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Interio by Godrej, one of India’s leading furniture brands under the Godrej Enterprises Group, has unveiled its latest campaign for sofas category, highlighting the power of personalisation through a fun and relatable family narrative. The campaign showcases an idea that every family member has their own needs when it comes to a sofa, and personalisation is what brings everyone's needs together. Shot in the style of a melodramatic family drama, the film follows a family shopping for a new sofa at an Interio store, where a playful game of persuasion unfolds. Each family member has their eye on a sofa they secretly want for themselves and tries to convince the others by pitching its feature as a benefit for someone else. The teenage son suggests a sofa with an extended chaise, framing it as ideal for his father's knees. The father counters with a sofa that has a charging port, insisting it is perfect for his wife's work-from-home routine. The wife then makes a case for a so...

This Ganesh Chaturthi, India put a little more thought into what it brought home for Bappa. Eco-friendly clay idols saw the biggest jump (176%) in demand, mawa emerged as the most-ordered modak flavour (145%) YoY, and on the morning of the festival, everything from flowers to modaks arrived in an order that looked remarkably like the puja itself. Bengaluru led the festive basket, followed by Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Pune, Kolkata, Gurgaon, and Kochi, among others. The eco-Ganpati is finding its way into more homes Ready-to-place clay idols accounted for 90% of demand, followed by paint-your-own eco idols The biggest jumps came from cities beyond the traditional heartlands of Ganesh Chaturthi. Delhi saw eco-Ganpati orders grow 1,718%, followed by Kolkata at 1,305%, Noida at 1,136% and Bhubaneswar at 1,132%. The Mawa Modak Moment Mawa modaks led the festive mithai demand, followed closely by classic, kesar, kaju, assorted and amba (Mango) modaks. The flavour map loo...

Swiggy, India’s pioneering on-demand convenience platform announced the return of Swiggy Dineout’s flagship dining property, the Great Indian Restaurant Festival (GIRF) but with a twist. This year, GIRF has been reimagined as The Great Indian Ravi Festival, built entirely around the internet's current obsession, Ravi Kishan. The campaign is anchored by the line "Discount Followsss My Brothaaaar", a twist on one of Ravi Kishan's most viral dialogues, tying the internet's favourite movement directly to GIRF's core promise: unbeatable dining discounts. This edition of GIRF will be live from September 14, 2026 to October 24, 2026. Customers can enjoy up to 50% off across 57,000+ restaurants in 84+ cities across India, including a range of cafés, pubs, bars, luxury dining and family restaurants. Diners can also get an additional 10% instant discount on all HDFC Bank cards, along with 10% back as DineCash on every booking made through Dineout. The renaming of GIRF...

Olympian Pranati Nayak, who trains at the Odisha AM/NS India Gymnastics High Performance Centre (Odisha AM/NS GHPC) in Bhubaneswar, has been selected to represent India at the 20th Asian Games 2026, scheduled to be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4. Pranati is the only Indian gymnast selected for the Asian Games and will compete in the Women’s Vault and Women’s All-Around events in Artistic Gymnastics. Her selection follows a strong run of performances, including a silver medal in the Women’s Vault at the FIG World Challenge Cup 2026 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.   Ashutosh Telang, Director & Vice President – HR & Administration, AM/NS India, said, “Pranati’s selection as India’s sole gymnast for the Asian Games is a significant achievement and reflects her consistency, discipline and determination. At the Odisha AM/NS India Gymnastics High Performance Centre, our focus is on providing athletes with the training and support required to compete at the ...

Amazon announced that its ultra-fast delivery service Amazon Now has reached $1 billion in annualized gross sales in India over the past three-month period. Amazon Now orders have doubled every quarter since launch, making it the fastest-growing e-commerce business in Amazon India's history. The company has expanded Amazon Now to 4X more cities in less than 10 weeks, taking delivery-in-minutes to over 60 Indian cities & towns ahead of the festive season. Apart from the metros, this service is available to customers in towns such as Padubidri, Tirupati, Guntur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Vellore, Dharwad, Warangal & Berhampur among others. These orders are delivered within minutes through a network of over 750 micro-fulfilment and urban fulfilment centers. Samir Kumar, Country Manager, Amazon India said “In a short period of time, Amazon Now has crossed $1 billion in annualized gross sales in India, making it the fastest-growing e-commerce business unit in Amazon India’s hist...

HCLTech, a leading global technology company, and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to advance AI security and resilience by integrating CrowdStrike Falcon® Guardian with HCLTech’s AI Security and Resilience services. Together, HCLTech and CrowdStrike combine Falcon Guardian with HCLTech's cybersecurity advisory, AI governance, implementation and managed services delivered through HCLTech's Cybersecurity Fusion Centers, to help enterprises secure AI applications, models, agents, identities and data while improving visibility into emerging risks. Building on the Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) services launched in March 2026, the expanded partnership brings AI security deeper into enterprise security operations. It combines Falcon Guardian's AI detection and response (AIDR) capabilities with HCLTech's TRiBe framework for AI trust, risk governance and resilience, and VERITY Frontier AI Resilience, a cybersecu...