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New Delhi, August 27, 2020: Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt Ltd. today made a grand entry in 180-200cc motorcycle segment with it’s all new muscular, sporty and advanced Hornet 2.0. Conceived to be an International Street Fighter, its agility complemented by a range of advanced features is expressed in its design codes while ‘Built to perform’ attitude showcases a sense of sophistication. Talking on the launch Mr. Atsushi Ogata, Managing Director, President & CEO , Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. said, “Inspired by the dreams of the new age customers & their passion for riding, we are pleased to introduce all new Honda Hornet 2.0. With its advanced technology & thrilling performance, new Hornet 2.0 is set to create a new benchmark among the young motorcycle enthusiasts. It is the beginning of Honda’s new era of portfolio expansion catering to a wide range of customers in India”.  Introducing the new Hornet 2.0, Mr. Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Director...

ஆன்லைனில் பாடல் கச்சேரிக்கு ஏற்பாடு  சென்னை: பாம்பே ஜெயஸ்ரீ மற்றும் 7 கலைஞர்கள் ஒன்றிணைந்து , ஒற்றை ஆசிரியர் பள்ளிகளுக்கான நிதி திரட்டுவதற்காக ஆகஸ்ட் 22 முதல் ஆன்லைனில் பாடல் நிகழ்ச்சிகளை நடத்துகின்றனர். தமிழ்நாட்டின் தொலைதூர கிராமங்களில் பயிலும் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான குழந்தைகளுக்கு  கல்வி கற்பித்தலை எளிதாக்க, 'ஓராசிரியர் பள்ளி' எனும் திட்டம் செயல்படுத்தப்பட்டு வருகிறது.  சுவாமி விவேகானந்தா  ஊரக வளர்ச்சி சங்கத்தின் மூலம்,  2006 இல் இருந்து இவ்வாறு கற்பிக்கப்படுகிறது. காஞ்சிபுரம், திருவள்ளூர், வேலூர், ராணிப்பேட்டை, திருவண்ணாமலை, செங்கல்பட்டு, கோயம்புத்தூர், திருவாரூர், நாகப்பட்டினம், திருச்சி ஆகிய 10 மாவட்டங்களில் 1,057க்கும் மேற்பட்ட பள்ளிகளைச் சேர்ந்த 31,000 குழந்தைகளுக்கு கற்பிக்கப் படுகிறது. மகளிர் மேம்பாட்டின் ஒரு பகுதியாக, கிராமங்களில் உள்ள தகுதியான பெண்கள் தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டு ஆசிரியர்களாக பயிற்சி அளிக்கப்படுகிறது. அவர்களே ஆசிரியர்களாக இருந்து மாணவர்களுக்கு கற்பிக்கின்றனர். பள்ளிகளில் கரும்பலகைகள், பாய்கள், சோலார் விளக்குகள் மற்றும் முதலுதவி பெட்டிகள் பொருத்தப்படுவ...

Standard of Higher education in Russia is considered to be one of the most advanced and sophisticated.  Cost of higher education is relatively cheaper because it is highly subsidized by the Government of the Russian Federation .  Chennai, August 21, 2020: Russian Universities are all set to conduct online classes for students in India who enroll in their undergraduate (UG) and post-graduate (PG) programs in the 2020 academic year. The online classes are scheduled to start from September / October this year and may continue throughout the first year, owing to the international travel restrictions during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, announced the officials of the leading Russian universities, today, while addressing a virtual press meet. (L to R)    Gennadii A. Rogalev, Director - Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Chennai; Oleg  N. Avdeev, Consul General - Russian Federation in Chennai, South India The press meet was organised by the Russian Centre of Sci...

Team of experts at Gleneagles Global Health City successfully performed Complicated Surgery amid COVID Pandemic  Chennai, August 20th, 2020: A 16 years old boy from Chennai who was suffering from decompensated chronic liver disease due to ‘Cholesteryl ester storage disease’, has undergone successful liver transplant at Gleneagles Global Health City.  Master Dilli Ganesh who had undergone successful liver transplant for Rare metabolic disease with the team of experts who had performed the first-of-its-kind living donor liver Transplant at Gleneagles Global Health City, today Across the globe, only 17 such cases have been reported and this is the first such case reported in India. This is one among the rare genetic liver diseases which affects the liver at childhood and further leads to liver failure as the child grows older. It is caused by a mutation in the LIPA gene. As the situation was getting critical, the boy’s mother decided to donate the right lobe of her liver to save ...

Liver transplants on a Six-month old baby and an Eleven-year-old girl Chennai: Apollo Hospital doctors successfully saved two young lives by performing complicated living donor liver transplants on a Six-month old baby and an Eleven-year-old girl who had extreme health complications during the pandemic. Mothers of both children gave a new lease of life to them once again by donating a part of their liver. (L to R) Dr.Velmurugan Anesthesist, Dr. Elankumaran- Surgical Gastroenterologist, Liver Transplant Surgeon, Dr. Dhanasekar Kesavelu-Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Dr. Raja Rajan-Vascular Surgeon, Dr.Venkatachalam, DMS, Apollo Hospitals Six-month old Baby Abhyansh Mondal had persistent jaundice since his birth in January 2020 which eventually got worse with time. The baby was affected by a rare genetic disorder due to which he was born without a bile duct. Abhyansh Mondal son of Abhishek Mondal and Samyuktha Kumari from Jharkhand was suffering from Biliary Atresia, a rare, cong...

Chennai, August 2020: In an ongoing outreach to empower the community to save lives during emergencies, ALERT, a NGO th at works towards a better emergency care eco system in India, signed MoU with the LIONS club international District 324-A1 to collaborate in the effort. The programs will be delivered to the members of the prestigious clubs in the District, their families, Leos and to the adopted colleges, villages and others from the larger community. With the need of the hour to also embrace the new normal due to the COVID pandemic, the MoU will also enable the outreach of a program titled “Be ALERT”, specifically designed for individuals and organisations to embrace safety as a culture in day to day life.  (R to L):  Mr. V.M.Muralidharan, Chairman-ALERT, and Ln. PV Prakash Kumar, District Governor PMHF with the MoU copy. ALERT and LIONS club international District 324-A1 signed an MoU To jointly enable Right to Life”, by empowering people to save lives. Also seen in the p...

Chennai, August 15, 2020:  Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., a part of the $19.4 billion Mahindra Group, today unveiled the All-New Thar, the most eagerly awaited and legendary SUV, on the occasion of India’s 74 th  Independence Day. In its all-new avatar, the Thar is a quantum leap in terms of  performance,   everyday comfort & convenience, technology   and safety , as it stays true to its core promise of  unmatched off-roading capability  and builds on its  iconic design . (L – R) – Rajesh Jejurikar, Executive Director, Auto and Farm Sectors, M&M Ltd. and Dr. Pawan Goenka, MD & CEO, M&M Ltd at the unveil of the All-New Thar, the most eagerly awaited SUV, on the occasion of India’s 74 th  Independence Day Unveiling the All-New Thar,  Dr. Pawan Goenka, MD & CEO, M&M Ltd  said, “Today, with the unveil of the All-New Thar, we rewrite history once again. The All-New Thar is firmly rooted in our rich automotive...

T he new website of Yamaha with Virtual Store will host an end-to-end online buying platform of Yamaha two wheelers The online sale will cover more than 300 dealerships pan India in 2020 A class-leading customer experience at  https://www.yamaha-motor-india.com/   and a hassle-free booking & purchase at  https://shop.yamaha-motor-india.com/ Chennai, August 13 th , 2020:  The excitement of Yamaha is all set to get intensified as the company introduces the “New user friendly website with online sales facility” in India today, as a part of the brand’s continued effort to provide exciting experiences to its customers under its strategic campaign “The Call of the Blue”. In the current scenario, customers are preferring to stay indoors and they want to minimize their visit to showroom. Considering the convenience of the customers, India Yamaha Motor has introduced the online sales on its website with  VIRTUAL STORE  to enhance the buying experiences of its cu...

Chennai 10th August 2020: The first episode of Star Sports 1 Tamil Quiz show ‘Aattathukku Readya?’ that launched on August 9th received plenty of plaudits from viewers and fans. The show, which marked the debut of R Aswhin as a quiz master, saw the Team India star off-spinner don his new hat with utmost ease as he hosted the first quarter-final of the quiz show. Star Sports 1 Tamil’s maiden cricket quiz show witnessed a whopping 2900 teams registering for the event, with 2200 teams participating. After the preliminary rounds, around 8 teams made it to the quarter-finals. The latest episode saw Team Solli Adippom Gilli showcase their mental strength against Team Quick Fun Morgan.  Speaking exclusively on Star Sports 1 Tamil’s Quiz Show ‘Aattathukku Readya?’, R Ashwin talked about his experience and the level of cricket knowledge of the contestants, “The kind of response we received over the past 10 days is superlative and I am eagerly awaiting now for the knockouts on ‘Aattathukku R...

Chennai 4 August 2020: Pumps and Water Technology provider EKKI has now become a part of the MBA curriculum at INSEAD Business School, which is rated consistently one among the world’s top 3 Business Schools. The study has been included in the MBA reading list for the subject “Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation”. INSEAD has created a case study on the challenges, growth and transformation journey of EKKI. The case study narrates the reinvention of EKKI beginning in 2013, and covers how EKKI transformed itself into a sustainable water technology provider from DECCAN Pumps starting in 1981 with a deep commitment to quality, sustainability and value delivery to its customers and members. The case study titled “Sustainability in Asia” is authored by Professors Stephen J. Mezias (INSEAD), Indira Pant (National University of Singapore) & Rikki Abzug, (Ramapo College of New Jersey). The study will be available for teaching purposes within and outside the INSEAD community.  Sharing...

COVID pandemic has put a halt on every aspect of our daily lives but not medical emergencies. When parents of these three less than 1-year old babies, weighed between 3.5 to 5.5 kgs from Nellore, Bangalore and Delhi, were told that only liver transplantation could save their children amidst pandemic, they were ready to defy the odds to save their little ones. With travel restrictions and logistic difficulties, they made it to Chennai to Dr Rela institute and Medical Centre for Liver transplantation. Biliary atresia is a condition which affects 1 in 10,000 children, where the bile ducts that drain bile from the liver to the intestine is not properly formed.  Dr Naresh Shanmugam, Children Liver specialist at Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre said“All these three children were diagnosed with biliary atresia with progressive jaundice and liver failure, these children’s condition started to deteriorate, and parents did not have any option to wait. All these three children were less ...

Classes in Hindi and English complying with the NCERT curriculum for NIOS Students The Chennai based NGO, Tapas Trust has launched a Digital Education Program (DEP) for NIOS Board students recently for Classes 1 to 10.Tapas Trust has partnered with 11 NGOs and implemented the DEP in 19 schools in Tamil Nadu , Kerala, Karnataka, UttarPradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, benefiting more than 1000 students from different communities, free of cost . S.Lakshminarayanan, Course Director The Course Director and Managing Trustee, Shri.S.Lakshminarayanan, explained the special features built into the content design and development, and the centralised delivery and monitoring system. This DEP covers 8 subjects and 2500 hours of core content plus revision hours covering classes 1 to 10 delivered in Hindi and English complying with the NCERT curriculum for NIOS Students. S.Lakshminarayanan, a Chartered Accountant has conceptualised and designed this program and compressed C...

Chennai, 10 th  August, 2020 : Grofers, India’s biggest grocery retailer, proudly announces the launch of India’s favourite and biggest grocery sale - Grand Orange Bag Days 4.0 (GOBD 4.0). Back on the popular demand of its customers, GOBD 4.0 becomes bigger and better with the promise of lowest prices, discounts and high-quality products being offered over the nine-day sale which is now live until 16 th  August. Keeping current challenging times in consideration, the fourth edition of GOBD is different and demanding, however, Grofers has introduced all the required measures ahead of the sale to deliver an unparalleled experience. The e-grocer aims to serve 5 million customers while ensuring optimum safety of all stakeholders including its partners, employees and customers in strict adherence to the Government’s guidelines. The company has ramped-up its warehouse capacities by adding three new facilities to its network and has hired additional 2000 warehouse staff to ...

August 9: Chennai, Tamilnadu: The National Youth Council of India (NYCI) has launched the ‘True and Health Workout Challenge’ to commemorate International Youth Day on 9th August 2020. This is Asia’s largest record attempt that aims to create a record of the maximum number of people performing the same workout routine through online connectivity. The Asia Book of Records attempt will have thousands of participants from all over the country performing a 20-minute fitness workout routine simultaneously starting from 9:00 am on 9th August 2020. This is the first-ever fitness challenge that aims to bring maximum people together virtually to perform a workout routine from the comfort of their homes. The event will be inaugurated by Dr. M.S. Nagarajan, Chairman, True and Health, and is to be live-streamed.  The pandemic has indeed taken a toll on the mental and physical health of people. This challenge comes at the right time as motivation and pushes participants t...

Chennai: The pandemic has certainly induced a great surge in online knowledge sharing activities such as webinars, online lectures, certification courses etc. Utilising this opportunity, ITM Business School Chennai, collaborating with the National Skill Development Corporation  (N.S.D.C) and Skill India, came up with an attention capturing free certification program that became a hit amongst the undergraduates community. The 6-day-long program from the 14th July to 19th July 2020, covered 4 major areas of management. Certification in Finance introduced participants to basic aspects of analysing financial statements, and demystifying jargons, and inculcating confidence to make the right decisions.  Marketing sessions on new age marketing, with interactions on nostalgia and neuro marketing, marketing analytics, experiential marketing etc. changed participants’ approach towards marketing with a fresh and unique perspective.  Human Resources certificat...

Chennai: Informa Markets in India (formerly UBM India), India's leading B2B exhibition organizer in association with Jewellery NET, a B2B online community that brings together professional buyers & sellers in a comprehensive digital platform powered by the Jewellery group of Informa Markets announces the debut of ‘Jewellery & Gem Virtual Exhibition’ slated for 19-20th August 2020.   Stringent safety measures such as travel restrictions, and social distancing due to the ongoing pandemic has impacted the physical format of the exhibitions industry. To keep the momentum going, the ‘Jewellery & Gem Virtual Exhibition’ has been carefully crafted to consistently meet the needs of the Gems and Jewellery industry, enable professionals to sustain their critical business conversations and provide them with feasible solutions.   Supported by The Bullion & Jewellers Association, Maliwara Jewellers Association, Delhi, Meerut Bullion Traders Associa...