Author: Rahul Mehra
News Editor

New Delhi: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, a Maharatna oil company, announced on Thursday that it had entered the petrochemical industry through polymer marketing with the launch of the polymer brand — HP Durapol.  In the presence of Managing Director and HPCL Chairman Push Kumar Joshi, along with other senior officials from the ministry Pankaj Jain, the Secretary for Petroleum and Natural Gas introduced the HPCL’s first polymer brand. They inaugurated the logo, brand, product brochure and package for the polymer products.   According to the ministry of petroleum and natural gas statement, “HP Durapol would cover various grades of high-density polyethene, linear low-density…

Innovators established Strategic Manufacturing Partnerships with industry leaders EVangelise’22 is India’s largest EV innovation challenge with 1160 entries from 23 states & UTs 12 Winners and promising innovators receive INR 63 lakh in cash prizes 6 consolation prizes awarded to each category for TRL>4 and TRL<4 Top 3 winners with TRL>4 will receive INR 50 lakh cash each as incubation support to take their ideas to market Ahmedabad: iCreate (International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology), India’s leading innovation-based startup incubator, yesterday announced the winners of the Evangelize ’22, the second edition of India’s largest EV innovation challenge. Upon technical evaluation, market…

CEO Hari Menon sketches eCommerce expansion, getting 1mg on its app. The 4th round funding by Tata will take BigBasket’s valuation to USD 3.2 Bn.

Bangalore: Zoomcar, the leading marketplace for car sharing in emerging markets, today announced the appointment of Delly Nugraha as their Country Head for Indonesia. Indonesia is expected to be the second-largest market for Zoomcar after India. In his new role, Delly will be responsible for all aspects of Growth, Operations and to build the company’s best achievement in Indonesia.  Prior to joining Zoomcar, Delly spent years working in various roles in tech companies’ operations in Indonesia, such as Qraved, Gojek, Carsome, and Air Asia Super App. He has worked in Indonesia’s sales, operations, marketing, and general management functions. While he is…

New Delhi: Medanta announced on Monday (December 19) that it had appointed the former Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Randeep Guleria, as the Chairman of the Institute of Internal Medicine and Respiratory & Sleep Medicine and Director – of Medical Education. Dr Naresh Trehan, Medanta Chairman and Managing Director, welcomed Randeep to the Medanta family and stated, “The appointment of a senior and experienced doctor like Dr Randeep Guleria reflects Medanta’s commitment to always offering the highest standard of clinical care by our team of highly accomplished and veteran clinical faculty.” During the pandemic, he became…

Gurugram: Shipsy, a leading SaaS-based logistics management provider, has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 December Gartner Market Guide for Last-Mile Delivery Technology Solutions.  “The aspirations of many organizations to provide an Amazon-like experience combined with the continued evolution of unified commerce operations is driving many organizations to enhance their last-mile capabilities. These delivery capabilities were often not supported with the right technology solutions, resulting in inefficient processes and a less-than-optimal customer experience. Software vendors in the last-mile delivery market are responding to these business drivers by adding new and enhancing existing capabilities to their products, filling the…

Bengaluru: MoneyyApp, a Fintech platform empowering small businesses, digital native solopreneurs and creators in India, has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-seed round from AngelList Early Stage Quant Fund.  MoneyApp would use the funds to expand its operations, increase product development and create awareness around the app to get more creators and solopreneurs into its network.   The startup raised an angel round in June with the support of GSF Founder Rajesh Sawhney, IndiaMart founder Dinesh Agarwal, Nazara Technologies’ founder Nitesh Mittersain, BharatMatrimony founder Murugavel, along with Roshan Abbas and Gaurav Kapur, Arvinder Singh Gujral ex Twitter APAC Head also participated.…

New Delhi: Seven Spring, a fast-growing premium tea brand in India, has recently entered a corporate tie-up with a leading hotel chain, Accor Hotels, to supply its premium range of teas to more than 21 brand hotels across the country. The brand has introduced India’s first 100% compostable and eco-friendly packaging of sachet covers for tea bags. With this, Seven Spring is the only company to offer 100% paper packaging sachets with Zero plastic and aluminium foils. Under Seven Spring’s partnership with Accor, the brand will supply its entire range of teas in this new and innovative packaging to spread awareness about the importance of…

New Delhi: On the occasion of the 9th World Ayurveda Congress & Arogya Expo organized by the World Ayurveda Foundation and supported by the Ministry of Ayush, GoI, at Goa, LYEF Wellness launched a Comprehensive Wellness Platform, www.lyef.in and a Mobile Health Application. The wellness platform will provide Ayurveda solutions for holistic health for the Body, Mind, and Spirit.  The app, available on Apple App Store and Android Play Store, will harness the power of health insights from the Ayurveda experts who are empanelled with LYEF Wellness. The platform provides end-to-end solutions for well-being guidance, services, and self-checks. This includes services of Ayurveda…

Pune: Renowned finance veteran and former Managing Director of Citi Group Madan Kore has joined the advisory board of Repos. With over 2000 partners and operations in 220+ cities across the country, Repos is a pioneer of the Doorstep Fuel Delivery industry in India.  Kore brings over 40 years of deep experience to Tata-backed start-up Repos. He will advise the company on strategic direction, and economic expansion matters and counsel founders Chetan & Aditi Walunj and co-founder Aparajit Subramanian as they create an ecosystem that facilitates the delivery of all energy to the doorstep of end consumers with the help of…