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Building on its continued association with Ayodhya Ram Mandir, ITC Mangaldeep’s Har Bhakt Shri Ram Tak brings together technology and collective faith to make devotion more inclusive and accessible for visually impaired devotees. The thought draws inspiration from Mangaldeep’s Sixth Sense initiative, which seeks to enable people with visual impairments to experience the world beyond sight. Extending this philosophy to the devotional space, Mangaldeep has conceptualised a Digital initiative inspired by the Ram Setu, which uses Contour Detection Technology, inviting devotees across India to write “Ram” in their respective vernacular languages. Each participation becomes a symbolic contribution towards a collective effort to create a tactile and Braille-enabled navigation pathway at Ayodhya Ram Mandir, helping visually impaired devotees experience darshan with greater ease and independence. The digital initiative will translate into tangible on-ground experiences at Ayodhya, with every ...

Hair Lab, a Godrej Co, announced the launch of Godrej Hair Lab Smart Black shampoo hair colour, a premium hair colour in a multi-use tube format that can be applied with bare hands. Smart Black shampoo hair colour simplifies the colouring process into a few steps. Users wet their hands with water, apply the product on their dry hair focussing on the greys, and wash their hands with soap within 3 minutes of contact. In just 15 minutes, users will get rich, natural-looking black colour with 100% grey coverage. The product makes hair colouring as easy as the application of a shampoo. Smart Black shampoo hair colour eliminates the need for gloves, brushes, or mixing bowls. This revolutionary product is powered by breakthrough, auto-oxidative hair colour technology. It features Godrej Hair Lab’s in-house, patented, no-peroxide and no ammonia formulation. Smart Black shampoo hair colour is enriched with the goodness of gallic acid and aloe vera. Commenting on the launch, Samir Suryawansh...

Ahead of Dhanteras, Instamart, India’s pioneering quick commerce platform through its sellers, has partnered with Kalyan Jewellers to make the jeweller’s gold coin collection available to customers. Customers who shop for gold coins from Kalyan Jewellers on Instamart may also get a little extra with their purchase. From November 1 to 6, the first 1000 customers across India each day who buy a Kalyan Jewellers gold coin* on Instamart will also get a free 1 gm silver coin, additionally every Kalyan Jewellers gold coin purchase will entitle them to receive a free digital discount voucher worth a 5 gm silver coin* T&C apply.   This offer is valid until December 31, 2026 and will be available across Kalyan Jewellers stores pan-India. The partnership aims to give customers a convenient way to shop for precious metals ahead of Dhanteras, the first day of Diwali celebrations, when buying gold and silver is considered auspicious and believed to bring prosperity and good fortune. A wid...

HCLTech, a leading global technology company, announced the launch of its AI-Powered Operations offering, designed to help enterprises modernize and optimize their mission-critical mainframe environments through AI-enabled automation, observability and operational intelligence. The offering brings together specialized mainframe skill agents and conversational AI assistants to support system administration, observability, optimization and workflows, under human oversight. These capabilities help improve efficiency, accelerate issue resolution and enable more proactive, insight-driven operations. HCLTech's dedicated Mainframe Center of Excellence underpins the offering with deep domain expertise, industry best practices and continued innovation. "Enterprises running mission-critical workloads on mainframes are under increasing pressure to modernize operations and drive greater efficiency, without compromising reliability or control. Our AI-Powered Operations offering directl...

Montra Electric, India's full-spectrum electric commercial vehicle brand, partnered with VFRYT, a Chennai-based technology platform for on-demand commercial vehicle bookings, as the company officially launched its logistics marketplace and flagged off a new fleet of electric cargo vehicles in the city. The partnership brings together two Chennai-based companies with a shared ambition to modernise urban logistics through technology and sustainable mobility. While VFRYT is focused on making commercial transportation more accessible, transparent and efficient through its digital platform, Montra Electric is enabling that vision through purpose-built electric commercial vehicles designed for the evolving needs of urban and intra-city freight movement. Designed to bring the convenience of app-based ride-hailing to the commercial transportation sector, VFRYT enables customers to book a wide range of cargo vehicles, from small last-mile carriers to larger commercial trucks, through a ...

Uber unveiled a suite of driver-first innovations at the third edition of Uber Pragati, aimed at making earning on its platform easier, safer and more rewarding. The initiatives span more flexible ways to earn, new income opportunities and stronger safety features when drivers are behind the wheel. Uber also showcased the real-world impact of its unmatched safety technology, including ambulance assistance in emergencies and in-app encrypted video recordings that have helped establish facts in disputed incidents. Aditya Kapoor, Director – Supply Operations, Uber India & South Asia, said, “Our ambition is to continue being the platform of choice for flexible earning opportunities in India. That means giving drivers the freedom to work on their own terms, the confidence of industry-leading safety protections and more ways to earn. We want to continue setting the benchmark for what drivers should expect from a platform.” Key enhancements based on driver feedback: Easier: More flexi...