Dabur India Ventures Into ‘Organic’ Space, Launches Dabur Organic Honey On Amazon.in

Dabur India Limited, one of India’s leading Ayurvedic companies has partnered with Amazon India to launch Dabur Organic Honey, the first ever organic product from the house of Dabur. Procured from organically grown flora, which are untouched by chemicals and made by wild bees, the nutrient and antioxidant-rich Dabur Organic Honey comes with the promise of being completely unprocessed and unpasteurized.

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Prashant Agarwal, Marketing Head- Health Supplements, Dabur India Ltd said, “Organic is not just a choice of products. It is gradually becoming a mainstream lifestyle. In terms of consumption, the focus on natural and other products is on the rise. We are confident that people who conform to this lifestyle would definitely find the Dabur Organic Honey a much-needed addition to their daily routine. Dabur Organic Honey is completely unprocessed and unpasteurized with only filtration done to remove any impurities. We are happy to have partnered with Amazon to take this product to our consumers, who have made Dabur Honey as World’s No. 1 honey brand.”

Mr. Saurabh Srivastava, Director – Category Management, Amazon India said “We are happy to bring the new ‘Dabur Organic Honey’ for customers on Amazon.in. With the new Dabur Organic Honey, we aim to strengthen our portfolio and provide our customers a vast selection of organic products from a trusted brand like Dabur. We continue to give our customers an unmatched value, fast and reliable delivery and a great shopping experience”.

“Today Indian consumers’ demand for Organic food has increased and with fitness and healthy lifestyle at the forefront, we as a brand have developed an Organic version of our Star product Dabur Organic Honey which is 100% pure and natural. The process of procuring the Organic Honey from remote rainforests has been the most rewarding experience for us as a brand and we make sure we pass on the unadulterated and unpasteurized product to our consumers, as it is. So yes, I am proud to say that we select apiaries within close proximities of only organic farmlands managed without chemicals or pesticides to get our hero product. The product is exclusively available on Amazon at INR 235 for a 300g pack” said Smerth Khanna, Business Head – Ecommerce, Dabur India.

About Dabur India Ltd:

Dabur India Ltd is one of India’s leading FMCG Companies. Building on a legacy of quality and experience for 136 years, Dabur is today India’s most trusted name and the world’s largest Ayurvedic and Natural Health Care Company. Dabur India's FMCG portfolio nine Power Brands with distinct brand identities – Dabur Chyawanprash, Dabur Honey, Dabur Lal Tail, Dabur Honitus, Dabur Pudin Hara, Dabur Red Paste, Dabur Amla Hair Oil, Vatika and Réal fruit juice.

About Amazon.in

The Amazon.in marketplace is operated by Amazon Seller Services Private Ltd, an affiliate of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). Amazon.in seeks to build the most customer-centric online destination for customers to find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online by giving them more of what they want – vast selection, low prices, fast and reliable delivery, and a trusted and convenient experience; and provide sellers with a world-class e-commerce marketplace.

Seeks PM Modi’s Intervention For Restarting Mining To Tackle Goa’s Job Crisis

* GMPF accuses Goa Foundation of derailing state’s mining operations

* If remedial steps not taken, Goa’s Fourth Consecutive Mining Year will go futile

* Requests Central government to consider legislative amendments in Goa Daman and Diu concession abolition Act 1987 for immediate restart of Goa Mining

* Expresses concern about Goa's increasing unemployment rate and continuous decline in Goa's Growth rate, which is well behind the National Growth rate

Goa Mining People’s Front, the umbrella body fighting for resumption of mining operations in Goa, has said that irresponsible actions of Goa Foundation has brought Goa’s mining industry to a complete standstill that has led to loss of over 3 Lakh livelihoods and complete collapse of the state economy. GMPF has also sought urgent intervention of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi for resumption of mining in Goa or else the state runs the risk of losing its fourth consecutive mining year due to the ban imposed by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India.

During the recent meeting of Goa mining dependents in South Goa, the GMPF condemned Goa Foundation for intentionally creating repeated hurdles in resumption of mining activities. It also stressed upon Goa Foundation to push for immediate resumption of Goa mining during the upcoming court hearing.

In response to Central Govt Notice dated 24 August 2020 posted by Ministry of Mines on its website for public consultation called, “Note on Proposal for Mining Reforms”, the GMPF had suggested to the Central Government to consider amendments to The Goa Daman and Diu Mining Concessions (Abolition and Declaration of Mining Leases) Act by making this abolition act prospective from 1987. This suggestion was in line with State of Goa, which has written to the Union Government on multiple occasion since 2018 for legislative cure/amendment, which shall extend the period of Lease until 2037 by making Abolition Act Prospective (i.e. 50 Years as mandated under MMDR Act 2015).

While Addressing the meeting GMPF President Mr. Puti Gaonkar, said, “ We were hopeful that in the reforms package for Atmanirbhar Bharat for Mining Sector, the Centre would consider amendment to the Goa Daman and Diu Abolition Act. However, we understand the same was not a part of it. Goa’s mining industry and the livelihood of lakhs of mining dependent population has been neglected in the last three years. We wonder why Goa Foundation is active only in opposing development projects in the State. Is the Goa Foundation representing driving agenda of external forces, which want to see us Goans poor and impoverished?

Balaji Gauns from Dharbandora Taluka Truck Owner's Association said, "As a representative of Panchayats, we also demand immediate action from the Union Home Ministry on our representation where we have sought investigation into financial dealings and other aspects of Goa Foundation. We suspect a strong foreign hand behind them who want to destabilise our country and State.”

Over the past three years, mining dependents have met and submitted various appeals/representations/memorandums seeking intervention and action from the authorities at the State and Centre level including Honourable President of India, Honourable Prime Minister, Union Home Minister, Union Mines Minister, Union Law Minister, Chief Minister of Goa, various MP’s cutting across party lines, and bureaucrats at Centre and State to take note of the plight of the people of Goa..

Decentralized Finance Giant Terra Captures The Asian Market With A Technology-First Approach

* Announces Terra Ideathon winners across Fintech, Logistics and Healthcare sectors in India; 

* Raises $25 million in funding from Galaxy Digital, Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital

* Expands Product Solutions With The Launch Of Mirror Wallet 

South Korea-headquartered decentralized finance platform, Terra, today announced the nine winners of the “Think with Terra Ideathon” a four-month-long program that challenged Indian developers to push the boundaries of the realm of payments across various industries with blockchain use cases. The nine projects selected across the three identified tracks - Fintech, Logistics, and Healthcare, will receive rewards from a pool of INR 500,000, and will be integrated as a part of Terra’s global developer community and will be working closely with the global Terra team itself. The winning projects included innovative solutions with blockchain use cases in Agro-tech, healthcare, public affairs, and supply chain sectors. 

The Ideathon, launched in partnership with Singapore-based innovation management brand Lumos Labs, is a step towards strengthening and expanding its base in Asian markets with a special focus on a strong developer community in India. 

Nicholas Platias, Head of Research at Terra mentioned “As the first edition of Terra Ideathon in India, we saw some very interesting projects coming from the developer and student pool in India and it reiterates our belief in the Indian market as the hotbed for innovation in the blockchain space. The selected ideas reflect empathy towards real-world problems and a scientific bend of mind to apply innovative emerging technology such as blockchain to resolve these concerns. This is a beginning to our long-term commitment to the Indian Blockchain ecosystem and we will be actively exploring opportunities to  collaborate with the developer and startup community in India.”

Terraform Labs, the group behind Terra has been aggressively driving their vision to lead a decentralized finance movement, globally. It recently raised $25 million in a new round from Galaxy Digital, Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, and others. 

The stablecoin for e-commerce creator also launched Mirror, the first synthetic assets protocol that tracks the price of stocks, futures, exchange-traded funds, and other traditional financial assets, bridging crypto with traditional markets. It has already proven people will use its volatility-free tokens in decentralized finance (DeFi) to buy synthetic stocks by locking over $340M in total value of assets within two months of launch and plans to attract blockchain denizens to even more use cases. Terraform Labs is also behind the Chai payments app, an e-commerce wallet that’s widely used in Asia with over 2.2M users and has raised $60M in its Series B investment round.

“We look forward to using the funds for building key pieces of infrastructure in the Mirror Protocol for synthetics, Anchor Protocol for savings, and other killer DeFi applications to make Terra’s algorithmic stablecoins the centerpiece of the decentralized finance movement,” Terraform’s co-founder Do Kwon said.

Terra is building new financial infrastructure powered by a family of stablecoins, each pegged to major fiat currencies all algorithmically stabilized by Terra’s native governance and staking token, Luna. Terra’s mission is simple: set money free by building open financial infrastructure. The company has navigated a steady path of growth towards increasing the expansion and development of its products and network. Terra now has the third-highest number of transactions of all blockchains (after BTC and Ethereum) and is generating 13M USD in fees annually.

About Terra Money:

Terra Money's mission is to harness blockchain technology to build financial products that empower the mainstream user. To that end, it is building and scaling payments as well as savings and investment products that are being used by millions of users. The ecosystem token of the Terra blockchain, Luna, trades on most major global exchanges including Binance and Huobi.

Testbook Kick-Starts 2021 With Its Unique Digital Campaign In India

Testbook, one of the leading edtech players in the test preparation market for public sector jobs in India has launched its first digital brand campaign. The campaign takes a usual route and uses cases to highlight the convenience that Testbook offers for different competitive exams in India. The edtech app helps students throughout their journey with daily live classes catering to over 100+ government exams such as RRB, NTPC, SSC CGL, CHSL, DRDO MTS, SSC JE, GATE, Bank Clerk, and Bank PO exams like SBI Clerk and SBI PO 2020, and many more.

The digital brand campaign emphasizes the convenience of preparing for government exams from Testbook.com with flexible learning options. The films depict real-life situations where the protagonists struggle for a proper environment to study and crack the competitive exam. And Testbook comes to the rescue with its one-stop solution that can be accessed at your fingertip through an app providing all the study materials, live-coaching, and doubt-clearing sessions for your exams.

Founded in 2014 by four IIT Bombay alumni, Testbook.com has more than 14 million registered users and has served more than 90 million applicants so far. It has also reached out to more than 260 million students in India whose education was impacted as a result of the spread of COVID -19.

Speaking about the campaign, Narendra Agrawal, Co-Founder & Marketing Head of testbook.com “The campaign captures the true essence of smooth learning experience combined with the benefits of live classes with top faculty, personal mentoring and exam strategies by our qualified coaches. It depicts the scenarios which most of the students go through in getting a good learning experience with great affordability. We are confident that our innovation campaign will connect with our consumers.”

The series of films in the brand campaign celebrates the determination of students and encourage them to make their dreams come true. These campaigns will go live in multiple phases with various creative and unique themes. The five innovative films portray the determination, diligence, and passion of students towards cracking a competitive exam. A competitive exam is not just an individual’s fight, but a fight for the whole family. Just like your mother supports you day and night, Testbook is standing together with you in this battle to clear the exam. Testbook understands the requirement of their learners and provides them with the best of resources. It helps students in pivoting to different exams without thinking about their pockets at affordable fees. Testbook is available for all the students across cities for all the competitive exams under one roof, one pass.

Sakal Signs Quintype As Strategic Provider For Their Big Digital Transformation

* Data-driven publishing platform to power the digital journey of Maharashtra’s leading media conglomerate

Quintype Technologies India Pvt. Ltd, a leading digital publishing SaaS company, on Wednesday announced that Sakal Media Group, the largest independently-owned media business in Maharashtra, has chosen Quintype as their preferred digital publishing partner to widen their digital presence. Sakal will rely on the breadth and depth of Quintype, including the capabilities in content management, monetization, audience engagement, real-time analytics, omnichannel content distribution, API access and multi-site support, to provide a seamless experience to readers and powerful collaboration tools to publishing teams.

Sakal’s digital transformation journey with Quintype will begin with its flagship website. The transformation will be powered by Quintype’s Bold, a cutting-edge content management system that helps manage, publish, share and monetize the content on all social channels, platforms and devices effortlessly.

“Our readers’ needs and expectations of how they consume content is ever-changing and the current pandemic situation has accelerated the digital shift. Quintype will give us the agility to innovate quickly and provide a seamless and secure experience while delivering the reliability and performance our readers have come to expect from us for more than 85 years,” said Abhijit Pawar, Managing Director, Sakal Media Group.

As the media industry shifts from mobile-first to mobile-only content strategy, Quintype is helping content creators capture the new landscape of audiences and linking it with monetization.

“We are thrilled to join forces with Sakal on their digital journey. We believe in empowering the publishers and providing a seamless digital publishing experience so that they can focus their energies on putting out quality content. Sakal has been at the forefront of quality journalism and we are excited to support and accelerate their growth,” said Chirdeep Shetty, Chief Executive Officer, Quintype India Pvt. Ltd.

Sakal has signed Quintype for its full suite of digital publishing products, including their cutting-edge CMS BOLD, subscription management system Accesstype, audience engagement solution Metype, mobile apps and their website development tool Page Builder.

About Quintype :

Founded in the year 2015, Quintype is an industry leading digital publishing platform that helps manage, publish, share and monetize content on all social channels, platforms and devices effortlessly. Catering to modern-day content creators, Quintype’s personalization engine takes audience engagement and monetization across channels to a whole new level. With features such as engagement tracking, real-time analytics, author performance and automated daily reports, Quintype offers an all-inclusive content management solution. To learn more about Quintype, visit www.quintype.com

About Sakal :

Founded by the eminent journalist Dr. N. B. Parulekar, and established in 1932, the Sakal Media Group is the largest independently owned media business in Maharashtra. Headquartered in Pune, the educational and cultural capital of the state, Sakal Media Group owns and operates newspapers and magazines in Marathi as well as English with a circulation across Maharashtra and Goa. The newspapers and magazines owned by the group in Marathi and English have a combined readership of over 14 million. The group also has interests in digital media, event management services, commercial printing and also runs the leading Marathi news television channel, Saam TV.

Mahindra Launches Krish-e Champion Awards On January 30, 2021

* Krish-e Champion Award by Mahindra recognizes and honors individuals & institutions for their exemplary contribution towards farming and related services

* 10 national awards presented at the inaugural edition of the awards

Mahindra & Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector, India’s leading tractor manufacturer and part of the USD 19.4 billion Mahindra Group announced the winners of the inaugural Krish-e Champion Awards on 30th January 2021. These awards take forward the spirit of the Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Awards (MSIAA) that were instituted in 2011. At the first edition of the Krish-e Champion Awards, 10 national awards were presented to winners in 4 categories. 

A biannual event, aligned with the Kharif and Rabi seasons, the Krish-e Champion Awards recognize and felicitate individual farmers as well as institutions who have risen above the ordinary by accepting no limits, thinking innovatively & driving positive change in the agriculture sector. Through the Krish-e Champion Awards, Mahindra aims to inspire millions of farmers and agripreneurs to build a promising future for the country. 

Farmers from 29 Krish-e centres of India participated in the regional round of the Krish-e Champion Awards, with the Regional Award winners nominated for the National Awards in the categories of: Takneek Champion, Mahila Kisan Champion, Yuva Kisan Champion and Rental Partner Champion awards.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Hemant Sikka, President, Farm Equipment Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., said "Taking forward the strong tradition of felicitating change-makers at the ground level and in a bid to build further on the huge success of the erstwhile Samriddhi Awards we are now pleased to launch the Krish-e Champion Awards. This builds on the legacy of nearly a decade of celebrating farmers and we are confident that these awards will inspire the champion farmers of tomorrow and accelerate the pace of change to India’s agri sector.”

According to Mr. Ramesh Ramachandran, Senior Vice President, FES Strategy & FaaS, M&M Ltd., "We launched the Krish-e brand to make a difference to farming outcomes by offering farming services that bring the benefits of superior agronomy, mechanization and digitization. To date Krish-e has increased the yield of farmers by upto 15%, brought down the cost of farming by about 8% -12% and increased profit by upto Rs 6000 rupees per acre. This reflects the passion of those progressive farmers who have adopted new practices to improve their outcomes. The Krish-e Champion Awards celebrate the progress of these farmers who took this first and very important step with us." 

Carrying the tag line – ‘Expert Takneek. Naye Upay. Parinaam Dikhaye’ – Krish-e is Mahindra and Mahindra’s Farming as a Service (FaaS) business vertical. Krish-e provides technology driven services that are progressive, affordable and accessible to farmers. Krish-e aims to increase farmer income through digitally enabled services, across the complete crop cycle. These include agronomy advisory, access to advanced farm equipment rentals and new-age precision farming solutions, all focused on bringing down overall costs and improving crop output and thereby farmer’s income.

Several Mahindra dealerships now house Krish-e centres, offering the farmers easy access to services such as advice on scientific practices, soil testing facilities, demonstration plots, equipment rental solutions and precision farming solutions along with the sales of crop inputs like seeds and chemicals, drip irrigation equipment as well as the sales and servicing of tractors, harvesters and other farm equipment. 

Everest Group Recognizes L&T Technology Services As ‘Leader’ For Its Industry 4.0 Offerings

L&T Technology Services Limited (BSE: 540115, NSE: LTTS), India’s leading pure-play engineering services company, has been recognized as a ‘Leader’ for Development and Verification & Validation services in Industry 4.0 by the consulting and research firm, Everest Group.

In its report, ‘PEAK Matrix® for Industry 4.0 Service Provider 2020,’ Everest Group has identified LTTS among the six leading companies in the market based on various parameters such as market adoption, portfolio mix, value delivered, innovation & investments, delivery footprint, and vision and strategy.

According to Everest Group, LTTS has a strong ability to drive a high level of innovation around Industry 4.0 that customers recognize, buoyed by robust investments in establishing dedicated infrastructure, developing a strong partner ecosystem and enhancing IP assets for Industry 4.0 services.

The objective of the PEAK Matrix is to provide a data-driven assessment of service and technology providers based on their overall capability and market impact across different global services markets, classifying them into “Leaders”, “Major Contenders”, and “Aspirants”.

“LTTS’ focus on development and Verification and Validation (V&V) in the Industry 4.0 segment is evident from the fact that this service function accounts for over 50% of the firm’s revenue from Industry 4.0 services,” said Akshat Vaid, Vice President, Everest Group. “The firm’s dedicated investments in V&V labs infrastructure and CoEs catering to next-generation themes such as IIoT, AI/ML, cloud engineering, robotics, and cybersecurity have significantly elevated its positioning among enterprises as a reliable Industry 4.0 service provider.

“Additionally, LTTS’ focus on IP development is reflected in a suite of solutions, including modular frameworks and platforms such as Aikno, nB-oN, and DFX, which helps enterprises enhance productivity and speed-to-impact in Industry 4.0 initiatives. LTTS’ vision for this space, along with focused investments have helped them achieve a strong growth momentum in this market,” Mr Vaid added.

Amit Chadha, Deputy CEO and Member of the Board at L&T Technology Services said, “The advancements in the Industry 4.0 landscape have witnessed rapid traction with businesses across sectors realizing its true potential. With a rich engineering DNA combined with our leadership position in engineering services, LTTS has been at the forefront of introducing pioneering innovations in this space. We are delighted to receive this latest recognition from an independent research body as globally acclaimed as Everest Group and further resolve to usher in newer benchmarks in the domain of Industry 4.0.”

About L&T Technology Services Ltd

L&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS) is a listed subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited focused on

Engineering and R&D (ER&D) services. We offer consultancy, design, development and testing services across the product and process development life cycle. Our customer base includes 69 Fortune 500 companies and 53 of the world’s top ER&D companies, across industrial products, medical devices, transportation, telecom & hi-tech, and the process industries. Headquartered in India, we have over 16,000 employees spread across 17 global design centers, 28 global sales offices and 62 innovation labs as of December 31, 2020.