Fly Emirates And Enjoy A Complimentary Hotel Stay At JW Marriott Maruis, Dubai

Passengers travelling to Dubai via Emirates can now enjoy special fares, free additional 10kg baggage allowance and up to two complimentary nights at the 5-star JW Marriott Marquis Dubai from 15 March to 30 June 2021*. With flexible booking options and free multi-risk travel insurance with COVID-19 cover, Emirates continues to offer stellar and safe travel experiences to Dubai. 

Travellers who book return Economy Class tickets to Dubai from 8 to 28 March 2021 for travel between 15 March and 30 June 2021 are eligible for a complimentary one-night stay at the JW Marriot Marquis; while Business Class and First Class passengers who book flights during the same period can enjoy two complimentary nights’ stay from the day of arrival. As one of the world’s tallest 5-star hotels, the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai features award-winning dining options, its own shopping galleria, and a world-renowned spa; and is conveniently located near attractions like the Dubai Mall, Burj Khalifa, and the Dubai Opera. For more information on this offer, please visit this link.

Promotional return fares to Dubai start from INR 17,982 in Economy Class, INR 68,996 in Business Class and INR 192,555 in First Class.

Passengers can also leave the problem of packing behind as Emirates has added an additional 10kg free baggage allowance when travelling back to India from Dubai, leaving even more room for shopping.

Emirates has safely and gradually restarted operations across its network. Since it safely resumed tourism activity in July, Dubai remains one of the world’s most popular holiday destinations, especially during the winter season. The city is open for international business and leisure visitors. From sun-soaked beaches and heritage activities to world class hospitality and leisure facilities, Dubai offers a variety of world-class experiences. It was one of the world's first cities to obtain Safe Travels stamp from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) – which endorses Dubai's comprehensive and effective measures to ensure guest health and safety.

Flexibility and assurance

Emirates' booking policies offer customers flexibility and confidence to plan their travel. Customers who purchase an Emirates ticket for travel on or before 30 September 2021, can enjoy generous rebooking terms and options, if they have to change their travel plans. Customers have options to change their travel dates or extend their ticket validity for 2 years. More information here. 

Travel with confidence

All Emirates customers can travel with confidence and peace of mind with the airline industry’s first, multi-risk travel insurance and COVID-19 cover. This cover is offered by Emirates on all tickets purchased on or from 1 December 2020, at no cost to customers. In addition to COVID-19 medical cover, the airline also provides provisions for personal accidents during travel, winter sports cover, loss of personal belongings, and trip disruptions due to unexpected air space closure, travel recommendations or advisories, similar to other multi-risk travel insurance products. Some limitations and exclusions apply. Policy details and more information here.

Health and safety

Customers can look forward to a safe and stress-free travel experience as Emirates has prioritised customer health and safety with comprehensive set of measures at every step of the customer journey. For more information on these measures and the services available on each flight, visit: www.emirates.com/yoursafety

Customers are encouraged to check the latest government travel restrictions in their country of origin and ensure they meet the travel requirements of their final destination.

For more information on entry requirements for international visitors to Dubai visit: www.emirates.com/flytoDubai.

My Emirates Pass

The exclusive offer that turns the Emirates boarding pass into a membership card is also back and has been extended this year giving customers even more chances to explore UAE for less. Emirates’ customers flying to and through Dubai from now to 30 September 2021 can take advantage of the exclusive offers by simply presenting their Emirates boarding pass and a valid form of identification at any of the participating outlets. The offer includes discounts in over 300 restaurants across the country and in over 35 spas in world-class hotels. It also unlocks offers at many tourist attractions including Atlantis Aquaventure and At the Top Burj Khalifa.

Altimetrik Launches 'WINGS' To Increase Women Representation Incrementally By 10% In India Workforce By End Of 2021

* U.S.-based Digital Business Company will deploy proprietary tech platform, Playground, to hire women re-entering the job market in India

Highlights

* WINGS to attract women talent, nurture leaders and create enabling workplace

* To be launched for India women employees first before global roll out

* Company plans to hire 8-10 senior women executives by December 2021

* Playground to assess women programmers on career break for 6 months to 3 years   

* Targets 80% conversion into full-time roles through diversity initiatives

* Ties-up with multiple diversity partners to boost the Inclusion agenda

Altimetrik a U.S.-based, digital business enablement company has given a major boost to its diversity mandate for the India market with the introduction of Women’s Initiative for Networking Growth and Success (WINGS). The initial focus is on hiring women in India and will launch on International Women’s Day (IWD). WINGS to be launched for India women employees first before global roll out.

Altimetrik aims to grow its India ratio of women employees from 22% to 32% incrementally by end of 2021 through its digital talent Playground platform, sensitization, skilling and mental wellness initiatives.

The company, through its ‘Rebound Back to Work program,’ will also rehire women coding experts who have been on a career break between 6 months and 3 years.

Altimetrik is deploying its proprietary Playground platform to conduct hackathons, Coding Challenges and assess female candidates. It is expecting 1,500 registrations and approximately an 80% conversion rate into full-time employee roles through internal as well as third party recruitment drives.

Commenting on the launch of WINGS, Krishna Muniramaiah, Head of HR for APAC, Altimetrik said, “WINGS is our support network of the women, by the women, and for the women of Altimetrik. Just as a robust support system at home empowers a woman to return to work, likewise a workplace network can go a long way in fulfilling their career and growth aspirations. We took IWD as the right occasion to launch WINGS, to recognize and augment the contribution of our diverse talent whilst creating a positive workplace where more women can contribute as equals to the growth of our company.”   

The firm is creating a gender positive workplace through several measures namely:

Recruitment

·         Signing up with Diversity specialist vendors to ramp up hiring

·         Introducing exclusive Employee Referral campaigns for women

·         Sensitizing dedicated HR specialists to focus on diversity programs

·         Upgrading internal hiring tool to ensure gender inclusive job descriptions and processes 

·         TA has been sensitized to focus on WINGS diversity initiatives to meet diversity hiring goals

Learn and ‘Lean in’

·         Sensitization workshops for male and female line managers to raise awareness on gender bias and psychological barriers such as Imposter Syndrome, Unconscious bias

·         Workshops for women on self-awareness, financial planning, reproductive health, mental wellness, legal issues etc.

·         Provide support from experienced women colleagues for expecting mothers, new parents, etc.

24x7 Mental Health Consultation 

•         Provide women employees with 24x7 counseling support through tie-up with Dr. Insta – an online doctor consultation provider

•         Address Covid-19 exacerbated mental health related aspects for women:

•         Psychology – Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Relationship Issues

•         Psychiatry - Personality Disorders, Psychoses, Phobias & Addictions, OCD and other Mental Illnesses

•         Counseling - One-on-one

Well-being Sessions

* Conduct quarterly sessions on mental wellbeing, work-life balance and meditation practices through tie-ups with insurance providers. 

About Altimetrik: Altimetrik is a digital business enablement company. We deliver bite-size outcomes as organizations scale digitalization to accelerate revenue growth without disruption to existing business operations. With an end-to-end perspective, our practitioners and agile engineering teams create solutions that drive transformation and achieve business goals. With offices across the globe and over 3,000 energized practitioners, Altimetrik partners with clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies alike to enhance their agility, empowerment, and success. 

OMRON Healthcare Opens New Experience Cum Service Center at Bengaluru

OMRON Healthcare India – a global leader in digital blood pressure monitoring domain - today announced the launch of its next experience cum service center in the country at Bengaluru. With this center, OMRON now has 65 touch points across India including experience, service and pick-up centers. The cente, exclusively dedicated to brand OMRON’s portfolio, signifies a one-of-its-kind business strategy amongst the home healthcare monitoring brands in the country. It also underlines the  company’s commitment to reach closer to consumers via brick & mortar stores along with strengthening its availability in the e-commerce channels  to make them experience the utility of OMRON  products and to provide a swift and easy access to quality repairs & services.

Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Masanori Matsubara, MD, OMRON Healthcare India, said “With the growing significance & inclusion of preventive healthcare management in the lifestyles of people in the post Covid era, customers must get hands-on experience and access to the advanced technology. OMRON’s experience center, therefore, aims to provide product experience through actual demonstration of the products along with providing the complete gamut of repair services ranging from run-of-the-mill calibration issues to advanced technical interventions.”

Post Covid, a greater number of Indians are buying Digital Blood Pressure Monitors (BPMs) to monitor their vital parameters effectively. The brand has seen a surge in sales of BPMs by as much as 30 per cent in the post Covid months.

The center is equipped with an ‘Experience Zone’ for customers offering live demo for a wide range of OMRON products. It is expected to address 100+ customers on a daily basis initially, where they  will be provided with quick resolution of queries and complete know-how on the utility of products.

Sharing more on the objectives of the launch, Mr. Rohit Saini, GM- Sales & Marketing, OMRON Healthcare India, said, “While we have a strong retail presence in the states, the exclusive centres of this sort will help in building a deeper and wider connect with customers residing across Karnataka. This is in sync with our overarching objective of helping them lead a healthy lifestyle in the new normal.”

Mr. Matsubara also highlighted that the facility indicates one more step of OMRON towards realizing its long term ‘Zero Events’ vision (no incidence of heart attacks & brain strokes) by strengthening the availability and practice of home healthcare monitoring via provision of quality medical devices to Indian society like digital blood pressure monitors, nebulizers, thermometers, nerve stimulators, body fat monitors, weighing scales, etc.

About OMRON Healthcare India

Established in 2010, OMRON Healthcare India is a key player in the health care segment providing innovative medical technologies for Monitoring and Therapy. Equipped with OMRON's competent "Bio-information Sensing" the portfolio comprises of home healthcare products such as blood pressure monitors, respiratory therapy devices, body fat monitors, digital thermometers, pain management devices, etc. OMRON Healthcare was the first to introduce manual and digital blood pressure units to the home healthcare market in the world. Today, OMRON has the highest market share in the home-use digital BP monitor in India and across the globe.

Hershey Brings Innovative HER-SHE Digital Campaign In Indian Market

* The renowned chocolate company is working with women influencers to design customized packaging for Hershey’s Chocolate Bars, celebrating their achievements through art

Hershey India Pvt Ltd. a part of The Hershey Company, a leading global snacking giant and the largest producer of quality chocolates in North America, has created an innovative and very relevant ‘HER-SHE’ campaign on the occasion of International Women’s Day, for its brand of iconic Hershey’s chocolate bars. Through this campaign, Hershey India is celebrating unsung women achievers from various walks of life. The organization has collaborated with phenomenal women leaders such as Kriti Bharti, Roxanne Davur, Sairee Chahal and Falguni Vasavada whose body of work and achievements have been custom illustrated on Hershey’s chocolate bars by accomplished women illustrators. The list of illustrators includes renowned names such as Maanvi Kapur, Surabhi Banerjee, Anandhi Kumar and Anushri Saraogi respectively. These packs celebrating womanhood will be presented to the women achievers by Hershey India. These specially created wrapper designs will be revealed through a digital campaign and will encourage women from across the nation to come forward and share their amazing stories.

The innovative idea stems from using the letters from the brand name itself – HER and SHE, which are relevant in the context of International Women’s Day and which will be the only letters highlighted on the front of the pack – drawing attention to the inspirational women from diverse fields featured on the designs. The new designs are therefore an exhibition and recognition of the outstanding work that they have done.

Expressing his appreciation towards the contribution of these leaders and women within the society, Mr. Herjit Bhalla, Vice President, India and AEMEA at The Hershey Company said, “With the HER-SHE campaign, we at Hershey India are taking a step forward to celebrate some of the brave, intelligent and revolutionary women who displayed excellence in the face of insurmountable odds. This campaign for Hershey’s chocolate bars is a small token of our appreciation to encourage a journey towards positive change and celebrate these women leaders, because their stories need to be known.”

Encouraging gender diversity has always been a part of Hershey’s culture. Globally, The Hershey Company has undertaken various initiatives to nurture diversity in every way within the organization. Through this campaign, Hershey India will be inviting other female participants as well to share their illustrations on social media using the hashtags #HerShe. The campaign is an extension of a global campaign launched in Brazil last year.

About The Hershey Company 

The Hershey Company, headquartered in Hershey, Pa., is an industry-leading snacks company known for bringing goodness to the world through its iconic brands, remarkable people and enduring commitment to help children succeed. Hershey has approximately 17,000 employees around the world who work every day to deliver delicious, quality products. The company has more than 80 brands around the world that drive more than $8 billion in annual revenues, including such iconic brand names as Hershey’s, Reese’s, Kit Kat, Jolly Rancher, Ice Breakers and SkinnyPop.

For more than 125 years, Hershey has been committed to operating fairly, ethically and sustainably. Hershey founder, Milton Hershey, created the Milton Hershey School in 1909 and since then the company has focused on helping children succeed.

Axis Direct Launches ‘YIELD’ To Make Investments In Bonds & Debentures Hassle-Free

* A one-stop-shop to buy bonds and debentures

* A seamless online buying process and a standardized sell process

* Only 'AAA' to 'A' rated bonds made available for investment transactions in the secondary market

Axis Direct,  announced the launch of ‘YIELD’ - an online platform to buy and sell bonds & debentures in the secondary market. Axis Direct is the online brand of Axis Securities, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Axis Bank. With a simple investment process, YIELD is the first-of-its-kind initiative that allows retail investors direct access to the debt instruments. This removes the hassle of filling up physical forms or the need for separate KYC with the bond institutions. To facilitate transactions only in secure options, it aggregates only 'AAA' to 'A' rated quality debt instruments available for investment in the secondary market. By offering competitive rates and technical know-how, YIELD empowers the investors to make the right investment decision. The trades and settlement of transactions executed will be reported on BSE NDS platform.

Investing in bonds through YIELD is the answer to the investors seeking new alternative investment avenues for safe and relatively higher returns. Apart from diversification, investment in bonds offers safety during market volatility due to fixed coupon rates. Bonds enable investors to earn better value from their investments with higher fixed returns. The intuitive product UX of YIELD makes understanding information on every bond extremely simple while creating a seamless and state-of-the-art browsing experience.

Speaking at the launch, Mr. B Gopkumar, MD & CEO, Axis Securities, said, “At Axis Securities, we endeavour to empower our customers to make the most of their investments by presenting them the best solutions as per their needs. We persistently strive to offer technology-driven, yet simple solutions, so that our investors stay ahead of the curve in any market situation. With YIELD, we intend to provide a seamless online platform that gives retail investors access to bonds available earlier only to the large corporations, family offices, or HNIs. We are confident that with our simple platform, research insights, and quality support, our investors will definitely find this product to be a value addition."

Key Features of YIELD

·         No need for separate KYC

·         No filling up physical forms

·         Buy bonds completely online

·         One stop shop to buy bonds & debentures

·         Make informed decision

·         Learn about bonds

About Axis Direct

Axis Direct is an online brand under which Axis Securities Limited offers its retail broking and investment services. Axis Securities Limited is a proud subsidiary of Axis Bank - India’s 3rd largest private sector bank. With a robust branch network across India, Axis Direct engages in offering simplified investment solutions to customers. It offers a bouquet of investment products to its customers e.g. Equities, Mutual Funds, SIPs, IPOs, Derivatives, Bonds, NCDs, ETFs, and Company Fixed Deposits. With over 2.4 million customers, Axis Direct is one of the fastest-growing players in the industry.

TOIPL Launches Innovative “LPG Cutting Gas” To Improve Customer Safety And Operating Performance

Total Oil India Private Limited (TOIPL), a subsidiary of Total, launched “LPG Cutting Gas” in Bangalore. The new product, developed by TOIPL’s LPG division, highlights the brand’s commitment to innovation and customer safety.  

Total’s LPG Cutting Gas is developed specially for the metal cutting industry including scrappers, fabricators and metalworking industries. Today, acetylene is commonly used in the metal cutting application. However, this has a high flammability range and is difficult to handle. Total’s Cutting Gas is an additized LPG that offers safer and superior performance for metal cutting and other high-temperature intensive applications. 

In its first phase of distribution, Total’s Cutting Gas will be marketed to the metal cutting industries in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.The product will be produced in Total’s LPG facilities in Bangalore, Namakkal and Maduranthakam. 

Alexis Thelemaque, Chairman & Managing Director- TOIPL said, “Total’s Cutting Gas shall give a boost to the use of LPG in metal cutting segment, as we aim to provide customers with safer operability, cost savings, and better cutting performance over acetylene and regular LPG. We believe the superior surface finish with high cutting speed makes cutting gas an excellent choice for applications such as metal cutting, straightening, hardening and others.”  

With soot-free emissions and low-glare flame at lower operating pressures, this technically advanced product has low oxygen consumption and heat throughout, and is thus a more environment-friendly option for the end-users. 

About Total Oil India Pvt Ltd. 

Total Oil India Private Limited (TOIPL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of TOTAL S.E.  It started operations in India since 1993. In India, the company has growing presence in businesses namely lubricants for automotive and industrial applications, LPG for domestic and commercial applications, and special fluids managed through a team of over 600 employees. TOIPL has seven industrial plants in the country and a retail network of Auto LPG Dispensing Stations.  

About Total in India  

With over 900 employees, Total is present in India since 1993. Through its fully owned subsidiary, Total operates in the chemical business (Hutchinson) and is active in LPG for domestic and commercial applications, lubricants for automotive & industrial applications and special fluids (Total Oil India Private Limited). The Group has also a growing presence in energy storage (SAFT) and solar energy (Total Solar Distributed Generation).  

Total’s Technical Center in Mumbai provides value added technical support in the areas of product development, product training and field-testing in Asian market. The Group has also established a Digital Innovation Center located in Pune, in partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to develop innovative solutions for the Group. 

More recently, as part of its strategy to further develop offers for the Indian market, Total has partnered from 2018 with the Adani Group through various joint ventures in Fuels, Gas and Renewables and with Indian Oil Corporation Limited for modified bitumen. 

About Total  

Total is a broad energy company that produces and markets fuels, natural gas and electricity. Our 100,000 employees are committed to better energy that is more affordable, more reliable, cleaner and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, our ambition is to become the responsible energy major. 

More Than 2000 Families To Benefit Under Sify’s Free COVID Vaccination Drive

* The cover extends beyond the employee to 6 of their immediate family members

Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: SIFY), India’s most comprehensive ICT solutions provider announced extension of it free COVID vaccine drive for its employees to also cover their immediate family. A company spokesperson confirmed more than 2000 families will ultimately benefit from the pan India initiative.  

Employees can get their elderly family members vaccinated at designated hospitals across the country immediately and themselves, when the government extends the facility for all.

Commenting on the unique gesture, Mr. Raju Vegesna, Chairman, said, “One of the tenets of the Sify way is Always remember you are part of the Sify team. In rolling out this benefit, we just extended that tenet to the family”.

About Sify Technologies

A Fortune 500 India company, Sify Technologies is India’s most comprehensive ICT service & solution provider. With Cloud at the core of our solutions portfolio, Sify is focussed on the changing ICT requirements of the emerging Digital economy and the resultant demands from large, mid and small-sized businesses. 

Sify’s infrastructure comprising the largest MPLS network, top-of-the-line DCs, partnership with global technology majors, vast expertise in business transformation solutions modelled on the cloud make it the first choice of start-ups, incoming Enterprises and even large Enterprises on the verge of a revamp,

More than 10000 businesses across multiple verticals have taken advantage of our unassailable trinity of Data Centers, Networks and Security services and conduct their business seamlessly from more than 1600 cities in India. Internationally, Sify has presence across North America, the United Kingdom and Singapore.