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Platforms to check out for some great travel options for a budgeted trip

Jun 1, 2022 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments

Travelling is something which relaxes the mind and body. It gives us a way to explore the world, meet new people, look at the mesmerising sites and release stress. While everyone might want to pack their bags and just leave for a trip right away, one thing that makes us take our steps back is money. While planning a trip, one has to set a budget and abide by it. Not for every trip, one can afford to spend thousands. Therefore, it is important to learn the art of managing a budget while enjoying your trip to the fullest.

To make it adventurous and budget friendly one can look to rent a bike or get a self-drive car or take a bus for short journeys, consider alternative routes, hostels or budgeted hotels to manage the expenses.

Avis India:

Avis India – India’s leading car hire, leasing, and fleet management provider, Avis India, is a Joint Venture between Avis Budget Group, Inc. and The Oberoi Group. Avis India has a fleet of more than 8000 premium cars across the country, with a network extending across 50 conveniently located stations in 20 cities and have been recognized as the industry leaders in business innovation. As India’s leading car rental service provider, Avis has been present across the globe for over 16 years. Its fleet consists of more than 2500 premium cars across India. Avis India has launched various services across multiple formats – including chauffeur drive, operating lease, self-drive and fleet management services – to fulfill the requirements of both corporate and retail customers across India.

Avis in India is present at Agra, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, New Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Noida, Pune, Rishikesh, Shimla, Udaipur, and Vadodara.

GoBikes

GoBikes is a bike rental platform which aims to fill the void in the transportation sector. The platform is designed primarily for daily commuters who rely on public transportation. It allows users to choose from a variety of bikes and scooters available at affordable prices and promises to deliver quality service.

GoBikes aims to solve the absence of last and first-mile connectivity that exists in most of the major cities in India. GoBikes provides the users with the experience of a personalized ride where the process of renting a bike/scooter is made easy and hassle-free.

GoBikes has built a technologically exclusive and user-friendly platform which it believes will revolutionise the future. GoBikes is a two-wheeler rental company headquartered in New Delhi, India. It is a Limited Liability Partnership(LLP) firm.

redBus:

redBus is the best online bus ticketing platform in the world. redBus currently operates in six countries (India, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Peru, and Colombia) and plans to expand its bus ticketing services to more nations. redBus, which has over 18 million customers globally, is a simple, fast, and secure way to book affordable bus tickets. This one-stop bus booking platform enables users to purchase tickets on the move and offers simple payment options, making their travel less taxing and inconvenient. The redbus smartphone app assists users in getting where they need to go by directing them to the best seats, boarding station, and other locations. With simple booking options, popular payment options, and the ability to conduct secure transactions, redBus makes it simple for travellers to get to their destination.

Zostel:

Zostel, being a team of highly motivated professionals from top B-schools and T-schools of the country came together to change the status quo in this stale market sector and to create a fresh, new market segment of backpacker hostels in India. The core theme of all the Zostels has been to provide a safe, hygienic, centrally located and affordable accommodation wherein travelers can come together and share their stories while having a good time. Zostel also promotes micro entrepreneurship as almost all the Zostels are run by handpicked, motivated local entrepreneurs on a franchise model.

Since early 2017, in addition to providing social accommodation, Zostel has come up with a new segment – Zostel Escape – wherein we try to provide local, authentic experiences to the guests. These experiences are again handpicked and conducted by the local people and are intended to take the guests beyond the obvious and touristy destinations and experiences. With time, Zostel Escape will be rolled out across all Zostels.

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Le Rythme launched Rini Mukherjee Free Skill Development Training Programme for Girl Child & women

Jun 1, 2022 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments

New Delhi, :With the intention to support the society and fulfill its mission, Le Rythme launches Free Skill Development Training Programme in the name and memory of its founder, the renowned singer, Late Smt Rini Mukherjee. The programme has been supported by Petronet LNG Limited. Under this programme, 25 Girls/ Women will be trained at free of costs in the domain of Hindi & English Languages, Music & Dances, Beauticians, Confidence building to empower the women which will support them to live their livelihood by different means. Thanking Petronet LNG and its governing body especially Sh Subir Purakayastha, the Co-founder of Le Rythme Rajib Mukhapadhyay said, Le Rythme Stands with the clarion call by Hon’ble Prime Minister on Skill Development and with its limited resources, will constantly strive to support the marginalized sections of the society. Le Rythme will also support to find the jobs and will also absorb few candidates.

Rini Mukherjee Free Skill Development Training Programme for Girl Child & women was launched by renowned Indian Actress and activists Smt Sreelekha Mitra who has just won the best actress awards in Indian Film Festival at Newyork. Well Known Social Reformers, activists and writer Ms Tasleema Nasrin also joined on the launching ceremony. Former Director General of ICCR and High Commissioner of United Kingdom, Sh Shiv Shankar Mukherjee also joined to represent Le Rythme. Sh Dipanjan Bandopadhyay represented on behalf of Petronet LNG Limited. SDMC Chairman and BJP Municipal councilor Subhash Badana was also present on this occasion. Co-founder of Le Rythme Rajib Mukhapadhyay could welcome the guests on this occasion. Programme was conducted by Mridu Tripathi

Speaking as the chief guest, on the launching ceremony of free skill development program for children and women by Le Rythme, eminent Indian film actress Smt Sreelekha Mitra said that Rini Mukherjee was a wonderful artist as well as a wonderful human being. She always thought for those marginalia segments of girls and women who, despite being talented, could not progress in the field of livelihood due to financial trouble, “ I stand with such noble initiatives” Rini Mukherjee, through her Le Rythme Music School, always gave free training to such children and provided platforms to showcase the talents of marginalized sections of society. Le Rythme started this program in the name of Rini Mukherjee for underprivileged women and girls; this program is a true tribute to an artist like Rini Mukherjee.

Eminent writer and humanitarian social worker Taslima Nasreen was also present during the occasion and supported the movement to empower women through Skill Development Programmes.

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Zigly expands its paws in the country; adds two more experience Centers in the list

Jun 1, 2022 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments

Mumbai: India’s first tech-enabled omni-channel pet-care platform, ZIGLY announced its expansion by inaugurating two new experience centres as part of their omni -channel strategy to increase customer touch points and enhance pet parenting experience.

Mr. Pankaj Poddar, Group CEO, Zigly said, “The pet-care is one of the fastest growing market in India. With Zigly, we want to strengthen our commitment of delivering specially designed products and services to help pet families and new pet parents with their journey in every way. With our offerings, we intend to encourage pet lovers in the country with assurance of trust and emotions amongst our customers by providing skilled and affordable range of products and services.”

The two new experience centers were inaugurated in the capital city, New Delhi in parts of Punjabi Bagh and Janakpuri. The outlets are tactically located in well-developed vicinities with easy access to nearby commercial market to experience high footfall, while the Punjabi Bagh Experience centre is 1500sq ft. The Experience Centre in Jankpuri is spread across 2200 sq ft.

Speaking at the launch, Mr. Ambarish Sikarwar, Business Head, Zigly said, “Every pet has the right to healthy and happy life and every pet parent deserves moment of joy with their fur babies, Zigly aims to provide best of the experience to both “With increasing awareness on responsible pet parenting, Delhi still has limited options for quality product and services and is a huge market for Zigly. We see great potential which is reflected in the increasing enquiries about our experience & services in the past. The launch of another experiential centre is a step towards embarking on a strong growth trajectory for the brand while ensuring uncompromised experience and quality”

“We are passionate towards delivering the highest quality pet care experience ensuring connection and recognition amongst customers. The addition of another outlet will also help us counter existing demand effectively, reach new customers and bolster our share of the market,” he added.

A paradise for the furry friends, Zigly Experience Centre is all-things-pet. With the concept of under one roof, the brand takes care of health, nutrition, style and training essentials for your loved one. The retail and services platform offers widest range of Pet care products such as food, nutritional supplements, hygiene products, accessories, toys along with a specially designed clothing line – Beboji for dogs, cats, and other pets. There is also a dedicated section for pet services including grooming, spa, salon, consultation, pathology, vaccination and pet treatments. A fun play area has also been designed for the entertainment and relaxation of pets

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Modern English School, Guwahati organises a series of events on World No Tobacco Day

Jun 1, 2022 by Agency 0 Comments #Modern English School, #World No Tobacco Day

On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, Modern English School, Guwahati, Assam, organised a series of activities to educate and sensitise students on the health risks of consuming tobacco.

The school organised an interactive session for the students of Class 8 on the occasion under their “Lecture Series 2022- The Academic Learnathon for a better tomorrow”. The session was conducted by Dr. Shantanu Kumar Das, MBBS, MS Chief Coordinator Project – CHILD. It focused on educating students about the ill effects of consuming tobacco in any form and its impact on their bodies.

Students up to Class 5 created artwork on the theme of environment, while students from Class 6 onwards created posters and slogans on topics like quitting smoking, health is wealth and dangers of smoking.
The school also introduced a student board where they can put their thoughts in a creative way.

According to the fourth round of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS-4) released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), about one-fifth of the students between 13 to 15 years used any form of the tobacco product in their life. Due to various awareness initiatives taken by the government, there has been a 42% decline in tobacco use among this age group in the last decade.

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JITO Angel Network backs observability platform KloudMate in pre-seed round

Jun 1, 2022 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments

India, May 2022: JITO Angel Network (JAN), the only global community-based Angel network in India, has invested an undisclosed amount in observability platform KloudMate in a pre-seed funding round, keeping with its pledge to support the Indian start-up ecosystem at the very early stages of their development.

KloudMate, a deep tech platform founded by Amitava Saha, Pranab Buragohain and Bidyut Baruah, detects performance bottlenecks in serverless applications, identifies errors and helps developers fix issues in a matter of minutes, instead of hours.

Serial investors such as 2am VC, LetsVenture, KRS Jamwal (Tata Industries), Founder’s Room Capital, Quattro Ventures, Anoop Mathur (CORE Media Group), Jaydeep Deshpande (Google Cloud), Mayur Zanwar (TruScholar.io) and Yagnesh Sanghrajka (100X.VC) joined JAN in this funding round.

“Our commitment to back early-stage startups solving real problems has found a home once again as we invest in KloudMate. Kloudmate’s unique solution, vision of its founders and its overall business structure is what drew us to the startup,” said Pooja Mehta, CIO, JITO Angel Network. “We are as much confident of its success as a tech. solutions provider, as we are excited in starting this new journey with them.” 

Pranab Buragohain, Co-Founder, KloudMate said, “Serverless and Microservices architectures are rapidly growing technologies of the future. KloudMate (backed by 100X.VC), with its observability and machine learning capabilities, aims to solve some major challenges that these frameworks pose to developers. The company will use the funds to further develop the platform and rapidly scale it, over the next few months.” 

“JITO Angel Network was among the first to endorse and support our vision of KloudMate. Their decision making and funding process was lightning fast, and that was crucial for an early stage startup like us. We’re very excited to partner with them in this journey.” he added. 

JAN has been at the forefront of boosting the funding ecosystem for early stage innovative start-ups in the country. In FY22, the network invested around INR 47 crores in fresh as well as follow-on investments in as many as 28 start-up companies. The investments supported companies with strong products and services in different early stages of funding.

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jujhar Constructions & Travels Private Limited On a Growth Trajectory, Momentum to Continue

Jun 1, 2022 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments

India, June 2022: Jujhar Constructions & Travels Private Limited is the flagship of the Jujhar Group, offering car carrier logistics and luxury passenger travel services achieved a 36% increase in EBITDA for the fiscal year 2021-22. Breaking all previous records, the company’s revenue increased by 30 percent over the previous year. The company has been providing incomparable logistics services across Pan India.

According to recent reports, India’s logistics market was around 250 billion US dollars in 2021. It is now estimated to grow up to the level of 380 billion US dollars by 2025. Another report by the World Economic Forum analysis indicates that by 2025 the digital transformations in the logistics industry will be valued at $1.5 trillion. India’s logistics and supply chain firms simplify and eliminate most of the transportation problems for the industry. Logistics firms are responsible for organizing, managing, storing, and hauling from the producer to the consumer. It is a commercial method that allows for the cost-effective movement and storage of goods from producer to customer.

Commenting on this achievement, S. Gurdeep Singh CMD, Jujhar Group said “Being one of the largest car carrier service providers in India, our focus has been to provide appropriate solutions while maintaining utmost efficiency to our customers. We believe in combining responsiveness and competence for delivering excellence. Y-O-Y we replace 20 to 25 % of our vehicles to ensure that there is no compromise on safety and productivity. After seeing tremendous growth this year, we are looking at a CAPEX of around Rs. 180 million in the next financial year. Of this, about Rs 180 million will be spent on containers and trucks & buses.

“Recently we made an investment of Rs 174 million and bought 70 numbers new trucks from Tata Motors for fulfilling the growing demand of transport requirement of the logistics industry in the region and enhancing our delivery capabilities ”, he added.

Jujhar Logistics has one of the largest fleets of over 375 commercial vehicles for logistics services across PAN India, with over 25,000 km of route permits. JCTPL has state-of-the-art workshop and fabrication facilities in Gurgram and is one of the largest logistic providers, employing over 650 persons. With the latest logistics tracking and automated software, the company is also consistently rated at the top by reputed vehicle manufacturers like Maruti, Tata, Hyundai, Kia, Toyota, etc.