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A staggering nine of 10 consumers in India (91%) would select an offer that includes a metal payment card if all rewards and benefits were equal, which is up 6% from a prior Edgar, Dunn survey done for Composecure in 2019. This was the highest percentage of all regions surveyed and much higher than the global average of 70%. Other Asia Pacific regions also showed a strong preference for metal cards: 82% of Indonesia, 82% of China, 76% of Hong Kong and 71% of Singapore. The Asia Pacific region consistently ranked highest among the countries for awareness, interest and importance of metal cards. The survey identified India and Indonesia as two of the top nations with awareness and affinity toward metal payment cards. Both countries had the highest percentage of customers who would feel positive about their banks because they offered metal cards, significantly higher than the average survey respondent (89% vs. 58%). Metal payment cards offer financial institutions and other card issuers...

The Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram, which is part of the Apollo Hospitals group, recently held a citizens' cycling rally to raise awareness about vertigo and balance issues. Balance disorders (including vertigo) affect around 35% of people over the age of 40 and 85% of people over the age of 80 for a variety of reasons. The Vertigo and Balance Clinic at Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram collaborated with Annanagar Cycles to organise a cycle rally from the Lighthouse at Marina Beach to the Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram, in order to raise much-needed awareness about this issue. Flag off was done by Mr. Velu, MLA, Mylapore constituency, Mr. Shivakumar, CEO Apollo Hospitals, and Dr. Rahul Raghavan  Menon, COO, Apollo Hospitals Cluster 2, Mr.Vkumara manikandan, TN marketing manager from ACT Fibernet, G. Shankaranarayanan, Business Development Head, TN, Nippon Paints India, Mr. Velu Balasubramaniam, Founder and CEO, Maiyam55. The rally attracted around 250 riders, i...

TANKER (Tamilnad Kidney Research) Foundation is a registered non-profit charitable organization started in June 1993 with the aim of helping under-privileged patients with kidney disease by giving free and subsidized dialysis and one-time financial help for medication, investigation and transplantation and also spread awareness about kidney disease. Dr. K. Jayanth Murali IPS, Director General of Police, graciously consented to the request of the TANKER Foundation to run a full Marathon held on Sunday, 12th June 2022 at IIT Madras to enable the Foundation to raise funds for BP Machines for all Tamilnadu Police Stations so that Police Personnel can check their BP regularly and take corrective action to avoid kidney disease. DGP Dr.Jayanth Murali ran 50 kms and said that when he was approached by TANKER Foundation, he felt the need to do this for his fellow Police personnel as they were under a lot of stress and prone to high BP. He appreciated TANKER for doing this project and said that ...

 • Indian organizations seem to have a better clarity on various supply chain security gaps compared to other responding nations • 55% expressed highest concern in ransomware threats among all potential supply chain risks • 83% identified he need for better governance in the organization’s supply chain ISACA® has just launched new global research results, Supply Chain Security Gaps: A 2022 Global Research Report that has divulged interesting threats and security gaps in the supply chain ecosystem globally. In India, just like many other developing economies, supply chain challenges have rocked both enterprises and consumers alike, making it harder to access certain goods and maintain business continuity. Increasing security threats have only heightened these concerns, and this ISACA survey report illuminates IT professionals’ key concerns around security challenges and how their organizations are responding to them.  It received responses from more than 1,300 IT professi...

Chem Trend, India showcased their products and services at the International Plastics Exhibition in India at Chennai World Trade Center from the 10 – 13 June 2022 at Booth No. B14, Hall H2. Chem-Trend, a world market leader in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of high-performance release agents, purging compounds, and other process chemical specialties, was focusing on sharing insights on release agents, purging compounds.  Chem-Trend serves the thermoplastic sector through its purging compounds called Ultra Purge™ and mold maintenance product line called Lusin®. They are supporting customers in different thermoplastics processes, like injection molding, extrusion, and rotational molding.  Chem-Trend’s approach is working hand-in-hand with the industry and customers to generate solutions that overcome their production challenges. Using a customer-centric approach and deep research and development, they are helping manufacturers to become more efficient. More produc...

• Focus on channelizing innovation and harnessing strong support from the banking community • Strengthening of multiple functions to augment the pace of global expansion Credgenics, the leading provider of SaaS based collections and debt-recovery technology platform worldwide, today announced the expansion of its core leadership team as part of its next phase growth plan for existing markets and entry into global markets. New additions to the Credgenics leadership team include Vibhor Singhal as Head of Engineering, Nitin Garg as Head of Marketing, Asvini Krishnan as Head of Finance, Manjari Lakshmanan as Head of Product, Aakash Agarwal as Head of Data Science, Sukhpreet Singh as Head of HR, and Abhishek Sharma as Director of Sales.  In addition to the leadership team, Credgenics also plans to hire over 100 new professionals across technology, data science, strategy, sales, finance, support, and operations verticals over the next 12 months. The growing urgency among banks for di...

Saveetha College of Nursing celebrated Pearl Jubilee to mark the historical milestone in its journey &wrapped up 30 years. The college has been renovated with the theme of “Walk in the Park” into state of Art infrastructure setting an example for Nursing Education Globally as well to prepare for the emerging challenge in the upcoming health care and emphasis on high quality education. The renovated building of SCON was inaugurated by Dr.Ani Grace Kalaimathi, Registrar, Tamil Nadu Nurses and Midwives Council by Ribbon cutting.  This occasion was graced with Dr.N.M Veeraiyan, Chancellor, SIMATS, Dr.Chadaram Sivaji, Vice Chancellor, Dr. V. Deepak Nallaswamy, Director of Academics, SIMATS, invited guest, the Principal Prof.Dr.S. KalaBarathi, Prof.L.Parimala, Vice Principal, Faculty members and students of Saveetha College of Nursing.

Velammal Main School, Mogappair Campus in its  go green mission organized the 'SAPLING PLANTATION DRIVE' on the occasion  of World Environment Day 2022  in association with Indian Oil Corporation Limited and The Ashoka Tree, NGO in its campus on 5th June, 2022. The programme commenced seeking the divine grace through a melodious. Prayer song and  was presided in the auspice presence our honourable guests Mr. Balakrishnan Naik General Manager, HR (IOCL) and Smt. Sravana Rajan, The Ashoka Tree, NGO and Shri K.S. Ponmathi, Senior Principal. The honourable guest addressed on how to safeguard nature for the future by  highlighting the importance of plantation of trees and asserted to instilling in students good habits to secure a better place to live in. An array of programs was staged and the students took up the Go Green Pledge to look after the planted saplings, plant more and more trees and encourage others to do the same. This Plantation Drive was an exclusive i...

  ·          New dsPIC33C DSCs add support for AUTOSAR, OS, MCAL drivers and functional safety, enabling robust and secure automotive solutions OEMs are experiencing increasing application complexity and the need for AUTOSAR, ISO 26262 functional safety-compliant and secure solutions as the market for electric and autonomous vehicles grows. For automotive developers looking to design scalable applications for future technology while also meeting the latest automotive requirements, Microchip Technology Inc.  (Nasdaq: MCHP) today announces a comprehensive ecosystem around AUTOSAR-ready dsPIC33C Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) to enable accelerated development and a high level of system optimization while reducing total system cost. Microchip is expanding its broad portfolio of dsPIC33C DSCs to cover the large memory segment with the new ISO 26262-compliant dsPIC33CK1024MP7xx family. This new family of dsPIC33C DSCs with 1 MB Flash ...

·          Virtual classes, study groups, career counselling, educational ecommerce for students on CL Meta ·          A hyper-real learning and community experience for students ·          Career Launcher’s every physical center replicated virtually on CL Meta Career Launcher, India's leading edtech and competitive test preparation platform, today announced the launch of CL Meta , a Metaverse for students, complete with virtual classrooms, study rooms, career counselling sections, and a virtual shopping mall for students to purchase educational products. CL Meta is a hyper-real learning and community experience for students, replicating the experience of physically attending classes or visiting a Career Launcher center.   As CL Meta grows, in the near future students would be able to visit any of Career Launcher’s physical centers virtually on CL Meta...