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Hair Lab, a Godrej Co, announced the launch of Godrej Hair Lab Smart Black shampoo hair colour, a premium hair colour in a multi-use tube format that can be applied with bare hands. Smart Black shampoo hair colour simplifies the colouring process into a few steps. Users wet their hands with water, apply the product on their dry hair focussing on the greys, and wash their hands with soap within 3 minutes of contact. In just 15 minutes, users will get rich, natural-looking black colour with 100% grey coverage. The product makes hair colouring as easy as the application of a shampoo. Smart Black shampoo hair colour eliminates the need for gloves, brushes, or mixing bowls. This revolutionary product is powered by breakthrough, auto-oxidative hair colour technology. It features Godrej Hair Lab’s in-house, patented, no-peroxide and no ammonia formulation. Smart Black shampoo hair colour is enriched with the goodness of gallic acid and aloe vera. Commenting on the launch, Samir Suryawansh...

Ahead of Dhanteras, Instamart, India’s pioneering quick commerce platform through its sellers, has partnered with Kalyan Jewellers to make the jeweller’s gold coin collection available to customers. Customers who shop for gold coins from Kalyan Jewellers on Instamart may also get a little extra with their purchase. From November 1 to 6, the first 1000 customers across India each day who buy a Kalyan Jewellers gold coin* on Instamart will also get a free 1 gm silver coin, additionally every Kalyan Jewellers gold coin purchase will entitle them to receive a free digital discount voucher worth a 5 gm silver coin* T&C apply.   This offer is valid until December 31, 2026 and will be available across Kalyan Jewellers stores pan-India. The partnership aims to give customers a convenient way to shop for precious metals ahead of Dhanteras, the first day of Diwali celebrations, when buying gold and silver is considered auspicious and believed to bring prosperity and good fortune. A wid...

HCLTech, a leading global technology company, announced the launch of its AI-Powered Operations offering, designed to help enterprises modernize and optimize their mission-critical mainframe environments through AI-enabled automation, observability and operational intelligence. The offering brings together specialized mainframe skill agents and conversational AI assistants to support system administration, observability, optimization and workflows, under human oversight. These capabilities help improve efficiency, accelerate issue resolution and enable more proactive, insight-driven operations. HCLTech's dedicated Mainframe Center of Excellence underpins the offering with deep domain expertise, industry best practices and continued innovation. "Enterprises running mission-critical workloads on mainframes are under increasing pressure to modernize operations and drive greater efficiency, without compromising reliability or control. Our AI-Powered Operations offering directl...

Montra Electric, India's full-spectrum electric commercial vehicle brand, partnered with VFRYT, a Chennai-based technology platform for on-demand commercial vehicle bookings, as the company officially launched its logistics marketplace and flagged off a new fleet of electric cargo vehicles in the city. The partnership brings together two Chennai-based companies with a shared ambition to modernise urban logistics through technology and sustainable mobility. While VFRYT is focused on making commercial transportation more accessible, transparent and efficient through its digital platform, Montra Electric is enabling that vision through purpose-built electric commercial vehicles designed for the evolving needs of urban and intra-city freight movement. Designed to bring the convenience of app-based ride-hailing to the commercial transportation sector, VFRYT enables customers to book a wide range of cargo vehicles, from small last-mile carriers to larger commercial trucks, through a ...

Uber unveiled a suite of driver-first innovations at the third edition of Uber Pragati, aimed at making earning on its platform easier, safer and more rewarding. The initiatives span more flexible ways to earn, new income opportunities and stronger safety features when drivers are behind the wheel. Uber also showcased the real-world impact of its unmatched safety technology, including ambulance assistance in emergencies and in-app encrypted video recordings that have helped establish facts in disputed incidents. Aditya Kapoor, Director – Supply Operations, Uber India & South Asia, said, “Our ambition is to continue being the platform of choice for flexible earning opportunities in India. That means giving drivers the freedom to work on their own terms, the confidence of industry-leading safety protections and more ways to earn. We want to continue setting the benchmark for what drivers should expect from a platform.” Key enhancements based on driver feedback: Easier: More flexi...

Make every celebration special with Lava’s smartphones and feature phones available at attractive festive prices Virat Curve, Virat V1 Pro, Virat V1 5G and Virat V1 available at special festive prices with bank offers on Flipkart Agni 4, Bold N4 Pro 5G, Bold N4 Lite, Bold N2 Lite, Bold N2 and Bold N2 5G on offer on Amazon Feature phones including Hero Shakti 2026, LAVA A2 Smart and Gem Power+ available at attractive festive prices from October 30 – November 2 on Amazon Models like Shark 2 Pro 5G and Aura Curve 5G offer exciting festive gifting options across offline retail stores pan-India Chennai: Lava International Limited, India’s trusted homegrown smartphone and feature phone brand, is making Diwali gifting more special with attractive festive offers across its smartphone and feature phone portfolio. With a range of devices to suit different budgets and needs, Lava offers consumers an opportunity to celebrate the festival of lights by gifting their loved ones a device th...

Highlights for the Quarter Y-O-Y: Revenue at ₹2,631 million, a growth of 12% Domestic Sales grew by 19% EPS grew by INR 5.95 (22%), driven by increase in revenue Profit Before Tax was up by 22% Highlights for the nine months ended ’26 Y-O-Y: Revenue from Operations at ₹7,280 million, a growth of 16% Domestic Sales grew by 15%; aided by relaunch Export Sales grew by 19% Profit Before Tax was up by 24% Sanofi Consumer Healthcare India Limited (BSE:544250 I NSE: SANOFICONR) releases its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended 2026, demonstrating profitable growth across key business segments. Revenue growth for the quarter stood at 12% year-on-year with domestic sales growing by 19%. Profit Before Tax (PBT) for Q3 ‘26 reached ₹1,027 million, an increase of 22% on a year-on-year basis. EPS grew by 22% year-on-year, supported by higher revenue and profitability during the quarter. Commenting on the results, Himanshu Bakshi, Managing Director, Sano...