Worldline Launches LINURA LP 7220 POS Terminal In Indian Market

* 4G based LINUX POS Terminal has highest security protocol

* Linux LP 7220 powered with a dual core cortex processor, 256MB RAM

Worldline, a global leader in the payments industry and the technology partner of choice for merchants, banks and acquirers launched one of the most advanced LINUX-based 4G POS terminal – LINURA LP 7220 with highest security protocol, Dual Core Cortex processor and 256MB RAM to enhance in-store digital payments experience in India.

This is an addition to the existing portfolio of Android and LINUX based POS terminals powered by Worldline and deployed by over 20 banks in India. The new terminal comes with industry leading features and upgrades across key parameters like faster processing capabilities, 4G communication speed, large memory of 256 MB Flash and 256 MB RAM, and wide acceptance among others. In addition, it comes with resistive touch screen, long battery life of 48 hours and a user friendly interface.

Key advantages of Worldline LINURA LP 7220 POS terminals are: 

Wide acceptance across all payment modes

It accepts card payments such as NFC based contactless cards, EMV chip and Magstripe cards; and form factors like BQR, UPI QR, SMS Pay, Amazon Pay, Samsung Pay among others. Merchants can extend the convenience of Value Added Services like BNPL, EMIs, Loyalty rewards management, Dynamic Currency Conversion to consumers. It generates e-charge slip push via SMS & Email for records.

Security and Certifications

Worldline POS terminals are complaint with latest safety and security guidelines. Worldline LINURA LP 7220 POS terminals are PCI PTS 6.x Approved, EMV Level1&2, EMV Contactless L1,Paypass, Paywave, American ExpressPay, Discover D-PAS, CE, TQM, RoHS, ISO90001, BIS, WPC, TEC approved. It also supports report download for TTG (Transaction and Terminal Gateway) and is capable of performing remote diagnostics for quicker resolution of operational issues.

Higher conversions and added revenue streams for merchants

Customers can make payments through multiple modes including cards, UPI , BQR, link based payments resulting in higher conversions. Also, it provides merchants with supplementary revenue streams by offering EMIs, BNPL etc., increasing average ticket size and sales volume.

Ramesh Narasimhan, CEO – India, Worldline said, “Worldline has been providing its clients with a state-of-the-art and innovative solutions to foster growth. The launch of LINURA LP 7220 4G POS terminal is yet another step to boost in-store payment experience for merchants and consumers alike. Our terminals will aid banks and their merchants to stay ahead of the curve in terms of mobility, speed, security and ergonomics and fulfill all payment needs with a broad range of services. We are set to enhance our physical merchant touchpoints of over 1 million spread across categories like grocery stores, restaurants, pharmacies, department stores and others by deploying up to 1,00,000 4G POS terminals in the first stage of launch via our partner banks.” 

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Further Strengthens Relationship With Employees

In line with its objective to promote harmony and teamwork, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM), reaffirmed its strong efforts and support to the newly elected TKM Employees Union (TKM-EU). Both Management and TKM-EU committed to work together as one team sharing common goals striving for the betterment of company, employees and society thereby contributing to build a strong nation.

As an employee-centric company, TKM accords highest respect to its people and believes that both the employees and the company are interdependent. TKM’s philosophy of ‘Mutual Trust & Respect’ has led the company to work together respecting each other’s opinion and needs with a shared conviction to promote “Mass Happiness for all’. Management and TKM-EU is fully committed to promote well-being of their employees through continuous efforts  to improve, workplace, teamwork, flexibility, and productivity for mutual benefit and achieve world class competitiveness to tackle the challenging business scenario and provide heart touching experience to customers for a brighter future.

Experience The Never-Seen-Before World Of Plants With Sony BBC Earth’s ‘The Green Planet’

Stories portraying remarkable new behaviour patterns with surprising revelations have always taken the centre stage. But what if they are from a plant’s perspective? Sony BBC Earth is all set to bring forth one such fascinating series taking viewers on a thrill ride of new and exciting discoveries in the plant kingdom. Adding to its Planet Earth series, the show will be presented by none other than the renowned biologist, natural historian, and broadcaster, Sir David Attenborough, who will add a fresh perspective on how plants live, grow, and thrive. This 5-episode series premieres on Sony BBC Earth on 11th April at 09:00 PM.

Using advanced filmmaking technology and the latest science, the spectacular series offers a deep insight into the secret, unexplored lives of plants, their evolution, and how they behave and interact. Each episode introduces a set of plants from deserts, tropical jungles, and underwater worlds to seasonal lands and our urban environment, enlightening viewers on how they hunt, forge intimate relationships, deceive, communicate, act as caregivers, and fight for survival. Thermal and ultra-high-speed cameras, macro frame-stacking, and the latest developments in microscopy lend the show its visual brilliance, allowing the viewers to relish the incredible beauty of the flora world.

Produced by Rupert Barrington, this show marks another step towards Sony BBC Earth’s vision of entertaining and inspiring its viewers through insightful storytelling and pathbreaking content. The channel recently reached its 5-year milestone and is all set to strengthen its brand in the country’s infotainment sector and continue to add meaning to people’s lives.

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Tushar Shah, ‘Chief Marketing Officer & Business Head – English Cluster & Sony AATH, Sony Pictures Networks’

“It has always been our endeavour to bring inspiring, meaningful, and visually compelling content to our audiences that not only engages them but also helps them to learn more. With the launch of Green Planet, we are thrilled to bring an unparalleled, first-of-its-kind experience that has not been explored yet. This show will not only provide viewers with an enriching experience but will also instil hope in them as they start seeing the world through a green lens. With premium properties like these, we aim to strengthen our content base across genres.”

Home Credit India Strengthens Digital EMI-Led Retail Loan Business With Pine Labs Partnership

* Home Credit in partnership with Pine Labs, strengthens its retail network, to offer Ujjwal EMI Card - enabled retail loan offerings to millions of customers

* In first phase, Ujjwal EMI offering will be available at 18,000 stores powered by Pine Labs PoS terminals with an introductory offer of flat 5% Cashback* on purchase of Mobile, Consumer electronics and Home Appliances

With the continued focus on Digital-first approach to retail loans business, Home Credit India, a local arm of the international consumer finance provider, today, announced its partnership with the leading merchant commerce platform, Pine Labs. This partnership will further strengthen Home Credit India’s retail network and enhance access to its Ujjwal Card’s digital EMI- financing options to millions of HC customers at Pine Labs PoS terminals pan-India. Even for shoppers who are new to Home Credit, merchants will facilitate a quick digital onboarding Journey of less than 5 minutes.

Initially, the digital Ujjwal EMI Card offering will be launched across 18,000 stores pan India and for purchase of electronics, home appliances, and mobile phones. More stores and newer categories will be added subsequently. A special introductory offer is also being extended, wherein, new customers availing EMI-financing through Home Credit’s Ujjwal (EMI) Card will receive a flat 5% cashback on product price.

Commenting on the partnership, Mr. Ankush Khosla, Chief Sales Officer, Home Credit India, said,

“We are delighted to have a leading player like Pine Labs, as our partner, to support and strengthen Home Credit’s drive for democratizing affordable consumer credit. We have always believed in delivering trusted financial products & services, responsibly and in today’s post-Covid Digital world, this partnership, reiterates our commitment to customers for an omnichannel connection with our products & services and meet customer needs by growing our partner network.”      

Partnership with Pine Labs will give fillip to our customer loyalty, as HCIN customers will get a new avenue or large PoS network to avail Home Credit’s paperless EMI financing, powered by Ujjwal EMI Card. This partnership will also help in expanding HC’s customer base with new customer acquisition through Ujjwal card membership.

“Home Credit Group is a trustworthy name in consumer finance across the globe and today we are thrilled to partner Home Credit India which has a consumer base of more than 1 crore since entering the Indian market in 2012. Our joint offering will bring more customers under the growing Buy Now Pay Later EMI category and help merchants in India drive sales through easy to avail and quick EMI offers during checkout using Pine Labs’ PoS terminals,” said Mayur Mulani – Business Leader – Pay Later, Pine Labs.

With the Covid-led disruptions, Home Credit has embraced digital transformation well, by digitising all the offering and services end-to-end, as both our customers and merchants/retail partners can do seamless onboarding at the point of sale or anywhere via app or website. As part of our bouquet of Digital loan products introduced in last 2 years, the digital Ujjwal EMI Card, offering instant pre-set credit limit to customers was launched in late 2020.

The paperless, no-cost EMI options are fast-emerging as an enticing selling proposition for merchants who can in just a few taps of Pine Labs’ smart Android PoS terminal convert a regular purchase into 3, 6, 9, 12 months EMI options at no additional cost to the consumer.

Glance Redifines Television With Live, Interactive Experiences On Smart TVs; Launches TV For Android TVs In India

Glance TV to give users LIVE streams and real-time interactions that transform passive television content consumption to an active social experience

Highlights:

Glance TV experiences to include LIVE interactive talk shows with top celebrities, community watch parties for live sports, interactive fitness classes and cooking shows, live shopping and much more. 

Glance TV users to have the power to shape content on live TV through interactive features like reactions, polls, ‘ask me anything’, etc.  

Aims to be present on approximately 30% of all smart TVs in the country soon.

Will look to launch in global markets and on other operating systems as well.

Consumer internet company Glance, today announced the launch of Glance TV - a live, interactive content platform for the home screen or ‘screen zero’ of Android smart TVs. With live content and real-time on-screen interactions for users, Glance TV is aiming to completely transform the way people experience television. 

Television viewing so far has been a passive way to spend time, with no way for viewers to express their reactions or interact with the content. In a world consumed by social media, television has remained at best a family experience due to absence of social capabilities.  Glance TV with its programming, personalization and strong social elements helps users break out of this passive, limited and isolated viewing experience, and become a part of the shows they watch.  

Glance TV users can interact directly in real-time with their favourite stars on their television home screens. They can attend personalised fitness training sessions, watch interactive cooking shows with celebrity chefs, or enjoy sports in community watch-alongs that replicate immersive, stadium-like atmospheres. Within shows, users can interact and shape the direction of the content through live comments, reactions, and polls. Using QR codes on live TV, users can buy tickets for movies and events, shop live, and even get their social media posts featured on Glance TV streams.       

Glance TV will offer off-beat, personalised snackable content of 5-20 minutes duration, across categories such as sports, entertainment, infotainment, e-sports, current affairs, lifestyle, food, and fitness, unlike standardized long form TV shows.?It has partnered with major content providers that include Zee5, Epic On and?Docubay to provide users fresh, personalized and premium content every day. ?? 

The launch of Glance TV is a major milestone for Glance, which has revolutionised content consumption on smart phones by bringing LIVE, interactive content to mobile lock screen. Launched in 2019, Glance is now one of the world’s largest mobile lock screen platforms with over 200 million active users.  

“Glance has reimagined the lock screen of smartphones into a live screen for personalised, LIVE content. With Glance TV, we want to redefine television experiences just as we did with smartphones. This is TV in a way that has never been seen before and is a true innovation that extends the LIVE experience that Glance delivers on lock screens to television home screens,” said Piyush Shah, Co-founder of?InMobi?Group?and President & COO of Glance.? 

“With Glance TV, our intention is to remove the age-old connotation of TV being an idle way to pass time and change the perception of TV as the ‘idiot box’. Glance TV gives users the experience where they can be active while watching TV and can express themselves directly on the big screen, within virtual communities of fellow users,” said Manish Gupta, Senior Vice President and GM, Glance.? 

Glance TV aims to be present on approximately 30% of all smart TVs in India soon. The company plans to make Glance TV available globally and also intends to develop the same for other smart TV operating systems. 

About Glance  

Founded in 2019, Glance is a consumer internet company that has created two highly disruptive digital platforms - Glance and Roposo. Glance has redefined the way internet is consumed on the lock screen, removing the need for searching and downloading apps. Over 400 million smartphones now come enabled with Glance’s next generation internet experience. Roposo has revolutionized commerce by launching a destination for creator-led live entertainment commerce. Headquartered in Singapore, Glance is an unconsolidated subsidiary of InMobi Group and is funded by Google and Mithril Capital. For more information visit glance.com, roposo.com and inmobi.com.

Practically Hosts The “15th Edition Of The United Nations Young Changemakers Conclave”

~ Charu Noheria of Practically and Navya Nanda of Aara Health discuss women in tech in a candid chat 

~ Practically’s experiential booth was a roaring success, with students being awarded exclusive scholarships 

Practically, India’s first experiential learning app designed to make learning immersive for students of Classes 6-12, partnered with the United Nations to present the 15th edition of the United Nations Young Changemakers Conclave (UNYCC) at Naval Lawns.  

The Young Changemakers Conclave themed “7 Superpowers to Save the World” is an initiative by Samyak Chakrabarty, Founder & President of X-Billion Skills Lab, and Project Naveli by Navya Naveli Nanda in association with United Nations India.  

A key highlight of the conclave was a fireside chat between Ms Charu Noheria, Co-Founder and COO, Practically, and health tech entrepreneur Navya Nanda of Aara Health and Project Naveli. They spoke in length the growing importance of digitization in their respective sectors of education and health. A key takeaway was a tectonic shift created by technology in these important sectors. Through their journey, the two entrepreneurs discussed the need for women to be aware of technology and remain open to the idea of entrepreneurship, considering that the number of women entrepreneurs is considerably lesser in India. 

The students and attendees made the most of the fun experiential booth set up by Practically. It was one of the key attractions of the event, and early birds also availed of exclusive scholarships and attractive goodies from Practically. 

Speaking about the event, Ms. Charu Noheria, Co-Founder and COO of Practically said, “We are delighted to partner with the UNYCC to present their latest conclave in Mumbai. Today’s youth are willing to work towards a better world, and the United Nations Young Changemakers Conclave is a wonderful platform for a meaningful dialogue on creating a more empowered world. We, at Practically, have always been supportive of youth development and believe that initiatives like these will help create a lasting impact.” 

“Practically is a new player in EdTech and has created a new space in the learning process. I look forward to seeing their technology being used to create the next generation of thinkers who will take this country forward,” said Navya Nanda of Project Naveli and Aara Health. 

The conclave also saw distinguished speakers like Ms. Kareena Kapoor Khan - Actor, Mr. Rana Daggubati - Actor, Ms. Poonam Mahajan - Member of Parliament, Mr. Adar Poonawalla, CEO - Serum Institute of India, Mr. Shombi Sharp - UN Resident Coordinator in India, Ms. Roopa Kudva, Managing Director - Omidyar Networks India, Mr. Bishow Parajul -  Representative & Country Director - World Food Program, Mr. Amit Mookim, Managing Director  - IQVIA South Asia, Mr. Nikhil Kamath, Co-Founder -  Zerodha, Ms. Diksha Radhakrishnan -  Deputy Director, CSBC, Ashoka University SEWA Women. 

About Practically 

Founded in 2018 by Mr. Subbarao Siddabattula, Founder & CEO, Ms. Charu Noheria, Co-Founder & COO, and Mr. Ilangovel Thulasimani, Co-Founder & CTO, Practically uses next-generation interactive methods, such as Augmented Reality (AR), Simulations and 3D videos for an enhanced learning experience. It is an intelligent, interactive and immersive learning app for students of classes 6 to 12 with a focus on STEM learning. Life-like simulations and Augmented Reality (AR) experiences are combined with learning pathways to bring learning alive and increase the rate of retention of concepts. We have also launched the revolutionary #ScanAnything feature becoming the world’s first EdTech company to do so. Practically also offers Live classes, Coding ++ course, and a 24x7 Seek Help feature for doubt resolution, where students can reach out to subject experts on the platform. 1,500,000 students,are already benefiting from the engaging content on Practically. The app is available for download for free on Play Store and App Store. As the brand showcases a positive growth trajectory, Practically has been recognised as a ‘Minicorn’ by Tracxn. It has also been awarded as the Best Edtech start up of the year at Start Up Awards 2021 and was adjudged as the winner at TieCon2021 

Visit the Practically website here: https://www.practically.com/ 

Photo caption : Charu Noheria, Co-Founder and COO of Practically during a fireside chat with Navya Nanda of Project Naveli. 

1,723 Students From Aakash+BYJU’S Outshine In International Mathematics Olympiad

Marking yet another stupendous performance in competitive examinations, a whopping 1,723 students from Aakash+BYJU’s outshined in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held by the Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF). Thirteen students secured the International Rank 1 while nineteen students have successfully achieved Zonal Rank 1. 

Commenting on the impressive results, Mr Aakash Chaudhry, Managing Director, Aakash+BYJU’S, said, “We have successfully maintained our winning streak across competitive examinations. The result speaks volumes about the effort put in by our students, faculty and the high-quality test preparation we provide. I wish them all the best for the future.” 

The International Rank 1 students from Class VIII are Pradyot Senapati from Gurgaon, Aarav Srivastav from Noida, Anmol Kumar from Bhatinda, Bhavyaa Gunwal from Narnaul, Nandita Jha from Noida, Sidhdesh Shivaji Musale from Akola, Adrika Saha and Navonil Das from Kolkata; from Class X are Shanmathi from Chennai, Sanvi Jain from Bengaluru, Raghav Agarwal from Haridwar, Amit Singh Nitharwal from Karnal, and Priyanshu Sarkar from Kolkata. 

As many as 1,458 offline classroom students and 238 digital classroom students of Aakash+BYJU’S have outshined in the International Mathematics Olympiad this year. 

The International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) is held for class 1 to class 12 students, conducted by the Science Olympiad Foundation to identify and nurture future scientists, technologists and IT talent at the school level.  

Aakash+BYJU’S aims to help students in their quest to achieve academic success. It has a centralized in-house process for curriculum and content development and faculty training and monitoring, led by the National Academic Team of Aakash+BYJU’S. Over the years, students from Aakash+BYJU’S have shown a proven selection track record in various Medical & Engineering entrance exams and competitive exams such as Olympiads, NTSE and KVPY. 

About Aakash+BYJU’S 

Aakash+BYJU’S provides comprehensive test preparatory services for students preparing for Medical (NEET) and Engineering Entrance Examinations (JEE), School/Board Exams and Competitive Exams such as NTSE, KVPY, and Olympiads. The “Aakash” brand is associated with quality coaching and a proven student selection track record in various Medical (NEET) and JEE/Engineering Entrance Examinations, Scholarship exams & Olympiads. 

With over 33 years of operational experience in the test preparatory industry, the company has a large number of selections in Medical & Engineering Entrance Exams and several Foundation level Scholarship exams/Olympiads, a pan India network of 250+ Aakash Centers (including franchisee), and an annual student count of more than 2,75,000. 

The Aakash group has investments from Think & Learn Pvt Ltd (BYJU’S) as well as by the world's largest Private Equity firm Blackstone.  

www.aakash.ac.in