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Lava International Limited, India’s leading homegrown smartphone brand, is gearing up to expand its Shark portfolio with Shark 2 5G, built to deliver an elevated smartphone experience for value-seeking consumers in the budget 5G segment. The upcoming Shark smartphone has been designed with a clear focus on delivering practical features that matter in day-to-day use. It will be equipped with a big battery and a large 17.13cm (6.75”) 120Hz display, offering a smoother viewing and scrolling experience, making entertainment and everyday usage more immersive. The smartphone is also built to comfortably power users through an entire day of streaming, social media, gaming and work on a single charge. At a 120Hz refresh rate, the device offers up to 815 minutes (13 hours 35 minutes) of YouTube playback and up to 743 minutes (12 hours 23 minutes) of screen-on time, ensuring reliable all-day performance for users. In terms of durability and performance, the smartphone will come with IP6...

​Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has achieved a significant milestone in passenger safety today with flagging-off of the First Metro Train fitted with the Anti-Drag feature for passenger operation. The train is flagged off by Thiru. Manoj Goyal, Director (Systems and Operations), in the presence of senior officials of CMRL, Thiru. S. Ramasubbu (Advisor – Electrical), Thiru. Gopinath Mallaya (Chief Advisor – Operations & Maintenance), Thiru. A.R. Rajendran (Chief General Manager – Rolling Stock), Thiru. S. Satheesh Prabu (General Manager – Operations & Maintenance), and Thiru. C. Balamurugan (Additional General Manager – Rolling Stock) and the contractor’s higher officials from M/s Faiveley Transport Rail Technologies India Pvt Ltd and M/s Alstom Transport India Limited along with other officials and staff of CMRL and the contractors. ​The Anti-Drag feature is an additional safety layer incorporated into the automatic sliding saloon doors of CMRL Phase-1 trains, over and abo...

An Immunology Laboratory was inaugurated at The Madras Medical Mission through funding support from Aptus Value Housing Finance India Limited and facilitated by the TANKER Foundation. The objective of this initiative is to strengthen diagnostic services and extend vital healthcare support to economically disadvantaged patients.   On Friday, 15th May 2026, Shri. M. Anandan, Founder & Executive Chairman of Aptus Value Housing Finance India Limited, and his wife Mrs Padma Anandan inaugurated the new Immunology laboratory.   Dr. Georgi Abraham stated that this laboratory is a “dream come true” and emphasized the importance of establishing such a specialized facility to support patient care and diagnosis. He also said that this initiative marks another important milestone in improving access to quality healthcare services for patients requiring advanced diagnostic support. The laboratory will significantly benefit patients by enabling timely and accurate immunological inves...

The Centre for Family Business & Entrepreneurship (CFBE) at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, has released its Indian SME Family Business Trade Confidence and Internationalisation Report , a comprehensive study of export confidence among India’s SME family businesses. Conducted in partnership with Hansa Research, the survey drew on 461 responses from owner-managers, directors, CEOs, and senior leaders of Indian SME family businesses actively engaged in international trade. Respondents represented 14 cities — from Ludhiana to Hyderabad and Jaipur to Kolkata — spanning every business-size category, every generational stage, and major industry, from manufacturing to trading. On average, these firms have been exporting for 16.4 years, with 82% reporting more than a decade of international trading experience. The report is the first of its kind to deploy a four-index architecture that measures trade confidence holistically, se...

Lava International Limited, India’s trusted homegrown smartphone brand, bagged the Gold Award in the category of “Best Innovative Kaizen for Quality” at the prestigious 12th CII National Kaizen Circle Competition 2026, organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The recognition highlights Lava’s continued focus on efficiency, cost optimization and sustainable manufacturing practices. Commenting on the achievement, Vipan Singla, SVP – Quality, Lava International Ltd said, "This recognition is a testament to our consistent efforts in improving product quality standards, optimizing costs and delivering enhanced product experiences to our users. Kaizen projects have enabled industries across sectors to set new benchmarks and significantly improve India’s manufacturing capabilities. I appreciate the entire team that has relentlessly worked hard to deliver superlative performance. I am thankful to CII for this recognition, which encourages us to strengthen our design, qualit...

HCLTech, a leading global technology company, today announced a strategic collaboration with Red Hat to deliver enterprise-grade AI infrastructure for organizations accelerating their AI adoption journeys. This collaboration strengthens   HCLTech’s AI Factory solution ecosystem, which brings together global technology leaders to provide best-in-class AI Infrastructure solutions to its clients.   The HCLTech AI Factory with Red Hat, built on Red Hat AI Enterprise, provides an integrated foundation for running AI workloads consistently across on-premises, cloud and edge environments. The solutions are designed to improve infrastructure efficiency and reduce inference costs through model optimization, distributed serving and unified operations, while offering an enterprise-grade data foundation with governance and lineage to support reliable AI operations at scale.   “Enterprises are moving beyond experimentation to operationalizing AI across their core businesses,” said Ram...