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Health is now the Culture of the World, taking self-charge and leading is very important. In such pathways, the unsung heroes of this Health, Wellness & Fitness Industry are the strongest pillars who safeguard the Hygiene in the interest of Public Health. One such Evangelist, Pioneer, Global Influencer and Spokesperson of the Industry is Mr. Sandeep Gupta a.k.a Nutraceutical Man of India, is honoured with the Trendsetter 2022 Award on 24th February 2022, by the honourable Governor of Maharashtra, Shri Bhagat Singh Koshiyari for his unparalleled contribution in creating an Impact on the Heart, Soul & Mind making Greater Health! In the world where counterfeiting is the top most concern for health products, Mr. Gupta strongly holds the Baton of Authenticity, providing the Clean, Safe, Qualified and Effective Nutraceuticals in the interest of Public Health. He has personally mastered the Expertise in Nutraceuticals Authenticity, Due Diligence & his Opinion holds the high...

In the eighth round of the Airthings Masters quick online chess competition, R Praggnanandhaa stunned world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway. The 16-year-old chess Grandmaster achieved the feat after losing 3 games. Following a dismal Day One in which he lost three consecutive games, 16-year-old chess Grandmaster R Praggnandhaa stunned world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters rapid online chess competition on Monday. Praggnanandhaa, the fifth-youngest Grandmaster ever, won in 39 moves in a Tarrasch variation game versus Carlsen, who was 31 at the time. As a result, he ended Carlsen's three-game winning streak. After eight rounds, the Indian, who won the World Youth Chess Championships U-8 championship in 2013, earning him the title of FIDE Master at the age of seven, has eight points and is tied for 12th place. Praggnanandhaa currently has two wins, two draws, and four losses after his Carlsen victory. Praggnanandhaa was drawn i...

India is a country where homeopathy is considered to be a national medical system and the market is growing at a rate of 25 percent every year, with more than 100 million people relying completely on this form of therapy for their health care. One name that beholds utmost value due to his outstanding oratory skills and a talent for motivational speaking in the field of Homeopathy is Dr. Ambrish Vijayakar, the Managing Director of Predictive Homoeopathy. He beholds a chain of 35 clinics and has excelled in the field of treating psychiatric and behavioral diseases, pediatrics, auto-immunity, cardiovascular and birth abnormalities, neurodevelopmental disorders, and many other critical conditions with a desire to disseminate hope and positivity among his patients. Dr. Ambrish Vijayakar has treated a variety of ailments in Vile Parle and Khar during the last 15 years. Every year, more than 150 doctors train under him, and the number continues to grow. Over 150 Homeopathy Colleges hav...

Upflowy has secured $4M to optimize web experiences with its no-code solution. Counterpart Ventures led the Sydney-based startup's latest funding. Consumer behaviour and purchasing patterns have been altered by the Covid-19 pandemic; data-driven decision-making is increasingly more critical to ensure that companies' products or services truly benefit people in times of uncertainty. According to Guillaume Ang, CEO of Australian startup Upflowy, demand for SaaS tools that enable online transactions has skyrocketed during Covid-19. Upflowy believes that it has the capabilities to assist organisations in generating high-performing user flow. The Sydney-based firm, which just raised $4 million, has created a platform that provides drag-and-drop tools for A/B testing and personalisation on web and mobile apps, and the best thing would be that businesses don't need to know any coding to use it. Counterpart Ventures led the current round of fundraising, which was...

V Vaidyanathan has made a wonderfully kind gesture towards his driver and other support staff. The Managing Director (MD) of IDFC First Bank has gifted shares of the bank's stock to these staff to help them buy homes. Vaidyanathan, the CEO of IDFC First Bank gave his trainer, housekeeper, and driver, as well as two other persons, shares of the bank's stock. V Vaidyanathan, who also serves as Managing Director (MD) of IDFC First Bank gave the aforementioned 5 people 9 lakh shares worth over 3.95 crores to assist them in purchasing homes. The five people to whom the Bank MD gave the shares are unrelated to the top officials of the public sector bank. According to rumours, he had already handed several individuals shares in his personal capacity in order to assist them. V Vaidyanathan gifted 9,00,000 equity shares of IDFC First bank held by him on February 21, 2022, according to a regulatory filing made by the bank on Monday. IDFC First Bank MD & CEO V Vaidyanat...

“Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier This famous quote holds true for Vipin Yadav, the Managing Director of Star Link Communication Pvt. Ltd., a leading biometric solution provider and manufacturer. His vision and relentless pursuit to create next-gen technology solutions to help enterprises deliver supreme business value has helped him achieve the Trendsetter Award 2022. He was felicitated by the Honorable Governor of Maharashtra, Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, in the ceremony which took place at Raj Bhawan on 24 th February, 2022. Star Link has been empowering its clients across industries with best-in-class technology solution for over 25 years now. Their premium products and services have led to a strong relationship with their clients across the country. Till date they have successfully served 8000+ clients including brands like Maruti, Haldirams, and Yamaha. The foundation for their successful business lies at the passio...

“Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier This famous quote holds true for Vipin Yadav, the Managing Director of Star Link Communication Pvt. Ltd., a leading biometric solution provider and manufacturer. His vision and relentless pursuit to create next-gen technology solutions to help enterprises deliver supreme business value has helped him achieve the Trendsetter Award 2022. He was felicitated by the Honorable Governor of Maharashtra, Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, in the ceremony which took place at Raj Bhawan on 24 th February, 2022. Star Link has been empowering its clients across industries with best-in-class technology solution for over 25 years now. Their premium products and services have led to a strong relationship with their clients across the country. Till date they have successfully served 8000+ clients including brands like Maruti, Haldirams, and Yamaha. The foundation for their successful business lies at the passio...

Women are increasingly being honored and recognized for their hard work, and remarkable achievements in the field of education. Miss Shainaaz M. Samnani is one such person, who is known for her excellence in media and entertainment education for more than 20 years. Miss Shainaaz Samnani has hence been honored with the Trendsetter 2022 award by Times Applaud, a top media and public relations organization. During a mega-event held recently in Mumbai, the Honorable Governor of Maharashtra, Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari bestowed the Trendsetter 2022 award to Miss Shainaaz Samnani, who jointly founded RS Infotech, serves as the managing director of Arena Animation Thane.  We all have a need to be appreciated, which is satisfied when we are rewarded. This also inspires others to put forth their best efforts in order to develop or achieve something worthwhile for the world. Women have made enormous accomplishments in every sector and deserve to be recognised for their contribution...

Women are increasingly being honored and recognized for their hard work, and remarkable achievements in the field of education. Miss Shainaaz M. Samnani is one such person, who is known for her excellence in media and entertainment education for more than 20 years. Miss Shainaaz Samnani has hence been honored with the Trendsetter 2022 award by Times Applaud, a top media and public relations organization. During a mega-event held recently in Mumbai, the Honorable Governor of Maharashtra, Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari bestowed the Trendsetter 2022 award to Miss Shainaaz Samnani, who jointly founded RS Infotech, serves as the managing director of Arena Animation Thane.  We all have a need to be appreciated, which is satisfied when we are rewarded. This also inspires others to put forth their best efforts in order to develop or achieve something worthwhile for the world. Women have made enormous accomplishments in every sector and deserve to be recognised for their contribution...

Education, especially in the technical field, continues to become expensive because of which underprivileged students cannot acquire quality learning. Because of this, a large number of students are not able to achieve what they can in their careers, although they have tremendous talent. What students need is affordable IT education, but it should be high in quality. It was this need of the students that prompted Mr.Vicky Gawande to start Arc Technologies and Institutions in Nagpur. When asked about what motivated him to establish Arc Technologies and Institutions in 2015, Vicky Gawande says, “I observed that technical training was very expensive at that time in Nagpur. I also saw that majority of students were moving to Hyderabad for the training. So I decided to start a technical training institute that will provide high quality IT education at the most affordable fees anywhere in Maharashtra.” Since it was found, Arc Technologies and Institutions has not just provided hi...

Block Beats Exchange is a cryptocurrency exchange that offers spot markets for about 20 different crypto assets. Block beats has trading pairs denominated in BTC, ETH and USDT, with USDT-denominated markets having the most variety.  The Block Beats exchange’s interface will be easy to learn for users that are familiar with other centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, for example Binance. The Trading View-powered price chart is located at the center of the interface, although the customization options it offers are limited. For example, there’s currently no option to include technical indicators like RSI or moving averages on the chart. The orderbook and trade history are positioned to the right. On the bottom right, users can submit their orders – the available order types are currently limit orders and market orders.   The selection of crypto assets listed on the Block Beats exchange should be diverse enough for most cryptocurrency traders, ...

Nowadays everyone wants to invest in cryptocurrency like they do in the stock market. But fluctuations in the market and inadequate knowledge stop people from investing in cryptocurrency, which is also called crypto. Cryptocurrency may be a good alternative or balancing asset to cash, which may devalue due to inflation over time. Crypto is an asset that people invest in and have found that it yields very high returns. Investing in cryptocurrencies over the long run can be rewarding. But, it is critical that you gain knowledge about the market before you invest in it. Crypto expert and consultant, Mr. Natraj Suryawanshi has shared his expert knowledge about cryptocurrency, during an interview. Mr. Natraj Suryawanshi, who is the Founder of Toska Technologies and currently serves as its CEO, has also discussed his new academy that can help you achieve success in the crypto sector. In an Candid interview with him he answered few questions which were asked to him Q:First and ...

Mrs India One in a million 2021,State Ambassador Madhya Pradesh winner Shruti Saxena Walked as a Showstopper for Label  Kamakhya by ace designer Kingshuk Bhaduri at ACR in Dehradun where in media conference Kingshuk says Excellence comes from having vision and passion. So we always try to put our best efforts to give excellent output. We use pure georgette  & net fabric to make it look good on any individual irrespective of their size and color. We mingle this amazing clothing with a black glitter theme which truly does justice to our handmade outfits Therefore, we do not focus on any age group or size. Our priority is to give comfort & fashion to our clients. Ultimately, If our client is satisfied then automatically as a designer we would become a trendsetter in the fashion world and believes that the fashion trends followed in small places are fairly limited, therefore his passion for apparels brought him to Mumbai, where he began doing what he loves the most. He is c...

A Kerala-based retired bank employee, turned a 1-acre rubber plantation into a mini forest. Gopalakrishnan KR, used his retirement benefits for the remarkable project. Gopalakrishnan K R, says we frequently forget, that natural products are not simply for humans to enjoy. The 67-year-old. has been cultivating a tiny fruit forest on a one-acre plot of land in Mannamangalam for the past seven years, owing to his deep passion for nature. Thousands of trees provide shelter and food for birds and animals in this lush sanctuary. Gopalakrishnan says, "I don't mess with the forest or take any of the fruits because it is set up for the birds and animals." Gopalakrishnan opted to buy a piece of land that was once a rubber plantation after retiring from SBI in 2014. It was the ideal plot of land, with a forest on one side and a lake on the other. Gopalakrishnan began clearing the area after purchasing it by removing all of the rubber trees. Then, over time, he...

Chandni Khandelwal started Ecoloop last year to provide eco-friendly alternatives to plastic. The startup whose products are handmade makes a revenue of Rs 1-2 lakh per month. Chandni Khandelwal, who was born in Odisha, says she has always been concerned about the use of plastics, particularly in packaging. Chandni says when she was in college, she used to receive carry-out meals for lunch and dinner that were put in plastic bags. This has always troubled her, and Chandni has often wondered where these plastics would end up when we threw them out. After cleaning and drying them, she began putting them in my trolley bag. Chandni accumulated two trolleys full of plastic bags in two years. Instead of throwing them away, she turned them into planters and other household utility items. This passion for the environment eventually led to her founding Ecoloop, a firm that focuses on eco-friendly packaging products. According to Chandni, 'eco' refers to the environmen...

Shankar Nath, of Junio, says the age-old concept of pocket money has evolved over time. The startup is helping parents teach their kids’ money management. Shankar Nath, who jointly founded Junio, a kid-focused pocket money app, says, Pocket money was traditionally provided to children for offline purchases, but there is now a huge shift toward online and making in-app purchases while they are on Roblox or if they want to buy something on Amazon. Nath, who worked as Paytm's chief marketing officer for five years before co-founding Junio with his former colleague Ankit Gera in 2020, says the idea for a kid-focused pocket money app occurred to him while observing his 12-year-old daughter. "Children of the modern age are doing transactions online. But for the majority of transactions, they are still reliant on their parents' payment instruments," Nath explained. According to Nath, the epidemic and going cashless have fundamentally altered the piggy bank...

BigBasket has bought a Kerala-based startup, Agrima Infotech. The company will implement Agrima’s platform, Psyight, at its retail stores' self-checkout counters. Tata Group-owned etailer, BigBasket, stated on Saturday that it had acquired the enterprise business arm of a deep-tech startup Agrima Infotech in an effort to revolutionise offline retail. BigBasket will use Kochi-based startup Agrima Infotech's unique customer vision technology platform, Psyight, at its retail outlets' self-checkout counters. Psyight, developed by Agrima Infotech's Anoop Balakrishnan, Arun Ravi, and Nikhil Dharman, aids in the identification of all Indian fruits and vegetables from images without the use of barcodes. Balakrishnan, cofounder and CEO of Agrima Infotech, stated that his company's collaboration with BigBasket will alter the offline shopping experience in the country. CEO Hari Menon stated, "BigBasket will utilise this knowledge in AI (artificial i...

Probo is likely to acquire $25 million in a Series A round. This would be the company's second investment round in the last year. Event trading firm Probo is expected to secure $25 million in its Series A round of funding from new and existing investors. In March 2021, Probo raised $2.5 million from Sequoia and Elevation Capital. A source said, "Fundamentum, in collaboration with existing investors Sequoia and Elevation, is in late-stage discussions to invest $25 million in Probo. The parameters of the deal have been finalised, and the company may announce it in a few weeks," Probo is an event trading website founded by Sachin Gupta and Ashish Garg that allows users to trade their thoughts on future events in many categories such as cricket, politics, football, finance, entertainment, and startups. Users on the platform can sell their opinions for a mutually agreed-upon fee and earn rewards. According to the initial sources, the deal will value Probo at...

Two cousin sisters from Ahmedabad have recently won a Rs 25 lakh offer on Shark Tank India for their brand Nuutjob. Ananya and Anushree Maloo formed the business to sell intimate hygiene products for men. Two women marketing a brand that only sells male intimate hygiene products is certainly unusual. However, Ananya and her cousin Anushree Maloo, who just secured a contract of Rs 25 lakh for 20% stake on Shark Tank India, may have benefited from this anomaly. The Ahmedabad-based sisters' last pitch on the Indian version of the US reality show saw them demonstrate their business endeavour Nuutjob, which provides a line of items geared at male intimate hygiene. The 26-year-olds, who introduce themselves as "the Maloo sisters," have turned a lot of heads with their audacious business proposal. They have been each other's best friends since they were children, despite the fact that they were born only 15 days apart. Anushree oversaw business operati...

Voltron Data has secured a massive amount of investment. The startup, which is backed by major investors, received a total of $110 million in seed and A funding. Voltron Data was founded last year by former NVidia, Ursa Computing, BlazingSQL, and Apache Arrow co-founders. The group joined together to create a company based on Arrow to assist businesses that do not want to deal with the problems of administering an open source project on their own. Voltron Data co-founder and CEO Josh Patterson stated that the startup is primarily a standards company that strives to spread the word about the power of data and analytics standardisation through Apache Arrow. "Our goal is to improve the existing data analytics ecosystem using standards. And we are committed to introducing modularity and composability to the data analytics ecosystem "Patterson elaborated. Apache Arrow comes into play in the standards section. The FAQ section of the project's website describe...

Voltron Data has secured a massive amount of investment. The startup, which is backed by major investors, received a total of $110 million in seed and A funding. Voltron Data was founded last year by former NVidia, Ursa Computing, BlazingSQL, and Apache Arrow co-founders. The group joined together to create a company based on Arrow to assist businesses that do not want to deal with the problems of administering an open source project on their own. Voltron Data co-founder and CEO Josh Patterson stated that the startup is primarily a standards company that strives to spread the word about the power of data and analytics standardisation through Apache Arrow. "Our goal is to improve the existing data analytics ecosystem using standards. And we are committed to introducing modularity and composability to the data analytics ecosystem "Patterson elaborated. Apache Arrow comes into play in the standards section. The FAQ section of the project's website describe...

Pravaig Dynamics has introduced a luxury electric vehicle, fully made in India. The car has a range of over 500 kms in single charge. Pravaig Dynamics, based in Bengaluru, has unveiled its first native electric vehicle, which aims to elevate the EV game in India. Bengaluru-based Pravaig Dynamics has unveiled its first native electric vehicle, which promises to elevate the EV game in India. On Friday, the EV company presented the Extinction MK1 premium electric car, which is entirely produced in India and will go on sale sometime next year. There are some lofty statements that are bound to raise the brows of some of India's other EV producers, as well as those from other countries. Consider the following: An electric automobile with a range of over 500 kilometres on a single charge? The Volkswagen ID.3 can only travel 500 kilometres at the moment. Tesla's Model 3 performance variant boasts a single-charge range of 507 kilometres. In India, the EV with the ...

Danish Batra started a luxury salon brand from a basement several years ago. Hair Masters now clocks a turnover of Rs. 65 crore. Danish Batra, who grew up in a real estate family, ventured out on his own at the age of 31 and opened his first Hair Masters shop in a 1,000-square-foot basement in Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi, in 2014.  Hair Masters has evolved into a 30-store network with a combined revenue of Rs 65 crore. The stores are located in the National Capital Region, Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and a few other states. Danish opened his first salon with 11 staff and swiftly expanded to open more locations, all of which provide a five-star experience, which has now become a trademark of Hair Masters locations. Danish says, "Our salons are international in style with an Indian twist. I turned the salon into an experience, rather than merely a place where people went for hairdos and makeup. Like five-star hotels, where visitors go to experien...