SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

●        Aimed at close collaboration with the Defence forces to offer its ex-personnel a thriving career in e-commerce ●        Partnership with Army Welfare Placement Organisation (AWPO) to help identify and onboard selected personnel in various roles ●        Ex-Army personnel to be onboarded across the value chain including corporate and supply chain roles and to be provided training and guidance   Bangalore – November 27, 2020:  Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, today announced its collaboration with the Armed forces with the launch of ‘FlipMarch’ initiative to onboard ex-Army personnel across its value chain. As part of the initiative, Flipkart has partnered with the Army Welfare Placement Organisation (AWPO) to identify and onboard selected candidates in roles across the organization.   Under this initiative, selected personnel will be offered customized indu...

 ● Pravasi Rojgar, an initiative of Sonu Sood and Schoolnet, has already onboarded 10 lakh job seekers and thousands of employers within 4 months ● GoodWorker to expand Pravasi Rojgar’s horizon by leveraging technology to deliver job matching, upskilling, financial and other services for 10 crore blue-collar workers Mumbai, 26 November 2020 – As India steers through the COVID-19 crisis towards self-reliance and growth, there is an urgent need to address the challenges faced by the blue-collar worker community in the areas of employment and empowerment. To bridge this gap, GoodWorker, a digital job matching platform, has come together with noted actor, Sonu Sood and Schoolnet, a leading education and vocational skills provider, to form a joint venture with an initial investment of Rs. 250 Cr (~US$ 34M). The technology platform aims to reach 10 crore Indians by providing access to good jobs and career progression through upskilling services, followed by financial, healthcare and soci...

After delivering the chartbuster heartbreak track Kona Re Bharose, Rakesh Barot has come out with his latest Gujarati single ‘Mahelo Ni Rani’, which features popular model and actress Sweta Sen, along with Rakesh himself.   The video has an interesting storyline, where Rakesh is seen as a film superstar, who falls in love at first sight with a background dancer on the set of his film. Shot in a big scale, the video captures the journey of love between two unlikely people, as they find each other.   Penned by Harjit Panesar and directed by Aannu Patel, this romantic number is sure to enthrall the hearts of many!   Commenting on the same, Rakesh said , “ Mahelo Ni Rani is an out and out romantic number, with beautiful and simple lyrics and a very catchy melody. The video is also shot in a big scale, giving it a grand look and feel. My fans have always loved my romantic numbers, and after the heartbreak song of Kona Re Bharose, this song is about admiring a wo...

    Dr.Krishna Reddy Nallamalla, Country Director, ACCESS Health India.   The world is eagerly awaiting a vaccine against Covid-19. Announcements from lead runners have been encouraging. And yet, unanswered questions remain. These will be known only after full results are published in peer reviewed scientific journals. Moreover, the challenge of administering the vaccine to billions of people across the world is daunting. Each country will have to plan well in advance to finance, procure, and organize population-wide vaccination.   The challenge for India, with a population of over 1.3 billion, is huge . India has, in the past, demonstrated its abilities in meeting challenges of this nature, despite its weak health system. India boasts of one of the largest vaccine manufacturing capacities in the world. India boasts of a widespread network of frontline health workers (ASHA, ANMs, and Anganwadi workers among others) that has been effective in undertaking programs at s...

New Delhi; November 25, 2020 :   ACMA, under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India inaugurated the 5 th  edition of iAutoConnect 2020- International Reverse Buyers Sellers Meet. The event, organised on a virtual platform, will be a seven-day extravaganza, from November 25 until December 01 2020, connecting overseas auto component distributors and buyers with exhibitors from ACMA member companies.   Vinnie Mehta, Director General, ACMA,  giving an overview of the event mentioned, “The current edition of iAutoConnect 2020 has witnessed participation from over 65 Auto Component Manufacturers while over 150 buyers from 35 countries have already registered for the event; the number of buyers is expected increase significantly as the event progresses. The event is aimed at promoting aftermarket auto component exports from India.”   Since the lockdown, in wake of the pandemic, ACMA has made concerted efforts to provide its members wi...

NEW DELHI, 25 November 2020: Justice Pratibha M Singh, Judge, Delhi High Court  today said that the convergence of free to air broadcasting; pay television; DTR to OTT, shows that there is a need for the creation of an independent adjudicatory mechanism, which is not consisting of functionaries or broadcasters, in order to reign credibility, transparency and fairness. The same, she said, could be under the aegis of an independent service provider.    Addressing the  Fast Track Digital series,  as a part of the  FICCI Knowledge Series,  on the role of the digital economy to revitalize economic growth organized by  FICCI,   Justice Singh  said, “If media and content creators have to remain free and fair they ought to involve free and fair adjudicatory mechanisms, which are not coercive in nature.”     Elaborating further,  Justice Singh  said that apart from the creation of independent regulatory mechanisms, there needs...

Häfele’s global brand, Loox, has become the pioneering brand in furniture lighting across the world, today. In India, the brand enjoys a special position among Architects, Designers and Interior Contractors who are now increasingly using light and light concepts while designing home and interior furniture. The Loox brand is backed by years of technological know-how and expertise; and it offers the widest range of lighting solutions in the Indian Market today. Last year, Häfele launched its 5 th   generation of lighting solutions at the ACETECH Exhibition in Mumbai, offering customers a new level of light integration in furniture that was never seen before. The company has recently opened its very first Loox Experience centre in the city of Ahmedabad on 31st October 2020. Located at Loox Experience Centre, 103, Shilp The Address, Shilaj Circle, Thaltej, Ahmedabad or Contact Mobile no. +91 99099 14753/ +91 98250 24753. This state-of-the-art facility has further strengthened the compa...