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24 April 2023  Make this year an Eid to remember with a selection of bespoke or limited edition gifts for your loved ones. The Body Shop’s huge range of vegan, body-loving treats that help support their Community Fair Trade partners are guaranteed to uplift and inspire. This extensive personal care product range makes for delightful festive gifts. Here are some possible combos out of their seemingly endless options.

1. Warm & Sensual Black Musk Gift Box

Looking for the perfect gift for a fragrance lover? Treat them to the deepest, darkest, most sensual musk with The Body Shop’s Warm & Sensual Black Musk Gift Box. The Body Shop’s eau de toilette, shower gel and body lotion will love their body from head to toe. This gift set also supports brand’s Community Fair Trade partners who helped make it. There’s a little fragrance card inside, handmade by the brand’s Community Fair Trade partner, Get Paper Industry (GPI).

The packaging is also FSC certified and can be widely recycled once the ribbon is removed.

2. Refreshing & Uplifting White Musk Flora Duo,

Looking for the perfect gift for a fragrance lover? Treat them to a fresh, empowering, and daring twist on our sensual musk with The Body Shop’s White Musk Flora Duo. The shower gel and body mist will love their body from head to toe. It supports our Community Fair Trade partners who helped us make it. There’s a little card inside, handmade by our Community Fair Trade partner, Get Paper Industry (GPI).

The packaging is also FSC certified and can be widely recycled.

3. Refresh Tea Tree Skincare Kit

Perfect for blemish-prone skin, The Body Shop’s Refresh Tea Tree Skincare Kit will be a new skincare favourite. Lather up with our cleansing facial wash. Splash on a few drops of our toner. Then target blemishes with our small but mighty, bestselling Tea Tree Oil. But this vegan gift doesn’t just uplift you on your journey. It supports our Community Fair Trade partners who helped us make it.

The Body Shop’s whole Tea Tree routine is enriched with organically-grown Community Fair Trade tea tree oil from Kenya. Their trade helps provide a fair price, fair labour conditions and a stable income for hundreds of small-scale farmers in rural and coastal areas where employment opportunities are low. The gift box is also recyclable. Or, reuse it to store loose bits and bobs.

So, give this gift or treat yourself to celebrate strength and unity this Ramadan and Eid. And discover how else our trade helps support communities across the globe.

4. Scrub, Refresh & Cleanse Ginger Hair Gift,

Let your hair down and give your scalp a helping hand this Eid with The Body Shop’s Scrub, Refresh & Cleanse Ginger Hair Gift Set.

Lather up with trusted Ginger Shampoo to refresh that mane. And give your scalp a good old exfoliate with a scoop of scalp scrub, to gently clear away those loose flakes. This duo is enriched with ginger essential oil from Sri Lanka, and white willow and birch bark extracts. The gift box and rope is also recyclable. Or, reuse it to store loose bits and bobs.

So, give this gift or treat yourself to celebrate strength and unity this Ramadan and Eid. And discover how else our trade helps support communities across the globe.

5. Smooth & Nourish Banana Haircare Gift

Give the gift of smooth, frizz-free locks. The Body Shop’s Smooth & Nourish Banana Haircare Gift is made with Vegan Silk Protein and leave locks feeling nourished and loved from root to tip. It supports the brand’s Community Fair Trade partners who helped us make it. There’s a little card inside, handmade by our Community Fair Trade partner, Get Paper Industry (GPI).The packaging is also FSC certified and can be widely recycled

24 April 2023  After watching two contrasting humdingers in Lucknow and Mumbai on Sensational Saturday, the TATA IPL is set for two mouth-watering contests on Super Sunday.

In a battle of royals on Sunday, Royal Challengers Bangalore will be hosting Rajasthan Royals in their ‘Green Game’ at M Chinnaswamy in the day match. The focus from South India will then shift to East India, where Kolkata Knight Riders take on Chennai Super Kings in the evening match of the doubleheader.

Having watched their team win their previous game, away from home, under the leadership of acting skipper Virat Kohli, Bengaluru fans will be hoping that their adopted son leads RCB in this special encounter. RCB put up a clinical show against Punjab Kings in their last game as their top three Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, and Glenn Maxwell put up an exhibition of stroke play in Mohali. However, it was their star pacer Mohammed Siraj who stole the show with his fiery bowling effort against PBKS. The India speedster produced his best bowling figures in Mohali and ran through Punjab’s batting line-up.

Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan has lavished praise upon Siraj for bowling with renewed vigor in TATA IPL 2023.

Speaking on Star Sports Cricket Live, Irfan Pathan said, “Mohammad Siraj has bowled excellently in the powerplay this season for RCB. He’s really making a difference for them. There is a big and positive difference in his bowling compared to last year. That is why his responsibility has increased being the premier seamer in the team.”

The second match of the day will be held in the City of Joy where an upbeat CSK faces the KKR challenge at Eden Gardens. The Yellow Brigade will be hoping to win that game and get those two vital points.

CSK are once again being led brilliantly by their skipper MS Dhoni and the designated Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army is marshaling his troops well.

Former India cricketer Krisnamachari Srikkanth has hailed the former India captain for instilling confidence in his teammates which is doing wonders for the team. He even cited the example of senior India cricketer Ajinkya Rahane who is batting with renewed energy in this TATA IPL.

Speaking on Star Sports Cricket Live, K Srikkanth said, “MS Dhoni trusts his teammates, and that is the reason he backs them to give their best. There are many such case studies, and the latest one is that of Ajinkya Rahane. Rahane himself admitted that Dhoni only asked him to enjoy his game. And then everyone knows what Rahane did after going in the field.”

In two super exciting matches on Saturday, Gujarat Titans prevailed over Lucknow Super Giants by 7 runs in a nail-biter. Hardik Pandya led the defending champions from the front and slammed a vital half-century under pressure. Former India cricketer Mohammed Kaif lauded Hardik for his captain’s knock as he understood the complexity of the pitch.

Speaking on Star Sports Cricket Live, Md Kaif said, “Hardik played an excellent inning under pressure. He came at number three only because he wanted to play till the end. After struggling in the beginning, Hardik, playing freely in his style, made the first fifty of the season. He knew that it was necessary for him to stay on the wicket because if a new batsman came in the last minute, he could not play the shots.”

In the second match of the day, young England all-rounder Sam Curran played a captain’s knock and guided Punjab Kings to a memorable win at Wankhede against a dominant Mumbai Indians side.

Curran’s blistering half-century in the slog overs along with other cameos from the middle order made the difference for the Kings. Hailing Curran for his all-around performance in the game, former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh said the team looks strong due to players like Curran.

Speaking on Star Sports Cricket Live, Harbhajan Singh said, “Sam Curran has handled the captaincy well in Shikhar’s absence. Along with the ball, he also looked impressive with the bat. Punjab team looks strong because of players like Sam.”

Mumbai, 24 April 2023: iVOOMi Energy, announced special offers and discounts on all their vehicles, the S1, JeetX, and S1 Lite, to its customers on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, a festival time that Signifies good luck, fortune, and prosperity. It is considered to be propitious for the fruition of any endeavors. The discounts and deals will be valid until April 29th, 2023. With over 10,000 happy families, the company is swiftly becoming a household name in the sun-rising e-mobility industry. With a commitment to offering useful features at affordable rates, it’s no wonder that iVOOMi is one the Fastest developing,homegrown manufacturers of EVs

In all iVOOMi stores, vehicles are on sale, including the S1, JeetX, and S1 Lite, with prices ranging from 70,000 to 91,999. The inclusion of accessories and insurance is part of this deal. The 100% Indian-made iVOOMi JeetX is sleek and contemporary and is now safer and more secure according to Amendment III Phase 1 AIS 156 Certification. JeetX draws the attention of its customers with its chic and simplistic design. The new design enhances the products’
overall attractiveness, giving them a more luxurious appearance.

Commenting on the same, Ashwin Bhandari, co-founder, and CEO of iVOOMi, said, “With the aim of becoming India’s most popular EV brand in the industry, Our goal is to make consumers’ lives better, with our products being created locally. iVOOMi is a manufacturer that continuously attends to consumer needs and provides useful, all-inclusive solutions to their problems. By offering two additional security levels—insurance and vehicle guard—we are improving the riding experience of our customers. iVOOMi is the only EV brand that offers a combination of a removable battery, usable boot space, and decent mileage with the lightest charger at only 800 gms. We also want to delight our customers, so we provide them with exceptional offers and fantastic value for their forthcoming purchases.”

24 April 2023 Treating the audience with the perfect Eidi this festive season, Aayush Sharma launched the exciting and gripping teaser of his upcoming action entertainer Ruslaan on Friday.

Beaming with his innate swag, suave personality, and infectious charm, Aayush Sharma performs high-octane and stylized action in the short teaser offering a glimpse into the adrenaline rush the film has to offer, shot against the picturesque locations across India and Azerbaijan. After dropping the jaws of the audience and critics with his remarkable transformation for playing the rugged and rowdy gangster in Antim: The Final Truth, Aayush unfolds yet another facet of his versatility presenting a suave and swagger avatar in Ruslaan.

The teaser also offers insights of striking glimpses into the pivotal characters of the film including debutante Sushrii Mishraa, veteran South star Jagapathi Babu and Vidya Malavade. Produced by KK Radhamohan, under the banner of Srisathyasai Arts, Ruslaan stars Aayush Sharma as the lead, co-starring debutante Sushrii Mishraa along with Jagapathi Babu and Vidya Malavade in pivotal roles. Directed by Katyayan Shivpuri, the film is slated for release in 2023.

India, April 24, 2023: To celebrate World Earth Day, Re Sustainability (ReSL), the leading provider of comprehensive environmental management services in Asia, collaborated with the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to organize a seminar on April 21 that focused on the challenges and opportunities associated with hazardous waste management. The seminar took place at the Engineering Staff College of India, Gachibowli, Hyderabad where experts and stakeholders from across the country discussed the pressing issue of hazardous waste management and shared their insights and experiences on the latest advancements in waste management practices, including hazardous waste management, resource recovery, circular economy initiatives, and more.

The keynote speakers included Mr. M. Goutham Reddy (MD, ReSL), Prof. P. G. Sastry (Director, ReSL), Dr. P.V.R. Subrahmanyam (Dy Director & Head (Retd.) NEERI), Mr. Arup Kumar Mishra (Chairman, Assam Pollution Control Board), Dr. Prasantha Gargava (MS, CPCB), Dr. Atul Narayan Vaidya (Director, NEERI), Dr. K. Srinivas (Vice President, ReSL), Mr. Mukesh Sinha (Dalmia Cements), Mr. B. Vinod Babu (Scientist F, CPCB) and Prof. Ligy Philip (Dean Planning, Dept. Civil Engg., IIT Madras).

Re Sustainability has always been committed to environmental sustainability, and its efforts towards marking Earth Day are no exception. The seminar was aligned with the theme of World Earth Day, “Invest in Our Planet,” emphasizing the critical role that hazardous waste management plays in environmental protection. It ran through three technical and information-intensive sessions.

1. Current practices in hazardous waste management

2. Circular economy opportunities in hazardous waste management

3. New developments in hazardous waste management- towards sustainable growth

One of the major needs identified was the facilitation of resource waste recovery and transformation of the market by promoting substantial utilization and supplementary use of fuels. However, the challenges discussed during the seminar included funding deficiency, lack of focus on waste minimization, and the need for corrective actions to measure performance. The importance of waste minimization was emphasized, and industries were urged to start taking it seriously. Another significant issue addressed was the prevention of groundwater contamination through sustainable treatment and aquifer remediation. The role of technology in remediation, such as soil retorting and mercury-contaminated site treatment, was also highlighted. Proper enforcement of waste management regulations was stressed as a critical need to ensure effective and sustainable waste management practices.

The event culminated in an engaging Q&A session that covered mapping unregulated waste, the cost of remediation, and the quantum of waste generation, acknowledging that while it is not possible to regulate the entire waste, efforts must be made to reduce waste and ensure proper treatment.

Mr. Goutham Reddy, MD at ReSL, said, “I am grateful to all the dignitaries and mentors present here who have guided me in my journey in the waste management Industry. The evolution of hazardous waste management has been a long and challenging journey, and the US played a significant role in shaping it through the Resource Conservation Recovery Act of 1976. India recognized hazardous waste management early on, but progress was slow due to the lack of infrastructure and regulation. However, debates and discussions started happening in the late 90s, and one of the crucial debates was about the materials to be used in disposal facilities. The definition of hazardous waste has always been a matter of debate worldwide, starting from the very definition of waste itself. We must work together to find innovative solutions that are sustainable, cost-effective, and environmentally responsible.”

Hyderabad, India, 24 April 2023 — Global technology experts have assembled for the newly launched World Citizen Development Week, ideated by Quixy, an Indian no-code technology company. The week-long knowledge convention was hosted in the presence of global brilliance in technology, to commemorate World Creativity & Innovation Day as designated by the United Nations. Citizen Development is a concept that empowers individuals who may not have a formal coding background to create custom applications, websites, and other digital solutions.

24 speakers from 20 companies and 10+ countries have partaken in the India-originated knowledge summit to bring forth their conviction in Low-code and No-code technology as the future of application and software development.

In a panel titled Citizen Development: Empowering Employees to Drive Innovation and Digital Transformation, Mr. Vivek Goel, Vice President – Marketing & Evangelism at Quixy explained the need for citizen development today. He said, “Currently only 0.2 – 0.5% of the population can build solutions. With such a scarcity of professional developers, coupled with the cost and availability challenges, there is an urgent need to meet this huge demand. That’s where citizen development comes in. The idea is to democratize and move the power of building solutions to business users, our ‘citizens’ and to empower them in addressing small scale challenges. This Citizen Development Week, in fact, is a celebration of the trailblazers who are employing citizen development to drive innovation and business transformation”.

A week that progressed from a panel on an introduction to Citizen Development, the sessions witnessed expert deliberations on various topics including the demystification of citizen development, Artificial Intelligence in citizen development, safety and sustainability aspects and measuring the ROI of citizen development projects.

Some of the key speakers across panels included Mr. Matt Hubbard, Head of Operational Excellence, Trackvia, Mr. Jesse Shiah, CEO and Co-Founder, Agilepoint, Mr. Noel Carroll, Founder of the Citizen Development Lab, University of Galway, Mr. Jesse Fu, Senior Director, Automation & Business Transformation, SiriusXM, Mr. Michael McCullough, Citizen Development Business Architect, Amtrak, Mr. Steve Higgon, CEO, TAAP, Ms. May Linn Liao Amorelli, IT Business Analyst, Shell, and Mr. Vivek Goel, Vice President – Marketing & Evangelism, Quixy among others.

The World Citizen Development Week concludes on a grand note with the promise of a bigger comeback next year.

New Delhi, 22 April 2023: Furnish Your Dream, a leading name in the Indian interior design industry has won prestigious India’s Best Kitchen Designer Award at the India Kitchen Congress held at Le Meridien, New Delhi. The award was given by Andre Eckholt, Managing Director of Hettich. The India Kitchen Congress is an annual event that recognizes and felicitates the outstanding contributions of professionals and organizations in the Indian kitchen industry. The awards are highly coveted and sought-after, and winning one is considered a mark of excellence.

Furnish Your Dream was honored with the Best Designer Award for its exceptional work in the Best Design. The company has a reputation for delivering world-class interior design solutions to clients across the country. Their work is known for its attention to detail, innovative use of materials, and aesthetic appeal.

“We are grateful to have won India’s Best Kitchen Designer Award,” said Kushagra Awasthi, Founder, Furnish Your Dream. “This award is a testament to our commitment to delivering exceptional interior design solutions to our clients. We would like to thank the India Kitchen Congress for recognizing our efforts and honoring us with this prestigious award.”

Furnish Your Dream has been in the interior design industry for over a decade and has completed several prestigious projects across the country. They have a team of highly skilled designers and craftsmen who work together to create stunning interior spaces that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing.

India’s Best Kitchen Designer Award is the latest addition to Furnish Your Dream’s long list of accolades. The company has previously won several other awards for its exceptional work in the interior design industry.

Mumbai, 22 April 2023: WinZO, India’s largest social gaming and interactive entertainment technology platform, has announced the launch of its new cyber security challenge program, Code Health and Security Evaluation (CHASE) – (WinZO CHASE) in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D), Delhi Technological University (DTU), Netaji Subhash University of Technology (NSUT), and IIID. The program aims to invest in and develop open-source technology and best practices that can be used by businesses, government agencies, and other organizations to protect against cyber actors who exploit vulnerabilities to steal information, and money, and are developing capabilities to disrupt, destroy, or threaten the delivery of essential services. As most solutions are now delivered in a digital environment, it becomes the most important vulnerability and National Security threat.

Through this program, WinZO along with the partnered institutes aims to develop open-source technologies for cyber security: information and event management, endpoint detection & response protocols, security orchestration, encryption, and penetration testing and detection technology. The first phase of the program would also be extending a scholarship of Rs.5 lacs to the winners. Top-performing participants are also eligible for internships and pre-placement interviews at WinZO.

WinZO has a 100 million registered user base and facilitates over four billion micro-transactions per month. In this biggest micro-transaction economy of the country, the safety of transacting users and the integrity of data is most important. Since its launch on 7th April, WinZO has seen over 1000 registrations for the challenge and has already started receiving submissions.

Paavan Nanda, Co-founder of WinZO said: “We aspire to build world-class technology and solutions out of India and extend our solutions to the entire ecosystem to scale the impact, that is the role of any platform business. Preventing attacks or mitigating the spread of an attack as quickly as possible is of utmost importance for a platform that scales across over 100 million users, 20% of which are making their first digital payments. Any cyber-attack, no matter how small, is a threat to our national security and must be identified, managed, and shut down. Young engineers need to develop an early outlook for security threats and solutions that can help organizations stay ahead of emerging threats.”

Launched in early 2018, WinZO hosts over 100 skill-based games in 12 vernacular languages. It has a registered user base of over 100 million, of which around 90% hail from tier II and beyond. The company facilitates over four billion microtransactions and gameplays per month. In addition to the CHASE program, WinZO actively engages the student community across various streams be it technology, business, design, or security. Recently, the company wrapped up the second season of Battle of Super Scholars (BOSS) in IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, and IIM Lucknow which saw participation from more than 1,000 students across campuses. WinZO also conducts a yearly hackathon across college campuses with the most relevant and modern problem statements to encourage the next generation of talent to build large scalable consumer technology companies made in India to solve for the world.

Mumbai, April 22, 2023: There is new evidence that upskilling courses lend learners an upper hand in their careers, as the Emeritus India Impact Survey reveals that an overwhelming majority of 96 per cent of professionals surveyed witnessed the positive impact of Leadership Programmes on their jobs within a year of undertaking them. The survey was conducted by Emeritus, a global leader in world-class professional education, to understand how professionals stay future-ready with the help of professional programmes from Emeritus.

Interestingly, the number of professionals who undertook programmes on leadership belonged primarily to the software and IT services, as well as, manufacturing sectors in the job roles of human resources and talent, as well as, operations. Leadership programmes also enabled 63% of the surveyed learners to advance in their careers and leapfrog others in the profession.

As per McKinsey & Company’s report in 2021, most companies worldwide – at least 87 per cent – are “aware that they either already have a skill gap among their workforce or will have one within a few years”. In this backdrop, the Emeritus India Impact Survey revealed that professionals also felt confident of contributing to team improvement and technical improvement organisationally as a result of professional upskilling programmes in leadership. While every 2 out of 3 participants admitted that the programmes provided them with necessary skills and training needed to advance in their career, about 63% said they saw a team improvement owing to the leadership programmes they were a part of.

Upskilling programmes were particularly valuable in imparting the much-needed tools and strategies which could be immediately applied to their work, reported 71% of the professionals who took up such leadership programmes. Nearly 68% of them also said the programmes helped them be more efficient and effective in their jobs. In addition, about 72% agreed that professional leadership programmes empowered them with access to the latest thinking from world-renowned experts and thought leaders, and thereby be able to compete with their peers.

Showcasing the long-term impact of upskilling courses, about 71% of the professionals also said they could inculcate a lifelong learning mentality within themselves and being inspired to pursue career-related dreams, drawing from the leadership programmes they attended.

Commenting on the Emeritus India Impact Survey findings, Mr. Mohan Kannegal, CEO, India and APAC, Emeritus, said, “In the fast-changing job landscape, it is important for organisations and individuals to be conscious of the skill gaps that exist among professionals and actively address them through upskilling. At Emeritus, we are driven to bridge this skill gap through high-quality, life-changing and accessible education, curated in partnership with some of the world’s leading educational institutions which help us deliver impact for learners. Through programmes with top B-Schools in India and globally, we are offering programmes for CXOs to upskill in growing niches such as CDO, CTO and COO. It is extremely heartening to see the findings from the Emeritus India Impact Survey 2022 point not only to short-term results of our programmes, such as being more efficient at jobs with the knowledge of latest world-class tools, strategies and thinking, but also empowering the workforce with a lifelong learning mentality. We are glad to inspire the next-generation of leaders through our programmes, who are taking shape by learning from world-renowned experts.”

This recently released India Impact Survey was conducted in September 2022, with learners who completed Emeritus professional education programmes through its partner schools before June 2022.

Emeritus connects learners through global virtual classrooms, partnering with over 60 top universities to offer online and app-based learning in formats including courses, certificates, online degrees, boot camps, etc. The company has a truly global reach – serving more than 250,000 learners across 160 countries, with programmes offered in a variety of languages.

India, 22 April 2023- ASUS India has launched its latest campaign “ incredible” – Crafted for the Incredible to announce its new ZenBook Vivobook series0020laptops in India.

The “ incredible” campaign emerges from ASUS brand tagline – In Search of Incredible, here the brand is communicating its engineering design prowess, enabling a 1cm & 1Kg notebook calling the effort as “Thincredible”

The slimmest Zenbook from ASUS is termed “Thincredible” as ASUS has added an OLED Display, a larger battery & all essential ports including an HDMI in Just 1 cm & Kg, which is an “Incredible” feat to achieve making it an world’s slimmest OLED ultraportable laptop.

The latest ZenBook and Vivo book lineups are equipped with stunning new ASUS Lumina OLED displays, ASUS Ice Cool technology, and unique and durable designs, empowering users with outstanding sustainable performance and purposeful innovations.

The campaign will be showcased on Connected TV, Digital media, Print as well as on its social media platforms. ASUS claims to emphasize the fact that every product by the brand is an outcome built on thoughtful innovations that are more portable, more powerful, more sustainable, and more colorful.

ASUS is driven by innovation that resonates with the changing needs of content creators, Paramjeet Singh, Head of Marketing, Consumer PC- Systems Group ASUS India, said. “Through this campaign, we want to further fortify the brand ASUS as the enabler of delivering a 1cm Thincredible experience to our consumers. Thus, keeping up to the brand promise, we will keep pursuing our search of the incredible ideas and experiences.

With our New Thincredible – Crafted for the Incredible campaign we want to highlight and showcase that these thin credible laptops are built on meaningful innovations that has incredible design incredible visual experience, incredible performance helping for sustaining a better future, he also added