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Last date to apply to Graviton web3 accelerator: Jan 25, 2023
Hurry up and make your pitch to join India’s most comprehensive web3 acceleration program for early stage Indian founders.
Fill up the primary evaluation form before January 25, 2023.
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Inatur launches an exotic collection of skincare delights, ahead of Diwali 2019

This Diwali, beautify your skin and stay protected through Inatur’s premium and exotic skin care gift box (The Diwali Exotic Special), which contains Skin Renewal Day & Night, Anti-Aging Day & Night Therapy, Luxury Handmade Soaps, Ayurvedic Kapooradi Wellness Gift and Blooming Tales Gift box.
Inatur introduces gifts option that are personally curated and designed and fits in the budget, as it believes that healthy skin is happy skin. INATUR comprises of a range of natural skin care, hair care and personal products that are safe on skin and are result oriented. Inatur owns great concern for the environment and the customers as this care is reflected through some highly endorsed certifications to their credit like GMP, ISO & HALAL that are awarded for sophisticated environment and quality management systems. From sourcing of ingredients to packaging the final products, all possible measures are undertaken to ensure best quality. It provides beauty remedies that will help to make valued and appreciated.
Skin Renewal Day & Night - Price - Rs 1090

Presented in a beautifully illustrated and eye-catching box, INATUR Skin Renewal Day & Night is an ideal gift which works holistically to restore the healthy look of your skin’s essential surface layer, fortifying its natural ability to repair and renew. The gift box includes:
Gold Face Wash: The gold face wash is a rich, creamy facial cleanser that cleanses and revitalizes the skin. It also reduces the signs of aging and bestows a luxurious glow and shine to the skin, making your face look beautiful and radiantly blushing. It also does not dry out the face post wash and brings firmness and smoothness to the skin. It is enriched with Geranium- that has anti-aging and healing properties, Jasmine- that regenerates the skin cells, Chironji- that hydrates and smoothens the skin, Lotus- that tightens the skin, Papaya- that acts as a firming agent and Patchouli- that again has anti-aging and antiseptic properties.
Anti-aging Day & Night Therapy: Inatur that works day and night to combat all signs of aging and make your skin look younger. It contains 2 creams- one being the anti-aging night cream that is specially developed for mature, tired and aged skin. The other anti-aging day cream supplements the effect of the night cream. It is light and fresh enough to be worn throughout the day. It keeps the skin replenished with essential moisture and nutrients. Luxury Hand Made Soap Sets - Price - Rs 675

Coupled with intricate gold foiling, this gift box beautifully brings to life and features an assortment of our exquisite soaps that moisturize and nourish the skin. The gift box includes: Sandal & Vanilla: Sandal and Vanilla Soap has a soft, rich, sweet - woody note. It has an anti-bacterial, regenerative and calming effect on skin. Jasmine: It has a green, soft, floral and luxurious note that helps to deeply moisturize the skin while gently cleansing it. Butter and Sugar are used as an ingredient which helps to help nourish and rejuvenate the skin. It contains essential oils especially recommended for dry and mature skin and it has age-defying properties too.
Rose & Geranium: A nourishing and hydrating handmade soap prepared in a traditional manner. It has a soft, floral and divine note that helps to deeply moisturize the skin while gently cleansing it. Ingredients like Sugar and Glycerin which help to retain and replenish the moisture in the skin. Timeless Beauty - Price - Rs 950

Presented in a beautifully illustrated and eye-catching box, an ideal gift which works holistically to restore the healthy look of your skin’s essential surface layer, fortifying its natural ability to repair and renew. The gift box include:
Silky Skin Shower Gel
Silky Skin Shower Gel gives you a luxurious shower experience that is soft and gentle on the skin. It has an enchanting fragrance and is a blend of essentials for rejuvenation of the skin. It is filled with the goodness of Rose- that nourishes and rejuvenates the skin & also reduces fine lines, Geranium- that has anti-aging and healing properties, Aloe Vera- helps treat sunburn, delays visible signs of aging, and Polyquaternium 7- that is a skin conditioner. Rose & Geranium Lotion A Deep conditioning body moisturizer, free of SLES (Sulphates), Paraben and Petrochemicals. Formulated to hydrate skin, keep its natural oils intact leaving it soft and radiant. Aloe Vera juice penetrates deeper into the skin, delivering essential to nutrients thereby reducing damage, softening and conditioning. Blended with Pure Essential oils of Rose and Geranium that soothe and repair for softer, brighter skin. Ayurvedic Karpooradi Wellness Gift - Price - Rs 1200

Pep up your skincare regimen with INATUR unique curation of an ideal gift set for your loved one. The gift box includes: Karpooradi Body Wash: It is based on ancient Ayurvedic principles. It is very stimulating, relieves from migraine, stress and muscular pain. This facial cleanser has antiseptic, anti fungal, anti microbial properties. It contains camphor which helps to reduce skin itchiness, rashes and inflammation. It also helps in fading away the burn scars as well. This body cleanser also helps to clear the mind and helps to make you stress free. Karpooradi Oil: INATUR’s Pure Ayurvedic Karpooradi oil is versatile medicated oil with camphor as the major ingredient, used to relieve pain and inflammation on external application. It relieves the stiffness caused by spasm, cramp, chronic ailments etc and imparts painless movements of joints. It acts as refreshing oil for massage which also helps in soothing down the painful muscles and joints. Blooming Tales Gift Box - Price - Rs 1050
Pep up your skincare regimen with INATUR unique curation of an ideal gift set for your loved one. The gift box includes:
Eucalyptus Sports Shower Gel: Sports Shower Gel is a high-performance product that leaves your mind and body- active and fresh at the start of the day and also relaxes you after a tiring physical activity or sports. It is enriched with Rosemary- has therapeutic properties, rehydrates and tones the skin, Triclosan- an antibacterial agent, Eucalyptus- has healing properties, relieves you of muscle pain owing to its anti-inflammatory properties and is also a stimulant.

Jasmine Age-Defying Moisturizer: INATUR Jasmine Age Defying Moisturizer comes with highly regenerative and skin healing properties. It is enriched with Jasmine oil absolute- that repairs skin and is anti-inflammatory, Shea Butter- that helps to rejuvenate the skin, Hibiscus flower- that hydrates and moisturizes and Saffron oil- that brings radiance to skin.
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The leading vernacular news portal MumbaiLive.com now lets users ‘listen’ to stories!

Mumbai, September 18th 2019: Mumbai's leading digital publication, Mumbai Live has launched a new feature that now enables users to listen to news articles. Mumbai Live has been breaking stories and covering the city's society, civic, political, lifestyle and entertainment happenings for the last three years on their website www.mumbailive.com.
This new feature will allow readers to simply click on the play button in selected articles and consume the textual content on the go. Due to variable mobile data speeds, loading videos could be tedious and also expensive for a lot of people. Listening to the story uses lesser data and allows one to go through content faster.
Mumbai Live plans on banking on this technology update by doing daily round-ups, listicles, explainers and other news features in the form of crisp audio that will increase usability and build a loyal following.
In addition to the latest audio format for the news and feature stories, Mumbai Live offers its content in the form of videos, short text updates about the city and long-form articles. All content on MumbaiLive.com is available in English, Hindi and Marathi to appeal to the larger audience in the city of Bombay and its suburbs. With a significant presence on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram, Mumbai Live aims to be the authority for all content related to the city.
About Mumbai Live
Mumbai Live is a hyperlocal news, informational and featured content website and mobile application that is available in English, Hindi and Marathi . Through articles, videos, textual updates and audio stories, Mumbai Live delivers the city's latest happenings right to your mobile phone. The content varies from politics, civic, lifestyle, society, entertainment, sports and more and is distributed on Mumbai Live's Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram pages. The multilingual digital medium aims to gather a loyal following by constantly producing daily content about the city of Mumbai.
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Wipro inks a strategic partnership with Industrie 4.0 Maturity Center

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced its strategic partnership with i4.0MC – Industrie 4.0 Maturity Center GmbH (I4.0MC), Germany, to drive digital transformation in manufacturing companies.
I4.0MC is based out of Aachen, Germany, and is an integral part of the world-renowned RWTH Aachen Campus. It is headed by functional and technical experts of the manufacturing domain and industrial processes.
I4.0MC, which pioneers in the area of Industrie 4.0 maturity assessment, applies the acatech Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index to help manufacturing companies determine what stage of the Industrie 4.0 programs they are at. This evaluation helps companies prioritize, align and control digitization activities across the entire organization.
This partnership will promote collaboration between academia and industry thought leaders across manufacturing industries such as Automotive, Consumer Goods, Industrial Manufacturing, Oil and Gas and Life Sciences. Wipro’s experienced team of consultants, aligned to the core manufacturing industries, will support their clients through their end-to-end I4.0MC-led transformation journey.
Dipl.-Inform. Christian Hocken, MBA, Managing Partner said, “We are looking forward to the cooperation with a leading technology company. Our competences complement each other in an ideal way. We are providing the management frameworks and tools while Wipro will be realizing the digital transformation. Together we will be able to serve our customers with tailor-made transformation projects to become a data-driven, agile company.” Wipro helps global organizations in their Industrie 4.0-adoption journey through its comprehensive suite of offerings, which cover advisory and consulting services, industry solutions, platform services and application services. The company’s focus is to enable and support manufacturers across industries through all stages of their digital transformation journey – from assessment to implementation.
“Manufacturing organizations today have a disordered landscape of isolated POCs and prototypes that do not create any benefit to the business. Through our partnership we will help these companies define and implement the right measures to apply technology effectively,”
- Dr.-Ing. Tobias Harland, Senior Manager Industrial Practice.
Harmeet Chauhan, Senior Vice President and Global Head, Industrial & Engineering Services, Wipro Limited said, “With over 20 years of experience in Industrial Automation and Shop Floor technologies, Wipro has been a prominent Industry 4.0 implementation partner for global organizations in recent years. Our EngineeringNXT offerings are based on the key Industry 4.0 pillars including real-time capability, advance Analytics with AI/ML, Decision Support Systems and Cyber Physical Systems. This partnership will help us enable the end-to-end transformation for manufacturers led by Industry 4.0 programs. Subsequently, we can roll out and implement vertical industry solutions and platforms that harness the power of machine learning and advanced analytics, unlocking new business models and revenue streams.”
About i4.0MC – Industrie 4.0 Maturity Center GmbH
The Industrie 4.0 Maturity Center is aimed at manufacturing companies that are on the verge of digital transformation and at companies that are accompanying this transformation. The acatech Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index, applied by the Industrie 4.0 Maturity Center, serves manufacturing companies as a methodical guideline to individually design the path to an agile company and to derive the necessary steps. The scientific framework of the ‘Industrie 4.0 Maturity Center’ is the ‘Industrie 4.0 Maturity Index’ developed as part of an acatech initiative. After more than a year of research by various institutes and industrial companies, the index was presented to the Academy of Engineering Sciences in May 2017 as an acatech study. The consortium combined the necessary scientific competence with flexibility and business pragmatism to achieve an international quality standard. About Wipro Limited
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company. We harness the power of cognitive computing, hyper-automation, robotics, cloud, analytics and emerging technologies to help our clients adapt to the digital world and make them successful. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, strong commitment to sustainability and good corporate citizenship, we have over 175,000 dedicated employees serving clients across six continents. Together, we discover ideas and connect the dots to build a better and a bold new future.
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Merck Foundation Partners With the First Lady of Zimbabwe to Build Healthcare Capacity

Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany organized their first “Merck Foundation Health Media Training” on 16th September 2019 in Harare, Zimbabwe in partnership with H.E. AUXILLIA MNANGAGWA, The First Lady of Zimbabwe and Ambassador of Merck More Than a Mother together with Ministries of Health and Information to break the stigma around infertility in Zimbabwe and rest of Africa. Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation and President of Merck more than a Mother emphasized, “It is an honor to appoint the First lady of Zimbabwe, H.E. AUXILLIA MNANGAGWA, the Ambassador of Merck more than a Mother. After our committee meeting in March 2019 at Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative (MFFLI) Summit, our programs have started in partnership with Zimbabwe government and we have already enrolled many doctors to our specialty training programs for Two Year Oncology Master and Fellowship, One Year Online Diabetes Diploma and Fertility Specialist Training. Moreover, we are conducing today, the first health media training in Zimbabwe to educate media how to break the stigma of infertility through their valuable work.”
The training program is a part of ‘Merck More than a Mother’ community awareness Program and was organized for the first time in Zimbabwe for local media representatives and media students. H.E. AUXILLIA MNANGAGW, The First Lady of Zimbabwe and Ambassador of Merck More Than a Mother emphasized, “We welcome this important initiative of Merck Foundation in our country. Media, if guided properly can bring about a huge change in the current scenario where women solely blamed for infertility. I urge or media partners to work together for this cause to make a difference.”
“I am delighted to initiate this important training as I strongly believe that media plays a significant role to influence our society to create a cultural shift. It has the capacity and ability to break the stigma around infertility in the community,” Rasha Kelej added.
The training was addressed by the First Lady of Zimbabwe, stalwarts of media industry, including international faculty and infertility experts.
Moreover, it provided a great opportunity for the journalists to meet the experts and also to network with each other and work as a unit to eradicate the stigma around infertility in Zimbabwe and rest of Africa. It was attended by journalists working for Print, TV, Radio and Online media and journalism students.
“The Merck Health Media Training program focused on international standards and media ethics for reporting sensitive issues like infertility in Africa. It was designed to benefit the journalists in understanding the infertility issues in African communities and to learn the best media practices to cover such issues,” added Dr. Rasha Kelej.
Merck Foundation also announced Call for Application for “Merck More than a Mother” ‘Media Recognition Awards’ for Zimbabwe and rest of Africa. The “Merck More than a Mother” ‘Media Recognition Awards’ were launched in 2017 with the aim to emphasize the role of media in enhancing the public engagement and understanding of infertility stigma and the need to change its social perception in African communities.
The applications are invited by media professionals to showcase their work to raise awareness about infertility prevention and breaking infertility stigma in Zimbabwe and rest of Africa.
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Facebook doesn’t care about your mental health https://ift.tt/2zTrEHc
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JPMorgan creates ‘Volfefe Index’ to gauge impact of Trump’s tweets on US interest rates. - The ‘Volfefe Index’, named after Trump’s mysterious ‘covfefe’ tweet, suggests that the president’s tweets have a statistically significant impact on Treasury yields https://ift.tt/2LzyWWh
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Google faces a new antitrust probe by 50 attorneys general https://ift.tt/34y6sov
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iPhone 11: Apple unveils the successor to its cheaper iPhone https://ift.tt/31fSIN2
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First Look: The Mercedes-Benz Vision EQS Concept
The Vision EQS, a milestone on the way to the future of Mercedes-Benz. At the International Motor Show in Frankfurt (September 12 - 22, 2019), Mercedes-Benz will show the challenges of the future: sustainability is becoming a central component of the brand philosophy. The show car already meets these aspirations today, and provides an outlook on future large, electric luxury saloons. At the same time it illustrates a vision of purpose-built electro-design.
With the Vision EQS, Mercedes-Benz is making a clear statement for the continued future of high-quality vehicles and self-determined driving. Supreme craftsmanship, emotive design, luxurious materials and individual driving pleasure will continue to be desirable in the future. Because now and for the future, luxury above all stands for personal freedom as well.
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David Tennant in TV & Satellite Week
Article - 10.09.19
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