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09 Sep

RenewBuy aims to create job opportunities for 3000 insurance advisors

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RenewBuy, has aimed to double its insurance advisor workforce strength by the end of 2023. The Gurgaon headquartered company has approximately 70 branches across the country and the acquisition is planned across all its regions and offices. In the last six years of the company’s inception, RenewBuy has built a national insurance advisor network of approx 95000 advisors, across 780 districts. The next few years are focused on RenewBuy’s exponential growth; in terms of tech development, product offerings, accelerated consumer outreach and insurance advisor acquisition across the country. The hiring process is thus, aimed at making more and more insurance…

09 Sep

RenewBuy aims to create job opportunities for 5000 insurance advisors

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India’s leading InsurTech player, RenewBuy, has aimed to double its insurance advisor workforce strength by the end of 2023. The company is on an advisor** acquisition spree, where it is planning to increase its advisor base by 100k in the smaller markets. The Gurgaon headquartered company has approximately 70 branches across the country and the acquisition is planned across all its regions and offices. In the last six years of the company’s inception, RenewBuy has built a national insurance advisor network of approx 95000 advisors, across 780 districts. The hiring process is thus, aimed at making more and more insurance…

09 Sep

TKM Partners with UCO Bank for Value-added Financing Solutions

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Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s leading banking platform, the UCO Bank. Envisaged to enable more and more customers further access to Toyota’s world-class products and services, this partnership will benefit customers from not only Tier I markets, but across all States and Union Territories, and a with higher focus on Tier II & Tier III markets. Through its foray into the A&B-segment with new model launches like the Cool New Glanza, Urban Cruiser and the recently unveiled Urban Cruiser Hyryder, TKM has had a sustained focus on expanding its…

09 Sep

TKM announces the launch of T-TEP Program in Gaya

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Toyota Kirloskar Motor [TKM] has announced the launch of T-TEP at Aryabhatt Polytechnic, Gaya, with this our T-TEP collaboration reachesto 53 institutes. The primary objective of this initiative is to enhance the student’s skill sets with special focus on rural areas,thereby strengthening their employabilitythrough the company’s unique training initiative namelyToyota Technical Education Program (T-TEP). The inauguration event was graced by Mr. Jitan Ram Manjhi, Former Chief Minister, Government of Bihar, Mr. Tsering Dorjai, Deputy Inspector General, and other officials. Aimed at generating talented and technically skilled professionals for the automobile industry, T-TEP strongly contributes to India’s “Skill India” mission. With…

09 Sep

India’s first Student Confidence Index by LEAD

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India’s largest School Edtech company LEAD has announced the launch of India’s first Student Confidence Index, a study that assesses confidence levels of school-going students across regions, cities, demographics and various other parameters. Developed in collaboration with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (LMRF, SMLS), LEAD’s Index reveals several powerful insights into student confidence. While India stands at a confidence level of 75 on a scale of 100, Guwahati’s student confidence index stands at 71. LEAD’s Student Confidence Index assesses the five 21st century confidence-building attributes that are critical for students to succeed in life: Conceptual Understanding, Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration,…

09 Sep

Over 150 leading brands joined udaan platform in the last six months

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udaan, India’s largest business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform, has announced that over 150 leading Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) brands have joined the platform in the last six months. The reputed brands stand to benefit from udaan’s robust network across the country and a long-standing relationship that the company shares with small retailers and kirana stores. The FMCG category plans to expand its presence from 1200 cities currently to over 1500 cities, thus benefiting both the brands as well as retailer partners on the platform while enjoying the benefits of e-Commerce scale. Vinay Shrivastava, Head - FMCG Business, udaan said, “We look…

09 Sep

Dettol Hygiene Olympiad becomes India’s biggest Hygiene Olympiad for children

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Reckitt, world’s leading consumer health and hygiene company, under its flagship campaign Dettol Banega Swasth India has launched India’s first and biggest Hygiene Olympiad- Dettol Hygiene Olympiad. A natural extension to the Dettol School Hygiene Curriculum, the initiative further cements Reckitt’sbelief inaddressing hygiene gaps that areimperativein India’s journey to better health. The Dettol Hygiene Olympiad, under Reckitt India’s flagship initiative Dettol Banega Swasth India, will also Identify ‘Hygiene Champions/Leaders’ who will become advocates of good hygiene in schools and districts. Powered by Dettol Banega Swasth India, the Olympiadis supported by the Dettol School Hygiene Programme’s outreach partners – Plan India,…

09 Sep

ASDC & Tide Water Oil Company (India) Limited launches Project ‘Karigari’

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The Automotive Skills Development Council (ASDC) has launched a project ‘Karigari’ with Tide Water Oil Company (India) Limited under the CSR initiative in Kolkata to train two-wheeler & four- wheeler market technicians on Bharat Stage-6 (BS-6) technology. Under this ‘Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)’ program, independent auto-mechanics or garage owners will receive two days training on BS-6 emission standards and aligned engines. This initiative was launched in the August presence of Arindam Lahiri, CEO, ASDC and Arijit Basu- Executive Director, Tidewater Oil Company (India) Limited. A MoU was also signed between ASDC & Tide Water Oil Company (India) Limited for…

08 Sep

23rd edition of the TCS Rural IT Quiz

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TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) and Government of Karnataka (Department of Electronics, IT, BT and Science and Technology) announced that registrations for the 23rd edition of the TCS Rural IT Quiz are now open across India. The event will be part of Bengaluru Tech Summit 2022. The quiz will be a combination of online tests, and virtual and physical quiz shows. Students from Class 8 to 12 from smaller towns and districts are encouraged to participate. The quiz will focus on application of technology across various sectors and aspects. There will be eight regional finals across India. The winner of each…

08 Sep

PhonePe registers 80 lakh merchants under the RBI PIDF scheme

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PhonePe, has announced that it has digitized 80 lakh offline merchants as a part of the RBI PIDF (Payments Infrastructure Development Fund) scheme in the last eighteen months. The Payments Infrastructure Development Fund was set up by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to subsidize deployment of Points of Sale (PoS) infrastructure (physical and digital modes) in every centres and North Eastern States of the country. The PIDF scheme, PhonePe was able to double down and create digital payment infrastructure across the country, and digitize even far-flung terrains which had so far not been digitized. The PhonePe Pulse data shows…