Phase-3 Of Aradhya Homes, Gurugram Set To Be Occupied By Buyers

Gururgam, 08th February 2023– Guru gram’s leading real estate player, 4S Developers, is all set to give possession of its premium housing project, Aradhya Homes, Phase-3. Approx 70 units are ready to be handed over to the buyers at the residential project developed at a premium location in Gurugram. Built-in the configuration of 4-BHKs, the project is a perfect blend of comfort and amenities, keeping in mind the best interest of the buyers.

“After the grand response received from customers for Phase-1 & Phase-2, we are glad to announce that Phase-3 of our residential project, Aradhya Homes, is ready for possession. While more than 20 families have already occupied the apartments, approximately 70 units are ready for further possession. Our customers have appreciated the project for its quality infrastructure, foresighted design, and concepts that enhance the quality of life. We aim to deliver the best to our customers, and Aradhya Homes is one of the best projects developed at a premium location of Gurugram, conveniently accessible from various directions,” said Mr. Sanju Bhadana, Managing Director, 4S Developers.

Situated in the most convenient location of Gurugram, Sector 67, the project enjoys marvelous connectivity to the national capital and has multiple amenities within reach, ensuring quick access to services. These units which are ready for possession in this phase are built on various sizes starting from 300 sq. yards. The project has been designed to occupy all the major amenities within the space. Aradhya Homes comes with multiple facilities, including outdoor sports areas, kids’ play areas, elderly court, yoga garden, jogging track, etc., that offer a great lifestyle to the buyers.

Boeing Commits to Growing Local Industry at Aero India

Bengaluru, February 08, 2023 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] will be focusing its presence at Aero India 2023 on investments in growing local services and capabilities, workforce development, and partnerships in support of India’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision. A key strategic goal for Boeing in India is to strengthen and leverage local talent and its growing network of more than 300 supplier partners.

“The Indian aerospace and defense industry is poised for growth and offers significant opportunities for Boeing with our proven portfolio of products and services,” said Salil Gupte, president, of Boeing India. “Boeing is committed to supporting and enabling this progress with a vision to bring the best of Boeing to India and take the best of India to the world.”

Boeing’s exhibit at Hall A, USA Pavilion (A7.2 – A6. 3) is built around the theme of “The Runway to a Billion Opportunities,” highlighting local partnerships and investments in India. The exhibit will also feature a range of advanced products including the F/A-18 Super Hornet, P-8I, CH-47 Chinook, 737, 787 Dreamliner, and 777X. Visitors will be able to experience the AH-64 Apache simulator and learn more the combat helicopter’s capabilities and a wide range of missions.

During the show Boeing will meet with customers and industry partners to discuss India’s future aviation, defense, and security requirements, focusing on in-country manufacturing, leveraging engineering and research talent, and strengthening local partnerships, technologies, services, world-class sustainment, and training capabilities.

The joint venture between Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL) recently delivered the first fuselage for six AH-64 Apache attack helicopters ordered by the Indian Army from its state-of-the-art facility in Hyderabad. TBAL has produced and supplied Boeing’s Apache final assembly plant in Mesa, Arizona with over 190 fuselages.

Boeing is expanding its support for local customers in India by establishing an ecosystem of comprehensive support packages and indigenous maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) capabilities with partners through the Boeing India Repair Development and Sustainment (BIRDS) program. This all forms part of Boeing’s commitment to Make in India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

India presently operates 11 C-17s, 22 AH-64 Apaches (with six more on order), 15 CH-47 Chinooks, 12 P-8Is, three VVIP aircraft, and two Head of State aircraft. In addition, more than 150 Boeing airplanes, including the Next-Generation 737, 737 MAX, 757, 777, and 787 Dreamliner, are operated by India’s leading commercial airlines.

6 tech gifts for your tech-savvy partner this Valentine’s Day to make them feel special

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. So, whether you like to treat yourself or pamper your partner, you’re most likely looking for the ideal gift, that isn’t the usual fancy meal, flowers, or chocolates. Well, in the age of technology, what better gift could you find than a smart gadget? Especially if you or your partner is a tech enthusiast, a smart gadget can make for the ideal gift. Now, if you’re wondering which gadget to pick, fret not, we’ve got you covered. Here are 6 state-of-the-art tech gifts.

  1. boAt Xtend Smartwatch – INR 7,990 feel

A 1.69-inch LCD screen and more than 50 watch faces are available on the wristwatch with the boAt Wave app. It has several sensors and fitness monitors that can automatically and manually track your heart rate, SPo2, and sleeping patterns. The watch also offers numerous activity tracking modes that can monitor activities like rowing, cricket, working out, and more. A single charge of its 300mAh battery may power it for up to a week. Additionally, it features a 5ATM rating for water and dust resistance. This indicates that it can remain submerged for up to 30 minutes. Vijay Sales, Croma, and Amazon all carry this item. Buy it Here

2. PLAYFIT DIAL 2 – INR 4,999

A cutting-edge smartwatch with the capacity to make Bluetooth calls and strong EBEL drivers for music listening. provides uninterrupted use for 5 days, the PLAYFIT DIAL 2 offers a plethora of features. With heart rate and blood oxygen monitoring, the device helps maintain your health and is equipped with many exercise options! Swim without worry with the IP67-rated smartwatch. Buy Here

3. Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro – INR 48,999

This smartwatch has the most powerful battery of any Galaxy Watch. It has a more durable design with a round dial and a band with a magnetic buckle. The 1.4-inch round Super AMOLED display on the smartwatch is vivid and colourful. A bezel that surrounds the display serves as protection for it. Its automatic brightness seems to perform a great job of always keeping the display legible. Users may access Samsung Pay, Samsung Messages, Samsung Health, Bixby, and other apps in addition to Google Maps, Google Assistant, Google Pay, Messages, Keep Notes, and other services – thanks to the Watch 5 Pro’s integration with Google’s Wear OS. Vijay Sales, Croma, and Amazon all sell this item. Buy it Here

4. Noise Colorfit Pro 4 – INR 5,999

To help you achieve your health and lifestyle objectives in flair, the wristwatch comes with the Noise Health Suite and Productivity Suite. Its cutting-edge Bluetooth technology allows you to place calls right from your wrist. The digital crown and the display’s brightness and clarity make accessing the menu and other features easier for people who are frequently in the sun. Additionally, the smartwatch offers 150+ cloud-based and animated watch faces and 100 sports modes. Amazon, Croma, and Vijay Sales all carry this product. Buy it Here

5. PLAYFIT STRENGTH – INR 4,999

The PLAYFIT STRENGTH is a waterproof smartwatch with the capacity to make Bluetooth calls and strong EBEL drivers for music listening and can be used uninterrupted for 5 days. The feature-rich smartwatch helps you keep your health in perfect condition. It’s equipped with many exercise options, including advanced tracking, bluetooth calling, and a full-touch circular IPS display. If you’re someone who enjoys swimming, you can now swim without worry with the IP67-rated smartwatch. Buy it Here

6. Apple Watch Series 7 – INR 50,900

A tougher, crack-resistant front crystal makes it the most durable Apple Watch yet. The new Always-On Retina display includes a re-engineered display with a much larger screen surface and thinner boundaries, making it the first Apple Watch to have an IP6X dust resistance classification and a WR50 water resistance rating. It also has the largest and most advanced display ever. Additionally, it has two new watch faces and a user interface that is enhanced for the larger display, ensuring better readability and usability. Users can continue to enjoy an all-day battery life of 18 hours despite display enhancements, and charging is now 33% faster. It is available on Croma, Vijay Sales, and Amazon. Buy it Here

So, which one of these tech gadgets are you ready to invest in?

Shri Hardeep Singh Ahluwalia Appointed as New Executive Director of Canara Bank

Shri Hardeep Singh Ahluwalia Appointed as New Executive Director of Canara BankMr. Hardeep Singh Ahluwalia, started his banking career as Agricultural Field Officer on 30.03.1992 at Allahabad Bank (now Indian Bank). He is a graduate in Agriculture and a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers. He has Certification in Credit Management from NIBM Pune & Diploma in Computer Applications in Financial Management.

He has rich banking experience for more than three decades in various functional areas of Banking system (Rural/Semi-Urban/Urban/Metro geographies) in India and abroad (HK) more particularly in strategic positions as Lead District Manager, Head of the International Branch, Zonal Head, Chandigarh & FGM/CGM Kolkata and various other verticals at administrative offices. He has also contributed immensely to the Sports Field as the President of Indian Bank Cultural & Sports Committee.

His proven ability to build productive teams and deliver exceptional results was reflected in all his assignments. As an avid learner he has attended various training programmes and completed Leadership Development Programme of IIM, Bangalore, curated by Banks Board Bureau in consultation with IBA.

Before his elevation as Executive Director of Canara Bank, he was General Manager of the Recovery Department at Corporate office of Indian Bank.

After UPSC, Physics Wallah ventures into MPSC prep to deliver in-depth training to students

7th February 2023: PW (Physics Wallah), India’s leading and most affordable edtech platform, has entered the MPSC (Maharashtra Public Service Commission) prep domain with the launch of MPSC Wallah. Building on its promise – ‘Student hai jahaan, PW hai wahaan – the platform is offering a comprehensive preparation opportunity to students.

Slated tentatively for 4th June 2023 (prelims) and 30th Sep 2023 (mains), the MPSC exams are sought after by several aspirants. Around 20 lakh students prepare and about 3-4 lakh students appear every year. While around 6000 students qualify for mains, MPSC Wallah aims to increase this number by offering a course that prepares students with quality content and end-to-end preparation.

After gaining a strong foothold with UPSC Wallah, PW will build on the highest quality content, India’s top-renowned faculty, and teaching expertise to train students across Maharashtra. With top-notch mentorship and subject-matter expertise, the platform will offer the industry’s best preparation. The course is also made affordable in line with PW’s core promise of widespread accessibility, with prelims preparation being free and mains preparation available at disruptive pricing.

Through the course, students will get access to detailed class notes, mock tests, live lectures, mentorship programs, test series, doubt-solving discussions and problem-solving sessions, daily practice papers, weekly tests, and access to magazines like Manthan – Current Affairs Gatiman- History of Maharashtra, and Sampurn- Science & technology. PW also responded to student demand by conducting an offline counselling session for aspirants at its Vidyapeeth center at FS Road, Pune.

Alakh Pandey, Founder & CEO, of PW (Physics Wallah), said, “The launch of MPSC Wallah will help PW expand its ambit and offer affordable and holistic preparation for a number of competitive exams. The MPSC exams are one of the most challenging and critical exams for students in Maharashtra and we look forward to creating success stories through our top quality affordable and accessible course available in Marathi language.”

PW’s UPSC Wallah is already a big hit among students. The vertical offers multiple courses for the 2023 and 2024 UPSC exams in Hindi, English, and ‘Hinglish’, starting at Rs 7000. There are three live batches: Prahaar, Sankalp, and Titan, covering subjects like history, geography, economy, polity, environment, science, and current affairs.

MPSC Wallah is being launched on similar lines of providing students with high-quality course material and sessions at an affordable price.

PW is on a growth spree, having forayed into several competitive exams, including state boards, GATE, CDS, NDA, UPSC, CTET, SSC, CDS, Railways, Banking, CA, Commerce, MBA, and more, apart from JEE and NEET preparation. It has also launched post-graduate courses and PW Skills for career building and tech skilling.

Mercom Launches First Cleantech Startup Pitch Competition at India Renewables Summit 2023

NEW DELHI, February 07, 2023 – Mercom India, a clean energy research and communications firm, will be hosting its first startup pitch competition for cleantech companies, bringing together the most innovative startups in India’s clean energy industry. The competition will be held at the Mercom India Renewables Summit on April 27, 2023, at 10:30 am in New Delhi. This competition will be open to Indian entrepreneurs or companies with a great cleantech idea or who have developed an early-stage technology that will further India’s energy transition. The deadline to submit an entry is March 31, 2023.

Eligibility criteria for the competition include:

  • The startup must own a product or innovation that contributes to clean energy.
  • Company is not older than seven years.
  • Company has never previously sponsored Mercom India Summit
  • Company should have raised less than $10 million in capital
  • Product/solution should be in the pre-commercialization phase
  • Company should be based in India

Additional details can be found at: https://mercomindia.com/event/renewables-summit-2023/start-up-pitch/

Ten companies will be selected from the entries and shortlisted to present their ideas during the conference.

Priya Sanjay, Managing Director at Mercom India, commented, “this competition is the first of its kind in the Indian cleantech sector, and we expect to see a range of companies with disruptive technologies that will further the nation’s energy transition and net zero ambitions. The Renewables Summit is the ideal venue to not only evaluate new technologies but is also a great way to get new innovative companies and technologies the exposure they need in front of the industry’s investors and decision-makers.”

Submissions will be accepted until March 31, 2023. To submit your entry, visit: https://mercomindia.com/event/renewables-summit-2023/startup-registration-2023/

Flipkart’s service arm, Jeeves strengthens its partnership with Samsung

Flipkart’s service arm, Jeeves, strengthens its partnership with Samsung, opens service centers for Samsung in multiple locations across the country

Bengaluru – February 07, 2023:
Flipkart’s service arm, Jeeves, today announced the opening of authorised service centers for Samsung in multiple locations across the country. The operations of these service centers in Lucknow, Gurgaon, Moradabad, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Durg, and Raipur will be managed by Jeeves, which provides end-to-end after-sales service solutions to consumers and businesses. These service centers will offer after-sales support for all Samsung products irrespective of where it was purchased.

The collaboration between Jeeves and Samsung has grown over the years. From two ASCs (Authorised Service Center) in Lucknow and Gurgaon, Jeeves now manages seven ASCs that provide after-sales services for the installation and repair of Samsung products that are both under warranty and out of warranty. To ensure the customers get the best service all technicians in these service centers are trained by Samsung.

In addition to recently opened service centers, Jeeves also plans to open three more ASCs for Samsung in Ahmedabad and Surat in the coming month.

Speaking about the opening of the service centers, Dr. Nipun Sharma, CEO at Jeeves, Flipkart Group, said, “With its extensive experience in servicing national and international brands, Jeeves is well equipped to provide a comprehensive after-sales service to Samsung’s customers. The opening of these service centers for Samsung has reinforced Jeeves expertise in delivering superior quality after-sales service for a wide range of products. With these service centers, Samsung’s customers will now have access to a hassle-free after-sales service from skilled professionals.”

Jeeves has a deep network of proprietary services and partner networks. The wide range of comprehensive after-sales solutions such as repair, maintenance, installation, demo, and VAS (Value-added service), including protection and extended warranties, inbound, outbound, and non-voice customer care services spanning across 40+ product categories, has helped Jeeves scale. Recently, Jeeves also launched Home Product Services for customers to meet their product repair, maintenance and installation service requirements.

Star Ballers, India’s biggest celebrity basketball team launched

Mumbai: Star Ballers, India’s biggest celebrity basketball team was launched in Mumbai, over the weekend.

The Star Ballers team comprises of Rannvijay Singha, Harman Singha, Melvin Louis, Varun Sood, Ankur Rathee, Sonia Rathe, Richa Kalra and others, India’s biggest celebrity basketball team.

Star Ballers, India’s biggest celebrity basketball team launched

Brothers Rannvijay Singha and Harman Singha lead their teams with a friendly basketball game which marked the official launch of Star Ballers

Star Ballers will have more musicians, athletes and celebrities who play Ball as part of the team.

Speaking at the launch, RannvijaySingha said, “All the celebrities who have come on board are passionate about basketball. Today’s friendly match was a sneak peek, and we have a lot more exciting plans and games coming up for everyone.”

Meta partners with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for the G20 Stay Safe Online Campaign

Bengaluru, February 7, 2023: Meta today announced its partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for the G20 Stay Safe Online Campaign. As part of the partnership with MeitY, Meta will create and share helpful resources in multiple Indian languages through various channels, to spread awareness on how to stay safe online.

The resources under the G20 Stay Safe Online will cover themes such as tackling online frauds, how to report harmful content, tips to keep yourself safe when interacting online and more. India is at the cusp of becoming a $ trillion digital economy and at the time when India is holding the G20 presidency, this strategic partnership will not only support and equip the existing Internet users but will also be beneficial for the rapidly increasing new Internet users in India.

Speaking on the partnership, Akash Tripathi, CEO, MyGov said, “Under PM Modi’s vision of India’s Techade, we are witnessing rapid digital adoption and with this growth, there is a need to create easy to access tools and resources to protect users from increasing cyber crimes. We, at MeitY, have designed a Stay Safe online campaign in this year of India’s G20 Presidency and we are glad that tech companies like Meta are taking a lead in supporting the government’s vision of building an inclusive digital space which is free of severe online threats.”

On Safer Internet Day, Meta has also launched #DigitalSuraksha campaign builds on the company’s efforts to offer a safer and inclusive internet to everyone. The first phase of #DigitalSuraksha includes a partnership with Delhi Police to provide digital literacy to users in Delhi. The current phase of #DigitalSuraksha also includes a slew of measures on enabling digital education and literacy across youth well-being, child safety, tackling misinformation as well as the overall education of users towards various safety tools and resources available across Meta platforms.

Natasha Jog, Head, Public Policy, Instagram and Policy Programs, Facebook India (Meta), said, “The G20 Presidency opens up a great opportunity for India to design and create an ever-inclusive Internet model for the world, and we are excited to partner with the Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology in this endeavor. Creating a $1 trillion digital economy requires an ecosystem that is safe and empowering and we will support the government’s campaign by providing users with education, tools and resources to protect themselves in this rapidly evolving digital world.”

Providing Digital Literacy

Law enforcement agencies are a critical partner in ensuring online safety, under its #DigitalSuraksha campaign Meta will work with the Delhi Police on a 2-month long programme to provide digital literacy to 10,000 students across various schools and colleges in Delhi. Further, Meta and Delhi Police will jointly build resources to educate users about protecting themselves against online/ digital scams. As part of this partnership, Meta will also train Delhi police personnel on Meta’s various safety tools.

The #DigitalSuraksha campaign finds expression through a Digital Nagrik Pledge, which was also launched by Meta today, encouraging people across India to become responsible digital citizens (Nagriks). Built on Meta’s partnership with CBSE to provide Digital Citizenship course to 10 million students and 1 lac teachers, Digital Nagrik Pledge will further support the Indian Government’s objective to ensure an open, safe, trusted and accountable internet. The goal of the program will be to get 1 million people to pledge and to become safe digital citizens over the next one year.

Building Consumer Awareness

Underscoring the critical importance of educating users, Meta has also unpacked a series of consumer awareness initiatives on the tools and resources available for people to stay safe.

Building on the partnership with Delhi Police, for a period of one month, Meta will wrap one train on Delhi Metro’s Yellow line to educate users about safety tools available for them on Meta’s platforms. Commuters will be redirected to Meta’s safety tools through a QR code.

A new ‘Help protect children. Don’t Share. Don’t Comment. Report.’ campaign was also launched, to prevent the sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and encouraging people to report such content instead. The campaign will educate users on the harm of sharing CSAM, and the impact it has on the victim and will encourage anyone who sees harmful videos and images of children to protect the victim by reporting it immediately to Facebook. The new campaign builds on the ‘Report it, don’t share it,’ campaign launched by Meta last year.

This year’s theme for Safer Internet Day underlines a crucial aspect of supporting young children by having conversations on life in the online world. With an aim to support and encourage meaningful conversations between parents and children around critical topics like use of social media, mental health and digital wellbeing, Meta has launched UnGap. A series of six episodes, UnGap is a chat show featuring pairings of well-known parents and children that includes actor Sheeba Chaddha and daughter Noor, actor Ahsaas Channa and mother Kulbir Badesron, comedian Abhishek Kumar and father Sundar Baalaji and entrepreneur Roshan Abbas and daughter Ayatal Abbas, among others.

Additionally, an awareness campaign on ‘tips for tackling misinformation’ was also launched with Yuvaa, through short videos. Available in Hinglish, 15-second campaign videos will feature six simple tips and tricks on tackling and identifying misinformation.

Meta will continue to add more initiatives to the #DigitalSuraksha campaign over the year. These will be geared towards reaching a larger set of users by educating them, creating more awareness and advancing India’s agenda of digital inclusion and growth.

World University of Design hosts the Vietnam-India International Exhibition and Workshop 2023-24

World University of Design hosts the Vietnam-India International Exhibition and Workshop – ‘VIIEW’ : Beyond and Beneath Art Exchange’ at the campus by bringing together 12 Vietnamese and 17 Indian Artists from February 4th to 13th, 2023 curated by Prof Rajan Shripad FulariDean, School of Visual Arts, WUD.

Dean Phan Quan Dung from Van Lang University, Vietnam and Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Dean Phan Quan Dung from Van Lang University, Vietnam and Dr. Sanjay Gupta

The artists workshop started from Monday, February 6th, 2023 at WUD Campus in the grand opening in the presence of well known artists and art lovers. Vietnam-India International Exhibition and Workshop – ‘VIIEW’ inaugurated by the honorable Vice Chancellor of World University of Design, Prof (Dr) Sanjay Gupta in the gracious presence of eminent senior artists Deepak Shinde, Yusuf, Prem Singh and Phan Quan Dung, Dean, School of Art and Design with Nguyen DAC Thai, Associate Dean, Van Lang University, Vietnam. And the exhibition of created art works by all artists and senior faculty members will be inaugurated by DCM, Minister Counsellor, Dr. Do Thanh Hai from Vietnam Embassy will be pleased as Chief Guest at Art Konsult, Hauz Khas, New Delhi from Sunday, February 12th, 2023 to Tuesday, February 14th, 2023

After a successful stint at the first chapter of VIIEW at Van Lang University, Vietnam in November 2022 the two universities are coming together once again with the vision and mission to promote Art and Design that are an integral part of the cultural heritage of both the nations. The event is designed to bring together artists from the two countries as well as faculty members and academia from the two universities to shed light on creativity and innovation in fine arts” told Prof (Dr) Sanjay Gupta, Honorable Vice Chancellor of World University of Design, Sonipat. And this initiative has been taken by Mr. Binoy Varghese who himself is a renowned painter and the director of The Kekkeyellam Foundation.

The workshop is themed around UNEXPLORED SPACES, a curatorial project which proposes both Indian and Vietnamese artists to liberally interpret their own creative endeavors in art with specific importance to the tangible practice of painting. The International art camp is intended to be a venue for going beyond and beneath art exchange of ideas on Unexplored Spaces and contexts prevailing in each artist’s creative work and thought process. The concept of space has always been an area of creative encounter ever since the origin of images in human life. The persistence, enunciation and manifestations of space is the essential force of all the visual and non-visual expressions throughout the ages. Space plays a vital role in the physical and metaphysical forms of human existence,” remarked curator of the exhibition Prof Fulari, Dean, SoVA-WUD.

Adding value and expertise to this 10-days programme will also be present leading Indian Artists whom the World University of Design has honored with the WUD-Critics’ Choice Awards along with the own artists/faculty members and some eminent artists like Deepak Shinde – Mumbai,  Yusuf – Bhopal, Prem Singh – Chandigarh, Ananda Moy Banerji, Kavita Nayar, Binoy Varghese, Dharmendra Rathore, Ajay Kumar Samir, Sangeet Gupta, Shuchi Khanna, Durga Khaintola. Artist faculty members from WUD are Suresh Kumar, Sumit Sarkar, Prashant Patil and Megha Katyal and the event convener is Dr Preeti Yadav, coordinator are Akanksha Wadhwani, Aparna Gwande, Simerpreet Sokhi, Devrath Joshi along with special performances are being organised by Dr. Parul Purohit Vats, Dean, School of Performing Arts.

Ready to welcome the Vietnamese contingent to India, Dr. Sanjay Gupta (Vice-Chancellor) also says, “We had an enriching experience in Vietnam during the first chapter of VIIEW : Beyond and Beneath Art Exchange and welcomed the talented artists and faculty members from Vietnam to our campus. I am euphoric to see our university as the nucleus of this new verse in the realm of art and culture. We are creating a nexus of young throbbing brains to uninhibitedly exchange views.