Yamaha Launches MT-15 Monster Energy Yamaha Moto GP Edition In The Indian Market

* The MT-15 Monster Energy Yamaha Moto GP Edition is priced at Rs. 1,47,900 (Ex-showroom, Delhi)

Staying true to its commitment of introducing Exciting, Stylish, and Sporty models under ‘The Call of the Blue’ brand direction, India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. today announced the Monster Energy Yamaha Moto GP inspired Edition of the MT-15 at Rs. 1,47,900 (ex-showroom, Delhi). The all-new MT-15 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Edition gets Yamaha Moto GP branding on the tank shrouds, the fuel tank and side panels, outlining its Racing background.

The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP edition of the MT-15 retains the same 155 cc, fuel-injected, liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, SOHC, 4-valve engine with 6-speed transmission. It produces a maximum output of 18.5 PS at 10,000 rpm and maximum torque of 13.9 Nm at 8,500 rpm. 

The MT-15 is a dynamic and agile street naked that carries Yamaha’s DNA. It continues to pack in loads of features that include side-stand engine cut-off, an A&S clutch, single-channel ABS, and Variable Valve Actuation (VVA) system on a Delta box frame. It also features the Uni-level seat with grab bar, Multi-Function Negative LCD Instrument Cluster, Bi Functional LED Headlight, LED Tail-light, and an Under cowl. The MT-15 tips the scale at just weighs just 138 kgs (kerb).

Leading Global Investors Buy Minority Stake In QuEST Global Technology Engineering

* ChrysCapital, True North Managers LLP, and other Institutional Investors invest a total of approximately US $150 million in the company

QuEST Global, a global product engineering and lifecycle services company, announced that leading global investors - ChrysCapital, True North Managers LLP, and other institutional investors – have invested a total of approximately US $150 million to purchase minority stakes in the Company. The investors have completed the purchase of a portion of the shares held by the co-founders and management team of QuEST. The existing investors - Bain Capital, Advent, and GIC, continue to remain invested. O3 Capital acted as the sole financial advisor to the transaction.

Commenting on the investment in QuEST, Sudip Nandy, Sr. Advisor. Enhancin, ChrysCapital, said, “ChrysCapital has a strong track record of over 20 investments in the Technology Services sector, which has been an integral part of our portfolio across funds. QuEST is one of the leading players in the engineering services space and has consistently outperformed its peers and demonstrated the ability to scale accounts in a fragmented industry, by becoming the core engineering partner to most of the top global firms across its target industry verticals. We are excited to back Ajit and the executive team at QuEST and look forward to working with them on the journey ahead.”

“QuEST is one of the top five players in the pure-play ER&D space and has built unique and deep expertise in an industry that is undergoing unprecedented digital disruption. As a leader in the engineering services space, QuEST has been offering strategic services to its customers rather than just a scale or merely cost differential. We were very impressed by the depth of engineering expertise and the diverse industries and emerging technologies in which QuEST is helping customers. We believe the ER&D space will continue to see significant growth and innovation in the years ahead, and we look forward to working with QuEST’s management team to capture these opportunities,” said Prasad Thrikutam – Partner, True North.

Ajit Prabhu, Chairman & CEO, QuEST Global, said, “We started QuEST with the vision of becoming the most recognized and trusted global engineering partner for our customers across industries. The investment by three of the most respected global investors, despite the ongoing pandemic crisis, is a testament to our ability to build and grow our business to become the most trusted thinking partner to customers. It also crystallizes the value we have created for our shareholders and employees who have placed their belief in us and partnered with us in this journey.”

Ajit further added that as the industrial world bounces back into pre-pandemic days, enterprises would need help from companies like QuEST – to bridge the gap between the industrial and digital world - and rebuild the lost traction. “Our focus will be to develop capabilities in hi-tech, software, digital segments along with other industries and help our customers solve their engineering challenges,” he said.

With the pandemic accelerating digital transformation across industries, enterprises are investing heavily in digital solutions to lead and take advantage of this wave of software product engineering. Being a trusted thinking partner to its customers, QuEST has been helping solve some of the toughest problems they face by creating new products, opening new market opportunities, and maximizing efficiency. The company also provides an opportunity to its employees to learn and grow without limitations, develop expertise, collectively achieve aspirations and experience a rewarding journey.

India’s Gaming Championship TEGC Offers Chance To Win Prize Of Rs 10,00,000

The finale will be broadcasted online on the official Taiwan Excellence India channels.

While Covid-19 impaired the system and forced people to lead humdrum day to day lives restricted indoors, the gaming world opened doors to new adventures for hundreds and thousands of Esports enthusiasts as well as amateurs looking for a getaway. Taking this excitement a notch higher, Taiwan Excellence (TE) is all set to roll out the eighth edition of their annual and India’s longest-running gaming championship — Taiwan Excellence Gaming Cup (TEGC) 2021.

Sticking to the virtual format yet maintaining the excitement of the competition, TEGC will discover, promote and celebrate the best Indian gamers and teams. The teams will be battling for the ultimate championship in top Esports games such as Valorant, Rainbow 6 Siege and Call of Duty Mobile.

Despite the pandemic, gaming industry is reported to be at an all-time high. As per an EY report, India’s Esports industry is estimated to produce an economic impact of over INR100 billion in the next four years through investments, in-app purchases, direct industry revenues and additional revenues. Games popularized by Esports tournaments will generate revenue worth INR14 billion through in-app purchases. The industry is also expected to grow over INR300 million of ancillary revenue by 2025.

The teams will separately participate in four qualifier rounds; subsequently the winning teams from each qualifier will compete in white-knuckle finale rounds to be held on 4thand 5thDecember. The registrations will start from 17thAugust and the qualifier rounds will start from 16thSeptember, continuing till 21stNovember. The finale of Valorant and CODM will be broadcasted online on the official Taiwan Excellence India channels and, the winners will be presented with a huge prize pool of INR 10,00,000/-.

This year TEGC will be power-driven by some of the most acclaimed Taiwanese brands like Acer, ADATA, ASUS, AVerMedia, BenQ, D-Link, Gigabyte,InWin, MSI, TeamGroup, Thermaltake, Silicon Power, Transcend, Zadak and Zyxel.

Since the past 7 years, Taiwan Excellence has been convening the TEGC tournament to provide an international level championship environment to Esports aficionados from across India. The tournament has also lent the gamers an opportunity to experience the best-in-class Taiwanese technology, and provided them with a pro level platform for grooming themselves and emerge as professional athletes. TEGC has also given top gamers the opportunity to compete at international level against the winners of TEGC from other countries. More than many TEGC former participants and winners have excelled in the field and are doing well. Organised virtually or physically, TEGC has been able to keep up the essence of gaming and their promise of organising the most stimulating and rousing gaming tournament.

After a raging glory in 2020, TE is all prepped up for a power-packed eight edition with new set of games, a huge prize pool, exciting gifts & prizes and an all-new level of excitement among participants and viewers. Players wielding a sword or armed with a gun will gather in a virtual setting, trying hard to prove their prowess while fans brimming with passion and excitement wait all year round for this nerve-wrecking battle between the ace players. Just like the past, this year too, the participants are all geared up to kick-start the most awaited gaming tournament of the year.  

Qualifier 1:16th Sep to 19th Sep

Qualifier 2: 7th Oct to 10th Oct

Qualifier 3:28th Oct to 31st Oct

Qualifier 4:18thNov to 21st Nov

Grand Finale:4th&5thDec

For more details visit - http://tegamingcup.in/

Glenmark Pharma Creates A World Record, In Honor Of India’s Healthcare Warriors

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals successfully achieved a world record for the largest pin badge sentence, 'Pride of India' on 18th of August 2021, in Mumbai.

A total of 22,373 Indian flag pin badges were used to create the sentence. Over 15,000 diabetologists, cardiologists and physicians from across the country participated and supported this unique initiative honouring our frontline warriors.

This achievement is aimed to honour our healthcare warriors, who have been on the frontlines of our nation’s battle against COVID-19, safeguarding our lives whilst risking theirs!

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals is a pioneer in the Diabetes Care segment in India. It is the first company in the world to launch its novel, patent protected and globally-researched sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor Remogliflozin etabonate  by the brand names REMOZEN and has launched multiple brand extensions like REMOZEN-M, REMOZEN V in the market.

The Company has also been at the forefront in the country’s fight against COVID-19 with its Favipiravir brand FabiFlu.

Indian Bank Launches Mega Campaign On Disbursement Of Retail And MSME Products In Bangalore

Indian Bank is observing the month of August as the Mega Retail Loan Disbursement month. In lieu of the ensuing festive season and the improved pandemic scenario across the country, the Bank has been aiming to focus more towards loan segments like Home Loans, Vehicle Loans, Personal Loans etc. with introduction of competitive interest rates and other attractive concessions for home loans and vehicle loans.

The Mega Retail Disbursement Camp held at Bangalore was launched by Shri Imran Amin Siddiqui Executive Director of the bank, and Shri Sudhir Kumar Gupta, Field General Manager, along with other officials of the bank. Home Loan & Vehicle Loan sanctions were distributed to beneficiaries from the branches of the Bank spread across Karnataka and Kerala State. The Bank sanctioned 102 retail loans worth Rs. 102.50 crores along with 123 MSME loans amounting to Rs. 55.40 Crores in the Campaign.

Also a specially designed Cluster Scheme for General Engineering Sector was also launched by the Bank to benefit the industrial segment prevailing in state.

About Indian Bank

About Indian Bank Indian Bank is the seventh-largest public sector bank in India. Established in 1907 and headquartered in Chennai, the bank serves over 10 crore customers with 41,557 employees. With effect from 1st April 2020, Allahabad Bank got merged into Indian Bank. Indian Bank has pan India network with 20596 touch points including 6004 Brick & Mortar branches, 5428 ATMs/BNAs, 9161 Business Correspondents and 3 overseas branches.

Round Table India, Ladies Circle India Distribute Medical Equipment Worth 30 Lakhs To Agrasen Hospital And Jayadeva Hospital

As part of the Round Table India (RTI) and Ladies Circle India (LCI) ongoing initiatives during this pandemic, Donors Adamas Builders Pvt. Ltd. (A Mapletree Property) in association with Bangalore Round Table 07 & Bangalore Ladies Circle 19 have distributed medical equipment worth 30 lakhs to Agarsen Hospital & Jayadeva hospitals in Bangalore.  The equipment will be used to treat the underserved suffering with Covid-19. 

The President of Agrasen Hospital, Satish Jain, while thanking the donors shared, “We have received one ventilator and four monitors with the support of Adamas Builders, Roundtable India and Ladies Circle India which is worth approximately 15 lakhs. We also thank our trustees for their support in procuring the same.”

Dr. Manjunath, Director - Jayadeva Hospital appreciated the generosity, kindness and humanitarian attitude of Maple Tree, Round Table India and Ladies Circle India for their concerns towards society. He shared, “Jayadeva Institute of Cardio thanks Donors Mapletree who in association with Round Table and Ladies Circle India have generously contributed towards medical equipment which are life saving and useful to treat critical patients. I am very happy to extend my support to them for any further contributions in future.”

The representatives of Round Table India and Ladies Circle India present on the occasion included: Swapna(Ladies Circle National President), Tr.Sandesh(Area 6 Chairman), Cr.Simritha(Area 6 Vice Chairperson), Tr.Parashuram(Bangalore Round Table 7 Chairman), Cr.Tulsi(Ladies Circle 19 Chairperson), Tr.Vaibhav Arora(Area Projects Convener), Himanshu(Past Round Table India National President), Tr.Shravan(Immediate Past Chairman, Round Table 7) and Past Table 7’er Sachin.

Tr. Parashuram, Chairman of Bangalore Round Table 7 said, “We are grateful to Adamas Builders Pvt. Ltd for their support in donating medical equipment to Agrasen and Jayadeva hospitals. We will continue to work towards providing medical infrastructure to hospitals during such unprecedented times and contribute to the well-being of our society.”

About Round Table India:

Round Table India, is an organisation of non-political and non-sectarian young men between the age group of 18 and 40, promoting service, fellowship and goodwill in national and international affairs. Working towards the education of underprivileged children, till date, 7141 classrooms have been built across India in 3041 schools, impacting over 78 lakhs children.

About Ladies Circle India:

Ladies Circle India, is a non-political and non-sectarian Organisation with membership open to only the wives of members of Round Table India. It offers opportunities for serving the community, for fostering and strengthening friendships between like-minded young women and helps create a better understanding of the obligations one owes to the society. Ladies Circle India comprises over 1600 members with 114 active Circles spread across India, present in 19 States and 57 cities.

News18 Network Announces Second Edition Of Byju’s Young Genius – Umar Choti, Kaam Bade

* Inviting India’s child prodigies to participate in the inspiring show and narrate their extraordinary achievements

BYJU’S Young Genius, a News18 Network initiative, showcases and recognizes inspiring journeys and achievements of child prodigies with exceptional talent in academics, arts, science, sports, music and other creative fields. After receiving overwhelming audience and participant response for the successful first edition, which aired between January and March 2021, News18 Network today announces the second edition of the BYJU’S Young Genius with a promise to make it bigger and better. Children who are desirous of participating in the show can register on https://www.news18.com/younggenius/ or download the BYJU’S app and register on the BYJU’S Young Genius section.

The positive and encouraging narrative of the show hosted by Senior Network18 Editor and Anchor Anand Narasimhan, makes for a perfect family TV watching experience, especially during these unprecedented times. The show comprises 11 episodes, honoring around 20 young geniuses in the age group of 6 to 15 from different fields such as performing arts, academics, technology, and sports, to name a few. Each episode will make for an exciting viewing experience as the young geniuses will also be joined by some of India’s most celebrated personalities who will not only be seen cherishing the remarkable accomplishments of the child prodigies but also reminisce their own path to glory. The previous edition saw some of the most revered Indian personalities from different fields including Virender Sehwag, P V Sindhu, Mohanlal, Sonu Sood, Sonam Wangchuk, Rajkumar Rao, Shankar Mahadevan, Leander Paes, amongst others.

Karan Abhishek Singh, CEO, Hindi News, News18 Network said, “The success of BYJU’S Young Genius demonstrates the acceptability of inspiring and entertaining stories and refreshing show formats on Indian television. The first edition received massive viewership, 98.4% positive sentiment on social platforms and consistent demand for new episodes week-on-week from viewers across the country. The phenomenal response has led to us to announce the second season of BYJU’S Young Genius which promises an even more enthralling line-up of stories of child prodigies”

Atit Mehta, Marketing Head, BYJU'S said, "Season 1 of BYJU’S Young Genius facilitated and featured extraordinary talent across the country and we are back again with Season 2 to feature India’s young geniuses. Our country is filled with exceptional talent, and a platform like this aims to recognize and celebrate the hidden gems. With an objective to encourage child prodigies who have excelled in the field of academics, arts, science, sports, music, and other creative fields, we hope to give wings to their dream. We wish to inspire millions of children to pursue their passion and keep their aspirations high."  

The show will be aired in 18 network channels including News18 India, CNN-News18, History TV18, History TV18 HD, News18 Rajasthan, News18 Bihar/Jharkhand, News18 Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh, News18 Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand, News18 Bangla, News18 Lokmat, News18 Urdu, News18 Kannada, News18 Gujarati, News18 Odia, News18/Punjab/Haryana/Himachal, News18 Kerala, News18 Tamil Nadu and News18 Assam/Northeast to cater to India’s widespread and diverse audience base, starting January 2022.

Process of entry – Those planning to submit their profile for consideration need to log onto https://www.news18.com/younggenius/ and fill out the registration form. After this initial submission there will be a detailed form that will need to be filled out which will capture the child’s background, details of achievement etc. These entries will go through a multi-stage evaluation process. Submissions may also be made by downloading the BYJU’S app and registering on the BYJU’S Young Genius section.

Follow BYJU’S Young Genius season 2 on social media with #BYJUSYoungGenius2.

Promo link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sbB27GbXoQ

About News18 Network

News18 Network India’s largest news network*, a part of Network18 operates 17 general news channels in India as well as in other countries. The network’s flagship English general news channel is CNN-News18 and Hindi general news channel is News18 India. TV18 operates a bouquet of 13 regional news channels namely News18 Urdu, News18 Rajasthan, News18 Bihar/Jharkhand, News18 Madhya Pradesh/Chattisgarh, News18 Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand, News18 Bangla, News18 Kannada, News18 Gujarati, News18 Odia, News18/Punjab/Haryana/Himachal Pradesh, News18 Kerala, News18 Tamil Nadu and News18 Assam/Northeast. TV18 also operates a joint venture with the Lokmat Group which houses the Marathi news channel News18 Lokmat. To cover the global audience & sizable NRI population, TV18 operates News18, a twenty-four-hour television news channel designed to give global audiences a window into the world’s largest democracy. *BARC.