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HCLTech a leading global technology company, announced the launch of HCLTech Pulse, a dedicated business unit focused on helping enterprises with annual revenues between $500 million and $5 billion safely scale AI, modernize their technology foundations and accelerate growth. HCLTech Pulse is designed for organizations with enterprise-scale ambitions that have historically had to stitch together niche providers across strategy, platforms, implementation and operations. It helps clients move beyond isolated AI initiatives by connecting AI strategy, data, cyber, platforms, engineering and business-process transformation into a single, integrated transformation agenda. "This segment represents an approximately $400 billion global technology-services opportunity and is growing at 7–9% annually," said Peter Bendor-Samuel, Founder and Executive Chairman, Everest Group. "As these organizations move from AI experimentation to scaled deployment, the market will reward provide...

Swiggy, India’s pioneering on-demand convenience platform, announced the roll out of “Early Cashout” feature for its Food Marketplace delivery partners. With this feature, Swiggy delivery partners across the country can request their payout anytime using the Swiggy Partner app via a simple 3 step process, instead of waiting for it to be credited at the end of the week. The payout will be credited instantly (within an hour) from placing the request. To avail “Early Cashout” as per their needs, Swiggy delivery partners can visit the ‘Easy Cashout’ section on their ‘Earnings’ page of the Swiggy Partner app. They can check their available cashout balance based on their earnings. They can enter the amount they would like to withdraw and click on ‘Cashout Now’. This feature will help facilitate enhanced financial liquidity for our delivery partners towards their day- to-day needs, personal expenses or emergencies. Speaking on the roll-out of the feature, Saurav Goyal, Chief Operating Off...

Cognizant, a leading AI builder and technology services provider, and Axis Bank, one of the largest private sector banks in India, today announced the successful implementation and go-live of Cognizant’s Application Management Services (AMS) under Axis Bank’s AMS 2.0 initiative for the Bank’s stakeholders. AMS 2.0 is a structured, jointly driven program designed to strengthen delivery governance, improve operational consistency and accelerate the adoption of automation across application support services. Built on automation-led practices, the model aims to enhance service reliability and cost efficiency while enabling productivity, scalability, and standardized processes, with a strong emphasis on governance, compliance and operational discipline.  Spearheaded by Axis Bank, the AMS 2.0 initiative forms a key pillar of the Bank’s broader technology transformation journey. The collaboration underscores Axis Bank’s strategic focus on building a scalable, resilient, and futur...

Ultraviolette Automotive announced the launch of a new UV Space Station in Porur, marking a significant milestone in the company's expanding retail footprint across emerging mobility markets in India. The expansion comes at a pivotal phase in Ultraviolette's growth journey, following the announcement of the company's BIGGA (Big Global Ambition) Factory, the introduction of the Battery Flex (BaaS) platform, and the launch of the X-47 Crossover. With this addition, the company strengthens customer access to its performance-oriented vehicles in Tamil Nadu while further reinforcing its growing national presence as it scales its manufacturing, product, and customer ecosystem across the country. The newly established UV Space Station, in partnership with M/s. Savirro Motors LLP, will provide customers with a comprehensive experience to explore Ultraviolette's performance motorcycles, including the X-47 Crossover and F77s. Designed as an immersive brand destination, the faci...

Interio by Godrej, one of India’s leading furniture brands under the Godrej Enterprises Group, has unveiled its latest campaign for sofas category, highlighting the power of personalisation through a fun and relatable family narrative. The campaign showcases an idea that every family member has their own needs when it comes to a sofa, and personalisation is what brings everyone's needs together. Shot in the style of a melodramatic family drama, the film follows a family shopping for a new sofa at an Interio store, where a playful game of persuasion unfolds. Each family member has their eye on a sofa they secretly want for themselves and tries to convince the others by pitching its feature as a benefit for someone else. The teenage son suggests a sofa with an extended chaise, framing it as ideal for his father's knees. The father counters with a sofa that has a charging port, insisting it is perfect for his wife's work-from-home routine. The wife then makes a case for a so...

This Ganesh Chaturthi, India put a little more thought into what it brought home for Bappa. Eco-friendly clay idols saw the biggest jump (176%) in demand, mawa emerged as the most-ordered modak flavour (145%) YoY, and on the morning of the festival, everything from flowers to modaks arrived in an order that looked remarkably like the puja itself. Bengaluru led the festive basket, followed by Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Pune, Kolkata, Gurgaon, and Kochi, among others. The eco-Ganpati is finding its way into more homes Ready-to-place clay idols accounted for 90% of demand, followed by paint-your-own eco idols The biggest jumps came from cities beyond the traditional heartlands of Ganesh Chaturthi. Delhi saw eco-Ganpati orders grow 1,718%, followed by Kolkata at 1,305%, Noida at 1,136% and Bhubaneswar at 1,132%. The Mawa Modak Moment Mawa modaks led the festive mithai demand, followed closely by classic, kesar, kaju, assorted and amba (Mango) modaks. The flavour map loo...

Swiggy, India’s pioneering on-demand convenience platform announced the return of Swiggy Dineout’s flagship dining property, the Great Indian Restaurant Festival (GIRF) but with a twist. This year, GIRF has been reimagined as The Great Indian Ravi Festival, built entirely around the internet's current obsession, Ravi Kishan. The campaign is anchored by the line "Discount Followsss My Brothaaaar", a twist on one of Ravi Kishan's most viral dialogues, tying the internet's favourite movement directly to GIRF's core promise: unbeatable dining discounts. This edition of GIRF will be live from September 14, 2026 to October 24, 2026. Customers can enjoy up to 50% off across 57,000+ restaurants in 84+ cities across India, including a range of cafés, pubs, bars, luxury dining and family restaurants. Diners can also get an additional 10% instant discount on all HDFC Bank cards, along with 10% back as DineCash on every booking made through Dineout. The renaming of GIRF...