6, Jun 2025
Ryan International Academy, Sarjapur Celebrates World Environment Day through a Green Pledge
Bangalore, June 6, 2025 – Ryan International Academy, Sarjapur celebrated World Environment Day with a colorful observance that emphasized student action and education for sustainability. The school infused life into its campus through a range of environment-focused activities based on the world theme for 2025, #BeatPlasticPollution.
The Principal, Ms. Sripurna Sarma, inaugurated the celebration with a thoughtful reflection about the importance of World Environment Day, which was first initiated by the United Nations in 1972. She highlighted the need for individual and collective responsibility in safeguarding the planet.
One of the main attractions of the event was the release of the school’s bold green mission to plant more than 1,500 saplings. Students, faculty, and staff came together in a school-wide movement under the slogan “Each One, Plant One,” whereby each of them donated by planting a sapling — a first step toward a greener, healthier tomorrow.
To reinforce the environmental stewardship message, students also signed a sustainability pledge, outlining personal actions to minimize plastic use and create environmentally friendly habits.
Engaging, hands-on activities made the cause come alive:
Paper bag-making workshops encouraged alternative uses to single-use plastics.
Dry leaf art and leaf painting merged art with environmental education.
“Today was not about celebration alone but about action,” stated Ms. Sarma. “These initiatives significantly contribute to teaching lifelong values of sustainability and responsibility to our students.”
Ryan International Academy’s World Environment Day celebration mirrored its commitment towards creating environmentally conscious citizens who lead through empathy, action, and responsibility.
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- By Neel Achary
6, Jun 2025
Bank of Baroda, Chennai Zone celebrates World Environment Day with a range of Green Initiatives
Chennai, 6th June 2025: On the occasion of World Environment Day, Bank of Baroda, Chennai Zone joined the international community in reaffirming its commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability. In line with this year’s theme, “Beat Plastic Pollution,” which emphasizes the urgent need for collective action against plastic waste, the Bank undertook various green initiatives across its branches in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, including cleanup drives, walkathons, and awareness campaigns to promote the principles of the 4 Rs – Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
A key highlight of the celebration was the inauguration of a Vertical Garden at Baroda Pride, Chennai Zonal Office, by Shri T. N. Suresh, General Manager & Zonal Head, Bank of Baroda, in the presence of Shri V. G. Senthil Kumar, DGM (Compliance & Assurance) and Shri Sreenivas Ravipati, DGM (Business Development). This initiative, under the BOB Earth umbrella, is a testament to the Bank’s green mission. The garden features oxygen-generating plants such as Money Plant and Song of India, contributing to improved air quality and enhancing the office environment.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri T. N. Suresh, General Manager & Zonal Head – Chennai Zone, Bank of Baroda said, “I’m delighted to inaugurate the Vertical Garden at the Baroda Pride, Chennai Zonal Office. This initiative under the BOB Earth programme is a powerful symbol of our ‘Go Green’ commitment. It not only beautifies our office premises but also supports cleaner air and urban greening.”
6, Jun 2025
Oratrics Launches ‘The Future Human Program to Equip Children with Real-World Skills for the 21st Century
Delhi, India – 6th June 2025 — Oratrics, The Personality School, an emerging global platform in youth personality development, has announced the official launch of its flagship initiative, The Future Human Program™. Aimed at children aged 6 to 18, the program is designed to provide a comprehensive set of life and leadership skills that go beyond conventional academic learning.
The Future Human Program™ addresses a growing need in education today, preparing children not just for exams but for the demands of a dynamic, digital, and interconnected world. While most traditional education systems continue to focus on rote learning and curriculum-based evaluation, this program shifts the focus to communication, confidence, and critical thinking.
At the heart of the program is a curated learning ecosystem that covers key skills such as public speaking, creative writing, emotional intelligence, leadership, cybersecurity, financial literacy, artificial intelligence, and modern content creation formats such as podcasting, vlogging, and entrepreneurship. These diverse modules are brought together in a unified structure to ensure consistent progress and real-world readiness.
Oratrics’ Future Human Program is a human operating system upgrade that combines live mentor-led classes with personalised AI feedback, gamified challenges, and interactive peer engagement. The platform has been developed to offer a more holistic and practical approach to learning, blending traditional oratory methods with contemporary digital tools.
Speaking on the launch, Samad Shoeb, CO-Founder & CEO of Oratrics, shared that the program was created in response to a simple but powerful question: “What should children be learning today to thrive tomorrow?” With this initiative, the company aims to bridge the gap between education and application, offering an affordable and accessible way for families across geographies to access future-ready learning.
To mark the launch, Oratrics will host a global student showcase, featuring a range of activities including speeches, debates, and innovation challenges. The event aims to demonstrate the kind of transformation the program hopes to bring about in young learners.
Oratrics operates in more than 15 countries and continues to expand its digital footprint across the US, UK, Canada, India, UAE, and other education-forward regions. The company is committed to building a generation of young individuals who are not just academically strong but also equipped with the skills and mindset needed to navigate real-world challenges with confidence.
6, Jun 2025
Nissan Motor India Champions Sustainability on World Environment Day
Bengaluru, 06 June 2025: Reiterating its commitment to sustainability, Nissan Motor India has announced a series of green initiatives to mark World Environment Day. The dealers have installed grid-based solar electricity generation systems at seven of its dealerships across the country — Acuity Nissan (Baroda), Aarav Nissan (Mehsana), EVM Nissan (3 dealerships in Kerala), Dada Nissan (Jalandhar), and Roshan Nissan (Jaipur).
These installations power 100% of the workshop and showroom operations with excess energy redirected to the power grid for later use. This initiative reduces dependency on conventional energy sources and exemplifies Nissan’s move towards cleaner dealership operations.
Saurabh Vatsa, Managing Director, Nissan Motor India, said, “At Nissan, we are committed to sustainability and our global environmental philosophy goes beyond short-term goals. It’s a long-term dedication to a cleaner, safer, and more inclusive future. We are focused on reducing environmental impact and minimizing resource consumption. Every step we take is guided by our vision to drive sustainable mobility and protect the world for future generations.”
Nissan will also conduct a tree-sapling plantation activity at all dealerships and workshops nationwide on 5th June. Customers will be invited over to plant a sapling each. Those saplings will be tagged with the customer’s name and vehicle number, symbolising their personal contribution to a greener tomorrow. Participants will also receive a “Green Service Certificate” and seed packets to encourage more tree planting beyond the dealership premises. Additionally, Nissan has also reduced packaging plastic usage by 15%, reinforcing its broader commitment to responsible environmental practices.
Recently, Nissan Motor India introduced a government-approved CNG retrofitment kit for the New Nissan Magnite at an additional cost of INR 74,999/-. Designed for sustainability-aware and environment-conscious customers, the CNG kit offers a cleaner alternative to conventional fuels, delivering enhanced fuel efficiency without compromising on performance. In the first phase of the rollout, the retrofitment kit is available across seven states, including Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, and Karnataka.
Nissan Motor India continued consistent and sustainable growth in India with a consolidated sale of 99,000+ units for FY2024-25, delivering best single year performance for in the last seven years. The year was marked by the continued success of the New Nissan Magnite, which remains a key pillar for Nissan’s domestic business, selling 28,000+ units annually, and expanding export operations from 20 markets to 65+ international markets, resulting in an unprecedented export sale of 71,000+ units, making India an export hub.
6, Jun 2025
Adidas and Real Madrid Celebrate Home and History with 2025/26 Home Jersey
New Delhi, June 6th, 2025 – Today, adidas and Real Madrid proudly present the Home Jersey for the 2025/26 season, designed to celebrate the history of the Bernabéu Stadium and the DNA of the most successful club. Keeping its original location, the Bernabéu Stadium has evolved to become a city landmark and the cradle of football for Real Madrid fans. Shapes and colours from the former and current Bernabéu Stadium link the past to the future in this clean, elegant and modern kit where subtlety is reflected through the metallic details and textures of the jersey. A hallmark of the Real Madrid crest sees the club identity is present on the yellow bold piping coming from the colour of the crest, linking to the shared identity of the club that spans eras.
Finishing off the jersey design is a clean-cut crew-neck colour that lends the silhouette a modern, athletic look, with bespoke ribbing on the cuffs completing an overall aesthetic fitting of the Real Madrid legacy. The jersey will be paired with white shorts and white socks, both finished with dark grey trim, for a regal head-to-toe look.
Crafted for performance and to help provide world-class players with the confidence to play under pressure, the lightweight jersey features the latest in adidas technology. The on-field version of the jersey is constructed using advanced materials to maximize air flow to keep players feeling cool, while the fan version uses sweat-wicking and absorbent materials to keep the body feeling dry.
6, Jun 2025
Essar Leaders Applaud RBI’s Bold 50 bps Rate Cut as Catalyst for Growth, Investment, and Energy Security
By-Mr. Srinivasan Vaidyanathan, Operating Partner, Essar Capital
“The RBI’s front-loaded 50 basis points rate cut, is a decisive decision amidst internal and external disturbances. It should give confidence besides catalysing growth. The shift to a neutral stance, is indicative of supporting initiatives and measure to engender economic growth while maintaining price stability. With borrowing costs easing, demand is expected to rise, boosting consumption and lifting market sentiment. Together, these dynamics provide a solid runway for India’s GDP growth to accelerate.”
By-Mr. Dhanpat Nahata, Managing Partner, Essar Capital
“Amid ongoing geopolitical tensions and softened FPI inflows, India Inc was looking for clear direction and prioritisation—and the RBI’s monetary stance has delivered just that. The 50 bps cut signals a strong push toward boosting capital investments, supporting domestic expansion, and reinforcing policy support for infrastructure, industry, and macroeconomic stability. It reflects a decisive step toward sustaining India’s growth momentum in a complex global environment.”
By-Mr. Pankaj Kalra, CEO, Essar Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Ltd
“The RBI’s bold rate cut is a clear signal to industry — accelerate. With inflation anchored and liquidity improving, this pivot supports long-gestation investments across energy value chains. For upstream and transition-fuel players, it opens up room to scale exploration, enhance output, and back India’s energy security goals with confidence.”
6, Jun 2025
SBI Chairman CS Setty Calls RBI’s 50 bps Rate Cut and CRR Move Bold and Timely, Says Policy Boosts Banking and Economic Growth
By-Mr. CS Setty, Chairman at SBI & Chairman at IBA
“A 50-bps policy rate cut, a staggered 100 bps CRR cut and change of stance to neutral, RBI today’s monetary policy communication was action packed – innovative, out of the box and an unanticipated surprise. The MPC has broadly addressed any concerns on slowdown in growth on account of global uncertainties and fully capitalized on the softening domestic inflation to deliver a frontloaded rate cut, staggered durable liquidity injection yet conserving the space for future action.
The policy is definitely positive for all sectors of the economy, particularly for banking and finance. In particular lower cost of borrowing will act as a counterbalance to any uncertainty.”
6, Jun 2025
Epilepsy- The psychological implications on patients
By-Dr. Sowmya. M, Senior Consultant – Neurology, Aster RV Hospital
In a developing comity like India. Where there still existing misconceptions about epilepsy due to which patients and their family member are discriminated against. Often patients do not have access to adequate treatment due to have which they may uncontrolled seizures due to which they may not be able to Lead a normal life like school, participate in physical activities like sports, drama and dance etc. They may face isolation form others students; peers may be looked down upon may also be bullied. When seizures are uncontrolled families may even hostile to make travel plans involving them. Parents or Guardians often attempt to hide their condition from the society fearing unacceptance especially in families where they fear it may harm their marriage prospects and even withdraw medications around the marriage time fearing unacceptance. Hence Please often end up feeling guilty that there is same thing wrong with them. These kinds of false beliefs the deprive epilepsy patients in being able to be on props, medications and achieve seize control and being able to lead normal life.
Does it affect their memory thinking ability and learning ability?
Yes, every time that a person has seizures there is some damage or loss of nervous and with every recurrent uncontrolled seizure the loss & damage to neurons has a cumulative effect giving rise to impairment of cognitive abilities. Many Persons with uncontrolled severe seizure may also having severe falls leading to head injuries which of recurrent may add to cognitive impairment.
How does it affect their social life and occupation?
Patients with epilepsy with uncontrolled seizures may have restrictions in their daily life like in case of children as playing with other children may fear that it’s a transmissible disease which is that it’s a transmissible disease which is a misconception. Also, Parents may fear a risk of injury and restrict play activities in children often end up being isolated and deprived of pursing their interests like sports, arts, performance. Patients with epilepsy may have limited occupational opportunities in every field. Ranging from Occupations requiring manual labor to blue color jobs patients with epilepsy are discriminated against of seizures are uncontrolled it impairs their efficiency due to disruption of their work can instil fear in employees and other coworkers. These episodes, another factor in limiting occupational opportunities may be the cognitive impairment in patients with uncontrolled seizures. Persons with epilepsy may be given less performance in various jobs considering them to be incapable or prove to frequent absence from work. Patients usually attempt to hide their condition from their employees
What are the common precautions to be taken by the affected person and their caregivers?
Firstly, to ensure that the patient has access to appropriate medical facility where a proper diagnosis and evaluation. The condition followed by appropriate treatment can be provided. The goal is to have a good seizures control and assure that the patient is able to continue medications and other treatment modalities. This is an arduous task considering the huge Indian population but with concentrated efforts from the government, private health sector and public awareness could be made possible Support to the persons suffering from epilepsy and their families must be provided to ensure that they have access to all facilities including education, equal job, opportunities and preventing discrimination and taboos on patients with epilepsy to ensure they lead as normal a life as everybody else which they rightly deserve.
6, Jun 2025
Epilepsy- The psychological implications on patients
By-Dr. Sowmya. M, Senior Consultant – Neurology, Aster RV Hospital
In a developing comity like India. Where there still existing misconceptions about epilepsy due to which patients and their family member are discriminated against. Often patients do not have access to adequate treatment due to have which they may uncontrolled seizures due to which they may not be able to Lead a normal life like school, participate in physical activities like sports, drama and dance etc. They may face isolation form others students; peers may be looked down upon may also be bullied. When seizures are uncontrolled families may even hostile to make travel plans involving them. Parents or Guardians often attempt to hide their condition from the society fearing unacceptance especially in families where they fear it may harm their marriage prospects and even withdraw medications around the marriage time fearing unacceptance. Hence Please often end up feeling guilty that there is same thing wrong with them. These kinds of false beliefs the deprive epilepsy patients in being able to be on props, medications and achieve seize control and being able to lead normal life.
Does it affect their memory thinking ability and learning ability?
Yes, every time that a person has seizures there is some damage or loss of nervous and with every recurrent uncontrolled seizure the loss & damage to neurons has a cumulative effect giving rise to impairment of cognitive abilities. Many Persons with uncontrolled severe seizure may also having severe falls leading to head injuries which of recurrent may add to cognitive impairment.
How does it affect their social life and occupation?
Patients with epilepsy with uncontrolled seizures may have restrictions in their daily life like in case of children as playing with other children may fear that it’s a transmissible disease which is that it’s a transmissible disease which is a misconception. Also, Parents may fear a risk of injury and restrict play activities in children often end up being isolated and deprived of pursing their interests like sports, arts, performance. Patients with epilepsy may have limited occupational opportunities in every field. Ranging from Occupations requiring manual labor to blue color jobs patients with epilepsy are discriminated against of seizures are uncontrolled it impairs their efficiency due to disruption of their work can instil fear in employees and other coworkers. These episodes, another factor in limiting occupational opportunities may be the cognitive impairment in patients with uncontrolled seizures. Persons with epilepsy may be given less performance in various jobs considering them to be incapable or prove to frequent absence from work. Patients usually attempt to hide their condition from their employees
What are the common precautions to be taken by the affected person and their caregivers?
Firstly, to ensure that the patient has access to appropriate medical facility where a proper diagnosis and evaluation. The condition followed by appropriate treatment can be provided. The goal is to have a good seizures control and assure that the patient is able to continue medications and other treatment modalities. This is an arduous task considering the huge Indian population but with concentrated efforts from the government, private health sector and public awareness could be made possible Support to the persons suffering from epilepsy and their families must be provided to ensure that they have access to all facilities including education, equal job, opportunities and preventing discrimination and taboos on patients with epilepsy to ensure they lead as normal a life as everybody else which they rightly deserve.
6, Jun 2025
Bajaj Finserv AMC’s Siddharth Chaudhary Hails RBI’s Bold 50 bps Cut and CRR Reduction as Timely Support for Economy Amid Global Uncertainties
By-Mr. Siddharth Chaudhary, Head- Fixed Income, Bajaj Finserv AMC
“The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) delivered surprises on three fronts. First, it implemented a 50-basis point rate cut, exceeding market expectations of a 25-basis point reduction. This move aims to support the economy amid rising trade uncertainties and easing inflationary pressures. Second, the MPC shifted its monetary policy stance from “accommodative” to “neutral”, with the Governor emphasizing that future actions will be guided by incoming data. Third, a 100 bps CRR cut.
Prior to the policy announcement, we had highlighted a strong likelihood of a 50-basis point cut, noting that any further easing would depend on a significant deterioration in global growth and trade conditions. With today’s decision, short- to medium-term bonds are expected to perform well, supported by a substantial liquidity surplus following a 100-basis point cut in the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR). Core liquidity surplus is now projected to be around INR 8 trillion. However, as market expectations approach the terminal rate, profit booking is evident in longer-term bonds.
It is also worth noting that the pre-policy real interest rate of 2% was relatively high, especially in the context of heightened global uncertainties. Given the domestic growth-inflation dynamics, a more accommodative stance was justified to sustain economic momentum. With the FY26 inflation forecast revised downward to 3.7% from 4%, the real interest rate now stands at 1.8%, which remains elevated. Going forward, further rate cuts will only be feasible if inflation projections decline further in upcoming policy reviews.”
