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Chennai, February 28, 2022 – Following the amalgamation with DBIL, the IFSC & MICR codes of all branches of erstwhile LVB have changed. While the new codes have been active since 25 th October 2021, the older IFSC codes will remain valid until 28 th February 2022 to ensure customers' convenience and ease of transition. Customers will be required to use the new DBS IFSC code from 1 st March 2022 onwards to receive funds through NEFT/RTGS/IMPS.   The change was communicated to customers through physical letters, emails, and SMS as well as at the branches. They were requested to share the new IFSC code with business partners, associates and vendors to update their records, recurring payments and receivables well in time. All existing cheques issued to the third party will have to be replaced with new cheques before 28 th February 2022. Any cheque with old MICR codes presented after the aforementioned date will not be honoured. New cheque books (with new MICR code) have b

  The TVK Excellence Award was conferred on those who have excelled in various cultural fields at the Kannadasan Ninavalakal function held at Raja Annamalai Auditorium, Chennai on 20 th February 2022. Among those who received the awards were four Malayalees, namely,   Social activist Lion B Vijayakumar, Magician Shornur Ravi, Cultural activist Madhu Kalamanoor and singer Rajan Kavalam. Tamil Nadu Additional Advocate General Thiru. S.Silabanan presented the awards.   TVK Cultural Academy Secretary TVK Ramesh and Head of Women's Protection B.   Kalpana were among those who attended the grand ceremony.

  It is reported that Indian Community Welfare Association - ICWO Staff Mr S.Senthil Kumar had won the Municipality Counsellor Election, Ward 4 in Arakkonam Municipality. ICWO staff wished him a Successful endeavour in Service to the People

  Utkarsh Global Foundation distributes cloth bags to students and public for the past 3 years in association with Greater Chennai corporation and National Green Corps (NGC)as an alternate to plastic.   In continuation of this mission, Dr.Srinivasan health education officer, GCC distributed 300 numbers of cloth bags to students in St.Anne's girls hr sec school, Royapuram in the presence of HM sister Mary Emergence Bai and Utgarsh Sushmitha.   G.Thangaraj, District coordinator NGC Chennai district who coordinated this awareness program said that 10 more such awareness campaigns will be conducted next month in various schools in Chennai district.

  TANKER (Tamilnad Kidney Research) Foundation is a registered non-profit charitable organisation founded by Dr. Georgi Abraham and likeminded people in June 1993 with the aim of helping under-privileged people with kidney disease by giving subsidised and free dialysis and one time financial help for medication, investigation and transplantation and to spread awareness about kidney disease. TANKER cares for those, the underprivileged, who suffer kidney problems of any kind, reversible or terminal, regardless of caste, creed, sex or religion. TANKER runs 12 dialysis units in Tamilnadu , 8 in Chennai and one each in Madurai, Coimbatore, Vellore and Tiruppur helping 672 patients with free and subsidized dialysis. The Valluvarkottam unit is supported by the Greater Chennai Corporation, Rotary Club of Madras East and other valuable donors and has 18 machines. This new 19th machine has been donated by M/s. Sri Ramachandra Trust   and M/s. Mangal Tirth Estate Limited and was inaugurated by

      Apollo Hospitals Group has announced a unique collaboration with ‘8chili Inc’ to enable engagement in the metaverse, in the first-of-its-kind initiative. Virtual reality will provide an immersive experience that has been proven to increase patient engagement and skill mastery for hands-on training.    Patient counselling pre/post-operation in virtual reality will help increase patient outcomes by bringing generic environments filled with relaxing “narratives” that will induce control over one’s own body and physiological response. It will also engage the users in virtual reality-mediated activities to empower their abilities to regulate emotion. This personalized approach to every patient will help result in higher patient satisfaction.   “At Apollo Hospitals we are constantly exploring ways to enrich and expedite the healthcare community, and the patient experience. Virtual Reality (VR) will change how both these things are done. 8chili is a leader in the VR space and

  Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), India's leading telecom operator, today announced its collaboration with A5G Networks, Inc. to enable industry 4.0 and smart mobile edge computing in India. Vi and A5G Networks have together set up a pilot private network in Mumbai utilising existing 4G spectrum.   Vi’s association with A5G Networks is in line with its commitment to realize Digital India dreams with the latter’s differentiated and unique 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi autonomous software for distributed Networks. A5G Networks software is fully cloud-native containerized software built for hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure.   Through this engagement, Vi has already set up an end-to-end private network using A5G Networks’ autonomous core software and white box RAN elements in Mumbai, showcasing industrial automation use cases, enterprise applications, and low latency scenarios - all while seamlessly interconnecting with the operator network.   "Vi is committed to providing superior se

  Initiatives of HIV/AIDS-Net (IHN) is a network of 225 NGOs/CBOs working in HIV/AIDS prevention care and support program in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry. IHN Felicitated Padmashri Awardee Mr.S.Damodaran, CEO and Founder, Gramalaya as part of NGO network in a grand unforgettable manner on 12 th Feb 2022 at Madras Reporters’ Guild, Ommandurar Government Estate, Chennai. The grand function was started with welcoming Mr.S.Damodaran, CEO and Founder, Gramalaya on royal chariot towards venue at Madras Press Guild, Chepauk, Chennai. Hon., Justice Dr. T.N. Vallinayagam in his address wished Mr. S.Damodaran a long lasting an ever forgettable fame like Gandhi, Mother Thersa and Nelson Mandela. Mr. A. Baktavatchalam, Chairperson, IHN, and Executive Director, ARM, who delivered welcome address and expressed his feedback on working experiences on HIV / AIDS 20 years, back Mr. S. Damodaran to serve the Truckers along the Highways. Dr. T. Ilenchezhian, National Development Consultant, in this fe

    It is that time of the year when people are gearing up to celebrate the festival of love on the special ‘Valentine’s Day’. And what better way to express your love with photo albums that take you down the memory lane and a customised sim card as a gift! Vi , leading telecom brand, is here to make your Valentine’s Day truly memorable with a special offer in association with Zoomin.   Gift your loved one a customised mobile number – be it birthday, anniversary date or any other special series with a Vi postpaid SIM and avail a customised photobook from Zoomin worth Rs 299 for free. Vi’s partnership with Zoomin allows you to select your best pictures and take your partner down a memory lane with a specially designed 20 page photobook. The offer is valid from 9 th – 14 th February, 2022.   To avail this, visit: https://www.myvi.in/new-connection/buy-postpaid-sim-connection-online?utm_source=Valentine -        Select Vi postpaid sim   - individual or family plan -        Sele

  Beetle Bikes, India’s leading D2C kids bikes brand for premium international quality cycles, announced the launch of Home-Assembly service for its cycles. The service is available immediately on Beetle Bikes’ website www.beetlebikes.in with every bike purchased from the site.   Since the bikes are delivered in semi-assembled form, one of the major concerns for parents when buying a bike online is about how to get it assembled. Some parents choose to take the bike box to a nearby cycle shop and get it assembled there, while many other parents assemble the bike themselves. With the at-home assembly service, parents can now order an assembly service along with the bike and need not worry about the assembly process.   Once the bike is delivered, a trained service technician coordinates a time slot with the customer and visits the residence at the agreed time. The technician will then assemble the complete bike and make it ready for immediate use at home itself.   Yogesh Chauhan, Co

A painting exhibition by creative and talented artist K.Murugesan titled “My View of Rajasthan” was inaugurated at Soul Spice Art Gallery on 3 rd February 2022. Big coloured characters from Rajasthani folk is one of the most striking aspects of the exhibition. The exhibition is on till 19 th February 2022. The paintings are beautifully created giving a realistic look. The exhibition is open from 12 noon to 6pm (Monday to Saturday). Soul Spice Art Gallery is 21/11, 1st Main Road, C I T Colony, Mylapore, Chennai. For more details contact 7010950706, 9994085655.

Khelo Masters Games Federation ( the only association started with  Olympians and Internationals in the world) team members congratulated M.Subramaniam, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Department for his awesome round the clock working against Covid-19 pandemic times in Tamil Nadu State

The recent Madras High Court order by Justice Mahadevan has been very well received by the Sport fraternity. The Khelo Masters Games Federation of Tamil Nadu welcomed this decision. Majority of the sporting bodies in Tamil Nadu are ill represented by non-sports persons who are quite clueless about the needs of athletes let alone promoting the sport or creating champions. Such a decision will make sure suitable personnel will represent the sporting bodies thus paving way to a more systematic administration geared towards enriching the sport, the athlete and cultivating the true potential of available talent. The sporting bodies must be headed by persons having represented India and the very least at least are senior national medalists.  The Khelo Masters Games Federation is represented by Hockey Olympian Adam Sinclair (President), International Basket baller Purushothaman (Secretary), Padmashri Hockey Olympian V. Bhaskaran, Padmashri Indian Basket baller Anitha Pauldurai, Olympian Riyaz

  Commenting  on the Union Budget 2022, Dr Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group said, “This year the budget has truly put the spotlight on key issues facing the nation as it emerges from two years of the pandemic. The Union Budget 2022 moves to address the pressing needs with announcements that will act as an emollient not just for the economy but also the people. The budget with its digital push in education and skilling for all shows that it has its heart in the right place. “During the pandemic, we saw an immense contribution of start-ups to innovation in healthcare and the extension of the tax benefits for another year should encourage more start-ups in the health tech space to come up and invest in R&D especially in the field of AI powered smart wearable’s and predictive healthcare. This will in turn be invaluable in strengthening our fight against non-communicable diseases, which can otherwise derail the economic recovery by impacting our productive demographi