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Mentos, a flagship brand from the house of Perfetti Van Melle, has unveiled a playful new TVC for its recently launched Mentos Fresh Action Candy , bringing the new product’s intense cooling freshness to life through an unexpected, larger-than-life moment. Built with the tagline, “Kya saans khuli, kya hawa chali” the film uses humour and visual exaggeration to transform a simple product experience into a memorable expression of freshness in true Mentos style. At the heart of the campaign is a humorous film set inside a flour mill. The mill owner finds himself covered in flour from head to toe, just as his wife reminds him of the wedding they both have to attend. With no time to change, he turns to the boy working at the mill who pops a Mentos Fresh Action. The intense burst of freshness unleashes a powerful gust of air that blows the flour off the owner, revealing a perfectly pressed sherwani underneath. The film's twist comes a beat later: all that flour has landed on his wife s...

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has expanded its presence in Southeast Asia with the launch of Sony VIZHA, a new Tamil General Entertainment Channel (GEC) on Malaysia’s Pay-Tv operator Astro. Sony VIZHA will be available on Astro channel 220 and its streaming platform - Astro GO. The launch marks SPNI’s first linear channel debut on Astro, strengthening its regional presence and expanding its Tamil entertainment offerings for audiences across Malaysia. Built around the philosophy ‘Ithu Namma Vibe’ (This is our vibe), Sony VIZHA takes its name from the Tamil word for ‘celebration’ or ‘festival’, embodying a celebration of Tamil Nadu as it is lived and experienced today. Reflecting the region’s language, culture, traditions, aspirations and distinctive way of life, Sony VIZHA brings together Tamil stories, talent, music and contemporary entertainment through a diverse content line-up spanning global IPs, fiction shows, movies and more. With English subtitles, the channel aims to en...

UTI Large & Mid Cap Fund offers a diversified investment portfolio and aims to invest in sound companies which provide margin of safety by trading cheaper, relative to their history or peers. According to the SEBI categorization of mutual funds, large and mid cap funds invest a minimum of 35% each in the equity and equity related instruments of large cap and mid cap companies. The Fund aims to provide stability with a biasness towards large cap companies and offers higher growth in the portfolio through investment in mid and small cap companies. Value Investing is a strategy that involves picking stocks which are trading at less than their intrinsic value. Markets often over react to short-term news flow or sentiments, which gives the opportunity to the value investor to buy a stock below its intrinsic value. Buying below the intrinsic value provides margin of safety, which is the distinguishing feature of value investing. By purchasing a stock at lower valuations, the value inve...

HCLTech, a leading global technology company, announced the expansion of its flagship Climate Action Grant program to 24 countries worldwide to support a wider pool of non-profit organizations (NPOs) combating climate change and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity. In 2023, the company launched the HCLTech Grant for Climate Action in the Americas to support locally relevant solutions that address pressing climate and environmental issues. HCLTech initially committed $5 million over five years to eligible NPOs in 10 countries in the Americas and has disbursed $3 million over the past three editions. Encouraged by the success of the program in the Americas, HCLTech is expanding the program to 24 countries globally. These countries include Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States a...

IndusInd General Insurance Company Limited (formerly Reliance General Insurance Company Limited), part of IndusInd International Holdings Limited (IIHL) Group, announced the appointment of Sharad Mathur as its Managing Director & CEO, following statutory approvals. Sharad brings three decades of experience in the insurance and financial services industry, with a strong track record in organisational transformation, distribution expansion, technology-led innovation, growth and governance. Prior to joining IndusInd General Insurance, he served as Managing Director & CEO of Universal Sompo General Insurance for over six years, leading its transformation and strengthening its distribution, risk management, UW discipline and tech-led customer servicing capabilities. Earlier, he held leadership positions at SBI General Insurance and ICICI Lombard, contributing to their growth from their formative stages. At IndusInd General Insurance, Sharad will lead the company’s next phase o...

  By Dr. Mukesh Sanklecha, Consultant Paediatrician, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai The festive season usually begins with a deep clean. Kitchens are emptied, shelves are wiped, groceries are stocked, and homes are prepared for family gatherings and guests. It is one of the healthiest habits households follow all year. But there is one hygiene issue that often survives even the most thorough cleaning: hidden cockroach activity. Cockroaches are unpleasant to see. They move through drains, damp corners, waste areas, and storage spaces before reaching the surfaces where food is prepared or kept. During the festive season, when kitchens stay busier for longer and homes store more sweets, snacks, and ingredients, this becomes more than a nuisance. It becomes a hygiene concern. Here are seven reasons gel-based cockroach control deserves a place on the festive cleaning checklist.   1. The cockroaches you see are rarely the full problem A visible cockroa...