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Eveready Lighting illuminates the spiritual journey of devotees at Maha Kumbh Mela 2025

~ Illuminates the grandest spectacle Kumbh Mela 2025 with 13,000 Eveready LED lights including a combination of street lights and flood lights ~

~ Creates a brighter and safer experience for millions of devotees attending the gathering ~

Kumbh Mela, Everready

Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/DEmQF0zNp9e/

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In an endeavor to illuminate the spiritual experience for millions of devotees at the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, Eveready Lighting, the fastest-growing business category of Eveready Industries India Limited (EIIL), installed 13,000 cutting-edge LED lights, ensuring a vibrant, safe, and well-lit environment.

This monumental effort includes the deployment of 150W streetlights (Minimight II) and 250W floodlights (Performax PC), strategically placed across the expansive Kumbh grounds. This initiative not only highlights Eveready’s product capabilities but also reinforces its commitment to enhancing the safety, convenience, and overall experience of attendees.

Kumbh Mela 2025 lighting

Further strengthening its association with the Maha Kumbh Mela, Eveready Lighting has also implemented extensive branding initiatives throughout Prayagraj and the Kumbh Mela grounds by facilitating hoardings and pole branding in key areas, police booth branding, no parking boards and RWA society branding, and signage near changing rooms.

Speaking on the activation, Mohit Sharma, Senior Vice President & Business Unit Head – Lighting & Electricals, Eveready Industries, said, “The Maha Kumbh Mela is an unparalleled cultural phenomenon, drawing millions of people from all walks of life. At Eveready Lighting, we are honored to play a role in illuminating this grand spiritual journey. By ensuring a safe and well-lit environment, we aim to contribute to a truly transformative experience for all attendees and hope to integrate in meaningful ways to create lasting value.”

Kumbh Mela 2025 event

Recognizing the scale and significance of the Maha Kumbh Mela, Eveready Lighting’s efforts exemplify its deep-rooted mantra of making a difference. By seamlessly integrating advanced lighting solutions with the event’s cultural values, the brand reaffirms its dedication to empowering communities and fostering progress.

Furthermore, Eveready Lighting leveraged its social media platforms to create buzz around the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025.

As it lights the way for millions of pilgrims, Eveready continues to inspire a brighter and better India.

Finance

PIA’s ad over resuming Paris flight triggers row for evoking 9/11 memories

PIA's ad over resuming Paris flight triggers row for evoking 9/11 memories
PIA’s latest advertisement on Paris service resumption triggers row. Photo Courtesy: X page video grab

An advertisement for state-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), that evoked eerie memories of the 9/11 attacks in the USA, triggered a massive row, forcing PM Shehbaz Sharif to order an investigation, media reports said.

The advertisement in question was created to celebrate the resumption of flight service between Pakistan’s Islamabad city and French capital Paris.

The PIA shared the image on X which showed a flight heading towards the Eiffel Tower.

With the French flag in the backdrop, the image was shared with the caption: “Paris, we’re coming today.”

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar informed the Senate about the premier’s decision, reported The News International.

On 9th September 2001, shocking the world, two planes hijacked by al-Qaeda terrorists crashed into Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. 

The attack mastermind, Osama Bin Laden, was killed during a military operation in Pakistan’s Abbottabad city on May 2, 2011.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has lifted its ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from operating in the EU bloc in November last year.

EASA suspended PIA’s authorisation to operate in the EU in June 2020 over concerns about the ability of Pakistani authorities and its Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) to ensure compliance with international aviation standards.

Finance

Truly exhilarating: Indian Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat jumps from plane to observe World Skydiving Day

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat participates in Skydiving
Indian Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat participates in Skydiving. Photo Courtesy: Indian Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat X page

Indian Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat celebrated World Skydiving Day by participating in the thrilling sport himself on Saturday.

The Minister described his experience of performing the high-octane act as ‘ Truly exhilarating!’.

A video has now gone viral on social media where Shekhawat could be seen getting trained in the plane from his instructor before jumping from it.

The Minister wrote on X: “On the occasion of World Skydiving Day, had the pleasure of flagging off the new skydiving aircraft and taking a tandem skydive this morning at Skyhigh—India’s only civilian skydiving drop zone at Narnaul Airstrip, Haryana.”

“For new and adventurous Bharat, the skies too are no limit,” he said.

The first annual World Skydiving Day was celebrated on July 13, 2024.

It will repeat each year on the second Saturday in July.

The event is an initiative taken by four major skydiving associations – The US Parachute Association (USPA), the Australian Parachute Federation, British Skydiving and the Canadian Sport Parachuting Association.

Business

India’s oil & gas exploration sector offers $100 billion investment opportunity: Union Minister Puri

Vehicle owners mob petrol stations in J&K resulting in chaos & dry filling stations

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The exploration and production (E&P) segment of India’s oil and gas sector will throw up an investment opportunity of at least $100 billion by 2030, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday.

Addressing the ‘Urja Varta 2024’ at Bharat Mandapam here, he said, “Despite our progress much of our exploration and production potential still lies untapped within India’s 26 sedimentary basins. Despite the abundant geological resources available to us.”

“Our efforts in the past have been far short of what needs to be done in the E&P sector,” he added.

The minister also highlighted that, as of now, 10 per cent of the country’s sedimentary blocks are under exploration. Following the completion of the 10th Open Acreage Licensing Programme (OALP) round, 16 per cent would come under exploration, he added.

Petrol pumps in Rajasthan to remain shut from March 10-12 to protest high VAT

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The Union Minister said that the government was able to control oil prices due to neutral policies.

The minister also referred to the increased purchases of oil from Russia that have helped India to keep fuel prices under control.

“There was a global turmoil. We could have followed what the West was advising us to do and not sourced oil from a particular country and then oil prices would have shot up,” the minister said.

With inputs from IANS

 

Business

Finance Ministry notified the GSTR-1A form on July 10, these would be the benefits

New Delhi. There is an important news for traders across the country who file GST returns. The Finance Ministry has notified the GSTR-1A form, which will give taxpayers the option to amend the outward supply or sales return form.

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The GST Council last month recommended providing a new optional facility through the GSTR-1A form to allow taxpayers to amend details and/or declare additional details in the GSTR-1 form for a tax period.

However, GSTR-1A has to be filed before filing returns in GSTR-3B for this tax period. The Finance Ministry notified the GSTR-1A form on July 10. Rajat Mohan, Executive Director, business consultancy firm Moore Singhi, said that the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has significantly enhanced the GST compliance framework with the optional facility of GSTR-1A form.

These will be the benefits

He said, “By providing the facility of timely correction, Form GSTR-1A ensures that the correct tax liability is auto-populated in Form GSTR-3B, thereby reducing errors and leading to a streamlined compliance process.”

Abhishek Jain, Head of Indirect Tax and Partner, KPMG, said that the provision to allow correction in GSTR-1 is a welcome move. This will help businesses to prevent unwanted disputes (especially inadvertent errors) arising on regular matching between GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B.

Taxpayers with annual turnover up to Rs 5 crore can file GSTR-1 within the 13th day of the end of the quarter, while GSTR-3B is filed between the 22nd and 24th day of the next month. Let us tell you that the GST Council makes changes from time to time regarding the Goods and Services Tax in its meetings. In this, the interests of the customers as well as the traders are also kept in mind.

 

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Finance

Two Singaporean Indians jailed for scamming US victims out of a million dollars

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Two companies’ bank accounts used by the Singapore scammers received more than USD 583,000 and USD 480,000 from victims in the United States. Representative photo courtesy: Pixabay/Maklay62

Two Indian-origin Singaporean men were sentenced to jail for scamming victims in the United States through at least 50 companies. Two of these Singapore-registered companies received USD 1.063 million (SGD 1.43 million) of scam victims’ money into their bank accounts, and the money was then routed to bank accounts in China and the United Arab Emirates.

Ishan Sharma, 34, was sentenced to four weeks’ jail. He pleaded guilty to two charges under the Companies Act after instigating his friend Kandhiban Letchumanansamy, 36, into not exercising reasonable diligence when the latter was a director at both firms, The Straits Times reported.

Kandhiban was sentenced to a week’s jail. He pleaded guilty to one charge under the same Act after he failed to exercise any supervision over the companies’ affairs.

Court documents did not state how the offences came to light, according to the newsreport.

Stressing that Sharma was the “directing mind” behind these arrangements, Deputy Public Prosecutor Matthew Choo told the court that the offender earned SGD 12,000 in total for his offences linked to the two companies, which received more than USD 1 million from scam victims.

At the time of the offences between 2019 and 2020, Sharma was a chartered accountant.

In 2017, he found out that Kandhiban was unemployed and offered the older man a job at a firm called Karmic Circle, with a monthly salary of SGD 500. As part of the arrangement, Kandhiban had to be listed as a director of incorporated companies. He agreed to the deal.

DPP Choo said, “Kandhiban knew that he was meant to be a ‘silent director’ and would have nothing to do with the operations or activities of the companies.”

Due to his arrangement with Sharma on being a ‘silent director’, Kandhiban became the listed director of more than 50 companies between 2019 and 2020.

Sometime before June 2019, a man known as Aashish Nanda introduced Sharma to Indian national Rahul Batra, the court heard.

Nanda also told Sharma that Batra wanted to incorporate a company in Singapore.

Sharma then corresponded with Batra twice over the phone, before he proceeded with the incorporation of Quartz Resources.

“Ishan (Sharma) and Kandhiban only met Rahul (Batra) in person in June 2019 after the incorporation of Quartz Resources, where Rahul paid (Sharma) SGD 6,000 in cash for the services rendered and for the opening of Quartz Resources’ corporate accounts,” said the prosecutor.

Kandhiban then signed an agreement with Batra to be a nominee director of Quartz Resources. The agreement included a clause stating that Kandhiban should not be involved in the firm’s management and operations.

Quartz Resources was incorporated on June 7, 2019, and Sharma’s home was listed as its registered office address. Kandhiban and Batra were listed as its directors, while Sharma was listed as its secretary.

Later that month, three corporate bank accounts were opened under Quartz Resources’ name, with Batra as their sole signatory.

The DPP said that Kandhiban did not have access to the bank statements, did not request the statements, and did not review the transactions performed through the accounts.

Two of Quartz Resources’ bank accounts later received more than USD 583,000 from five scam victims.

Sharma and Kandhiban went on to commit similar offences linked to Kiora Worldwide, which was incorporated on November 3, 2019.

For this case, the court heard that some time before November 2019, Aashish Nanda introduced Sharma to another Indian national, identified as Suchit Wadhawan.

Sharma met Wadhawan in person only in November 2019, after the incorporation of Kiora Worldwide. The Indian national paid him SGD 6,000 in cash for items, including services rendered.

Kandhiban and Wadhawan were listed as the directors of Kiora Worldwide, while Sharma was listed as its secretary.

Two of Kiora Worldwide’s bank accounts later received nearly USD 480,000 from three scam victims.

The money received in the bank accounts belonging to Kiora Worldwide and Quartz Resources were remitted to accounts belonging to other companies in countries including China and the UAE. The scam proceeds were not recovered.

Technology

Unlocking Business Success: Ashmin Swain’s Pioneering Approach to Data Engineering

Ashmin Swain

Photo courtesy of Ashmin Swain

Today’s organizations are always seeking ways to gain a competitive edge and make informed decisions that drive growth and innovation. In this environment, data engineering plays a crucial role, using data to unlock valuable insights and drive business success.

Data engineer Ashmin Swain has emerged as one of the people making efforts to utilize their expertise to create inventive practices that improve how organizations approach decision-making, allowing them to keep up with the trend. Swain has an impressive track record spanning over a decade and brings a wealth of expertise to the field of data engineering.

Unlocking Insights through Resilient Data Architectures

Swain’s hands-on experience in architecting advanced solutions is rooted in his insights into how ingenious data engineering can transform business decisions.

“The key to unlocking the true potential of data lies in designing robust and scalable data architectures,” Swain explains. “Optimizing data ingestion processes and standardizing analytics reporting can enable organizations to make data-driven decisions confidently.”

His work demonstrates his ability to design data infrastructures that enable efficient analysis across diverse categories and geographies. Through pioneering techniques for streamlining data pipelines and building efficient data warehouses, Swain has helped organizations unlock valuable insights and drive business growth.

“Innovative data architectures lay the foundation for transformative business intelligence,” Swain adds. “When we can harness the power of data at scale, we open up new possibilities for deviation and competitive advantage.”

Swain extends his expertise beyond the technical aspects of data engineering. He is known for his ability to align data strategies with business objectives, ensuring that the insights generated from data are accurate and actionable. “Data engineering is not just about building pipelines; it’s about creating a bridge between raw data and business value,” Swain emphasizes.

Bridging the Gap between Data and Business Strategy

One key area where Swain’s thought leadership shines is his approach to maximizing data engineering to solve complex business problems. “Data engineering is turning that data into actionable intelligence,” Swain emphasizes. Partnering with business stakeholders and understanding their unique challenges can help us develop tailored solutions that align with overarching strategic goals.”

Swain recognizes that the true value of data lies not just in its collection and storage, but in the insights and permutations it can drive. He empowers organizations to harness the full potential of their data assets by facilitating self-service analytics and creating data products that serve analytical and operational use cases.

“When we democratize access to data and provide the right tools for analysis, we enable decision-makers at all levels to make informed and timely choices. This is where data engineering truly becomes a game-changer for businesses,” Swain explains.

Swain’s deep understanding of organizations’ challenges in the digital age is rooted in his methodology for bridging the gap between data and business strategy. He recognizes that data silos, inconsistent data quality, and lack of data literacy are common barriers to effective decision-making.

“We can unlock the full potential of data-driven decision-making by breaking down silos and empowering teams with the right skills and tools,” Swain suggests.

Shaping the Future of Data-Driven Decision Making

Swain sees immense potential in integrating advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI into data engineering practices. “The future of data engineering lies in taking advantage of groundbreaking technologies to navigate market shifts, identify emerging trends, and stay ahead of the competition,” Swain predicts. “We can unlock new frontiers in business decision-making by combining the power of data with the intelligence of AI.”

Swain’s forward-thinking vision makes him a guiding force in shaping the future of data-driven decision-making. Through his leadership and hands-on experience, Swain has demonstrated how data engineering can enable businesses to make faster, more informed decisions.

Swain’s innovative approaches have empowered organizations to stay ahead in today’s progressing digital age, ultimately driving growth, innovation, and competitive advantage.

Technology

Karnataka’s Min for IT/BT Kharge launches new scale-up programme for startups in California

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Priyank Kharge, Karnataka’s Minister for IT/BT, announced ‘Hypergrowth Global Karnataka’, a global late-stage scaling programme at London Tech Week, stated an official release on Wednesday. Minister Kharge made the announcement at the event in San Francisco, California, last evening.

“The Government of Karnataka is committed towards making Bengaluru the best place for founders to start and scale their businesses through conducive policies,” stated Dr Ekroop Kaur, Secretary, Department of Electronics Information Technology Biotechnology and Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka.

“We are thrilled to work with the Government of Karnataka to launch the Hypergrowth programme to move it rapidly to the top startup ecosystems in the world. With 13,000 start-ups and more than 40 unicorns, Bengaluru has shown tremendous growth as a startup ecosystem,” remarked JF Gauthier, Founder and CEO of Startup Genome.

“Entrepreneurs, policymakers, and community leaders in Karnataka are pushing the limits of possibilities – evident in the latest strides in both Life Sciences, Aerospace, Defence, Space Technology and Cleantech,” he stated.

AI

INTERNET

Hypergrowth Global Karnataka will focus on high-growth startups, recognising them as drivers of economic growth and competitiveness, and creators of sustainable jobs and societal well-being.

The programme addresses a significant support gap for fast-growing scale-ups, as most efforts traditionally concentrate on early-stage startups.

The initiative aims to propel the best Bengaluru-Karnataka-based tech companies into successful global commercialisation and expansion into international target markets.

This comes on the heels of the Bengaluru-Karnataka startup ecosystem being highlighted in the 2024 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER), which was also launched at the conference this week as an initiative between Startup Genome and the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission.

(With inputs from IANS)