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08 Oct

Trends wants to participate in festivities and celebrations of customers through engaging initiatives

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Trends as a brand wants to participate in festivities and celebrations of customers through engaging initiatives. Thus the idea of Pujo 5 days 5 looks for fashion was transformed to a consumer engagement program named Saj Parbon in 2022. Trends association with Pujas echoes commitment to going hyperlocal with consumer engagement initiatives across festivals. This year Trends have taken Saj Parbon to 21 districts across West Bengal and paras spread across these 21 districts. Each Trends stores are also decked up with Puja collection and depicted the 5 days of fashion look with styling expertise, so that it will be…

07 Oct

India’s own Swadeshi Size chart – INDIAsize, reaches its final city of Shillong, Meghalaya

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The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has launched a national sizing survey to develop India’s first country-specific size chart, which will give Indians, clothes that fit better. The survey for mapping will collate basic data like gender, locality and age. The first phase of the survey will look into a size chart for 15-65+ years of age, while the second phase will map sizes for children. The entire scanning process will take around 15 minutes per scan. The INDIAsize multicity sizing survey using non-contact human safe 3D body scanning technology will enable India to come up with standard body…

07 Oct

Tata Motors Limited announces its sales in the domestic & international market

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Tata Motors Limited has announced its sales in the domestic & international market, for Q2FY23, which stood at 2,43,387 vehicles, compared to 1,71,270units during Q2FY22. Total domestic sales for September 22 is 80,633 units as compared to 55,988 units in September 2021, this means the growth rate is 44%. Mr. Girish Wagh, Executive Director, Tata Motors Ltd. said, “Going forward, while we expect a strong sales in the festive season we will maintain a close watch on the evolving geopolitical, inflation and interest raterisks on both the supply and demand”. Domestic sale of MH&ICV in Q2 FY23, including trucks and…

07 Oct

Nissan India registers domestic wholesale of 3177 units

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Nissan Motor India has announced cumulative wholesales of 7265 units, with domestic wholesales of 3177 units and export wholesales of 4088 units, in the month of September 2022. The cumulative wholesale YTD growth stood at 18% as compared to the same period last year. Nissan India continues to drive customer centric efforts to cater to customers’ demands as per the highest standard aligned with the Global Nissan way. A more recent initiative in this area is the Quality Month campaign starting 26th Sept till 11th Nov. With an aim to improve customer satisfaction through implementation of Nissan global standard practices,…

07 Oct

Over 1 billion customers visit the platform On Flipkart’s TBBD event

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The ninth edition of The Big Billion Days (TBBD), Flipkart’s annual flagship event, achieved a significant milestone of over 1 billion customers visiting the platform during the 8-day long festival, delivering immense value for the entire ecosystem, driven bythe levers of innovation, affordability, inclusion, value, and convenience. It demonstrates a strongadoption of ecommerce across the country with more than 60% of customers coming from Tier-2and -3 cities. Flipkart served millions of customers in the remotest parts of the nation such as Khonsa in Arunachal Pradesh, and Port Blair, Medinipur, Bankura, Puri and Bhagalpur being among the top 10Tier-3 cities from…

07 Oct

DGT launches Bharatskills Forum, a digital knowledge-sharing platform

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Bharatskills, a new feature Forum has been added to the Bharatskills learning platform developed by DGT that allows sharing of books, notes, videos, question bank, etc., and other relevant skill-related content forlearners. This facility shall act as a digital warehouse for the skilling community by allowingsharing of contents in various forms like handwritten trainers’ or trainees’ notes, PDFs, scanned copies, or recorded videos in any language. The Directorate General of Training (DGT) in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is the apex organisation for development and coordination at national level for the programmes relating to vocational training. This…

01 Oct

India’s next big economic opportunity Convergence of Agriculture & IT

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India’s next big economic opportunity, after winning the world with information technology services, is agriculture, with a current economic value of US$600 billion estimated in 2020-21. Convergence of agriculture and IT is creating major opportunities to usher in smart-farming technologies and tools, to unlock new economic values for every wing of the agriculture eco-system (Agri Governance, Agri input and Agri output). AgriGate, a conclave co-hosted by NASSCOM and InGreens. It is the first such event in India, that’s bringing together all the players in the agriculture and related technology ecosystem, not only from across India, but also from six other…

01 Oct

ET Money introduces 17 day long Great Indian Investment Festival

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ET Money, one of India's largest wealth tech apps, has announced the launch of the first-of-its-kind festival called ‘Great Indian Investment Festival’. Through this unique initiative, ET Money will reward users for building & exhibiting good financial habits. Through this 17-day-long festival, the app will offer users a festive discount on ET Money Genius & rewards that would include assured shopping vouchers, lifestyle subscriptions, daily lucky draws & bumper prizes. Some of the mega prizes on offer are the latest iPhone 14 Plus, iPad Air, and Royal Enfield Interceptor bike. Investors can also win up to Rs 2 Lakh in…

01 Oct

LIC MF Multicap Fund opens from Oct 6, 2022

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LIC Mutual Fund has announced the launch of LIC MF Multicap Fund (“LICMF Multicap”), an open-ended equity scheme, which would invest across all market capitalization categories. LIC MF Multicap Fund would invest a minimum of 25 per cent each in Large, Mid and Small Cap stocks, with the balance of 25 per cent providing flexibility to the fund manager to invest across market capitalization, at his discretion following a disciplined approach. The New Fund Offer (NFO) opens on Thursday, October 6, 2022, and would close on Thursday, October 20, 2022. The scheme would reopen for ongoing subscription from Wednesday, November…

01 Oct

ZEE5 is all set to celebrate Durga Pujo, with its viewers

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ZEE5 is all set to celebrate one of the biggest Hindu festivals in the country, 5-day long celebration of Durga Pujo, with its viewers. This Durgotsav, the platform is bringing Maa Durga to millions of households across the globe, allowing viewers to experience all the pujo rituals remotely and witness the grandeur of over 40 renowned pandals virtually from the comfort of their homes. This endeavor will see ZEE5 live stream the pujo from the best and most popular pandals from Kolkataandother Indian cities. ZEE5 has conceptualized a 360-degree campaign, #ZEE5SaradinerSangee, to not only celebrate the spirit of Durga Pujo…