NEWS INDIA

   Top 50 Teams of ‘Solve For Tomorrow’ Competition   ·          Solve for Tomorrow got over 18,000 registrations from youth across cities, towns and villages who are eager to turn their ideas into action     India – August , 2022 – Samsung India today announced top 50 teams in its Gen-Z education and innovation competition ‘Solve for Tomorrow’. The youth competition, which is running for the first time in India, has seen teams from across the country respond and submit ideas to help tackle problems that India faces in the areas of education, environment, healthcare and agriculture.   Solve for Tomorrow got over 18,000 registrations from youth across cities, towns and villages who are eager to turn their ideas into action. Ideas have come in from across the country, including small towns, showcasing the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit of Bharat.   The chosen 50 teams, with youth aged between 16-22, are now through to the next phase of ‘Solve for Tomorrow’, where

                                                                           Ajit Mohan, VP and MD (Facebook India) Meta At Meta’s annual Grow Your Business Summit the company also announced 24x7 chat support for all advertisers in India Today Meta hosted the second edition of the Grow Your Business Summit, its annual event dedicated to the growth agenda of small businesses in India, and announced new working capital support and enhanced service support features for all advertisers in the country. To address the evolving need for working capital, Meta has announced a new financial support feature to ease cash flow for small businesses in India - No Cost EMI .  India is the first country within Meta where No Cost EMI has been launched.  This feature will allow advertisers to pay Meta for their advertising campaigns in easy, equated monthly installments over 3 months through participating banks at no additional cost of interest to them. Meta will bear the applicable interest payabl

  Browse through a wide range of season’s essentials and avail up to 70% off on home & kitchen appliances, home décor and furniture, garden essentials, sports, and fitness equipment and much more   National, August, 2022: Get season’s essentials under one roof   with  ‘Home Shopping Spree’ on Amazon.in. Customers can avail a host of exciting offers and deals on home essentials including home & kitchen appliances ranging from water purifier to geysers, pest control products, cookware & dining, furniture, home improvement, sports & automobile equipment and much more till 22 nd August 2022.   During the ‘Home Shopping Spree’ on Amazon.in, customers can also get an additional 10% instant discount on Federal & IDBI card & EMI. In addition, they can collect coupons here and get 10% cashback up to INR 250 on purchase of INR 1500 & above. Along with this, customers get to save on some of the best brands such as Eureka Forbes Wipro, Pigeon, Livguar

   Digital Payments in India   August, 2022: Mastercard today announced that Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, will come on board as brand ambassadors in India. As winners of the prestigious Thomas Cup 2022 and Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, the new ambassadors will partner with Mastercard to spread awareness about the safety, security, and convenience of digital payments in India. This partnership is in line with the efforts of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Prime Minister Modi’s vision of Digital India.   Over the years, India has seen an increasingly diverse sports landscape, and Mastercard’s foray into badminton runs alongside the evolution of India’s sporting industry. Earlier this year, Mastercard signed on Shiv Kapur to enhance its leading panel of golfers, which also includes Anirban Lahiri as brand ambassador.Globally, Mastercard is deeply invested in sports from tennis to cricket to soccer to e-sports,with badminton no

  Marked by unique design elements, this Special Bucket is available from 11 th To 17 th August; grab yours now!   National, 14 th August 2022 : If you thought the extended weekends and additional holidays was the best thing to happen to you this month, well, there’s more! Presenting for the first time in India, a limited-edition KFC Special 15 Bucket - a celebratory Bucket marked by an unique vibrant design. The exquisite Bucket celebrates the brand’s presence across 150 cities in the country and is curated from designs by budding artists in the country. The iconic KFC Bucket turned canvas for these artists as they d rew inspiration from the art, architecture and cultural elements of different cities. This Bucket is available from 11 th to 17 th August across KFC restaurants. And the celebrations get crispier as the Bucket is full of your KFC favourities: Hot & Crispy chicken, Chicken Strips, Hot Wings , tantalizing dips and cool Pepsi. This limited-edition Bucket ha

    Over 100k devices have been deployed across 8 cities in India  -        Smart Speaker provides payment notifications in 11 Indian languages   India, 2022: PhonePe, India’s leading fintech platform announced the launch of its Smart Speaker for reliable and convenient payment tracking at stores. The Smart Speaker has currently been launched in 8 cities, and over 100k devices are already being used by PhonePe merchant partners.   The PhonePe Smart Speaker provides payment notifications in 11 Indian languages, comes with up to 4 days of battery life, doorstep installation at just Rs.50 as an initial set-up cost and a low monthly rental of Rs. 50/month. As part of the launch offer, both the initial set up and the monthly rental is available at just Re.1, provided the merchant does more than 25 transactions per month. The device also comes with lifetime free replacement against any manufacturing defects.   Speaking on the launch Vivek Lohcheb, Head of Offline Business at Ph

        Dr. TM Roh, President and Head of Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics The Most Versatile Devices, Changing the Way We Interact with Smartphones -           Samsung pushes the boundaries of smartphone versatility with its fourth-generation foldables, providing enhanced productivity, customization capabilities, and FlexCam experiences     National – 2022 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the next generation of groundbreaking foldable smartphones: Galaxy Z Flip4 and Galaxy Z Fold4. “The next foldable devices offer unparalleled mobile experiences that meet the needs of our most dynamic users,” said Dr. TM Roh, President and Head of Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics. “Through our unwavering focus and industry leadership, excitement for the foldables continues to grow. We’ve successfully transformed this category from a radical project to a mainstream device lineup enjoyed by millions worldwide.” The Galaxy Z Flip4 builds on the

   Free NEET & JEE Coaching and Scholarships to nearly 2,000 Underprivileged and Girl Students as part of ANTHE 2022 – its Flagship National Scholarship Exam   Initiative set to benefit students, especially girls, economically weaker families and families with one girl child or a single parent (mother) As per the project, all identified students will appear for Aakash BYJU’S National Talent Hunt Exam - 2022 (ANTHE 2022), the institute’s flagship scholarship exam, scheduled to be held between November 5 -   13, 2022 across the country both in online and offline mode. The scholarships from Education for All initiative are in addition to the regular ANTHE scholarships. As in the past, ANTHE 2022, the 13th edition, will offer upto 100% scholarships to meritorious students as well as cash prizes to top performers. ·          Besides the scholarships, 5 students will also win a free trip to NASA along with a parent. ·     

  Celebrate the glorious 75 th Year of Independence with Amazon.in’s ‘Great Freedom Festival’ from 6 th -10 th Aug, 2022   ·        Top deals by sellers across Smartphones, Electronics, Fashion & Beauty essentials, Groceries, Home & Kitchen, Large Appliances, TVs, Daily Essentials and more from Amazon.in’s Great Freedom Festival   from 6 th to 10 th August, 2022 ·            Prime members get 24 hours early access starting from 12:00 AM on August 05, 2022 ·          Up to 40% off on Mobile phones & accessories, , up to 80% off on Amazon Fashion, up to 50% off on TV & appliances, up to 60% off on daily essentials, up to 70% off books, toys, small & medium business,   up to 60% off on Baby & Pet Products, up to 45% off on Echo, Fire TV and Kindle devices, and up to 70% off on Home & kitchen ·          Customers can enjoy deals under INR 999 at the specially curated Budget Bazaar ·          Learn about the top trends from your favorite influence