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Practically, India’s first experiential learning app has been selected as an Award Winner in the prestigious TiE50 Awards Program.
Chennai, May 19, 2021: Practically, India’s first experiential learning app, designed to make learning immersive and increase retention in STEM learning among students of class 6 to 12, is excited to announce that it has been selected as an Award Winner in the prestigious TiE50 Awards Program. This ten-year-old awards competition is a program of TiEcon, the world's largest conference for tech entrepreneurs. Practically name was recognized for its cutting-edge & highly animated 3D videos, Simulations and AR/VR experiences. For more information, please go tohttps://www.tiecon.org/tie50
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Indian Medical Association’s National President, Prof. DR. J.A. JAYALAL to come live on Mitron TV to address queries related to COVID-19.
May 19, 2021: Mitron TV, India’s leading homegrown short-format video app, has got on board the National President of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Prof. Dr. J.A. Jayalal, who will address questions related to COVID-19. As part of Mitron TV’s #VirusToVaccine campaign, Prof. Dr. J.A. Jayalal’s session will focus on creating general awareness related to the virus and preventive measures one should undertake. The live session will stream on Saturday, May 22 at 7:00 PM on the ‘Live Samvaad’ feature.
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Trust Platform Design Suite Accelerates Embedded Security Implementations While Adding Ecosystem for Third-Party Contributions. Enables new projects to be prototyped in minutes across a rapidly expanding variety of security use cases.
In 2019, Microchip Technology released its Trust Platform for its CryptoAuthentication™ family, bringing the industry’s first pre-provisioned solutions for hardware-based secure elements to companies of all sizes that want an easy way to implement secure authentication. Today, the company is further enhancing this service with the latest enhancements to its Trust Platform Design Suite (TPDS) — its dedicated software platform for device configuration and onboarding to Microchip secure provisioning services for embedded security.
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The Rotary Club of Madras and Greater Chennai Corporation have collaborated for a free vaccination drive for people above 45 plus on 16th & 17th May 2021. The Rotary Club of Madras in association with Greater Chennai Corporation is pleased to announce a ‘MEGA FREE’ vaccination camp on 16th & 17th May 2021. The free vaccination CoviShield drives are for the people above 45 plus years. For more details and locations, click: https://chennaipressnews.blogspot.com/p/the-rotary-club-of-madras-and-greater.html
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BharatPe launches ‘Covid Vaccination Cashback’: Rolls out initiative to encourage Covid-19 vaccination for merchants. Merchants to get Rs. 300 into their bank account for getting fully vaccinated. Merchants can figure out Covid-19 Vaccine Slots and Venues within BharatPe App - said Ashneer Grover, Co-Founder & CEO, BharatPe.
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Piaggio launches the Aprilia SXR 125 in India. The most exciting and accolades winning Aprilia SXR range gets another exciting Model range with 125 CC. Aprilia SXR 125 is available at a price of INR 1,14,994/- ex-showroom Pune. The Aprilia SXR model range, can be booked at all dealerships across India and also through its website: https://apriliaindia.com
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"Airtel Thanks App" makes staying at home a lot easier with its 24x7 service. In Tamil Nadu, the services will be available till 12 Noon at all retail outlets and Airtel stores in compliance with Covid protocols. Airtel Thanks app also lets you make other transactions securely from your phone such as paying electricity and water bills, transferring money to someone etc. This is Airtel’s bid to make the lockdown easier for you. You can do the same for someone else who cannot do it themselves, such as your house help, watchman or even an elderly in the neighborhood. Stay safe. Stay connected.
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Sonata Software - Consolidated Q4 PAT at Rs.83 Crores; 54% QoQ growth; Board has recommended final dividend of 1000% giving total dividend for year at 1400%. Speaking on the results,Srikar Reddy, Managing Director & CEO of the Company said: The results for the year have shown significant growth quarter on quarter over the year both in revenues and profits across all business operations, geographies, digital services and industry verticals, and indicate that we are now on a path of sustained growth.
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Impact Guru Foundation in collaboration with Apollo Hospitals Group launches ‘COVID Warrior Upskilling Program’ for Nurses across India. To commemorate International Nurses Day, Impact Guru Foundation, a nonprofit organization formed for the purpose of making healthcare affordable and accessible in collaboration with Apollo Hospitals Group today launched ‘COVID Warrior Up-skilling Program called “ANGEL” #ThankANurse’. ANGEL stands for Advance Nurses’ Growth Excellence and Learning. Apollo Hospitals Group will be the lead member of the Founding Circle and Principal Donor. Several other partners such as Microsoft India, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Amity University, ICFAI University, Indian Nursing Council (INC), Symbiosis International University and other institutions will be acting as Impact and Knowledge Partners. The Tata Steel Foundation which has worked with a significant cohort of youngsters from remote parts of Jharkhand and Odisha to place them in the nursing profession across India will also leverage this platform to up-skill this cohort.
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Piaggio creates another milestone even in Challenging Times. Adds 100 dealerships in 100 days. Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd (PVPL), a 100 % subsidiary of the Italian Piaggio Group, European leader of the 2Wheeler sector and India’s leading manufacturer of small commercial vehicles today created another milestone of adding 100 dealerships across India in 100 days. This milestone reinforces the acceptance of the Piaggio brand & confidence in the company’s future & product line-up. It also adds credence to Piaggio’s leadership in adding to its large no of product offerings for its customers both in the 2W & 3W segments, a philosophy that drives Piaggio’s India strategy.
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Sheraton Grand Chennai Resort & Spa announces the appointment of Amit Kumar as its new General Manager. Amit, a highly motivated and dynamic hotelier, is set to take the reins in these unprecedented times and steer the hotel’s objective of creating a safe and welcoming destination for guests. With his astute leadership in managing hotels, Amit will focus his efforts on ensuring the wellbeing of the hotel team and safeguarding the health and best interests of guests.
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Amara Raja Batteries Limited has resumed operations at its plants at Nunegundlapalli and Karkambadi at Chittoor District with effect from 8th May, 2021 after Hon’ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh granted an interim suspension of the orders passed by Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB).
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Canara Bank retains Interest rates on loans/advances with effect from 07.05.2021. Canara Bank, a leading Public Sector Bank, has retained its Marginal Cost of Fund Based Lending Rate (MCLR) on Loans / Advances across all tenors with effect from May 7, 2021.
Repo Linked Lending Rate (RLLR) continues to be at 6.90%.
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Blue Star reports record profits in Q4FY21. With an improvement in the general business sentiments and the early onset of summer in some parts of the country, all business segments witnessed growth in Q4FY21 compared to Q4FY20. The overall business recovery for the year was satisfactory and better than expected at the beginning of the year. Several cost rationalisation and capital preservation measures coupled with prudent working capital management resulted in generation of healthy cash from operations. These measures enabled the Company to close FY21 with a strong Balance Sheet, healthy liquidity position and net positive cash balance.
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PredictiVu Announces Strategic Advisory Board; Distinguished leaders from Telecom, E-Com, Consumer Goods, IT & Consumer Research to Advise PredictiVu on Market Growth". PredictiVu, India’s first of its kind analytics firm and one stop solution for CMOs and marketers, specialized in correlating marketing campaign performance with proprietary retail purchase data, digital trends, customer preferences, media spend at immense granular level to deliver near real-time business intelligence insights 10 times faster than traditional methods, today announced the formation of its Advisory Board, comprising distinguished industry leaders from Telecom, e-commerce, Consumer Goods, IT and Consumer Research. Lloyd Mathias, Idi Srinivas Murthy, Jessie Paul and Rajesh Kurup are on the advisory board and will provide guidance and direction to the founding team at PredictiVu to enable growth and build advanced marketing intelligence solutions that empower CMOs.
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Muthoot Finance launches a new welfare scheme to support families of deceased employees affected by Covid-19. The company has been initiating various steps to protect its employees from this dangerous pandemic. Repeated instructions have also been issued to internal employees emphasizing the need to take precautions in the form of social distancing, wearing of mask, importance of sanitization etc.
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