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Okaya wins prestigious crown of “India’s Most Desired Brand-2020” in Inverter Batteries category in TRA research report. Okaya Power Pvt Ltd, a multi-billion battery and power back up products company has won the prestigious crown of “India’s most desired brand-2020” in recently released Brand Trust Report- 2020 by brand analytics firm TRA Research. Okaya topped the TRA research ranking amongst the three foremost players in the industry in all India listings of this report. TRA, which is a Brand Intelligence and Data Insights major dedicated to understand and analyze stakeholder behaviour through globally acclaimed, proprietary matrices of Brand Trust and Brand Attractiveness, bestowed the esteemed recognition upon Okaya in the Inverter Batteries category. Undoubtedly, this achievement is another feather in Okaya’s cap in view of its absolute commitment towards offering customized Energy Storage Solutions to promote solar power, electric vehicles, and their applications in In...

The efforts of Ramagya Sports Academy and ShootX Shooting Academy have made the institution proud on global platform as recently their meritorious shooter Shivam Thakur won Gold medal individually and Bronze medal with team at the International Shooting Championship 2020 , held in Malaysia. For this stupendous achievement, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju congratulated Thakur and announced he will be honoured with the Khel Gaurav Award and Student Ratan Award. In this way Ramagya ShootX Academy has made country proud on international platform. Utkarsh Gupta, Managing Director, Ramagya Group said, “I congratulate the coach Mr. Nitin Chaudhary and all the amazing shooters at the academy for bringing glory and pride to the nation . We provide best and safe indoor shooting experience to the budding shooters with all the world-class shooting equipment and facilities. At Ramagya, we give equal importance to sports and academics as we believe good h...

Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM), a part of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited, has chosen Wienerberger’s   Aspect Clay Facade for cladding its premises. It’s a major milestone achieved by Wienerberger as it’s a huge order. Responsible for Power distribution in eight districts of Karnataka- Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapura, Kolar, Devanagere, Tumkur, Chitradurga and Ramanagara, BESCOM covers an area of 41,092 sq. km with a population of over 207 lakh. The BESCOM Head Quarters in K.R Circle Bengaluru has employee strength of over 14000 people. The company required a façade that was environment-friendly and sustainable, and that also offered extensive longevity. Aspect Clay Tiles fit the bill perfectly considering its sustainable and long-lasting nature. The head-office used 1,400 sq. mtr. of Aspect clay façade, which was designed by RC Architecture. Moreover, Wienerberger’s Aspect Clay Façade has been chosen for its properties of ...

Facilio Inc., the unified IoT, AI and ML enabled data-driven platform for Facilities Management, released a report titled ‘2020 State of CRE Operations 3.0’ which cites Tenants experience, Energy management and Data-driven operations as top priorities for commercial real estate owners in 2020. It also provides predictions on sustained interest in contemporary management models.  The report touches upon the current state of operations and the priorities of CRE owners across the US, Middle East and India markets, and highlights the growing demand for data-driven operations to drive operational efficiencies and optimization. Key findings of the report include the necessity of optimal asset management, as according to the study, 60% of maintenance cost is spent on hard services, which can be reduced by 20% by leveraging real-time IoT data for predictive maintenance. This will also ensure unified digital record of inventory, purchase history, renewals, besides ability to continuousl...

The efforts of Ramagya Sports Academy and ShootX Academy have made the institution proud on global platforms too as recently their meritorious shooter Shivam Thakur won one gold medal in single category and one silver medal in group category at Junior International Shooting Championship held in Malaysia. For this stupendous success Shivam was  honoured by the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju.  Ramagya School, Noida, one of the pioneering schools in India, has not only established itself as the country’s premier academic institution, but also as a sports talent hub. Recently four students of Ramagya School, Noida including Prateek Yadav of class XII C in the age group of 18 years, Vikash Basla in the age group of 20 years, Shardul Vikram Singh in the age group of 14 years and Sourav in the age group of 22 years from Ramagya Sports Academy qualified for Indian Shooting Team Squared Trial after participating in the All India 63rd National Shooting C...

RBI hits pause button, keeps rates unchanged due to inflation pressure 6 th February 2020: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) the apex bank of the country released the Sixth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for the current financial year. The monetary policy committee assessed the current macroeconomic situation and continued with accommodative stance and kept the Repo Rate unchanged due to inflation pressure. Considering that there is a direct link between repo rate and market rate of interest on home loan, one of the foremost real estate players in Delhi-NCR, KW Group shared its opinion on this step taken by the RBI. Pankaj Kumar Jain, Managing Director, KW Group said, “Considering the rising inflationary pressures and slowing GDP growth, the industry was expecting the RBI to cut repo rate by at least 25 basis points in this last monetary policy statement of the current financial year, but the apex bank chose to maintain status-quo second time in a row which is an utter...

IIFL HFL under its Expansion program has opened branches in rural areas of Gujarat and it has provided home loans to customers constructing residential property in Gram Panchayat area. IIFL Home Finance Ltd. (IIFL HFL), leading housing finance company has announced to have achieved deeper home loan penetration across rural areas in Gujarat. IIFL HFL, under its expansion program, has opened branches in rural areas of Gujarat and it has provided home loans to customers constructing residential property in Gram Panchayat areas. These customers are also eligible for interest subsidy under “Rural Housing Interest Subsidy Scheme (RHISS)” launched by the “Ministry of Rural Development” under “Housing for all by 2022”. Recently IIFL HFL has received subsidy on behalf of customers staying in 3 districts Palanpur, Himmatnagar and Visnagar in Gujarat. IIFL Home Finance limited is into funding in rural housing in 23 districts of Gujarat and covering more than 400 Gram Panchaya...