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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...

Complan, the nutrition drink brand from Zydus Wellness, has unveiled its latest campaign, ‘India ka Complan Boy’, featuring its brand ambassador and India’s young cricket sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. With this campaign, Complan seeks to strengthen its contemporary relevance while building on an iconic brand legacy through the extraordinary story of a prodigy whose dreams, discipline and determination have taken him to the national stage. By bringing together a familiar equity and a new-generation achiever, the campaign aims to deepen the brand’s connection with a new generation of families. For decades, the ‘Complan Boy’ has been synonymous with children who dream big and families who support those dreams. As children’s lives and aspirations evolve, Complan sees an opportunity to make this equity relevant in a new cultural context and reinforce Complan’s role as a trusted nutrition partner for children. The new campaign shifts the conversation from an iconic advertising character ...

Axis Bank, one of the largest private sector banks in India, announced the launch of  Sparsh Week 2026 , its flagship customer obsession initiative that brings together customers, employees and leaders across the country to strengthen relationships, deepen customer understanding and drive meaningful action. Scheduled from  7 to 11 September , this year's edition is anchored around the theme  "Act with Speed" , reinforcing the Bank's commitment to listening to customers and translating insights into faster action and better experiences. Now in its fourth year, Sparsh Week has evolved into one of the Bank's largest customer engagement and employee mobilisation platforms. Over the next five days, the Axis Bank network aims to hold more than 2.5 lakh customer conversations across diverse customer touch points, segments, geographies and life stages. A key highlight of this year's edition will be extensive leadership participation, with more than 90 leaders in...