12, Aug 2025
HCLTech Marks 49th Anniversary with 49,000 Saplings Planted Across India
NOIDA, India, August 12, 2025 — HCLFoundation, which drives the corporate social responsibility initiatives of global technology company HCLTech, today commemorated the 49th anniversary of HCL Group with a large-scale plantation drive, planting 49,000 saplings across India. The initiative spanned major cities including Noida, Nagpur, Pune, Bengaluru and Lucknow.
The initiative saw enthusiastic participation from HCLTech employees, their families, nonprofit partners, women’s collectives and community members. This united effort reflected the spirit of shared responsibility and inclusive action, reinforcing HCLTech’s deep-rooted commitment to sustainability and ecological responsibility.
“As we celebrate 49 years of innovation and impact, this plantation drive stands as a powerful expression of our environmental stewardship. With over 3.2 million saplings planted, 73,000 acres of land restored, and 107 billion liters of water harvested, we reaffirm our belief that technology and sustainability must go hand in hand — nurturing not just progress, but a thriving planet and resilient communities. Thanks to everyone who joined in to help us grow a greener future,” said Dr. Nidhi Pundhir, SVP, Global CSR, HCLTech and Director, HCLFoundation.
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12, Aug 2025
This Independence Day, Glen Appliances Pledges to Make 2 Lakh Indian Kitchens Smoke-Free by the End of 2025
August 12, 2025, New Delhi, India: A smoke-free kitchen is not a luxury, it’s a necessity for a healthy home. Ahead of Independence Day, Glen Appliances, one of India’s leading kitchen appliance brands, is leading this cause through a national awareness drive that educates consumers on the health benefits of using chimneys. Through a mix of online and offline activations, including a collaboration with micro-influencers, Glen aims to spark conversations around indoor air quality and inspire Indian households to invest in cleaner, safer cooking spaces.
As part of this initiative, Glen has pledged to make 2 lakh Indian kitchens smoke-free by the end of 2025. To support this goal, the brand is offering up to 60% off on its advanced, energy-efficient BLDC chimney range that is designed to combine powerful smoke extraction with up to 50% lower power consumption and quieter operation.
The National Family Health Survey reveals that most Indian households still cook in enclosed or semi-ventilated spaces, allowing smoke and harmful particles to accumulate indoors. While nearly 60% have transitioned to cleaner fuels such as LPG, biogas, or electricity, health risks remain due to pollutants like nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and fine particulate matter. Some studies show that prolonged exposure to these pollutants can irritate the respiratory system, worsen asthma, and increase the risk of severe illnesses, including lung cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Indoor air pollution caused by cooking smoke is one of the most overlooked health hazards in India. Glen’s BLDC (Brushless Direct Current) chimneys are engineered to reduce smoke, odour, and airborne grease more effectively than conventional chimneys, offering a long-lasting solution for healthier homes.
“Since 1999, we have been addressing an invisible health hazard that’s present in nearly every Indian kitchen,” said Rintu Dasgupta, Chief Operating Officer, Glen Appliances. “This Independence Day, we are not just celebrating freedom, we are advocating for freedom from smoke. Our goal is to create healthier homes with smarter appliances.”
The Independence Day campaign will run nationwide through Glen’s 150+ retail stores, e-commerce platforms, and social media channels, supported by educational content, expert tips, and exclusive product offers.
Beyond chimneys, Glen’s extensive range of kitchen solutions – including cooktops, built-in ovens, hobs, water purifiers, and small appliances is designed for modern Indian households. As a proudly Indian brand, Glen continues to innovate with sustainability at the core, from energy-efficient designs to eco-conscious packaging and manufacturing practices.
12, Aug 2025
2.Oh! Named Official Gifting Partner for Grehlakshmi Mrs. India 2025
Mumbai: August 12, 2025 – 2.Oh!, a science-first hair products company whose products are crafted in Italy and created for India, has been chosen as the official gifting partner for Grehlakshmi Mrs. India 2025 — India’s biggest beauty pageant for married women.
2.Oh!’s diverse range of hair products include 23 bold, vibrant and damage-free, semi-permanent hair colors in shades like signature browns, Vivids and Pastels, Reconstruction shampoo & Mask, Leave-in Conditioner, Hair Repair Serum, Hair Gloss and the 3-in-1 Hair Styling Spray.
“Our products are loved by confident, purposeful and strong women across all walks of life who love to express themselves unabashedly through their hair! Our collaboration with Grehlakshmi Mrs. India is the perfect fit of our ideologies and we are excited to celebrate these bold, inspiring women who express their most confident self both on and off the stage,” said Ritu Vijayvergiya, Co-founder 2.Oh!
Launched in 2022 by Grehlakshmi magazine, India’s leading Hindi women’s magazine, the annual beauty pageant offers married women a platform to break stereotypes, while empowering them to embrace their beauty, intelligence, and inner strength, on this enriching journey of personal growth.
This year, 50+ women are participating in the contest. The grand finale will be held on August 24, 2025, at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Mayur Vihar, Noida.
12, Aug 2025
GoTo Integrates LogMeIn Resolve with SentinelOne for Enhanced Endpoint Security
India, August 12, 2025: GoTo, the leader in cloud communications and IT, today announced its latest integration for LogMeIn Resolve with the SentinelOne Singularity® Platform for endpoint detection and response (EDR). The integration provides Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and IT departments with access to unified, AI-powered security capabilities to seamlessly monitor, analyze, and respond to threats directly within the Resolve console for a seamless experience.
The average global cost of a data breach is now $4.9 million, making it more important than ever for IT teams and MSPs to utilize robust security solutions as part of their core IT infrastructure. The integration enables LogMeIn Resolve customers to get ahead of risks by layering SentinelOne EDR onto Resolve’s security-first capabilities, including a first-of-its-kind zero trust architecture and simplified patch management features.
Highlights of the new integration include:
- Accelerated Threat Detection: Further delivering on a unified management experience, uncover both known and unknown malicious activities – including ransomware, file-based threats, and zero-day vulnerabilities – with threat details in the Resolve console.
- 24/7 Intelligent Monitoring: Harness around-the-clock monitoring of endpoint activities to detect and respond to threats faster. Alerts are highlighted within a single pane of glass view alongside agents’ day-to-day endpoint management workflows.
- Real-Time Response to Incidents: Respond instantly from Resolve to remediate any detected threat, mitigating risks and minimizing impact.
- Enhanced Forensic Capabilities: Capture and analyze granular event logs, telemetry, and root cause data to facilitate comprehensive incident investigations and detailed threat postmortems.
“Security is non-negotiable in today’s IT landscape, and effective incident response relies on tools that deliver both speed and clarity,” said Joseph George, General Manager of IT Solutions Group at GoTo. “Our integration with SentinelOne’s industry-leading EDR streamlines the response process and provides businesses and MSPs with the unified, actionable insights and automation they need to stay ahead of modern threats, all within the trusted LogMeIn Resolve environment.”
12, Aug 2025
HPCL Launches “POWER FILL AADI”Campaign in the temple city of madurai to Reward Loyal Customers
Madurai, 12th August 2025: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has announced the launch of its exciting campaign in collaboration with Suzuki, aimed at rewarding loyal customers during the festive season. The campaign, promoted at select outlets, offers customers an opportunity to win exciting prizes such as a Suzuki Gixxer bike, smartphones, and other attractive gifts.
Speaking at the occasion, an official from HPCL stated, “Such campaign initiatives are frequently undertaken to reward our loyal customers by giving them free gifts on fuelling. Through these campaigns, we aim not only to express our gratitude to our existing customers but also to enroll new customers into the HPCL family.”
As part of the campaign, customers need to fill POWER95 Petrol participate and stand a chance to avail from a wide range of prizes. The campaign is designed to enhance customer engagement and make every visit to HPCL outlets a rewarding experience.
HPCL continues to innovate and bring value-added services to its customers, ensuring that every festive season is celebrated with joy and special rewards.
12, Aug 2025
Toscano Celebrates Independence Day with a Festive Brunch
India, 12th August 2025: This Independence Day, Toscano Restaurants invites you to indulge in a vibrant culinary celebration that brings together the rich flavors of India and Italy. Available exclusively on August 15 at Toscano Miraya Rose in Bangalore and Toscano Koregaon Park in Pune, the special brunch promises a spread as diverse and delightful as the day it honors.
The Independence Day Brunch Menu features an array of live stations and indulgent treats from Toscano’s Signature Bread Station and Indian Starters & Chaat Live Counter to the Pasta Live Counter, Mezze Dips, and warming Zuppa. Guests can savor a colorful variety of antipasti, enjoy the carving station for non-vegetarian delights, and sample pizzas passed around in both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options.
For mains, diners can explore the best of both worlds with Italian specialties and Indian classics, each available in vegetarian and non-vegetarian variations. The celebration ends on a sweet note with Assorted Indian Breads and a delectable selection of Indian and Italian desserts.
“This brunch is a heartfelt tribute to the spirit of togetherness and the joy of sharing flavors across cultures,” says Toscano’s Head Chef. “It’s our way of honoring the day with dishes that bring comfort, connection, and culinary excitement.”
12, Aug 2025
Cohesity Launches New Partner Program to Accelerate Partner Success
INDIA , August 12, 2025 : Cohesity, the leader in AI-powered data security, introduced the Cohesity Aspire Partner Program, a new, unified framework built for the modern partner landscape. Aspire aims to simplify how partners across diverse business models and routes to market can engage with Cohesity to drive profitability, unlock new revenue streams, and access certifications and training.
“The Cohesity Aspire Partner Program significantly transforms how we do business with partners across India and SAARC, and enable them to succeed,” said Mayank Mishra, regional director of Sales for India and SAARC, Cohesity. “We’ve taken a future-forward approach. This empowers faster growth, profitability, and opportunities to stand out in today’s competitive market. It also provides flexibility for partners to ease into emerging technologies like AI or make future shifts in their business model to meet changing market demands. Just as important, Aspire has been purposefully designed with customers in mind to ensure they have complete confidence in knowing their solution is being delivered by a proven and trusted Cohesity partner.”
The Cohesity partner ecosystem encompasses all partner types including Resell, Manage, Integrate, Distribute, OEM Hardware, Embedded OEM, Technology Partners, and Cloud Marketplace. Aspire participants can qualify for Premier, Preferred, or Associate tier levels with corresponding benefits. The umbrella program also features an authorized distributor component geared towards bringing more value to Cohesity resellers. All facets of the program are aimed at providing a modern, integrated, built-for-scale experience, starting with a centralized, easy-to-use portal that serves as the gateway to resources and enablement tools.
Underscoring Cohesity’s commitment to accelerating partner success, the program represents an investment in partners across three dimensions:
• Profitable growth – offers competitive margins, rewards for partner-sourced deals, and performance-based incentives to support partners at every stage of the sales cycle, including joint-go-to-market execution, co-selling, co-branding, pipeline sharing, and marketing and demand generation resources.
• Technical strength – facilitates role-based partner learning opportunities and exclusive Cohesity Accreditations. Multiple certifications further allow technical professionals to demonstrate their Cohesity data management skills and mastery for real-world environments. A special Cohesity Aces program additionally recognizes top technical partner experts and brings them into the heart of Cohesity innovation with privileged access, hands-on virtual labs, and more.
• Differentiation – provides multiple paths for expanding partner services and tapping into new revenue streams through partner-delivered professional services, authorized training partner certification, or building and bringing new solutions to market with Cohesity as a Professional-level or Elite-level Cohesity Technology Partner.
“Cohesity continues to lead the way in helping organisations strengthen their cyber resiliency in the face of escalating threats,” said Atul Gosar, Director, Network Techlab (India) Limited. “Their innovative, AI-driven approach to data security and rapid recovery sets them apart in the market. We’re proud to deepen our partnership and bring these critical capabilities to our customers, empowering them to protect, detect, and recover with confidence—today and into the future.”
Deepak Jadhav, Director, VDA Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd, said, “Cohesity’s new partner program sets a new benchmark for collaboration, innovation, and mutual growth. It’s clear that Cohesity is deeply invested in the success of its partners — not just today, but for the long term. We’re proud to deepen our relationship and look forward to delivering market leading AI driven data security solutions together for years to come.”
12, Aug 2025
Recode Studios Strengthens Presence in Gujarat with Strategic Retail Expansion
12th August 2025 : Recode Studios, India’s fast-growing beauty and skincare brand,is all on an aggressive expansion plan in Gujarat. The brand just opened two new stores in Ahmedabad and Surat to bring international quality products to the people of Gujarat. While Surat got its first store, this will be second Recode store in Ahmedabad. The first Ahmedabad store was opened in March and the brand saw the opportunity to open another store to cater the customers better.
The Surat and Ahmedabad openings reinforces the brand’s retail growth plan across Tier I Tier II and metro cities’. The opening is consistent with Recode Studios’ larger mission to provide research-led, quality, and value-for-money beauty solutions to consumers pan-India. Recode Studios, India’s fast-growing beauty and skincare brand, is excited to launch its new store in Surat, Gujarat. Located at Shop No. G-38, Ascon Plaza, Near Bulkabhavan School, Adajan, Surat – 395009, and the other store located at Shop No. GF-6, Sargam Apartment, Opp Chandan Farm, Nr Satyam Status Satellite Road, Jodhpur Ahemdabad, 380015, the stores mark a strategic foray into one of Gujarat’s trend-conscious and beauty-conscious consumer groups.
Designed to offer a luxury and interactive retailing experience, the store has the company’s entire range of best-selling makeup and skincare products under one roof. Designed specifically to focus on Recode’s philosophy of affordability, inclusivity, and innovation in order to give world-class beauty solutions to all, not just the elite class, the store offers an end-to-end product experience with hands-on and experiential involvement.
Mr. Rahul Sachdeva, Co-Founder of Recode Studios, said, “Gujarat has always been a state that celebrates beauty, individuality, and self-expression. With this new store, we’re creating more than just a retail space; we’re building a community hub where customers can explore, experience, and engage with our brand firsthand. This marks an important milestone in our retail journey, and there’s much more to come.”
The store is a stunningly edited environment in which consumers are able to discover, learn about, and purchase Recode’s clean beauty and performance products. With each Recode store, the Surat and Ahmedabad stores are the physical manifestation of the brand’s desire to forge genuine relationships with consumers through the combination of globally quality products and a personal, local touch.
With this rollout, Recode Studios is yet again positioning itself as a popular next-generation Indian beauty company that sits at the nexus of world standards and local sensitivities. By foraying into physical stores in city limits like Surat and Ahmedabad, Recode is not just developing awareness but also consumer trust through direct experience and service.
12, Aug 2025
Rising Indian Education Costs Push Tier 3 and Tier 4 Students Toward Global Degrees
Prodigy Finance Sees Rising demand in Education Loans from India’s Tier 3 and 4 Cities
London, 12th August 2025: quiet revolution is underway in the Indian education landscape. Students from Tier 3 and Tier 4 towns are increasingly opting for postgraduate programs at top global universities, not just for prestige, but for practical reasons rooted in cost and career outcomes.
Driven by rising tuition fees in India’s Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities, families are reevaluating where their education investments truly yield the best returns. Private MBA programs in India now range between ₹18–25 lakh, often with limited global exposure. In comparison, many postgraduate programs in the UK, Germany, or France fall nearly under the same price bracket, while offering international credentials, work visa options, and stronger long-term returns.
“Studying abroad is no longer seen as out of reach or an extravagant dream,” said Sonal Kapoor, Global Chief Business Officer at Prodigy Finance. “For students in places like Bhubaneswar, Jalandhar, and Guwahati, it has become a strategic choice. They’re asking: If the cost is the same, why not invest in a global opportunity with better exposure and earning potential?”
This shift in mindset is reflected in application trends. There’s a sharp increase in loan applications from Tier 3 and Tier 4 cities, particularly for courses in data science, health sciences, business analytics, and engineering.
Prodigy Finance, a global student loan provider offering no-collateral, no-cosigner education loans, has played a pivotal role in enabling this access. Unlike traditional lenders, Prodigy Finance assesses applicants based on their future earning potential, rather than their current income or assets, making it possible for students from semi-urban and rural areas to study at world-class institutions.
This transformation is not just about affordability, it’s about value. More families are comparing the return on investment (ROI) of education at home versus abroad. For many, international degrees offer a more comprehensive package: a global network, English-language instruction, and the chance to work abroad after graduation.
Countries like the UK and Germany have helped fuel this interest by offering favourable post-study work rights, allowing students to recoup their investment and establish global careers.
“We’re seeing a new kind of ambition from students in smaller towns,” added Kapoor. “They’re digitally savvy, globally aware, and determined to make smart decisions for their future. At Prodigy Finance, we’re proud to support their journey.”
Prodigy Finance expects this momentum to continue, reshaping the global classroom with students who are determined, prepared, and ready to lead on the world stage.
12, Aug 2025
SilverStreak Multispeciality Hospital Successfully Conducts Free Health Check Up Camp in IMT Manesar
August 12, 2025: SilverStreak Multispeciality Hospital organized a successful Free Health Check-Up Camp today from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Society Office, The NAGATA, CGHS, Sector 1, IMT Manesar, reaffirming its commitment to making quality healthcare accessible to the community. The camp saw encouraging participation, with a total of 20 residents availing various medical services.
The initiative aimed at promoting preventive healthcare and early detection of lifestyle and chronic ailments, offering free consultations, diagnostic screenings, and special discounted tests. Among the services provided were free ECGs, blood pressure checks, random blood sugar (RBS) tests, and SPO2 monitoring. Notably, 15 participants availed the complimentary ECG service, enabling timely insights into their heart health.
Special discounted packages were also made available for key diagnostic tests, including the Complete Blood Count + Kidney Function Test at a special price of ₹500 and the Rheumatoid Arthritis Test at a special price of ₹300, allowing participants to assess their health at an affordable cost.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr.Shitiz ,medicine doctor , who led the medical team at the camp, said, “Community health initiatives like these play a vital role in creating awareness and encouraging people to prioritize regular check-ups. Early diagnosis can make a significant difference in treatment outcomes, and we are proud to extend our services to ensure more people take proactive steps towards their well-being.”
The camp provided an opportunity for residents to interact directly with qualified medical professionals and seek advice on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The focus remained on educating attendees about the importance of preventive care, managing common health risks, and adopting healthier daily habits.
SilverStreak Multispeciality Hospital, a NABH-accredited institution known for its advanced facilities and patient-centric approach, continues to conduct such outreach activities to strengthen its bond with the community. By bringing medical services closer to people’s homes, the hospital aims to bridge the gap between awareness and action when it comes to healthcare.
With rising concerns over lifestyle-related diseases, such initiatives by SilverStreak Multispeciality Hospital highlight the importance of community engagement in building a healthier society. The positive response from residents of The NAGATA has encouraged the hospital to plan similar camps in other localities in the near future.
