influential fashion icons, actors and stylists to industry pioneers from the fashion and luxury industry who added a touch of sophistication to the event. These include Aastha Sharma, Clint Fernandes, Radhika Bangia, Poppy Jabbal, Shenaz Treasury, Sonnalli Seygall, Malini Agarwal aka MissMalini, amongst many others.

The event created a perfect Emily in Paris experience in India through the lens of Caprese and its web-series-inspired collection, transporting the guests to the fashionable streets of Paris. And what truly evoked the spirit of the glamorous French capital was the captivating decor of the venue as well as the guests in the Emily in Paris-themed outfits. Furthermore, Caprese’s Fashion Fete also hosted installations inspired by the iconic elements of the web series and Instagrammable photo-ops displaying Caprese’s ‘Emily in Paris’ collection of handbags which saw the guests immerse in the style and glamour of the characters from the web series coming alive outside their TV screens.

Pushpita Gaur, Business Head at Caprese, commented, “As we unveiled the limited edition collection inspired by Emily in Paris, we invited fashion enthusiasts to embark on a journey of creativity, elegance, and self-discovery. This event signifies our commitment to continue pushing boundaries and redefining the fashion landscape. We envision a world where every individual embraces their unique style and embraces the transformative power of fashion to express themselves confidently.”

She further added, “We are deeply grateful for the overwhelming support and participation of our esteemed guests, whose presence and enthusiasm elevated the ambience of the Fashion Fete to new heights. Their unwavering passion for fashion and commitment to celebrating creativity and innovation was truly inspiring.”

The experiential evening served as an exceptional platform for networking, collaboration, and exchange of ideas, fostering meaningful connections among the fashion community. And the vibrant energy and positive spirit further showcased the shared love and admiration for the exquisite artistry and captivating designs of Caprese.

New Delhi, 8th July 2023 SOMANY Ceramics, a leading name in the tiles and ceramics industry, has been awarded with Superbrands status 2023-24 for its VC-Shield Tiles. The selection process involved a comprehensive voting system in which 23,859 consumers voted for SOMANY’s VC shield tiles.

SOMANY’s VC Shield Tiles joining the Superbrands club endorses their 50-year legacy of exceptional quality and trust. The patented VC Shield Hard Coat Technology is India’s only patented innovation in the tiles segment, providing abrasion resistance and durability. These tiles outperform PEI Grade V tiles, enduring 50,000 revolutions, making them practically abrasion-proof. The patented protective coating preserves the color, design, and finish of each tile, ensuring longevity and visual appeal. Accredited by The American Ceramic Society, Somany’s VC Shield Technology has earned trust from prestigious clients worldwide.

Abhishek Somany, the MD & CEO of SOMANY Ceramics, expressed his delight on this achievement, stating, “We are honored to accept the Superbrands status. This distinguished recognition reflects the unwavering dedication and commitment of our entire team in crafting products that embody distinctive quality and innovation. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our valued customers for their continued trust and support, which has propelled us to reach this milestone. This accolade serves as a powerful catalyst, inspiring us to persistently surpass expectations and consistently deliver excellence.”

Superbrands, a globally renowned organization present in 90 countries, it is dedicated to acknowledging, showcasing, and paying tribute to the best brands in each country. The Superbrands status has gained significant recognition and is seen as a symbol of excellence. It celebrates the relentless efforts of brand custodians in building strong consumer perceptions, enabling brands to withstand the challenges posed by fluctuating economic conditions.