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Students from Chennai Colleges received a Trophy of Appreciation for promoting HIV/AIDS Awareness

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The Indian Community Welfare Organisation (ICWO), along with several partners, held an Inter-Collegiate AIDS Gaana Song Dance Competition on December 23, 2025, at C. Kandaswami Naidu College for Men in Chennai. The event aimed to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, promote prevention, and reduce stigma through the medium of Gaana music and dance. Students from multiple colleges in Chennai participated enthusiastically, combining social messages with cultural expression. The competition was opened by Mr. PMJF M. Selvakkumar from the Lions Club of Chennai Golden Friends and Dr. V. M. Muthuramalinga Andavar, the principal of the host college, along with members of the CKNCAA. The prize distribution ceremony featured notable attendees including Thiru. M. K. Mohan, the local Member of Legislative Assembly, Tmt. R. Seethalakshmi, I. A. S., Project Director of the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society, and Dr. Dilip Mathai, Director of Medical Education at Naruvii Hospitals. Thiru. M. K. Moha...
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ESDS Partners with Couchbase to Launch Enterprise-Grade Database-as-a-Service on Sovereign Cloud

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ESDS Software Solution Limited, one of India’s leading sovereign cloud and data center companies,  announced a strategic partnership with , the developer database platform for critical applications in our AI world. This collaboration marks the launch of Couchbase’s world-class, cloud-native distributed NoSQL Database as a service (DBaaS) to Indian enterprises, hosted securely on ESDS’s Sovereign Cloud infrastructure . With this launch, ESDS enables businesses across BFSI, Government, Manufacturing, Telecom, and Enterprise sectors to deploy, scale, and manage modern applications faster — while maintaining complete data sovereignty, security, and compliance with Indian regulations. Unifying Global Technology with Sovereign Cloud Couchbase is engineered for performance, speed, flexibility, and operational efficiency . Through ESDS’s Cloud, the platform delivers active-active availability, memory-first speed, and built-in security , allowing enterprises to power mission-critical...
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PowerUp Money Raises $12 Million in Series A to Expand Access to High-Quality Mutual Fund Advisory Across India

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PowerUp Money, a mutual fund advisory wealthtech platform, today announced that it has raised $12 million in Series A funding , led by Peak XV , with participation from existing investors Accel, Blume Ventures, and Kae Capital , who doubled down on their earlier commitments. The round also saw continued backing from 8i Ventures and DevC, and comes just six months after the company raised $7.2 million in seed funding. India has witnessed a sharp rise in mutual fund adoption over the past decade, with nearly 60 million investors now participating in mutual funds and SIP inflows at an all-time high. However, access to high-quality, unbiased investment advice has not scaled at the same pace. Many investors continue to rely on informal advice or short-term performance indicators, often resulting in suboptimal long-term outcomes. Founded in 2024 by Prateek Jindal, PowerUp Money is building a research-led, zero-commission mutual fund advisory platform to make high-quality, unbiased invest...
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HCLTech joins Microsoft Discovery Platform to accelerate research innovation

Chennai  —  HCLTech , a leading global technology company, announced that it has joined the Microsoft Discovery platform, an advanced agentic AI platform designed to accelerate scientific breakthroughs. As part of this collaboration, HCLTech will participate in deep technical onboarding sessions with Microsoft’s Discovery team to align platform architecture, partner collaboration models and explore joint go-to-market opportunities. Following onboarding, HCLTech will take part in projects to accelerate solutions in areas such as chemistry and materials science, drug discovery and semiconductor design, leveraging its strong domain expertise across industries. Through the Discovery initiative, HCLTech joins a select group of research institutions and tech innovators shaping the next frontier of innovation. The Microsoft Discovery platform empowers R&D teams to conduct large-scale data processing and simulation, automate workflows and accelerate scientific innovation to tackle...
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Godrej Enterprises Group launches forklift training center in Pune to drive youth skilling and workplace safety

As India’s manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing sectors scale rapidly, RenTRUST, a rental arm of Material Handling Equipment business of Godrej Enterprises Group (GEG), inaugurated a Forklift Training Center in Bhosari, Pune. Spanning 2,000 sq. ft., the facility is designed to build a future-ready workforce by equipping youth with industry-relevant skills, strengthening workplace safety, and enabling inclusive employment. As an industry leader, this initiative reinforces GEG’s commitment to nation-building by creating future-ready skills, enabling inclusive employment, and powering India’s industrial growth .   Reinforcing GEG’s focus on diversity and inclusion, the program offers a 50% training fee concession for women candidates, expanding access to skilled roles across the industrial workforce. To date, the Material Handling Equipment business has trained and certified over 3,500 operators, improving employability and driving higher safety and productivity standards at cust...
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HCLSoftware to Acquire Jaspersoft from Cloud Software Group

  HCLSoftware, the software business division of HCLTech, today announced its intent to acquire Jaspersoft, a business unit of Cloud Software Group and provider of a leading embedded analytics and pixel-perfect reporting platform. HCLSoftware’s Data & AI division ( Actian )  is seeing increased demand for its metadata management, data catalog and data governance solutions and has demonstrated good growth over the last five years, driven by enterprise data management solutions . The acquisition will further enhance Actian’s proposition by enabling an end-to-end, immersive data management experience, while expanding reach through a large, global developer community comprised of data engineers and architects actively building, deploying and extending data platforms across the modern enterprise environment.   Jaspersoft provides a comprehensive business intelligence and reporting platform that enables organizations to create pixel-perfect reports, interactive dashboa...
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HCLSoftware to Acquire AI Data Analyst Agents Startup Wobby

 HCLSoftware, the software business division of HCLTech,announced its intent to acquire Wobby, an early–stage startup providing AI Data Analyst ‘Agents’ for data warehouses, based in Antwerp, Belgium.   HCLSoftware’s Data & AI division ( Actian ) is seeing increased demand for its metadata management, data catalog and data governance solutions and has demonstrated good growth over the last five years, driven by enterprise data management solutions. Adding Agentic AI Data Analyst capabilities will further enable customers to interact with their raw data and get fast and accurate business insights on demand.   Wobby provides AI Data Analyst ‘Agents’ that enable users to query complex datasets through a natural language interface and receive actionable insights instantly. The solution is powered by a proprietary semantic layer and agentic architecture that interprets business context, automates complex workflows and delivers high-quality analytical output at scale, compl...
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