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Awards \ India \ Manufacturing \ Power2SME \ TiE
Meet the Winners of Spirit of Manufacturing Awards
Power2SME, a buying club for SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in India, in collaboration with TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) honored the winners of the ‘Spirit of Manufacturing Awards’ 2014 at an event Friday. Madhav Lal (IAS), Secretary, Ministry of MSME, Government of India, was the chief guest for the event. The Winners: Excellence in Innovation [...]
BMW \ BMW ActiveHybrid 7 \ Gurgaon \ India
BMW ActiveHybrid 7 Launched in India
The all-new BMW ActiveHybrid 7 was launched Wednesday at Bird Automotive, the BMW dealership in Gurgaon. It integrates the combustion engine and energy-saving electric motor to increase the efficiency while delivering the driving dynamics, says the company. The BMW ActiveHybrid 7 is now available at BMW dealerships in Delhi NCR (National Capital Region), Mumbai and [...]
Beach \ Nanjing \ Olympic Games \ Volleyball \ Youth
Beach Volleyball Event to Promote Youth Olympic Games
To celebrate the 30-day countdown to the start of the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), a beach volleyball event was held in Taipei, Taiwan on July 19. Shen Yi-ting, deputy secretary general of Taipei Olympic Games and Hong Jia-wen, deputy director of New Taipei City Education Bureau attended the event. Taiwan volleyball teams were [...]
Apparel \ Exports \ India \ Myntra \ Online \ Proline \ Retailer \ WWE
Online Retailer Myntra to Sell WWE Apparel in India
Proline Exports, WWE’s apparel licensee for India, has tied up with India’s leading online retailer Myntra.com. The arrangement will see the entire range of Proline Exports’ WWE apparel for young adults featured on Myntra.com, making the apparel accessible to WWE’s fans across India. The range comprises 25 designs of T-shirts featuring WWE’s biggest stars like [...]
Korea \ Theme Park \ Twentieth Century Fox \ Village Roadshow
Twentieth Century Fox to Develop Theme Park in Korea
Governor Hong Joon-pyo, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, Jeffrey Godsick, president of Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products, and Tim Fisher, CEO of Village Roadshow Theme Parks, announced today the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreements to plan for Korea’s first international theme park and resort destination, Twentieth Century Fox World. The proposed park will be part of [...]
Amul \ Asian Games \ Commonwealth Games \ India \ Indian
Amul Sponsors Indian Teams to Commonwealth and Asian Games
India’s leading food products marketing organization Amul today announced its sponsorship of the Indian contingents to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, Incheon, South Korea. Amul signed a MoU with the Indian Olympic Association. The MoU was signed by Rajeev Mehta, Secretary General, IOA and R S Sodhi, Managing Director, Gujarat Cooperative Milk [...]
BMW \ BMW X5 \ Chennai \ India
New BMW X5 Rolls Out of BMW Plant Chennai
The BMW Plant Chennai delivers the all-new BMW X5 today. Initial deliveries of the all-new BMW X5 in India will commence by June end. It was unvieled on May 29, 2014 in Pune. The BMW X5 xDrive30d is locally produced at BMW Plant Chennai in diesel variant. Retired cricketer Sachin Tendulkar took part in the [...]
Biocon \ Germany \ India \ Kiel \ Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw \ Prize
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Awarded the Global Economy Prize
Ms. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, managing director of Biocon Ltd., a leading biopharmaceutical company, has been awarded the Kiel Institute’s ‘2014 Global Economy Prize’ for Business during the 100th anniversary celebrations of the Institute held in Kiel, Germany on Sunday, June 22. The Kiel Institute for the World Economy is an international center for research in global [...]
England \ India \ Mark Dharmai \ Mumbai \ Para-Badminton \ WWE
WWE Sponsors Mark Dharmai in Para-Badminton Event
Mark Dharmai, a 30 year old differently abled resident of Bandra, Mumbai is all set to represent India in the upcoming International Para-Badminton Championships starting 24th – 29th June 2014 in England. The International Para-Badminton Championships is one of the most important events in the BWF Para-Badminton calendar. Players will arrive in Leicestershire from as [...]
Children \ Education \ SOS \ SOS Children's Villages \ Vidya
Project Vidya to Support the Education of 800 Children
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) in partnership with SOS Children’s Villages India, today launched ‘Project Vidya’ to support the education of eight hundred children living in SOS Children’s Villages, across nine cities. ‘Project Vidya’ will offer children at the SOS Children’s Villages access to education, mentoring and additional support to facilitate improved academic performance. This initiative [...]
Intuit Hosts Vertical Tower Run in Bangalore
More than 650 participants conquered 31 floors to complete a vertical tower run in Bangalore, India. Called Skyscraper Dash, it was hosted by Intuit Inc., a business and financial management solutions company. The runners braved 850 stairs on the Brigade Gateway Campus’s World Trade Center in an event modeled after tower runs in other parts [...]
Airports \ India \ Indian \ IndiGo Airlines
IndiGo Airlines Introduced Stair Lifts at Indian Airports
IndiGo Airlines has introduced stair lifts for passengers suffering from reduced mobility at the Indian airports which do not have ramp facility. This announcement made today aims to benefit the elderly, sick and the injured air passengers. The technology and equipment for this facility was supplied by Vin Grace, an Indian company specializing in equipment [...]
