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Rashmika Mandanna Sandalwood has been an integral part of bathing rituals across various cultures globally. The refreshing and relaxing scent of sandalwood is known to enhance positivity. ITC’s Fiama, amongst the leading personal wash brands in India, continues to disrupt and innovate in the wash segment, with the recent launch of the unique Fiama Sandalwood Oil and Patchouli Gel Bar. ITC Fiama gives the sandal soap a modern twist. The traditional opaque sandal soap category will witness an innovative experience with sandal in a transparent Gel Bar format. In addition, Patchouli as an ingredient with sandalwood oil brings in a fresh olfactive sensorial experience while preserving the traditional aspects that make sandal soaps special – its fragrance! The unique amalgamation of sandalwood oil and patchouli evokes a warm, earthy and exotic sensory experience that blends harmoniously to create a captivating and alluring long lasting fragrance.  The Gel Bar’s fragrance enlivens, ener...

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) launched the highly anticipated All-New Vellfire, a luxurious self-charging strong hybrid electric masterpiece that redefines the essence of comfort, sophistication, and performance in the Indian automotive landscape. The All-New Vellfire offers excellent comfort and refined mobility, commanding force and dynamic prowess that elevates the driving experience to extraordinary heights. Crafted with seamlessly intuitive technology and thoughtful amenities, the vehicle embodies convenience and opulence in every journey. While the All-New Vellfire delivers a powerful performance, it also ensures low fuel consumption and carbon footprints. Vellfire being a strong hybrid electric vehicle (SHEV), studies have shown that SHEVs can run 40% of distance and 60% of time on electric or zero-emission mode with the engine off. Sharing his thoughts on Toyota’s All-New Vellfire Launch, Masakazu Yoshimura, MD and CEO of TKM said, "We are thrilled to present this maste...

Ar Manmohan Khanna, Chairman, Indian Institute of Architects, Chandigarh Chapter Chandigarh:  Architect Manmohan Khanna has been elected as the Chairman of the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA), Chandigarh Chapter, for the term 2023-25, in the recently concluded elections. He holds the distinction of being the Founder Chairman of this newly created Chapter, founded in the year 2015, and continued to head the unit till 2021. The installation ceremony programme was sponsored by JK Cement . Gopal Krishan, State Head, Sales and Marketing, JK Cement, and Amit Aggarwal, State Head, Technical, JK Cement and their team were present at the programme, who distributed the gifts also. Ar. Manmohan Khanna has also been the Founder Chairman of Chandigarh Centre of the Indian Institute of Interior Designers (IIID) for 4 years during 2015-19. The newly elected team of the Chandigarh Chapter of IIA comprises Ar. Rakesh Kumar Bansal (Vice-chairman). Ar.Ashok Juneja and Ar. Sayam Bahga (Join...

  Chandigarh:  There is some good news on the COVID front. India 's recovery rate of COVID 19 has gone up-to nearly 91 per cent, and the case fatality rate has further declined to just about 1.5 per cent. One of the reasons for this is the Modi government's lockdown & strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs') put in place to slow down the spread of COVID 19.  A famous Ayurvedic Acharya - Acharya Manish, who has founded the Ayurveda label 'Shuddhi Ayurveda' and has his corporate office at Zirakpur near Chandigarh, believes that apart from the well thought out Modi government restrictions, there is another major reason for India being in a much better position than other countries as far as COVID 19 is concerned.  Achaya Manish said, "The low death rate, high recovery rate, low intensity of cases, and no symptoms in a majority of cases has been made possible by the immunity-boosting done through the use of Ayurvedic formulations. Now that the second wav...

Ayaz Ismail Dallas based Music Producer, Singer, Composer and DJ Ayaz Ismail, along with his sister Awatif Ismail, an undergraduate student at The University of Texas at Dallas are coming up with an innovative platform for learning iThinkSmart. In conversation with Ayaz Ismail, here's his take on the project. What is iThinkSmart exactly? To just simplify and say - iThinkSmart is a Learning Center and Sound Design Studio. What is the idea behind iThinkSmart? iThinkSmart was a dream plan, the learning aspect of it came much later, as studio was the main attraction to the business. My sister Awatif and I implemented the thought of sharing our knowledge with society and thought to create a learning center.  This is a platform where we can teach creative studies. Most learning centers focus on one idea which is Math, English etc, but we have created something beyond that. In one platform you can get access to everything. Music lessons, animation, K-12 curriculum...

GAIL has been playing a significant role in “Energizing Possibilities” for a cleaner environment and sustainable living, considering “Environmental Responsibility” as one of the core elements of its vision statement.  GAIL ( India ) Limited has been creating awareness through its Hawa Badlo initiative and inducing behavioral changes to ensure a greener and cleaner tomorrow. Through the Hawa Badlo initiative, GAIL advocates against air pollution, problems caused due to air pollution and talks about the solutions for curbing it. It encourages sustainable and environment friendly lifestyle habits such as planting trees, cycling - walking, carpooling, using public transport, conserving energy and using cleaner energy sources like Natural Gas for industries, CNG for automobiles and PNG for commercial uses. To reinforce GAIL’s commitment towards Environmental responsibilities on World Environment Day, GAIL employees from all over India took a pledge for: • Enviro...

Around 15 students of Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) and New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM) have been regularly contributing technical blogs on the NASSCOM Community, thus gaining attention and appreciation of their faculty.  Dr Amit Nagpal , mentor of these budding management students has publicly applauded these students for their endeavour. Dr Amit, who is also the Co-Founder and National President of  Bloggers Alliance , writes in a LinkedIn post:   "You Made Me Proud  #Students Many of my students from  Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH)  and  New Delhi Institute Of Management  have written amazing blogs on  community.nasscom.in.  They have not only made me proud as a teacher but surprised me at times by surpassing my expectations. As MBA students they have created blogs and infographics whose quality is at par with a working professional. The range of topics include emer...

Uncountable personalities from the land of Punjab have contributed significantly from time to time glorifying the cultural values and heritage of Punjab like the son of this land, Steve Nijjar, who besides being an influential and brilliant Canadian actor, a senior football player and a coach as well as a topmost businessman. Talented Kulwant Singh Nijjar alias Steve Nijjar, a resident of the village Domeli in the princely city of Kapurthala, under the Doaba region of Punjab, migrated to Toronto, Canada at a tender age of 9 years. Nijjar, who belongs to an influential Zamindar family, was the first Indian youth who played a crucial role in giving a new lease of life and international dignity to football in Canada and due to this talent, he is today owning a professional football team there. Talking about his life, sports and film journey, he said that he stated playing football in 1987 with Toronto Blizzards in the Canadian Football League for a three-year span. He set up a...