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IMDb Announces the Most Anticipated Indian Movies of 2023
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IMDb Announces the Most Anticipated Indian Movies of 2023

IMDb Announces the Most Anticipated Indian Movies of 2023  Bollywood superstar SRK-starrer Pathaan is the most anticipated Indian movie of 2023, based on the page views of the more than 200 million monthly IMDb visitors  Chennai—January 9, 2023—IMDb (www.imdb.com), the world’s most popular and authoritative source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, today unveiled the most anticipated Indian movies of 2023. IMDb determines its list of the most anticipated Indian movies based on the actual page views of IMDb users throughout 2022. IMDb Most Anticipated Indian Movies of 2023* Pathaan Pushpa: The Rule - Part 2 Jawan Adipurush Salaar Varisu Kabzaa Thalapathy 67 The Archies Dunki Tiger 3 Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan Thun...
NIELIT and Microsoft collaborate to train youth in cybersecurity skills for jobs
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NIELIT and Microsoft collaborate to train youth in cybersecurity skills for jobs

NIELIT and Microsoft collaborate to train youth in cybersecurity skills for jobs To deploy CyberShikshaa and Ready4Cybersecurity programs across 30 NIELIT training centers in Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns across India with a focus on North-East states, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Chennai, January 4, 2023: Upholding its commitment to bridge the cybersecurity skills gap in the country, Natio nal Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) and Microsoft today announced a collaboration to increase access to skills for jobs through Cyber Shikshaa and Ready4Cybersecurity programs. Aiming primarily at underserved youth, women and jobseekers from remote areas, National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) and Microsoft will deploy CyberShikshaa and ...
Microsoft launches the FY22 India Impact Summary
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Microsoft launches the FY22 India Impact Summary

Microsoft launches the FY22 India Impact Summary Reports how Microsoft is supporting inclusive economic growth, advancing fundamental rights, creating a sustainable fu ture, and earning trust, as it brings its mission and purpose to life in India Chennai, January 4, 2023: Microsoft launched the FY22 India Impact Summary, a comprehensive annual report sharing progress against Microsoft’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts across the company an d our ecosystem. Besides sharing a summary of the impact of Microsoft’s work, this report shares what the comp any is learning along the way as it strives to scale its impact and empower others to achieve more.  In the foreword to the FY22 India Impact Summary, Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India, said, “Our po pula...
57% of MSMEs struggling to get new orders, hindering business growth
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57% of MSMEs struggling to get new orders, hindering business growth

57% of MSMEs struggling to get new orders, hindering business growth  Digital platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp emerge as alternative marketplaces to buy raw material and sell produ cts, say 40 per cent rural entrepreneurs 30th December’22,: An all-India study, conducted by Bhartiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST) as a socio-economic initi ative has given critical insights into the working of about 5,685 Micro enterprises (MSMEs), owned by socially an d economically vulnerable entrepreneurs across India. The average investment of these businesses has been rec orded as little more than Rs.6 lakh, highlighting their low capital size, impending distress, and vulnerability to mu ltiple factors including local demand disruptions during the past two years of COVID-19. The study, spread acro...
NSE to set up Social Stock Exchange (SSE) as a separate segment
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NSE to set up Social Stock Exchange (SSE) as a separate segment

NSE to set up Social Stock Exchange (SSE) as a separate segment National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) received in-principle approval from the Securities Exchange Board of In dia (SEBI) on December 19, 2022, to set up a Social Stock Exchange (SSE) as a separate segment of the NSE. Earlier, Hon'ble Finance Minister, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Union Budget speech of 2019-20 had propo sed creation of a Social Stock Exchange, under the regulatory ambit of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for listing social enterprises and voluntary organizations working for the realization of a social welfare objective, so that they can raise capital as equity, debt or as units like a mutual fund. Government of India, through gazette notification has declared a new security “Zer...
RE’EQUIL BRINGS HOME AWARD FOR BEST SUNSCREEN AT NYKAA FEMINA BEAUTY
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RE’EQUIL BRINGS HOME AWARD FOR BEST SUNSCREEN AT NYKAA FEMINA BEAUTY

RE’EQUIL BRINGS HOME AWARD FOR BEST SUNSCREEN AT NYKAA FEMINA BEAUTY AWARDS 2022  Re’equil India Private Limited’s sunscreen – Re’equil Ultra Matte Dry Touch Sunscreen Gel SPF 50 PA++++ UV A emerged winner of the Nykaa Femina Beauty Awards (NFBA) 2022 in the Skin- Sunscreen category.   Over thousands of patrons voted for their favorite product followed by a judging panel comprising Falguni Nay ar, Founder and CEO of Nykaa; Ambika Muttoo, Editor in Chief, Femina; Malaika Arora, Actor; Sandhya Sekar, Makeup Artist; Dr. Jaishree Sharad, Celebrity Dermatologist; Sushant Divgikar, Pop culture, LGBTQIA+ Icon; Rahul Jhangiani, Photographer and Juhi Godambe Jain, Content Creator who carefully tested every product to select the winners of Nykaa Femina Beauty Awards 2022.    Commenting on t...
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ARA ALI KHAN STUNS AT THE PEPSI X HUEMN’S SHOW

ARA ALI KHAN STUNS AT THE PEPSI X HUEMN’S SHOW ~The collection was showcased at a fashion show in Mumbai~ ~Consumers can get their hands on the new collection available online at www.huemn.in  ~  Chennai, 19th December 2022: Youth-centric brand Pepsi® and fashion label HUEMN came together last night to bring one of the most scintillating fashion showcases for audiences with an all-new collection full of SWAG. T he presentation enthralled audiences as Bollywood Superstar Ara Ali Khan walked the 200 foot ramp as the sh owstopper sporting a marquee piece from the collection. Fashion is always a medium of self-expression for youngsters across the globe and this runway presentation was an ode to the self-belief of the young generation that aren’t afraid of standing up for themselve...
WayCool to Expand its Agri-input Portfolio; Inks MoU with Yara India
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WayCool to Expand its Agri-input Portfolio; Inks MoU with Yara India

WayCool to Expand its Agri-input Portfolio; Inks MoU with Yara India      Outgrow platform to offer “crop nutrition products-services to its network of over 2 Lakh farmers      Yara India’s Package of Practice (PoP) of 20 crops to be made available digitally through Outgrow for farmers Chennai, 15th December, 2022: India’s leading food & agri-tech platform, WayCool, announced the extension of its Agri-input portfolio by adding the sale of nutrition & nitrogen fertilizers to its AI-driven ‘phygital’ farmer eng agement platform, Outgrow. As part of this move, WayCool has entered a strategic partnership with Yara India, the world’s largest nitrogen fertilizer producer. The partnership aims to offer superior crop nutrition while facili tating chemical and environmental solut...
Rushil plants 120 million agroforestry trees, creates thousands of jobs and rural uplift, to shape a Greener India  Fast growing, short-rotational crops, and responsible farming – a force multiplier of rural economic growth, boosting economic growth, catalyzing national sustainability goals, and improving productivity  Bengaluru/Visakhapatnam, 8th December 2022: Rushil Decor (BSE: 533470, NSE: RUSHIL), a global leader in smarter living solutions, transforming contemporary residential and commercial spaces, today announced that it has planted over 120 million agroforestry trees in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, since last four years and pledging to further strengthen its agroforestry capacity initiatives in an integrated manner with crops and livestock to improve productivity, employment, income and livelihoods of rural households, impacting small holder farmers and offering 20,000 skilled and unskilled employment (farmers, agriculture labor and cutting labors).  This includes planting over 50 million trees in Chikmagalur, Hassan and Shimoga districts of Karnataka and 70 million trees in Visakhapatnam, East Godawari and Vizianagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh. The fast growing, short rotational crops: Eucalyptus, Casuarina, Silver Oak & Acacia used as raw materials in the industry, offer direct income to farmers, agriculture labor and women labor, around the plantation. Rushil’s modern, future boards (MDF) plants in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh procures agroforestry wood affecting livelihood of millions of man days annually and three rotation cycle in ten years of renewable resources to keep rolling the rural economy.  Assuring consistent supply of raw material, Rushil Decor’s team regularly engages with the rural farmers to extend advanced technical support for agroforestry, offering seeds and seedlings of different agroforestry species through nurseries, necessary subsidies and transportation support, training and guidance at factory and district centre, distribution of materials, price updates for harvesting along with market support.  Rushil Decor’s modern facilities also help nurture local ancillary industries like furniture, panel, transport and local artisans leading to significant employment opportunities. The plants are strategically located close to raw material sourcing agroforestry-plantations and hence, create sustainable livelihood, reduce transportation impact and lower emissions, driven by smart manufacturing and automated robotic production. Rushil Decor is partners with Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute (IPIRTI), Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST) & Association of Indian Panelboard Manufacturer (AIPM) to enhance its capabilities in agroforestry & strategic sourcing of raw materials from farmers, creating mutual beneficial relationship.  Agroforestry is defined as a land use system which integrate trees and shrubs on farmlands and rural landscapes to enhance productivity, profitability, diversity and ecosystem sustainability. It is a dynamic, ecologically based, natural resource management system that, through integration of woody perennials on farms and in the agricultural landscape, diversifies and sustains production and builds social institutions.   Rushil K Thakkar, Director, Rushil Decor Ltd., India, says “Trees are one of our best investments against the climate crisis. As a responsible organization, we at Rushil Decor are committed to promoting agroforestry to sequester carbon and to broaden the social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural development. The smart use of trees in agricultural land systems can also make substantial contributions to the conservation of biodiversity. Agroforestry can also help diversify and sustain (food) production and provide vital social, economic and environmental benefits for land use at scale–shaping a greener planet and better future for all.”  Rushil’s agroforestry based plants enhance marginal and small farmers with minimal land holding capacity of less than five acres. This initiative has been directed to generate economic momentum, sustainable livelihood and job opportunities to thousands of skilled and unskilled people in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.  What strengthens this is Rushil’s association with local bodies like Agriculture Market Committee and Karnataka Forest Development Corporation (KFDC) by procuring locally grown agroforestry wood by farmers.  With the rise in living standards, the need for wood is encouraging agro farming which results “farm to furniture” vision of a successful layout for the industry. Trees provide a way forward for sustainable farming and the world must embrace innovative options to maximize agroforestry productivity for mitigating climate change leading to sustainable ecosystem.  According to industry insights, empowering agroforestry at national level can offer significant benefits to the economy and composite panel industries can create employment opportunities for 2 to 2.5 million people approximately. The full value chain from 110 – 115 million CBM timber (timber to furniture) can create value-added produce of $150 billion. An important benefit is of carbon sequestration: the increase in forest cover and that too of younger trees will have a 2 billion metric ton carbon sequestration potential by 2050.     A growing consumer awareness and a range of application is driving increased consumption of MDF in India, as the industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 15% – 20% from an estimated Rs. 3,000 crore in 2021 to Rs. 6,000 crore by 2026. India is a significant player of MDF, being used as a leading interior infrastructure material. Discerning consumers and modern offices who look for responsible products that reduces carbon footprint, rapid urbanization, rebound in realty and rising nuclear families will boost MDF growth. Unlike a 70 % market share in the developed nations, MDF has just 30% market share in India reflecting high potential for MDF.     MDF is an engineered product made of wood fibers bonded under high pressure using thermosetting resins and wax, forming beautiful panels by applying high temperature and pressure, for strength. Many MDF qualities make it an ideal replacement for wood, plywood and particle boards.     About Rushil Décor:  Founded in 1993, Rushil Decor Ltd. (BSE: 533470, NSE: RUSHIL), a globally leading company in modern interior infrastructure and eco-friendly, composite wood panels is committed to shaping a better planet. Leveraging modern technology, inspiring designs, next-generation innovations and a people-first, purposeful approach. Rushil Decor is passionate about setting new industry standards and superior experiences, ensuring high productivity. The company has five state-of-the-art manufacturing plants with an annual capacity of 3,30,000 CBM MDF and 3.49 million Laminates, which caters to its customers in 47 countries across the world.     With a strong network of branches, distributors, thousands of dealers and a rich talent pool of experts, RUSHIL is focused on redefining the future of wood. What makes RUSHIL special is its unmatched quality, design, customer centricity, value-led DIY green engineered products from agroforestry and a wide range of high-performance surface engineering solutions. Driven by automated plants, world-class German technologies and global standards, RUSHIL relentlessly creates smarter spaces.     RUSHIL’s product portfolio includes VIR Laminates, VIR MDF boards, VIR MAXPR0 (HDFWR) boards / VIR Pre-laminated Decorative MDF / HDFWR boards, VIR PVC and VIR WPC boards / doors. Optimal supply chain efficiencies, utilization of resources, and strategic local plantations offer cost advantage in raw material sourcing and manufacturing excellence, enabling high output to cover global market demand.
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Rushil plants 120 million agroforestry trees, creates thousands of jobs and rural uplift, to shape a Greener India Fast growing, short-rotational crops, and responsible farming – a force multiplier of rural economic growth, boosting economic growth, catalyzing national sustainability goals, and improving productivity Bengaluru/Visakhapatnam, 8th December 2022: Rushil Decor (BSE: 533470, NSE: RUSHIL), a global leader in smarter living solutions, transforming contemporary residential and commercial spaces, today announced that it has planted over 120 million agroforestry trees in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, since last four years and pledging to further strengthen its agroforestry capacity initiatives in an integrated manner with crops and livestock to improve productivity, employment, income and livelihoods of rural households, impacting small holder farmers and offering 20,000 skilled and unskilled employment (farmers, agriculture labor and cutting labors). This includes planting over 50 million trees in Chikmagalur, Hassan and Shimoga districts of Karnataka and 70 million trees in Visakhapatnam, East Godawari and Vizianagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh. The fast growing, short rotational crops: Eucalyptus, Casuarina, Silver Oak & Acacia used as raw materials in the industry, offer direct income to farmers, agriculture labor and women labor, around the plantation. Rushil’s modern, future boards (MDF) plants in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh procures agroforestry wood affecting livelihood of millions of man days annually and three rotation cycle in ten years of renewable resources to keep rolling the rural economy. Assuring consistent supply of raw material, Rushil Decor’s team regularly engages with the rural farmers to extend advanced technical support for agroforestry, offering seeds and seedlings of different agroforestry species through nurseries, necessary subsidies and transportation support, training and guidance at factory and district centre, distribution of materials, price updates for harvesting along with market support. Rushil Decor’s modern facilities also help nurture local ancillary industries like furniture, panel, transport and local artisans leading to significant employment opportunities. The plants are strategically located close to raw material sourcing agroforestry-plantations and hence, create sustainable livelihood, reduce transportation impact and lower emissions, driven by smart manufacturing and automated robotic production. Rushil Decor is partners with Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute (IPIRTI), Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST) & Association of Indian Panelboard Manufacturer (AIPM) to enhance its capabilities in agroforestry & strategic sourcing of raw materials from farmers, creating mutual beneficial relationship. Agroforestry is defined as a land use system which integrate trees and shrubs on farmlands and rural landscapes to enhance productivity, profitability, diversity and ecosystem sustainability. It is a dynamic, ecologically based, natural resource management system that, through integration of woody perennials on farms and in the agricultural landscape, diversifies and sustains production and builds social institutions.  Rushil K Thakkar, Director, Rushil Decor Ltd., India, says “Trees are one of our best investments against the climate crisis. As a responsible organization, we at Rushil Decor are committed to promoting agroforestry to sequester carbon and to broaden the social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural development. The smart use of trees in agricultural land systems can also make substantial contributions to the conservation of biodiversity. Agroforestry can also help diversify and sustain (food) production and provide vital social, economic and environmental benefits for land use at scale–shaping a greener planet and better future for all.” Rushil’s agroforestry based plants enhance marginal and small farmers with minimal land holding capacity of less than five acres. This initiative has been directed to generate economic momentum, sustainable livelihood and job opportunities to thousands of skilled and unskilled people in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.  What strengthens this is Rushil’s association with local bodies like Agriculture Market Committee and Karnataka Forest Development Corporation (KFDC) by procuring locally grown agroforestry wood by farmers. With the rise in living standards, the need for wood is encouraging agro farming which results “farm to furniture” vision of a successful layout for the industry. Trees provide a way forward for sustainable farming and the world must embrace innovative options to maximize agroforestry productivity for mitigating climate change leading to sustainable ecosystem. According to industry insights, empowering agroforestry at national level can offer significant benefits to the economy and composite panel industries can create employment opportunities for 2 to 2.5 million people approximately. The full value chain from 110 – 115 million CBM timber (timber to furniture) can create value-added produce of $150 billion. An important benefit is of carbon sequestration: the increase in forest cover and that too of younger trees will have a 2 billion metric ton carbon sequestration potential by 2050. A growing consumer awareness and a range of application is driving increased consumption of MDF in India, as the industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 15% – 20% from an estimated Rs. 3,000 crore in 2021 to Rs. 6,000 crore by 2026. India is a significant player of MDF, being used as a leading interior infrastructure material. Discerning consumers and modern offices who look for responsible products that reduces carbon footprint, rapid urbanization, rebound in realty and rising nuclear families will boost MDF growth. Unlike a 70 % market share in the developed nations, MDF has just 30% market share in India reflecting high potential for MDF. MDF is an engineered product made of wood fibers bonded under high pressure using thermosetting resins and wax, forming beautiful panels by applying high temperature and pressure, for strength. Many MDF qualities make it an ideal replacement for wood, plywood and particle boards.   About Rushil Décor: Founded in 1993, Rushil Decor Ltd. (BSE: 533470, NSE: RUSHIL), a globally leading company in modern interior infrastructure and eco-friendly, composite wood panels is committed to shaping a better planet. Leveraging modern technology, inspiring designs, next-generation innovations and a people-first, purposeful approach. Rushil Decor is passionate about setting new industry standards and superior experiences, ensuring high productivity. The company has five state-of-the-art manufacturing plants with an annual capacity of 3,30,000 CBM MDF and 3.49 million Laminates, which caters to its customers in 47 countries across the world. With a strong network of branches, distributors, thousands of dealers and a rich talent pool of experts, RUSHIL is focused on redefining the future of wood. What makes RUSHIL special is its unmatched quality, design, customer centricity, value-led DIY green engineered products from agroforestry and a wide range of high-performance surface engineering solutions. Driven by automated plants, world-class German technologies and global standards, RUSHIL relentlessly creates smarter spaces. RUSHIL’s product portfolio includes VIR Laminates, VIR MDF boards, VIR MAXPR0 (HDFWR) boards / VIR Pre-laminated Decorative MDF / HDFWR boards, VIR PVC and VIR WPC boards / doors. Optimal supply chain efficiencies, utilization of resources, and strategic local plantations offer cost advantage in raw material sourcing and manufacturing excellence, enabling high output to cover global market demand.

Rushil plants 120 million agroforestry trees, creates thousands of jobs and rural uplift, to shape a Greener India Fast growing, short-rotational crops, and responsible farming - a force multiplier of rural economic growth, boosting economic growth, catalyzing national sustainability goals, and improving productivity Bengaluru/Visakhapatnam, 8th December 2022: Rushil Decor (BSE: 533470, NSE: RUSHIL), a global leader in sm arter living solutions, transforming contemporary residential and commercial spaces, today announced that it h as planted over 120 million agroforestry trees in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, since last four years and pled ging to further strengthen its agroforestry capacity initiatives in an integrated manner with crops and livestock to improve productivity, employm...
AVAR 2022 brings together CISOs and Security Researchers to develop a secure cyberspace
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AVAR 2022 brings together CISOs and Security Researchers to develop a secure cyberspace

AVAR 2022 brings together CISOs and Security Researchers to develop a secure cyberspace India, 1 December, 2022 - The Association of anti Virus Asia Researchers (AVAR) announced that AVAR 2022 wil l include a Research Track to explore the latest threat research and a Management Track to discuss the challeng es and opportunities faced by CISOs and recognize exceptional cybersecurity leaders. AVAR 2022 is hosted in Si ngapore for the first time and marks AVAR moving its headquarters to Singapore due to the importance given to cybersecurity by the country and Singapore’s significance as a regional hub for commerce. AVAR 2022 is the 25th edition of AVAR’s annual international cybersecurity conference and will be hosted at the Carlton Hotel Singapore on 1st and 2nd December 2022. Comme...