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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...

-       By Capt. (Dr.) A.Y. Rajendra, Chief Executive Officer – Animal Nutrition Business, Godrej Agrovet Tamil Nadu occupies an unusual position in India's dairy map. The state has no native dairy breed to fall back on, and depends almost entirely on crossbred cattle, with Jersey crossbreds alone accounting for roughly 90% of the state's milk production.[1] That single fact should shape how Tamil Nadu thinks about dairy growth: when your herd is built almost entirely on crossbred genetics rather than hardy indigenous stock, nutrition is not a supplementary input, it is the difference between an animal reaching its genetic potential and one that never does. The state's numbers tell a story of steady, if uneven, progress. Tamil Nadu’s annual milk production rose from 8.75 million tonnes in 2020 to 10.8 million tonnes in 2024[2] and per capita milk availability in the state had climbed from 384 grams a day in 2024 to 407 grams a day by 2025. [3]India as a whole produ...

Swiggy India's pioneering on-demand convenience platform, today shared that it has enabled over 50,000 delivery partners across India to file their Income Tax Returns (ITR) directly via its delivery partner app, across its Food Marketplace and Instamart businesses. The initiative enabled INR 6.5 crores of cumulative income tax refund claims for delivery partners. In addition to this, more than one-third of the delivery partners filed the returns for the first time, becoming a part of the formal financial ecosystem. The filing of income tax returns also goes a long way in creating a financial history for the delivery partners. This, in turn, is helpful in gaining access to the formal financial services that may not be readily available to all of them, including availing loans for various personal expenses, rental agreements etc. Speaking on the initiative, Saurav Goyal, Chief Operating Officer, Food Marketplace, Swiggy said, “For our delivery partners, long-term stability is abo...

Despite increasing awareness of mental health, young Indians still face emotional challenges, according to a new survey by Mpower, a social enterprise and mental health service provider under the Aditya Birla Education Trust. The survey titled  "Unpack Your Emotional Baggage: A Call to Action for Young Indians to Seek Help During Emotional Distress"  gathered responses from  young adults aged 18 to 25  from ten key regions in India – Mumbai, Pune, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Goa, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Jaipur. The study explores emotional stressors, coping strategies, and social reactions to distress among young adults. It lays bare a widespread disconnect between mental health awareness and their willingness or ability to seek assistance.   Although public discussions about mental well-being have grown, findings from the Mpower survey reveal that 49.5% of Indian youth still hide difficult emotions and attempt to deal with them entirely on t...