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New Delhi, Mar 17: realme, one of the most popular smartphone brands among youth, has announced special offers on its NARZO smartphone lineup as part of the “realme NARZO Power Days,” starting March 17. The limited-period sale gives consumers an opportunity to upgrade to feature-packed smartphones with attractive benefits, coupons, and buyback options, exclusively on Amazon.

The campaign highlights realme’s NARZO series, known for delivering smooth performance, immersive displays, and reliable battery life—making it ideal for users seeking powerful everyday smartphones. With these limited-time offers, customers can explore a wide range of NARZO devices tailored to modern usage needs.

During the sale, customers can avail exciting deals and additional benefits on popular models such as the realme NARZO 90 5G, realme NARZO 90X 5G, and realme NARZO Power 5G. These devices are designed to offer a seamless combination of performance, efficiency, and user-friendly features, catering to both casual and power users.

The “realme NARZO Power Days” campaign aims to make advanced smartphone technology more accessible while enhancing the overall buying experience through exclusive online offers and upgrade opportunities.

The offers will be available for a limited time, encouraging customers to take advantage of the deals and experience realme’s NARZO lineup. Interested buyers can access the offers exclusively on Amazon.

Mar 17: Corporate travel is no longer defined by rushed itineraries and back-to-back meetings. Today, it is evolving into a more thoughtful experience that balances productivity with comfort. As Indian companies expand into new markets, business travel is picking up pace. But with packed schedules, flight changes and tight itineraries, many professionals are finding that work trips can quickly become exhausting rather than productive. As travel increases, expectations are shifting. Today’s business travellers are looking for smoother, more flexible journeys, whether that means easier booking options, the ability to adjust plans on the go or a travel experience that allows them to stay focused and refreshed.

1. Flexibility is Essential
Business travel often requires a degree of flexibility. Meetings run over, schedules shift, and priorities change. Flexible fares and booking options allow companies to adjust plans effortlessly, ensuring travel stays smooth.

2. Supporting Both the Company and the Traveller
As business travel grows, companies are increasingly looking for programmes that offer both convenience and added value. With MHcorporate by Malaysia Airlines, businesses can manage work travel more efficiently while offering employees additional benefits – not only for work trips but also when travelling for leisure with their loved ones. When employees book their personal travel through the portal, companies can also earn Corporate Loyalty Points that can be redeemed for flights across the Malaysia Airlines network. This allows organisations to streamline travel management while rewarding both the business and its employees.

3. Travel Supports Business Growth
For many organisations, travel remains a key driver for building partnerships and expanding into new markets. Strong airline networks and reliable regional connectivity help teams move efficiently across key destinations in Asia-Pacific and beyond. Corporate programmes such as MHcorporate by Malaysia Airlines offer structured benefits while keeping travel simple and manageable.

4. Efficiency Makes a Difference
Time saved during travel can be reinvested into business priorities. Reliable routes, convenient connections and smooth coordination all contribute to a more efficient travel experience. For small and medium-sized businesses in particular, a dependable travel programme helps reduce uncertainty and allows teams to focus on their core work.

5. Smarter Travel Planning
Frequent business travellers are increasingly choosing airline partners based on reliability, connectivity and ease of booking. In response, companies are taking a more strategic approach, prioritising long-term value over one-off bookings.

As business travel continues to grow, companies of all sizes are rethinking how they manage it. Flexible options, clear benefits and strong global connectivity are now central to decision-making. Programmes such as MHcorporate by Malaysia Airlines – offering corporate fare benefits, greater booking flexibility, and access to the airlines’ international network – provide a practical way for companies to manage business travel with greater flexibility and value.

Development Corporation

The board of the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) has approved an investment of ₹25 crore in Raptee Energy under the TIDCO Startup Investment Policy 2025. These investments mark the first deployments under the policy and signal the Government of Tamil Nadu’s decision to directly support high-potential startups emerging from the State’s deep-tech and advanced manufacturing ecosystem.

Approval letters were handed over by TRB Rajaa, Minister for Industries, to Dinesh Arjun, CEO and Co- Founder of Raptee Energy. This investment represents a broader institutional shift led by the Department of Industries to strengthen Tamil Nadu’s startup financing ecosystem. It also reflects the State’s focus on supporting innovative companies in frontier sectors such as electric mobility and advanced technologies. 

Dinesh Arjun, CEO & Co-Founder, Raptee Energy

“Having TIDCO as a direct investor is a historic first for any state in the country, and it provides Raptee with the institutional credibility to compete on a global stage. This milestone would not have been possible without the forward-thinking leadership of the Honourable Chief Minister Thiru MK Stalin and the hands-on encouragement of the Industries Minister Dr. TRB Rajaa. From our early days to this significant backing, the Minister has personally championed our mission, providing the guidance and ecosystem support necessary for a deep-tech startup to thrive. We are proud to be building world-class electric motorcycles in Tamil Nadu, fueled by a government that truly believes in the power of homegrown innovation.” 

TRB Rajaa, Minister for Industries

“Since 2024, we have been working on reimagining TIDCO’s role in the Department of Industries. Making Tamil Nadu a ‘Product Nation’ has been the ambition of the Honourable Chief Minister, and my personal target, for two years. To lay the foundation for that target, we rebranded TIDCO as a ‘Venture Catalyst’ – the first step towards reforming the organisation into a robust investment arm of the government that helps secure the state’s future in sunrise sectors. With these investments, we have opened a brand new chapter

in TIDCO’s journey with the ambition to recreate the success of our early investments, like the one in TITAN, across many more promising startups.” 

Arun Roy, Secretary, Department of Industries

“Under this policy, TIDCO has been authorised to invest up to ₹25 crore in eligible startups across sunrise sectors such as electric vehicles, renewable energy, aerospace and defence, semiconductors, medical electronics, advanced technologies including artificial intelligence, blockchain and quantum computing, agro and food processing, technical textiles and speciality chemicals. The policy enables investments across the startup lifecycle, from early-stage innovation to scale and expansion, ensuring that high-growth Tamil Nadu companies have access to patient capital within the State.”

IMDb (www.imdb.com), the world’s most popular and authoritative source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, presented an IMDb “Fan Favorite” STARmeter Award to Maya Hawke, star of Wishful Thinking, at the Getty Images Portrait Studio Presented by IMDb during SXSW 2026. IMDb STARmeter Awards recognize the stars who are fan favorites on the IMDbPro STARmeter chart, which is determined by the page views of the more than 250 million monthly visitors to IMDb worldwide. 

IMDb presented a “Fan Favorite” STARmeter Award to actor Maya Hawke.  

Hawke consistently ranks in the STARmeter top 100 on IMDbPro and delivers strong chart performance across her projects. Her popularity took off after joining the cast of Netflix’s Stranger Things as Robin Buckley, a sharp, witty, and brave character introduced in Season 3 as a sarcastic Scoops Ahoy employee who quickly became a fan favorite. Set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, the show follows Robin and her fellow heroes as they fight monsters and uncover threats from the Upside Down. Stranger Things has remained one of the most-popular series on IMDb for years. Admiration for her work heightens as she stars in Wishful Thinking, which is premiering at SXSW 2026. This recognition places her among an elite group of previous IMDb STARmeter Award recipients, including her Wishful Thinking co-star, Lewis Pullman, who was the most recent award recipient at Toronto Film Festival in 2025. Learn more about IMDb STARmeter Awards at imdb.com/starmeterawards.  

Maya Hawke accepted the IMDb STARmeter Award today (Mar 13) during a visit to the Getty Images Portrait Studio Presented by IMDb located at the J.W. Marriott, at SXSW 2026. Original IMDb coverage of the festival, including celebrity video interviews and photographs, is available now at https://www.imdb.com/sxsw/.  

Thomson brings over 10 years’ experience in AI technology and strategy from Google, Adobe, and Telstra to one of the industry’s earliest AI-native ad fraud prevention platforms.   

Australia, March 17: TrafficGuard, a leading platform in AI-powered digital ad verification and invalid traffic (IVT) prevention, has appointed Scott Thomson as Head of AI. Thomson will oversee and accelerate the execution and embedment of AI into TrafficGuard’s platform and processes, building on more than eight years of machine learning innovation that has positioned the company at the forefront of ad fraud detection since its founding. He brings over a decade’s worth of experience in technology and AI innovation, having previously worked for Google, Adobe, and Telstra, as well as founding strategic consultancy firm SCRYPTID.   

TrafficGuard was among the first ad verification platforms to deploy machine learning models for real-time invalid traffic detection, processing billions of data points to identify fraud patterns invisible to rules-based systems. That early investment in AI infrastructure now serves as the foundation for the company’s next generation of detection capabilities – engineered to combat an increasingly sophisticated threat landscape.   

“We are delighted to welcome Scott in an executive capacity at a pivotal time for TrafficGuard. His deep expertise in AI spanning Google Cloud, generative AI strategy, and enterprise innovation is directly aligned with where we are taking this business,” said Mat Ratty, CEO of TrafficGuard. “Scott’s appointment accelerates our ability to execute our AI roadmap and deliver advanced fraud prevention to advertisers globally. We look forward to the contribution he will make as we enter our next phase of growth.”   

Scott Thomson will support TrafficGuard’s expansion of its AI capabilities, ensuring the platform is well positioned to manage ad exposure and fraud risks as the digital advertising ecosystem undergoes its most significant shift in a decade. He will leveragehis extensive experience in AI strategy and innovation to accelerate product development and commercial execution, bringing to market advanced solutions that monitor, detect, analyse, and respond to invalid traffic, while driving adoption across new verticals and channels.   

Scott Thomson, Head of AI, Traffic Guard said: “Having served as a non-executive director since early 2024 with TrafficGuard, I’m looking forward to adding my experience and guidance more directly to our already significant team. The AI arms race in ad fraud is real. Fraudsters are already deploying agentic bots and generative AI to evade detection at scale, and staying ahead requires deep AI expertise and a platform built for continuous evolution.   

The appointment comes at a critical inflection point for the industry. The rapid proliferation of agentic AI – autonomous bots capable of browsing, clicking, filling out forms, and mimicking genuine user behaviour, is fundamentally reshaping the threat landscape for digital advertisers. Unlike traditional bot traffic, agentic bots operate with human-like intent patterns, making them significantly harder to detect using conventional verification methods. Industry analysts project that AI-generated invalid traffic will account for an increasingly material share of digital ad spend waste over the coming years, creating an urgent need for AI-native detection that can evolve at the same pace as the threats it defends against.   

“TrafficGuard has a strong foundation in machine learning-driven detection, and I’m here to accelerate what’s next,” said Thompson. “Expanding our AI-powered capabilities beyond fraud detection into intelligent optimisation tools that help advertisers not just protect their spend, but maximise its performance. We’re evolving the platform to cover new channels and deliver actionable insights that turn fraud data into a genuine competitive advantage. Tackling ad fraud has become increasingly essential for advertisers, and I can’t wait to be part of the talented team building the future of ad verification.”   

This strategic appointment will further strengthen TrafficGuard’s commitment to driving innovation in ad fraud prevention. It supports TrafficGuard’s wider global channel growth strategy, following its recent expansion in the United States and the appointment of CPO Miguel Lopes. The company plans to significantly expand its team, enabling brands to boost their revenue and confidently scale advertising campaigns by eliminating invalid traffic. As brands allocate record budgets to digital channels, TrafficGuard’s mission to ensure every ad dollar reaches a real human has never been more commercially critical. 

Solna, Sweden, March 17: One-carbon Therapeutics, a clinical-stage oncology company pioneering first-in-class targeted therapies based on deep understanding into cancer biology, today announced a strategic collaboration with Tempus AI Inc. (NASDAQ: TEM), a technology company leading the adoption of AI to advance precision medicine. The collaboration will leverage Tempus’ proprietary, de-identified multimodal database and bioinformatics expertise to advance molecular insights supporting the clinical development of TH9619.

Through this collaboration, One-carbon Therapeutics will utilize Tempus’ analytical services to characterize the expression landscape across prioritized solid tumor indications. By integrating RNA sequencing data with clinical variables, the teams aim to uncover deep molecular insights that will inform the development of TH9619.    

“Understanding the molecular dynamics of one-carbon metabolism across tumor types and treatment settings is fundamental to advancing TH9619 with precision,” said Ana Slipicevic, Chief Executive Officer at One-carbon Therapeutics. “Tempus’ depth of molecular data and analytical rigor enables us to generate statistically robust evidence that can potentially guide clinical decision making and optimize development.”

“At Tempus, our goal is to accelerate progress in oncology by translating complex molecular insights into meaningful therapeutic advances,” said Ezra Cohen, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Oncology, at Tempus. “Through comprehensive analysis of our multimodal dataset, we are supporting One-carbon Therapeutics in characterizing the metabolic signatures across diverse tumor types. These insights are essential to informing research strategies and advancing the development of next-generation targeted cancer therapies.”  

By deepening the understanding of the biological mechanisms and genetic profiles associated with one-carbon metabolism across tumor types, the collaboration will strengthen the precision-driven clinical strategy for TH9619. Building on a deep understanding of how cancer cells depend on this pathway, these analyses may help identify patient populations most likely to benefit from treatment. This approach has the potential to enhance development efficiency, reduce uncertainty and ultimately help ensure that innovative targeted therapies reach the patients who need them most.

London,  March 17— lomarlabs, a venture catalyst advancing maritime innovation, has entered into a collaboration with Blaze Energy to pilot a third-generation, compact, engine-integrated fuel reformer designed to accelerate the practical adoption of alternative fuels in commercial shipping.

The collaboration will culminate in a pilot installation onboard a Lomar vessel, enabling Blaze Energy to validate its multi-fuel reforming system, under real marine operating conditions. The Flex-Fuel Reformer converts ammonia, methanol, or LNG into hydrogen directly onboard the ship, allowing propulsion and power generation machinery and equipment to efficiently operate on full or partial hydrogen blends to reduce associated emissions without compromising operational flexibility. The installed system will be first proven through ammonia.

Addressing a critical barrier to alternative fuels

Against the backdrop of tightening regulation – including the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and FuelEU Maritime – shipowners face increasing uncertainty around future fuel pathways, fuel availability, and long-term compliance strategies. With vessels representing multi-decade investments, the risk of premature lock-in to a single fuel or propulsion solution has become a central strategic concern.

Blaze Energy addresses this challenge by enabling existing engines to operate efficiently with multiple alternative fuels through compact, engine-integrated fuel reforming. By converting ammonia, methanol, or LNG into hydrogen directly at the engine, the system supports hydrogen-assisted combustion without the need for large standalone equipment or dedicated hydrogen supply chains.

Injecting small quantities of hydrogen accelerates combustion of slow-burning fuels such as ammonia – reducing ammonia slip, improving combustion efficiency, and mitigating methane slip in LNG engines. This allows owners to achieve measurable emissions and efficiency benefits while preserving operational and commercial optionality across fuels.

From laboratory validation to marine pilot

Building on successful laboratory validation, Blaze Energy is preparing for its first marine pilot as the next step toward real-world deployment. The pilot will be installed onboard a Lomar vessel and tested under real marine operating conditions, a key validation step towards the first commercial retrofit and newbuild deployments.

The pilot is designed as a capital-efficient first-ship deployment, generating the technical and operational evidence required to progress towards full classification society approval and enable follow-on installations with additional owners and engine OEM partners who seek early engagement in AiP-driven fuel-flexible deployment pathways.

A shared commitment to fuel flexibility

The collaboration reflects a shared view between lomarlabs and Blaze Energy that fuel flexibility, rather than reliance on a single future fuel, will be central to maritime decarbonisation. By enabling vessels to bunker locally all available fuels – subject to storage tank availability – and convert them onboard, compact reforming technology offers a pragmatic pathway through uncertain fuel availability, infrastructure readiness, and regulatory evolution, for owners and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) to manage fuel uncertainty and transition risk without premature commitment to a single future fuel propulsion solution.

Stylianos Papageorgiou, Managing Director of lomarlabs, said:

“The energy transition in shipping will be non-linear, and multi-fuel for longer than we may want or expect. Technologies that create optionality, rather than betting on a single outcome, will be strategically important. Blaze Energy works to bring to market a technology that delivers optionality to owners and resolves engineering bottlenecks. Our collaboration is about giving new technology the space and support it needs to iterate, learn, and prove itself in the real world.”

Rok Sitar, CEO and co-founder of Blaze Energy, said:

“This pilot marks a deliberate shift from proving technology to proving operability. By integrating Blaze Flex-fuel System with a trading vessel we are addressing one of the key bottlenecks in adopting alternative fuels: practical, safe, and flexible use in existing vessels. Collaborating with an owner of this caliber allows us to validate the system under class-relevant conditions and build a credible pathway toward broader deployment with owners, OEMs and class societies.”

Sven Schwarz, Strategic Advisor to Blaze Energy and former CEO of two leading European chemical tanker operators, adds:

“For shipowners, the defining challenge is navigating regulatory uncertainty, uneven fuel availability, and long asset lifecycles at the same time. Technologies that preserve fuel optionality while working within existing engines and class frameworks are critical to de-risk compliance and long-term investment decisions.”

Nicholas Georgiou, CEO of Lomar, adds:

“There are many pathways to improve and develop fuel use, but one common and essential direction: decarbonisation. This collaboration has the potential to help us transform the practical adoption of alternative fuels in commercial shipping which would be of great value to owners of vessels in the water, especially those with diesel engines.”

Looking ahead

The pilot is scheduled for installation in early 2027, following land-based testing and engagement with classification societies. Both parties view the collaboration as a step toward developing engine-compatible, operationally credible pathways for alternative fuels—grounded in real-world testing rather than assumptions.