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Mar

Škoda Auto India Announces Season 2 of Single Wicket Tournament

ŠKODA AUTO India has announced Season 2 of the ŠKODA Single Wicket (SSW) tournament, with an objective to cover 59 cities and 32,000+ young cricketers across India. ŠKODA Single Wicket Season 2 will start on April 28. Petr Šolc, Brand Director, ŠKODA AUTO India, said, “For ŠKODA AUTO India, customer centricity and a human touch approach towards our customers have been at the centre of everything we do. Sport, apart from competition and skill, is also about celebrating the human spirit. The ŠKODA Single Wicket initiative offers a platform for young players to showcase their talent. Furthermore, it will also…

Simplilearn raises USD 45 million from a consortium

Nov

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Simplilearn raises USD 45 million from a consortium

Simplilearn, the homegrown online Bootcamp for digital skilling & training, announced that it has raised USD 45 million in a fresh round of funding from a consortium led by GSV Ventures. The fresh round of funding also saw participation of Clal Insurance, and DisruptAD, ADQ’s venture platform. Simplilearn offers digital skilling programs for professionals, enabling learners to upskill and get certified in fast-growing digital domains. It creates these programs in collaboration with renowned educational institutions such as Caltech CTME, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, UMass Amherst and the Isenberg School of Management, Purdue University, Wharton Online, IIT Roorkee, and IIT Kanpur, and companies such as…

IMDb launches new social media handles in India

Nov

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IMDb launches new social media handles in India

Entertainment fans can now explore exclusive Indian content, including trending titles and stars, powered by the #1 movie website in the world IMDb, one of the popular sources of information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, has recently launched its official social media handles for Indian content. IMDb is committed to being indispensable to entertainment fans in India and worldwide, and currently offers an engaging and fun experience for more than 15 million fans across its global social media channels. Entertainment fans can now follow two new social media channels, namely @IMDb_in, on Instagram and Twitter for all of the…

Delhivery plans to create over 75,000 seasonal jobs pan-India

Aug

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Delhivery plans to create over 75,000 seasonal jobs pan-India

Mumbai: Delhivery, an integrated logistics provider, has announced plans to create over 75,000 seasonal jobs pan-India, over the next 6 weeks. This will cater to the significantly higher volumes during the festive season with both its parcel and express part-truckload businesses. The company recently announced that it would hire 10,000+ off-roll employees across its gateways, warehouses, and last-mile delivery centers. The company will also double down on its various partner programs by onboarding individual bikers, local retailers, business partners, and transporters. Delhivery is able to onboard multiple partners at scale without impacting the end customer experience thanks to its technology…

Godrej Appliances inaugurates its 36th Godrej Disha Excellence Centre in India, second centre in Faridabad

May

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Godrej Appliances inaugurates its 36th Godrej Disha Excellence Centre in India, second centre in Faridabad

Faridabad: Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group, announced that its business unit Godrej Appliances has opened its 36th Excellence Centre for vocational training in India, second in the city of Faridabad, in association with IITM Murthal in Sonipat. IITM Murthal is a premier education institute with a distinctive academic profile, working relentlessly towards its commitment to empowering rural youth by training them on job-oriented trades. The excellence centre is part of the ongoing ‘Godrej Disha’ initiative – the vocational training program of the group -that aims at improving lives of India’s underprivileged youth by training them…

May

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MISSCALLPAY Won ‘TiE50 winner’ Title

Mumbai, 13th May 2022 – MissCallPay, a voice-based payment Fintech startup running on UPI 123Pay has added another accolade in its kitty. The company was declared as ‘TiE50 winner’ and has stood among thousands of startups who applied and among 18 non-usa startups who have won the TiE50 title at TiEcon 2022, the technology-anchored entrepreneurship conference. On the behalf of MissCallPay, Mr. Mitesh Thakker, founder of MissCallPay has been honored in the presence of eminent corporate leaders, investors, and other big players in the industry. Commenting on being felicitated as the ‘TiE50 winner’ Mr. Mitesh Thakker, Founder of MissCallPay said,…

Fairfax and Quess commit up to INR 300 crores to set up a 350 bed Speciality Paediatric Centre at CMC Vellore

May

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Fairfax and Quess commit up to INR 300 crores to set up a 350 bed Speciality Paediatric Centre at CMC Vellore

Bengaluru: Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”) along with Quess Corp Ltd. (“Quess”) announces the signing of a MoA with Christian Medical College (“CMC”), Vellore to set up a paediatric specialty centre at its Kannigapuram campus. The proposed centre, which will be called the ‘CMC Vellore Paediatric Specialty Centre’, will have 350 beds covering a range of paediatric specialties. Fairfax and Quess have pledged up to INR 300cr towards setting up this centre, with the vision to provide leading state-of-the-art paediatric medical and surgical services. In addition to treatment, the centre will also focus on education, training and research. This will…

Indian Delicacy: HARA CHANA CHOLIA Recipe

May

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Indian Delicacy: HARA CHANA CHOLIA Recipe

Malvika Hada Kumar, Moj content creator who recently won of Kitchen Minister of India campaign from Haryana, shares the recipe for Hara Chana Cholia. Ingredients: 1 tbsp Oil1/2 tsp Cumin seeds2-3 Dry red chillies2-3 Cloves1 Bay leaf1-1/2 tsp Garlic, finely chopped2 Onions, finely chopped1 cup Tomato puree1/2 cup Yogurt, whisked1 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder1 cup Fresh green chickpeas, pressure cooked for 1 whistle.1/2 tsp Turmeric powder1 tsp Coriander powderSalt, to taste1/2 tsp Garam masala powder1/4 cup Coriander leaves, finely choppedWater, as required Instructions Heat oil in a pan. Add cumins seeds, cloves, dry red chillies and bay leaf. Saute…

Mar

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Bharat Serums and Vaccines Standardizes on Veeva Vault PromoMats to Speed Scientific Content Distribution

MUMBAI — Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) today announced one of India’s fastest-growing biopharma companies, Bharat Serums and Vaccines Limited (BSV), is standardizing on Veeva Vault PromoMats to accelerate its end-to-end content lifecycle for scientific and promotional materials. BSV is adopting a scalable digital content platform for streamlined approvals and better content reuse to future-proof its operations in preparation for expansion into global markets. For over five decades, BSV has developed a range of biological, biotech, and pharmaceutical products for women’s health, infertility (IUI/IVF), and critical, and emergency care. “At BSV, we remain committed to innovation and research to deliver treatments…

Jan

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Agility Ventures To Launch INR 450 Crore Angel Fund

New Delhi: The year has begun on a promising note for Agility Ventures. One of the leading angel investor networks in the country, the company has received approvals from the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (SEBI) for an angel fund with a total corpus of the angel fund is INR 450 crore (USD 60 Million), Agility Ventures is looking to deploy the entire corpus in the next 3-4years. The past two months have seen numerous angel investor networks applying to SEBI for AIFs (Alternative Investment Funds) to not just invest in the same ecosystem, but also get tax relief for…