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  Anti Human Trafficking Club inauguration  at Thiruthangal Nadar College, Chennai was held on 23 rd February 2021. Dr.S.Murugesan, Principal of Thiruthangal Nadar College welcomed the gathering. Thiru.M.G.Selapalam, Secretary and Correspondent, Thiruthangal Nadar College presided over the occasion.   Dr.P.M.Nair, I.P.S, (Retd), International Expert, Human Trafficking Matters inaugurated the club. Thiru A.J.Hariharan, Director , Anti Human Trafficking Club, Tamil Nadu and Founder –Secretary of Indian Community Welfare Organisation – ICWO delivered the key note address. Following oath taking by the students, Mr.Vasanth Jayaseelan.A , Programme Co-ordinator of Thiruthangal Nadar College proposed the vote of thanks.    

Fisdom, India’s leading wealth tech company has acquired Jaipur based online income tax return filing platform, Tax2win.in for an undisclosed amount. This move marks Fisdom’s entry into tax solutions segment, as part of company’s plan to offer complete suite of financial services for its customers and partners. Tax2win not only enables customers to plan and file income tax returns in a hassle-free manner but is also dedicated to their mission of educating the customers about taxes. The company offers tax filing and post filing services for individuals as well as small businesses. It enables the users to file taxes within 5 minutes for free, using its fastest Do-It-Yourself platform. Users can also file with the assistance from their eCA. Fisdom’s customers will be able to avail this service along with their existing solutions like investments, savings and insurance. Fisdom has been backed by marquee investors such as PayU, Quona Capital and Saama Capital. Fisdom operates in a uniqu...

  Kinara Capital, a socially responsible fintech, announced securing USD $10 million (INR 74 crores) from IndusInd Bank with a 100% guaranty from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). This is a part of a debt and equity round of INR 100 crores, with equity contribution coming from Kinara’s existing investors – Gaja Capital, GAWA Capital, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF) and Patamar Capital. This investment will be utilized by Kinara Capital towards the expansion of MSME financial inclusion across manufacturing, trading, and services sectors in India. Kinara Capital is at the forefront of driving financial inclusion in India and has disbursed INR 2000 crores across 56,000+ collateral-free small business loans. The special USD $10 million investment for onward lending to small business entrepreneurs will be deployed over five years from IndusInd Bank’s Impact Investing division with full backing from DFC, part of the US federal government and an em...

Vodafone Idea Foundation - the CSR arm of Vi, has invited applications from Teachers and Students for the ‘Learning with Vodafone Idea Scholarship’ programme for the year 2021-22. The Vi CSR initiative aims to bridge the social and fiscal divide that teachers and students face in terms of availability and accessibility to the necessary resources to help them excel. Launched in 2020 these scholarships entitle teachers as well as students to access Direct Beneficiary Transfer (DBT) covering a list of permissible expenses. The scholarships are merit based for teachers and merit-cum-means based for the students. The selection process is entirely online, overseen by an independent jury, including eminent educators, representatives of civil society organizations. Vodafone Idea Foundation is offering Rs. 1 Lakh cash Scholarship to Teachers and Rs. 20,000 to Students to help them avail necessary resources for quality education. Launching the Scholarship this year, P. Balaji, Chief Regulatory ...

Indira IVF, India’s leading chain of infertility treatment clinics, has achieved 75,000 successful IVF pregnancies supported by their medical expertise and technological prowess. As a purpose-driven healthcare organisation, Indira IVF takes pride in making infertility treatment accessible to the remotest parts in India. With 94 centres across the country and after having performed over one lakh cycles since its inception in 2011, Indira IVF today is the largest and the most trusted fertility chain of hospitals in the country. Speaking on the occasion, Dr.Ajay Murdia, Founder and Chairman, Indira IVF said,“It gives us a sense of immense satisfaction to think of all the families we have impacted with our work. We set out to change the way infertility was looked upon in the society, and today we’re proud to have made a difference as more people are turning to medical sciences for solutions to this problem.” Dr.KshitizMurdia,Co-founder and CEO of Indira IVF said, “All these success s...

Mahindra Lifespace Developers Limited (‘MLDL’)   announced the inauguration of the Yanmar Group facility at ORIGINS, Chennai.   ORIGINS, Chennai is an industrial park developed to international standards in a joint venture between a subsidiary of MLDL and Sumitomo Corporation of Japan.   The Yanmar Group facility was today e-inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Shri Edappadi K. Palaniswami.   With a built-up area of 23708 sq. mts, the Yanmar Group facility at ORIGINS, Chennai has an annual production capacity of 80,000 engines and will cater to domestic and export markets.   The total planned investment in the facility is of Rs. 500 Cr. by Yanmar Group, Japan.   The new facility will manufacture diesel engines for tractors, construction equipment and generators. Vaibhav Mittal, Business Head, Mahindra World City & ORIGINS by Mahindra World City at Chennai, said, “We are delighted to announce the inauguration of the first unit at ORIGIN...

The Apollo Hospitals Group, one of Asia's foremost integrated healthcare services provider, and Anatomiz3D Medtech Pvt Ltd, India's leading 'patient-specific' solution provider to the healthcare industry for Design, 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping and Bioprinting technologies, today announced a collaboration for design and printing of complex implants. Apollo Hospitals and Anatomiz3D would take the lead in a pioneering initiative to establish Hospital 3D-printing labs in India for 3D printed implants that would enable doctors to visualise and print implants for complicated cases. The first of these would be launched at Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. Dr. Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group said, “We are proud to once again be the pioneers in bringing the latest in medical technology to benefit our patients. It would not be wrong to say that with the Hospital 3D-printing labs, the future of healthcare is here! Personalisation of healthcare is...

Night binging on the Internet and OTT is on the rise, especially as people exercise flexible and remote working and spend more time consuming content. To cater to this demand, Vi has announced Unlimited high speed Night-time Data - without any restrictions, at no extra cost, for its prepaid customers from 12:00 am to 6:00 am on all Vi Unlimited Recharges of INR 249 and above. With mobile internet becoming the oxygen for people in the pandemic disrupted world, bonus unlimited high-speed night-time data will enable Vi customers to get a lot more out of life and their time. Vi prepaid customers can now unwind after a long day with unlimited infotainment, connect with loved ones over long video calls or schedule downloads without worrying about exhausting their daily data quota. Vi customers also enjoy Weekend Data Rollover benefits on all existing Unlimited daily data quota packs of INR 249 and above, allowing users to not only enjoy late night binging on the net, but also carry forwa...

  Star Health and Allied Insurance, a leading standalone health Insurance company in India, announced the launch of its Arogya Sanjeevani policy on PhonePe - a popular Indian digital payments platform. All PhonePe users can now protect their families from financial burdens in the event of any medical emergency. The policy is available at an annual premium of only Rs. 2985/- (excluding GST) for sum insured of Rs. 1 lakh. Star Health’s Arogya Sanjeevani policy is a highly beneficial and an affordable health insurance policy. This policy has been designed to cover the most essential aspects of any instance of hospitalization in the family. The policy covers anyone up to 65 years with sum insured options up to Rs. 10 lakh. Arogya Sanjeevani policy comes with several advantages such as covering all day care procedures, lifelong renewals, cumulative bonus, Cataract treatment and Ayush Treatment to the limit of sum insured. Star Health has tie up with over 10,200+ hospitals across India...

Nokia launched the 8th edition of its Mobile Broadband India Traffic Index (MBiT)* 2021 on mobile broadband performance in India. The report highlights that the data traffic in India grew approximately 60 times over the last five years which is amongst the highest globally. In 2020, the data traffic grew by 36% YoY primarily due to rise in4G data consumption as 4G subscribers surpassed 700 million with 100 million new additions during the year. 4G alone constituted nearly 99% of the total data traffic consumed across the country. Categories A, B and C saw higher growth rates than metros due to operator focus on 4G. According to the study, the average monthly data usage per user reached 13.5 GB in December 2020, growing over 20% annually owing to an increase in data subscribers and mobile video consumption. New users from rural areas also contributed to the rising monthly data usage. Mobile emerged as primary source of entertainment and productivity as an average Indian spent approxim...

Spinny’s first-ever used car hub in the city, located at 183, Great Southern Trunk Road, Arcot Road, Vadapalani, Chennai, functioning   from 10 am to 8pm (Monday – Saturday) is all set to meet the needs of consumers in the Southern market. Founded in 2015 and currently valued at US$150 million, Spinny is a complete online-to-offline retail platform for buying and selling used cars. By deploying an organised approach in the region’s pre-owned car industry, Spinny aims to sell 1,100 cars vehicles from its Spinny Car Hub in Chennai in 2021. Its full stack car inventory-holding model has already won over car buyers and sellers in 9 Indian cities. With a pan-India inventory of over 2000 Spinny Assured® cars and trusted by over 20,000 custoemrs, Spinny is a purveyor of the gamut of car styles and models. Its digital purchasing provides safe, sanitised home test drives, home deliveries and an entirely contactless experience focused on customer safety and satisfaction. Spinny’s consume...

Spice Money, India’s leading rural fintech, announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind zero-investment entry programme that allows rural entrepreneurs to be a part of the Spice Money Adhikari network completely free of cost. The limited period zero-investment programme will shape Spice Money’s vision to digitally and financially empower 1 crore rural entrepreneurs across the country, and strengthen the company’s digital payments ecosystem in semi-urban and rural areas. During the recent Union Budget, the FM shared government’s objective to focus on digital payments. Spice Money aligns with this vision and bolsters it by allowing greater access to digital payments in semi-urban and rural areas. The zero-investment entry programme enables migrant workers, kirana store owners, jobseekers, fresh graduates, housewives and others to join the Spice Money Adhikari network and secure self-employment and other livelihood opportunities in their hometowns. At present, over 65% of 5 lakh+ Adhi...

Godrej L’Affaire, acurated experiential luxury lifestyle platform by the Godrej Group, is back with its fifth season. This is India’s coolest lifestyle affair to be held digitally from February 14th till February 28th. Celebrity live sessions, exclusive web-series launch, #LiveItUpsale with the biggest discounts on 40+lifestyle brands along with flash contests, is lined-up for this power-packed 15-daylifestyle celebration by GodrejL’Affaire. Catch all the excitement of Godrej L’Affaire by clicking on https://bit.ly/3r8llIB Arjun Bijlani, Shivangi Joshi, Surbhi Chandana, Gurmeet Choudhary & Debina Bonnerjee, Amol Parashar, Smriti Khanna, Aashka Goradia Goble, and Kunal Vijayakar, are all suingthe dreadful year 2020. Shocked? Don’t be as they are all coming together for #LiveItUp 2021, an eight-part web-series which will be released during Godrej L’Affaire. The mini-seriesisa quirky courtroom theatrical where the year 2020, played by actress-comedienne Jamie Lever, will be put on tri...

  Star Health and Allied Insurance, a leading standalone health Insurance company in India, today announced the launch of its Arogya Sanjeevani policy on PhonePe - a popular Indian digital payments platform. All PhonePe users can now protect their families from financial burdens in the event of any medical emergency.  The policy is available at an annual premium of only Rs. 2985/- (excluding GST) for sum insured of Rs. 1 lakh.Star Health’s Arogya Sanjeevani policy is a highly beneficial and an affordable health insurance policy. This policy has been designed to cover the most essential aspects of any instance of hospitalization in the family.  The policy covers anyone up to 65 years with sum insured options up to Rs. 10 lakh. Arogya Sanjeevani policy comes with several advantages such as covering all day care procedures, lifelong renewals, cumulative bonus, Cataract treatment and Ayush Treatment to the limit of sum insured. Star Health has tie up with over 10,200+ hospita...

SpiceJet, the country’s favourite airline and the largest regional player announced the launch of 24 new domestic flights. SpiceJet will be the first and only airline to connect Ajmer with Mumbai and Ahmedabad with Amritsar reiterating the airline’s commitment to enhance connectivity between metro and non-metro cities.   The new flights also include four new seasonal flights connecting Jaisalmer, the ‘Golden City’ of India, with Delhi and Ahmedabad. The airline will also launch daily flights on the Ahmedabad – Bengaluru - Ahmedabad, Kolkata - Guwahati and Guwahati - Delhi routes. Flights between Ahmedabad-Bagdogra-Ahmedabad and Chennai -Kolkata -Chennai will operate three days a week while flights from Patna will operate five days a week to Bengaluru and twice a week to Surat. Also, flights from Surat to Chennai will operate four days a week. While the seasonal flights will operate from 12th February to 13th March, 2021, all other flights will commence operations effective 19th...

Maintaining its leadership in the home loan segment intact, the State Bank of India (SBI) has reached another landmark by crossing the Rs. 5 trillion (5 Lakh crore) mark in its home loan business. The bank has set its sight on achieving a home loan AUM of Rs. 7 trillion by FY 2024. The Real Estate and Housing Business unit of SBI has grown 5 times in the last 10 years with an AUM of Rs. 89000 crore in 2011 to Rs. 5 trillion in 2021. Despite a massive setback to the real estate sector triggered by pandemic-induced lockdown, the REHBU vertical registered unparalleled growth in the home loan business. SBI witnessed spectacular growth in Home loans in December 2020 with the highest sourcing, sanctions, disbursements, and growth that the bank had ever registered. The Bank has also launched a new facility for new home loan customers who can get all information on home loans by giving a missed call on 7208933140. Dinesh Khara, Chairman, SBI said, “It is a momentous achievement for State B...

This mask awareness campaign aims to offer resources on proper mask-wearing and care practices in addition to advice from health leaders to better equip our nation with the information they need to keep themselves, their family and their communities safe. Indian Community Welfare Organisation – I.C.W.O encourages all people to follow and continue social distancing, washing hands and most importantly, to wear a face covering when outside the home. I.C.W.O is always creating awareness and encouraging people to continue to practice safe measures to stop the spread of COVID-19, says A.J.Hariharan, Founder-Secretary of I.C.W.O.

High quality N-95 Masks donated by Dr.Joseph William, Director Project, Project Division, V.H.S -Voluntary Health Service, Chennai and Aravind Pvt Ltd, Gujarat, under CSR project support.   On 29th January 2021, Indian Community Welfare Organisation, I.C.W.O had distributed 2000 High Quality N-95 Masks to Health Care Workers, Sanitary Workers and residents of elderly homeless people in Chennai.