TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 21, 2021 RapiPay, one of the leading assisted payments Fintech companies, today announced that it has sold over one lakh Micro ATMs since it began operations last year, and the company is well on track of its expansion plan to install 5 lakh micro-ATMs in the coming years. As technology-led developments are taking place ...
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Office space leasing up 89pc QoQ in third quarter of 2021: Colliers
TBB BUREAU GURUGRAM, OCT 21, 2021 The top six cities of India noted about 10.3 million square feet of office gross absorption in the third quarter (Q3) of the calendar year 2021, the highest volume recorded since Q1 of 2020. After a devastating second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the second quarter, the overall absorption numbers rose by 89 ...
Read More »Adidas ropes in Deepika Padukone as its brand ambassador
TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 21, 2021 Sportswear retailer Adidas has roped in Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone as its brand ambassador. This is part of the German sportswear brand’s strategy to strengthen engagement with women shoppers. With Padukone joining Adidas’ roster of women athletes and partners around the globe, the brand said it will further strengthen its focus on “democratizing ...
Read More »Shyam Steel ropes in Olympic medallists Lovlina Borgohain and Manpreet Singh for new TVC
TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, OCT 20, 2021 Shyam Steel, one of leading producers and manufacturers of primary TMT Bars, launched new TVC featuring Tokyo Olympics medal winners Lovlina Borgohain and Manpreet Singh as part of its “Maksad Toh India Ko Banana Hai” campaign. Created by Roadshow Films Private Limited and directed by Aritra Sen and Sourya Deb, the campaign aims to ...
Read More »Union Mines Secretary inaugurates NALCO’s Lean Slurry Project at Angul
TBB BUREAU ANGUL/BHUBANESWAR, OCT 20, 2021 Union Mines Secretary Alok Tandon on Wednesday inaugurated NALCO’s Lean Slurry Project at Angul, marking a significant milestone in the Navratna Company’s journey for business excellence and adopting outstanding practices in environmental management. Completion of the Lean Slurry Project by NALCO will ensure 100 per cent utilization of ash generated at the Company’s Captive ...
Read More »Future Generali India Insurance announces Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia for kin of deceased off-roll associates
TBB BUREAU MUMBAI/ BHUBANESWAR, OCTOBER 20, 2021 In yet another step towards protecting its employees from the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited (FGII) has decided to pay ex-gratia of Rs.10 lakh to the next kin of the deceased off-roll associates. This is in addition to the initiative it had taken earlier this year ...
Read More »Reliance Retail acquires 52pc stake in Ritika Pvt Ltd
TBB BUREAU MUBAI, OCT 19, 2021 Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) has acquired a 52 per cent stake in veteran couturier Ritu Kumar’s firm Ritika Pvt Ltd. “RRVL’s majority equity acquisition in Ritika Pvt Ltd included completely acquiring Everstone’s 35 per cent stake in the company,” a joint statement said. Ritu Kumar’s business includes four fashion brand portfolios — Label ...
Read More »Livinguard technology proven to kill 99pc of COVID Delta variant
TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, OCT 19, 2021 Livinguard, the Swiss-based international leader in sustainable self-disinfecting hygiene technology, today claimed that its technology has been proven to kill the delta variant of COVID-19. Tests carried out by the renowned IRSHA institute showed that the inner and outer layers of masks supercharged with Livinguard technology have an average >99 percent effectiveness with no ...
Read More »Practically, IIT Bombay E-Cell to host national entrepreneurship Olympiad Eureka! Junior 2021
TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, OCT 19, 2021 Practically, India’s first experiential learning app designed to make learning immersive for students of classes 6-12, has tied up with the student-run Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell) of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) as the title sponsor of the fifth edition of Eureka! Junior. Eureka! Junior is a one-of-its-kind business plan competition organized to ...
Read More »Blue Dart’s ‘Diwali Express’ offers discount on gift shipments
TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, OCT 19, 2021 India’s leading express logistics service provider Blue Dart has launched its ‘Diwali Express’ offer under which a discounted rate of 40 per cent can be availed on all Diwali gift shipments, both domestic and international. While the Domestic Offer will be applicable on Domestic DP shipments weighing between 2kgs and 10kgs, the International Offer ...
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