Singapore Tourism Board, Foodhall Bring The Singapore Food Festival 2021 To India With A Stellar Line-Up Of Hybrid Events

* SFF will celebrate Singaporean cuisine all month long at Foodhall India stores in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru and Gurugram

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB), together with lifestyle food destination Foodhall India, is bringing the Singapore Food Festival (SFF), the highly anticipated annual celebration of Singaporean cuisine, to India this year.

Now in its 28th year, the SFF has become an established fixture on the global tourist calendar. But, with COVID-19 restricting travel, the STB has decided to take the SFF to key local markets like India, with the aim of cementing Singapore’s reputation as a leading culinary destination offering up a diversity of mouth-watering delicacies. 

Held concurrently with the SFF in Singapore from August 27 to September 12, 2021, the Indian edition of the SFF will invite food lovers to dive into Singapore’s rich culinary landscape through a hybrid line up of virtual and live events and activities at Foodhall stores across the country.

Gourmands can expect a wide range of live activations with a special menu featuring Hainanese Chicken Rice, Satay (skewered and grilled meat, served with a sauce), Baos and a very unique ‘Toast Bar’ at the Café by Foodhall, as well as a unique bakery experience featuring Pandan Cakes (light, fluffy, green-coloured sponge cake flavoured with the juices of Pandan leaves), Egg Tarts, Curry buns and more, baked fresh, daily. Patrons can also indulge in a weekly-rotating Noodle Cart paying homage to the numerous hawker centres in Singapore and get hands on with the Foodhall Cookery Studio that will carry forward the celebrations with a number of master classes celebrating Singapore’s cuisine.

Indian Chef Anahita Dhondy has specially curated Singaporean recipe ingredient boxes that will delight customers. The festival brings special virtual masterclasses with Haikal Johari, Executive Chef at Singapore’s iconic Michelin-starred establishment Alma by Juan Amador.

GB Srithar, Regional Director, India, Middle East & South Asia (IMESA), Singapore Tourism Board, said, “The Indian consumer today is increasingly  experimenting with new cuisines. Exploring destinations and their cultures by sampling local culinary delights is as much a part of the Indian tourist itinerary as seeing the sights. Over the past few years, we have showcased Singapore’s culinary landscape in engaging and exciting ways to the Indian audiences. The current situation unfortunately does not allow experience of the SFF first hand. So, we are bringing the SFF to them with the help of Foodhall India. Our collaboration takes our audiences on a culinary journey through Singapore in a fun, unique, innovative and safe way."

He added, “As part of a vision to engage our Indian audiences creatively in the COVID-19 environment, the STB has been harnessing technology to reimagine its content, products and offerings. Singapore has long been among the top tourist destinations for the Indian traveller. We want to keep that engagement going by inviting them to reimagine and experience Singapore virtually and in a hybrid way.”

Ms. Avni Biyani, Concept Head, Foodhall India, said, “Foodhall has always been at the forefront of bringing a diverse, unique and exciting culinary experience to our customers. Singapore has one of the most vibrant food and drink landscapes in the world and we are excited to bring the Singapore Food Festival to our stores this month. By combining the expertise our chefs and food experts bring to the table with the vibrant food culture of Singapore, we are looking forward to providing yet another immersive experience across our stores through curated menus, masterclasses, recipe kits and an unparalleled selection of Singaporean produce.”

Chef Haikal Johari, Executive Chef at Alma by Juan Amador, said, “I am delighted to be a part of the SFF celebrations. A country's cuisine is an expression of its cultural identity and to be able to showcase my country's vibrant culinary culture through my passion for cooking to food lovers in India is an enormous privilege. The Singaporean cuisine showcases the amalgamation of various cultures and has been influenced by Indian, Chinese and Malay cuisine. The upcoming virtual masterclass with Chef Anahita Dhondy will be a great opportunity bring the flavours of Singapore to India and to connect with the Indian audience.”

In addition to the collaboration with Foodhall, foodies can also indulge in the SFF celebrations at New Delhi-based Singaporean street food restaurant Mai Bao. The chefs at Mai Bao have come up with a specially-curated menu of traditional Singaporean dishes such as named as ‘Singapore On A Plate’ which includes a huge variety of vegetarian & non-vegetarian signature dishes of Singapore offered under four different bento boxes (2 veg and 2 non-veg) at a set price. This special menu will be served for the entire month of September.

Avantika Sinha, Founder and Managing Director, Mai Bao, said “The Singapore food festival menu at Mai Bao revisits the classics with an added element of surprise. Our dishes are straightforward and simple put together in bento boxes with an emphasis on honest, clean flavours. Besides great food, there are numerous activities and experiences in store for guests thus proffering a true insight of Singapore Food Festival.”

The Indian edition of SFF celebrations will be held across Foodhall stores in Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi and Gurugram and the Mai Bao restaurant in New Delhi. Foodhall's specially curated Singaporean menu will be available for dine-in at all the Café by Foodhall outlets and home delivery via Zomato and Swiggy. The Singaporean recipe ingredient boxes curated by Chef Anahita will also be available on Swiggy besides the seven Foodhall stores. All developments and updates related to the SFF will be posted to the social media handles of Foodhall India and the STB.

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About the Singapore Tourism Board

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is the lead development agency for tourism, one of Singapore’s key economic sectors. Together with industry partners and the community, we shape a dynamic Singapore tourism landscape. We bring the Passion Made Possible brand to life by differentiating Singapore as a vibrant destination that inspires people to share and deepen their passions. 

NTT Expands Its Data Center Footprint By 20 Percent

* NTT named market leader with even more capacity as business online surges

NTT Ltd.’s Global Data Centers division, a Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Data Center Colocation and Interconnection Services 2021 Vendor Assesment1, provides a full stack of ICT services and continues to expand its global data center footprint by 20% to build a connected future that will benefit enterprise and hyperscale clients around the world.

NTT operates data centers across Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia, including a major presence in India. It delivers and operates global interconnected data centers with cross regional data center networks through key markets such as London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Virginia in North America. Its expansions in data center services provide increased data center capacity and network connectivity across all geographies, including:

·       Americas:

In 2020/21, three new data center campuses were opened in Hillsboro, OR, Santa Clara, CA, and Chicago, IL, in addition to expansion in Ashburn, VA. NTT’s 47-acre (approx. 190,000m2) Hillsboro campus features five data centers with 126MW of planned IT load and Subsea Connect, a trans-pacific network connectivity service that provides connectivity between Hillsboro, Oregon and Tokyo, Japan using NTT’s Pacific Crossing (PC-1) subsea cable system. The Phoenix, AZ campus will open in early 2022 and be the seventh US data center campus. NTT Phoenix PH1 will add 36MW of IT load capacity and is the first of seven planned data centers on the 240MW campus.

·       EMEA:

In the past year, NTT has opened new data center buildings in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and Munich and Frankfurt in Germany, continuing its position as the number one data center provider in the German market. In the UK, the new flagship London 1 Data Center opened in December and, when fully operational, will increase NTT’s capacity by over 200% to support the digital backbone of the UK’s financial services, media, and gaming industries. NTT has also invested in duct and fiber to interconnect all its London data centers.

Over the next two years, NTT will increase its available IT load in EMEA by over 40% as it builds 13 new data center buildings across nine markets in six countries to deliver an added 115MW of IT load across 50,000m2. NTT will launch its first data centers in Madrid and Johannesburg as well as adding buildings to Vienna, Zurich, London and across Germany, with expanded data center interconnections.

·       APAC:

Jakarta 3 in Indonesia will launch 15MW at Bekasi, approximately 30km from Central Jakarta, by the end of this year. By taking advantage of NTT’s strengths as a network operator, clients will be able to easily connect with IXs and ISPs. Additionally, Cyberjaya 5 in Malaysia started to provide 6.8MW and plan to expand another 6.8MW to the Cyberjaya campus. In Japan, a new data center with 21MW of IT load capacity has been built in Tokyo. In response to strong demand from its clients, NTT is considering further expansion in Bangkok (Thailand), Osaka Metropolitan area (Japan), and Southern Vietnam.

·       India:

With Mumbai 8 going live soon, the Chandivali campus, India’s first operational hyperscale data center park, will reach 85MW of IT load. Over the next 18 months, four new hyperscale data center parks will also become operational: two in Navi Mumbai and one each in Chennai and Delhi, adding approximately 133MW of IT load and 50,000m2 of floorspace. Interconnections for 10 data centers across India will also be rolled out in 2021 and submarine cable landing stations are planned in Mumbai and Chennai. This expansion will further consolidate NTT’s number one position in the Indian market.

In addition to the expansion of NTT’s global data center footprint, NTT is currently constructing a "MIST" large-capacity submarine cable connecting Singapore, Malaysia, and India (Mumbai and Chennai).

The MIST cable system will have a total length of 11,000km: a distance which is further than flying from New York, across the US and the Pacific Ocean to land in Tokyo. Construction will complete in mid-2023.

The infrastructure combination of such a significant increase in global data center capacity coupled with NTT’s status as a tier 1 global network service provider, will provide businesses with a secure platform for increasing full-stack ICT service needs. 

Global Data Center Interconnect (GDCI), an integrated global network fabric service that delivers a cross regional data center network and private secure connection to major cloud service providers with a single physical port supporting multiple virtual network services, increases this capability to provide a high speed interconnected digital backbone across its global markets. The increased submarine cable system will also help to provide cross-regional data center interconnections.

Masaaki Moribayashi, President and Board Director for NTT Ltd. said, “The pandemic has dramatically changed our way of life. People’s quality of life now fundamentally depends on this infrastructure. In the next 18 months, NTT plans to increase data center operations by 20% to a total of over 600,000m2 (approx. 6.5M ft2) of floorspace in over 20 countries and regions. In addition, NTT will globally expand approximately 30 connection points of GDCI service in our data centers to optimize the enterprise hybrid cloud environment over NTT’s data centers and network services. NTT has already started construction to add 300MW of IT load to its portfolio. With the completion of new data centers, expanded campuses and high capacity networks such as the MIST submarine cable, we are building a connected future that will benefit NTT's clients around the world.”

About the Global Data Centers division of NTT Ltd.

Global Data Centers is a division of NTT Ltd. Our global platform is one of the largest in the world. NTT is recognized as a Leader by IDC in the Worldwide Colocation and Interconnection Services MarketScape, spanning more than 20 countries and regions including North America, Europe, Africa, India and APAC. As a neutral operator, we offer access to multiple cloud providers, a large variety of Internet Exchanges and telecommunication network providers including our own IPv6 compliant, tier-one global IP network. Our clients benefit from tailored infrastructure and experience consistent best practices in design and operations across all of our reliable, scalable and customizable data centers.

Visit us at our new website datacenter.hello.global.ntt.

BMW Group Accelerates CO2 Reduction And Focuses Consistently On A Circular Economy With The Neue Klasse

·         Zipse: “We are committed to a clear course to achieve the 1.5 degree target”

·         50% reduction in global CO2 use-phase emissions by 2030

·         Over 40% reduction in CO2 emissions during life cycle

·         Ten million all-electric vehicles within ten years

·         Secondary first: Up to 50% use of secondary material planned – initiatives to develop the market are required

·         Cooperation with BASF and ALBA on plastic recycling

·         Resource scarcity and social responsibility: BMW Group focussed on circular economy for sustainable materials

·         RE:BMW – circular economy at the IAA Mobility in Munich

The BMW Group is increasing the pace of its efforts to combat climate change. Looking ahead to the introduction of the Neue Klasse, the company is further strengthening its self-defined objectives, announced in summer last year, to significantly reduce CO2 emissions, whilst also committing itself to a clear course that supports the 1.5 degree target for the limitation of global warming. The Neue Klasse will also see the BMW Group hugely increase its use of secondary materials with a firm focus on the principles of the circular economy, whilst also promoting better framework conditions for establishing a market for secondary materials.

To achieve a further reduction in CO2 emissions, the focus is on the utilisation phase of vehicles, which account for 70% of the BMW Group’s CO2 footprint. By 2030, the CO2 emissions per vehicle and kilometre driven will be at least halved from 2019 levels. The commitment of all manufacturers when it comes to combatting climate change can best be compared when looking at the entire life cycle of a vehicle, including production and upstream supply chain. Here, the BMW Group is planning a reduction of CO2 emission per vehicle of at least 40%.

“How companies are dealing with CO2 emissions has become a major factor when it comes to judging corporate action. The decisive factor in the fight against global warming is how strongly we can improve the carbon footprint of vehicles over their entire life span. This is why we are setting ourselves transparent and ambitious goals for the substantial reduction of CO2 emissions; these are validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative and will deliver an effective and measurable contribution,” said Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, in Munich on Thursday. “With the Neue Klasse we are significantly sharpening our commitment and also committing ourselves to a clear course for achieving the 1.5 degree target.”

The BMW Group is the first German carmaker to join the Business Ambition for 1.5°C of the Science Based Targets Initiative and is committed to the goal of full climate neutrality over the entire value-added chain by 2050 at the latest. The company is convinced that this can be achieved using innovation, rather than any overall ban on individual technologies.

The most powerful driver on this path to climate neutrality is electric mobility, with the BMW Group’s Neue Klasse set to provide significant further momentum to the market. During the next ten years or so, the company will be putting around ten million all-electric vehicles on the road. As early as 2030, at least half of global BMW Group sales will be all-electric vehicles, with the MINI brand offering exclusively all-electric vehicles from 2030.

The BMW Group continues to comply with the stringent criteria of the Science Based Targets Initiative, when it comes to measuring the reduction of worldwide CO2 emissions of the company’s vehicles whilst they are being driven on the roads. For example, emissions from the production of fuel or electricity are included in the calculation and consumption is based on the WLTP cycle plus ten percent. With its current product and electrification strategy, the company is on track to meet the EU fleet target for 2030.

Beyond green electricity: Stronger focus on use of resources in future

BMW Group is clear that simply increasing the number of electric vehicles on the road does not automatically lead to climate-friendly mobility. The company understands that it is also crucial to reduce the use of primary material and the related environmentally harmful exploitation of resources and their often CO2-intensive processing – especially when it comes to car manufacturing, one of the most resource-intensive industries.

“2017 was the first time the world’s population consumed more than 100 billion tons of resources within a single year - a trend which we in the automotive industry must also counteract,” Zipse demanded. “This is a strategic issue, concerning not only ecological but also economic sustainability; the current development of commodity prices demonstrates the impact an industry that is dependent on limited resources must expect.”

With the number of battery-powered vehicles growing, there is increasing demand for many commodities such as cobalt, nickel and aluminium, which are required for the vehicles’ high-voltage batteries. However there is great potential for the reuse of materials in the sense of a circular economy and together with specialist partners, the BMW Group has already demonstrated that it’s technological feasible to achieve a recycling efficiency of over 90 percent.

The amount of secondary nickel used for the high-voltage battery in the BMW iX is already as high as 50 percent, with the battery housing containing up to 30 percent secondary aluminium. The BMW Group aims to improve these figures even further for future product generations.

In addition to the increasingly scare availability of primary materials and resulting commodity price increases, there are many sustainability reasons to use more secondary materials and move towards a circular economy.

The supply of secondary materials is considerably less CO2-intensive than is the case with primary materials and can significantly improve the CO2 footprint, especially within the supply chain. In the case of secondary aluminium, the CO2 saving compared with primary material constitutes a factor of approximately 4 to 6, whilst steel and thermoplastics lie between around 2 and 5.

The extraction of resources for primary materials – particularly through mining – has a significant impact on the basic regenerative capacity of ecosystems. This impact can be greatly reduced by increasing the use of secondary materials.

The mining and trading of conflict materials carries the possible risk of associated infringements of environmental and social standards. The BMW Group has established numerous measures to counteract this risk, including membership of the Responsible Minerals Initiative. However, the most efficient strategy for avoiding risks is to minimise the mining of such primary materials.

‘Secondary First’: Crucial vehicle materials with high secondary content

As part of its holistic approach to sustainability, the BMW Group aims to increase significantly the percentage of secondary materials in its vehicles. On average, current vehicles are manufactured using almost 30 percent recycled and reusable materials. With the ‘Secondary First’ approach, BMW Group plans to successively raise this figure to 50 percent.

Of course it’s crucial that the quality, safety and reliability of the materials comply with the same high standards as those existing for primary materials – and so it’s essential that the market availability of such high-quality materials increases considerably. In order to achieve this, cross-industry approaches and political initiatives are necessary.

Based on the four principles RE:THINK, RE:DUCE, RE:USE, RE:CYCLE, the BMW Group is boosting its activities in the field of circular economy, an area where it’s carrying out pioneering work. For instance, vehicle production now involves the increased separation and recycling of crucial material groups, so these can be reused by the industry within the framework of ‘closed loops’.

Cooperation with BASF and the ALBA Group

Within the supply chain and depending on market availability, secondary materials are increasingly being used in BMW Group vehicles. Moreover, together with its partners, the company is providing important impetus when it comes to developing secondary materials. One example is the company’s pilot project with BASF and the ALBA Group for the increased recycling of plastics used in cars.

The aim of the project is to reduce the use of primary plastics by means of a comprehensive recycling system. To this end, the ALBA Group analyses end-of-life BMW Group vehicles to establish whether a car-to-car reuse of the plastic is possible. In a second step, BASF assesses whether chemical recycling of the pre-sorted waste can be used in order to obtain pyrolysis oil. This can be then used as a basis for new products made of plastic. In the future, a new door trim or other components could be manufactured from a used instrument panel, for example.

Closed loop rather than downcycling: ‘Circular Design’ as the basis of a circular economy

In order to achieve higher recycling rates and whilst also guaranteeing the high quality of secondary materials, the materials must be extracted in their purest form as early as possibly during the recycling process. For example, the onboard wiring systems must be easy to remove, in order to avoid mixing steel with copper from the cable harnesses in the vehicles. If this mixing does take place, the secondary steel loses its essential material properties and therefore no longer meets the high safety requirements of the automotive industry. To support this early and easy extraction of materials, the interior of a car must increasingly be made of monomaterials, so that at the end of the car’s lifecycle, as much as possible can be transferred back into the usable material cycle. Basically, reducing the number of materials can help to improve the quality of recycled materials. Currently, vehicles consist of about 8,000 to 10,000 different materials.

To achieve this, the BMW Group is now focusing on a ‘Circular Design’ concept, which is designed to guarantee the economical dismantling capacity of vehicles. It is essential that disassembly of the vehicle and its individual components is fast and cost-efficient to ensure that prices of secondary materials are competitive. It all starts with the construction of the vehicle, which must be done in such a way that allows materials to be removed at the end of the vehicle’s service life without different types of material being mixed with each other. 

RE:BMW at the IAA Mobility – a visionary outlook on circular economy

The BMW Group is putting circular economy at the centre of its presence at the IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich, where the company will offer a visionary outlook on the potentials of a circular economy and sustainable mobility. The BMW i Vision Circular embodies the company’s ambitious claim to be the most sustainable manufacturer for individual premium mobility.

This visionary vehicle, designed according to the four principles of the circular economy RE:THINK, RE:DUCE, RE:USE, RE:CYCLE, shows how individual, sustainable and luxurious urban mobility could look in 2040. The BMW i Vision Circular is manufactured from 100 percent secondary materials or renewable raw materials, and is 100 percent recyclable.

This car demonstrates that climate protection and individual mobility do not necessarily contradict each other. On the contrary, it shows that using new technologies and innovation, the BMW Group can fulfill the planet’s requirements for greater sustainability without customers having to forgo individual mobility.

The BMW Group

With its four brands BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad, the BMW Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial and mobility services. The BMW Group production network comprises 31 production and assembly facilities in 15 countries; the company has a global sales network in more than 140 countries.

In 2020, the BMW Group sold over 2.3 million passenger vehicles and more than 169,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax in the financial year 2020 was € 5.222 billion on revenues amounting to € 98.990 billion. As of 31 December 2020, the BMW Group had a workforce of 120,726 employees.

The success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term thinking and responsible action. The company set the course for the future at an early stage and consistently makes sustainability and efficient resource management central to its strategic direction, from the supply chain through production to the end of the use phase of all products.

Olympic Gold Medallist Abhinav Bindra To Address 20,000+ Teachers Of LEAD Powered Schools On September 5

 

*    EdTech LEAD to launch certification program to upskill teachers

Marking the celebration of Teachers’ Day on 5th September, EdTech LEAD will host a motivational session by Abhinav Bindra for more than 20,000 teachers, principals & school owners across 2,000+ partner schools.

While our country has seen many successful champions, it’s still incredibly rare to find someone who has succeeded at the highest levels globally and then gone on to create a school to coach/mentor the next generation of winners. Mr. Bindra, the first Indian to win an individual gold at the Olympic Games, often states that while he is happy that he won gold what drives him is to make sure that he is not the only one! This is the same kind of passion that was seen in the school owners across the country who managed to  run the schools despite all headwinds, empower teachers and work towards creating the next generation for our country.

Mr. Bindra will share insights into his journey from being an athlete to managing his own academy & mentoring Indian grassroot athletes. He will be talking about his life lessons and experiences both as someone who manages a non-profit academy as well as an athlete, the obstacles that came his way and what helped him stay true to his goals. LEAD will provide the audience with the opportunity to interact with Bindra to address their self-doubts and challenges in a new teaching environment.

To upskill and empower teachers & principals to continue providing excellent learning to students, LEAD is also launching a certification program under LEAD Academy. The program will help them develop a growth mind-set, learn skills to support online teaching and also gain emotional and social support.

LEAD Co-founder and CEO Sumeet Mehta said, “School owners across India have gone through tough times during the pandemic with having to hold the entire ecosystem together as an educator to students & a mentor to teachers. I am sure it will be interesting to hear Mr. Bindra on how he transitioned from being an athlete to  a mentor to athletes.

State governments and various other committees are now looking at a roadmap to reopen schools safely and there could be no better gift for our teachers on this special day than reopening schools. The integration of technology in pedagogy will further open up opportunities for young minds, making them future-ready and help them excel in life.”

Isaac Newton famously said that “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” This Teacher’s Day - LEAD celebrates these unseen giants I.e.  school owners and principals whose broad shoulders enable our future line workers to create propulsive learning. 

About LEAD

LEAD is promoted by Leadership Boulevard, one of the fastest growing EdTech companies in India. It combines technology, curriculum and pedagogy into an integrated system of teaching and learning, thus improving student learning and teacher performance in schools across the country. LEAD partners with 2000+ schools with an estimated 8 lakh+ students in more than 400 cities, including tier 2 to tier 4 cities, in 20 States. 

Honda 2Wheelers India Delivers Karnataka’s 100th Africa Twin

* #TrueAdventure surpasses new milestone 

Key Features – Africa Twin Adventure Sports

• Lightweight And Powerful: 1,084cc parallel twin engine, Lithium Ion battery, bolt-on aluminium sub-frame and swing arm

• Six-axis Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) controls Throttle by Wire (TBW) and expanded 7 level Honda Selectable Torque Control (HSTC)

• Comfort On The Go: 5-stage Adjustable windscreen, adjustable seat, heated grips, tubeless tyres, DUAL LED Headlights, Cruise Control, Fuel tank of 24.5 litres

• Smart convenience: Apple CarPlay, Bluetooth connectivity & 6.5 inch MID TFT touch screen

Welcoming yet another milestone and adding another adventurer to the tribe, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. last month delivered Karnataka state’s 100th Africa Twin.  Since it’s India launch, over 310 units of Africa Twin have been sold across India.

Surpassing the expectations, Africa twin has been the preferred choice of Adventure enthusiasts in India with its advanced all terrain capabilities.

Noteworthy, Karnataka’s 100th Africa Twin was delivered from Bigwing Topline Bengaluru (40/1 Vittal Mallya Rd, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560001).

Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Director – Sales & Marketing, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. said, “Thank you Karnataka for your love and demonstration of the #TrueAdventure spirit. The Milestone 100th Africa Twin delivered in Karnataka is a testimony to the motorcycle’s huge success in the state. I would also like to congratulate BigWing Topline Bengaluru for their distinguished efforts in serving the adventurous Africa Twin Tribe.”

The 2021 Africa Twin Adventure Sports is available at Honda’s premium BigWing Topline outlets (Gurugram, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kochi, Indore, Chennai and Hyderabad), an exclusive network offering Honda’s complete range of premium motorcycles. To book online, visit https://www.hondabigwing.in/BookNow.

For more information, customers can visit the official website of www.hondabigwing.in

NASSCOM FutureSkills Prime Collaborates With WhiteHat Jr To Launch An Instructor-Led One-On-One AI Foundation Course

FutureSkills Prime, the digital skilling initiative by NASSCOM and the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, has collaborated with leading EdTech firm WhiteHat Jr to launch an instructor-led one-on-one Foundation course on Artificial Intelligence (AI) aligned to Competency Standards developed by SSC NASSCOM in collaboration with Industry and approved by Government of India. The course, developed by the WhiteHat Jr curriculum team, will be delivered live online by highly-trained teachers to undergraduates as well as executives.

WhiteHat Jr, in just over two years, has emerged as a leading name teaching live one-on-one online classes to children ages 6 to 18 years. This will be the first time that WhiteHat Jr will reach out to the 18+ undergraduate and executives.

“We are leveraging our expertise to upskill the youth of India, working closely with the industry. AI is a key skill, one that can potentially disrupt the global workforce in the future. The curriculum developed by our team, and offered 1:1 by highly-trained teachers, will help build a strong foundation in AI to help upskill the nation,” said Trupti Mukker, CEO of WhiteHat Jr. “Working closely with FutureSkills Prime, we will be offering the Course pro bono to support and motivate 500 meritorious aspirants who wish to pursue a career in the field of  technology.”

"We are absolutely thrilled to be selected by FutureSkills Prime to help further our collective mission of introducing 21-st century skills like AI to the youth of India", said Nitin Kochhar, Chief Business Officer – B2B, WhiteHat Jr. "This collaboration is a great example of a Public-private partnership to harness and leverage the expertise and efficiencies of both sectors to reach and educate the masses."

"Artificial Intelligence is believed to be as revolutionary as electricity - and just like that, AI is going to transform our lives forever. The past few months are proof of why we need our people to be armed up with tech skills and boost their 'DQ' or 'Digital Quotient'. Technology is becoming sector agnostic and impacting every job role, and clearly Digital is the way forward. From academia to healthcare, our traditional roles are being transformed with technology, and we need to prepare our workforce, regardless of the industry they belong to, to develop AI skills to ensure that they sustain in a digital-first world. This joint initiative with WhiteHat Jr aims to equip the workforce of today with AI-ready skills, and we look forward to it as the next step towards our mission of making India a global hub of digital technologies," said Kirti Seth, CEO IT-ITES Sector Skill Council NASSCOM.

The unique AI Foundation program is an ideal mix of concepts and practicals. The curriculum starts with the basics of Python, Object-Oriented Programming and data structures. It also covers advanced topics such as data visualization, statistical tools and Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) / Machine Learning (“ML”) algorithms. WhiteHat Jr will offer the course from October 2021. Interested students can visit here https://learn.futureskillsprime.in/insights/certificate for more details.

About NASSCOM FutureSkills Prime

FutureSkills Prime is the first of its kind public-private partnership, between Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and NASSCOM to build a digital skilling ecosystem for the citizens of India.

It’s mission is to reskill/upskill graduates and professionals in emerging technologies and professional skills, to make India a global digital talent nation in the next few years.

FutureSkills Prime is committed to guiding and empowering the Indian professionals towards playing exciting, valued and purposeful roles in a future that has significant possibilities, enabled by new-age digital technologies.

About WhiteHat Jr

WhiteHat Jr has been launched with the singular mission of empowering kids to become creators versus consumers of technology. The company has channeled students’ natural creativity through an engaging curriculum and personalized, live teacher attention. WhiteHat Jr’s 11,000+ strong teacher workforce conducts thousands of  LIVE Coding, Math and Music online classes every day on its proprietary platform.  Cumulatively, the company has conducted more than 8.7 million classes to date.

Choosing The Right Nutritional Products For Kids In Post Covid Era

The Covid-19 pandemic saw generations across navigating the upheavals caused by it. While health remained the top concern for all age-groups as the virus wreaked havoc, children paid a price of their own. Deteriorated mental health, poor diet, increased screen hours, lack of social contact are some of the downsides, and there seems no end to it.

Research suggests that growing kids rely heavily on the nutritional intakes to keep them going. This makes choosing the right nutritional meal a MUST have. But kids can be finicky and moody about their taste buds; more the greens, more the tantrums. With ‘stay at home’ norm here to stay for a while, kids are seeking fun and flavor in their meals. It has become a source of engagement for them. While it’s easy to grab a juice box, nutritional meals demand more.

Despite 100% efforts, kids might lack the minerals and vitamins required in their formative years. Also, a kid’s body will not react in the same way to products meant for adults. Therefore, it becomes important to research well before expanding their food portfolio. With an abundance of products, it might get overwhelming to identify the ideal options for your child. And we understand that as parents, this is a “no white flag” territory. So, this World Nutrition Week 2021, find a list of products that would cover your kid’s 24/7 nutrition quota:

1.       Vitamins, Vitality and Victory: Start your kid’s day with a dose of daily vitamins. NutriBears Daily Multivitamin Gummies offer the 11 essential vitamins such as A,B,C,D, Zinc amidst others. And you don’t have to worry about their taste buds as they come in yummy flavours of lemonade and strawberry at INR 299.

2.       Nutritional Nourishment: Nutrients are a part & parcel of overall growth and development. They work like heaven for bridging the nutritional gap in growing kids and conquering bad eating habits. Pour a quick smoothie or mix it in milk. Modicare’s Strong and Smart Under its Well range is a balanced nutritional drink mix. And what more? It nourishes your kid with 37 vital nutrients like Proteins, Carbohydrates, Vitamins, Minerals, DHA, Colostrum and more. Building stamina and immunity wrapped in chocolate flavour at INR 635/-.

3.       Millet Mania: Brighten their breakfast with a spoonful of chocolate. When Soulfull Ragi Bites offer chocolate in a maida and preservative free bowl of wholesomeness, what’s stopping your kid from having a morning swirl? At INR 233, let your kid pack the goodness of calcium, fibre and ragi.

4.       Herbal Helper: When the clock hits noon o’clock, the mood swings often match the mid-day sun. Take their savoury slurp a notch higher by dressing it in natural herbs like Brahmi, Ashwagandha, Shalaki, Mulethi & Turmeric with Iyurved Kids Daily Nutrition Savoury Spread. Let you kid’s creative juices run wild as they experiment with their spread; Pizza, roti, idli, cheela, there’s no stopping at INR 499.