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New research by the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has confirmed that at least seven Philippine NGOs were among those which received millions of dollars from the anti-tobacco Bloomberg and Gates foundations to lobby the government for a ban on vaping in the country. Coming on the heels of a House probe on foreign money influencing the Department of Health and the Food and Drugs administration without transparency and proper audit,…

National, 7th September: Lux Industries Limited, (BSE: 539542 | NSE: LUXIND) known for its innovative and customer-demand driven product offerings, manufacturing more than 100 products across 14 major brands comprising a complete range of innerwear and outerwear for men, women, and children, has yet again created a buzz with its new advertisement campaign with Bollywood star Varun Dhawan, the heartthrob of Young India and the Brand Ambassador for Lux Cozi. The new commercial with Varun…

Vaddeswaram(Vijayawada)/Hyderabad, 7th September 2021 -KL Deemed-to-be University, one of the leading Universities in the country for graduation and higher education, has been bestowed the prestigious Clean and Smart Campus Award 2020 by AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) under the category of universities that use Indian Knowledge Systems. The University is awarded 2nd prize for the application of Indian Knowledge Systems in maintaining the clean and smart campus. To honor the institutes, students and…

Macro developments As per FADA, India’s auto sales rose at a much slower pace of 14.5% in Aug’21 from 34.1% in Jul’21. Even PV and two-wheeler sales moderated by 38.7% (63% in Jul’21) and 6.6% (28% in Jul’21) respectively in Aug’21. Auto retail sales declined over a 2-year horizon to 14.7% in Aug’21, signalling subdued demand. Further, shortage of semi-conductors has added to supply side challenges. This is likely to pose additional risk in the…

Mumbai, September 7, 2021: SBI General Insurance, in yet another example of its commitment to improving health insurance penetration in the country, has launched a health insurance campaign on radio. The main objective of the campaign is to educate consumers that ‘With health insurance, medical emergency will not turn into financial emergency’ ensuring consumers that when an eventuality occurs one does not have to pay out of pocket. SBI General delivers a simple yet powerful…

The Shycocan is a revolutionary Viral Defence System. The device, built in 2018, even before the pandemic, was developed after a decade of research by an Indian scientist and inventor, Dr Rajah Vijay Kumar. Shycocan covers an area of up to 1,000 square feet of uninterrupted enclosed spaces, and one could simply use more devices for larger areas. It has no consumables or filters and consumes just as much electricity as a 40-watt light bulb,…

The session is part of IPRS ongoing initiative, #EmpowerHERMUSIC and aims to guide the music creators and budding music artists India, 07th September 2021: The Indian Performing Right Society Ltd. (IPRS) in association with Dolby Laboratories and Artists Aloud is hosting the next session of the #EmpowerHERMUSIC initiative titled “Grab the Moneyball… Before it Falls!” on Wed, 8th September 2021 at 5 pm. The ongoing initiative that aims to empower women in music through knowledge…

The app is built to support the blended model of learning and any teacher from anywhere can access it· September 07, 2021: Practically, India’s first experiential learning app designed to make learning immersive for students of classes 6-12, has launched a teacher app as a part of the Practically School Solution (PSS) suite. The app, integrated into the existing Practically app, and the revamped teacher web portal have been launched on the occasion of Teachers’…

The new Swift X leverages the latest AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile Processors and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU to offer mobile creative professionals’ powerful performance on the go, plus up to 15 hours of battery life· Bengaluru, 7th September 2021: Acer India today announced the launch of its new Thin and light laptop – Acer Swift X the newest member of its premium Swift line of laptop, the first of its…

Cancer Care platinum offers to cover up to INR 10 lakhs sum insured for treatment of cancer-related and non-cancer-related ailments, and an optional lump sum benefit of up to 5 Lakhs for cancer recurrence. Cardiac Care Platinum offers sum insured of up to INR 15 lakh for treatment of cardiac and non-cardiac ailments, and up to 200% of sum insured for Heart Transplant. Indore: Star Health and Allied Insurance, announced the launch of two new…