Chennai, April 10, 2025 – Tiger Analytics, a trailblazer in AI and advanced analytics consulting, is thrilled to announce it is working with Google Cloud as a deployment partner for Google Cloud Agentspace, with new resources and services to drive enterprise adoption of Google Cloud’s AI agent technology. 

Google Agentspace, is a groundbreaking platform from Google Cloud for employee productivity, is poised to revolutionize the way businesses create intelligent, conversational AI agents. Google Agentspace brings together Gemini’s advanced reasoning, Google-quality search, and enterprise data, regardless of where it’s hosted. Google Agentspace helps employees accomplish complex tasks that require planning, research, content generation, and actions – all with a single prompt. 

Tiger Analytics’ deep AI and advanced analytics expertise enable them to build sophisticated agents using Agentspace, converting complex data into actionable insights and more valuable agentic AI capabilities for customers. The company can also help customers benefit from Agentspace’s access to Gemini’s advanced reasoning and Google-quality search across enterprise data. For example, in financial services, Tiger Analytics can develop agents to automate complex compliance checks to proactively identify potential risks by analyzing vast datasets. This combination of Tiger Analytics’ domain knowledge and Google Cloud’s cutting-edge AI platform enables highly tailored, intelligent solutions. 

“We are excited to collaborate with Tiger Analytics to accelerate our customers’ journey with Agentspace,” said Pallab Deb, Managing Director, Strategic Solution Partners & Industry Value Networks, Google Cloud. “Together, we will help guide organizations through every stage of the AI agent lifecycle to optimize the value that customers get from their generative AI investments.” 

“Our deep domain expertise and technical excellence make us the ideal partner to expand the reach and impact of Google Agentspace,” said Srini Ayyagari, Growth Partner at Tiger Analytics. “In collaboration with Google Cloud, we are excited to empower businesses with AI-powered solutions that not only drive efficiency but also elevate the customer experience.” 

Mumbai, April 10, 2025: BHIM, India’s homegrown payment app developed by NPCI BHIM Services Limited (NBSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has launched a new brand campaign to position itself as ‘Bharat Ka Apna Payments App’. The campaign titled ‘Paison Ki Kadar’, celebrates how India’s relationship with money is built on trust and familiarity, even as payment methods evolve. With this, BHIM reinforces its role as a modern and inclusive payments app, designed to serve the everyday payments needs of people across Bharat.

Conceptualised by Tilt Brand Solutions, the campaign comprises five brand films presented in a slice-of-life format. These films highlight the core ethos of BHIM’s brand promise of Trust, Security, Customer-first approach, and being a truly Inclusive app while showcasing app’s usability. The films will be released in 9 Indian languages, to maximise reach and resonance.

The campaign marks the launch of BHIM 3.0 that offers a more intuitive and customer-friendly experience. It has key features such as support for 15+ Indian languages, functionality in low internet areas, and enhanced money management tools like Split Expenses, Family Mode, Spends Analytics, and Action Needed reminders.

Rahul Handa, Chief Business Officer, NBSL, said, “In India, trust plays a big role in how people adopt new technology, especially when it comes to money. As we go deeper into Bharat, we see that digital payments aren’t just about convenience, they’re about confidence. With BHIM 3.0, we’ve focused on building an experience that feels simple, safe, and familiar. The ‘Paison Ki Kadar’ campaign brings this to life by reminding people that while the way we transact with money has changed its form, the values around it haven’t. That’s what makes BHIM truly Bharat Ka Apna Payments App”

Adarsh Atal, Group Chief Creative Officer, Tilt Brand Solutions, added, “In India the money is more than just a medium of exchange. The way people deal with money reflects their opinions, their values, priorities, personalities and many more things. How we deal with money is a reflection of how we live our lives. With the ‘Paison Ki Kadar’ campaign, we wanted to elevate the concept of money beyond mere transactions, showcasing the virtues and stories it represents.”

This 360-degree campaign will be rolled out across television, print, out of home, cinema, radio, digital and social media. It will be aired on leading TV channels across genres and regions and the brand films will be released sequentially across BHIM’s digital platforms.

In the world of entertainment, where the table is a canvas for memories, Plate & Peonie emerges as a revelation with its groundbreaking tableware rental model. Founded by Anandita Kothari, this distinctive brand has reimagined luxury entertaining by making exquisite tableware accessible through an innovative rental service, currently available exclusively in Mumbai. The concept brilliantly addresses the modern entertainer’s dilemma: how to create stunning tablescapes without investing in permanent collections or compromising on quality. Anandita’s personal passion for design and global travel breathes life into every piece in this rental collection, creating a curated selection that tells stories from around the world. “The heart of my home has always been my dining table,” Anandita shares, infusing her personal philosophy into a rental service that celebrates connection and beauty.

What sets Plate & Peonies rental model apart is how it makes luxury accessible without compromise. Whether hosting an intimate dinner party or orchestrating an elaborate celebration like a wedding, clients can now access exquisite tableware that might otherwise remain beyond reach. The service caters not only to individuals hosting at home but also to event decorators, wedding decor companies, brand launches, corporate events, and various other occasions.

The brand’s rental collection reads like a curated gallery of functional art. From the playful Panda Salad Sets to the sophisticated Dahlia Army Placemats, each piece has been selected with an eye for both aesthetics and practicality. The Stripey Bee collection, featuring beaded placemats and cocktail picks, adds whimsical charm to any gathering, while the Nature Light Wood Laminated Salad Sets bring organic warmth to the table.

Sustainability and exclusivity intertwine in Plate & Peonie’s signature in-house collection, which celebrates Anandita’s love for the wilderness through safari-themed designs. These pieces—crafted by Indian artisans using materials like raffia, rattan, and bamboo—represent a commitment to traditional craftsmanship that meets global quality standards. This emphasis on artisan-made pieces not only ensures uniqueness but also reflects a thoughtful approach to consumption and creation.

The rental model democratizes luxury entertaining in unprecedented ways. Hosts can now experiment with different styles and themes without commitment, allowing for seasonal refreshes and occasion-specific tableware. The exhaustive collection spans everything from elegant charger plates to statement barware accessories, ensuring that every detail is accounted for. This approach has resonated particularly well with those hosting milestone celebrations, who can now create magazine-worthy tablescapes without the post-event storage concerns.

To experience Plate & Peonie is to reimagine what gathering around a table can mean. It’s an invitation to elevate everyday moments and mark special occasions with intentionality and style. As the brand continues to expand its rental offerings, it stands as a testament to the power of thoughtful design in creating connection. After all, in a world increasingly defined by digital interactions, there remains something irreplaceable about breaking bread together at a beautifully set table—a philosophy that Plate & Peonie not only understands but has masterfully transformed into a business model that resonates.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Workplace safety and public health have become critical concerns for industries worldwide. Businesses must implement effective strategies to mitigate risks, safeguard employees, and ensure regulatory compliance. RSK Business Solutions plays a vital role in addressing these challenges through its innovative technology-driven solutions. By combining expertise in software development, agile consultation, and data-driven insights, RSK Business Solutions empowers businesses to create safer work environments while enhancing operational efficiency.

Delivering the Right Solution

At RSK Business Solutions, reducing workplace risks starts with understanding the unique challenges that industries face. With a team of over 100 skilled professionals, the company specializes in developing tailored IT solutions that help organizations identify hazards, manage risks, and maintain compliance with health and safety regulations.

RSK Business Solutions’s approach is built on a foundation of collaboration and innovation. By working closely with clients, the company ensures that its solutions align with industry-specific needs, offering real-time data monitoring, predictive analytics, and automated reporting features. These capabilities not only enhance workplace safety but also contribute to improved decision-making and streamlined operations.

A Mission to Unify Business Processes

RSK Business Solutions is driven by a mission to enhance business growth through advanced technological solutions. The company believes that technology should simplify and unify business processes rather than complicate them. By integrating cutting-edge tools into workplace safety management, RSK Business Solutions helps businesses transition from reactive to proactive risk management strategies.

With a non-hierarchical and transparent organizational culture, RSK Business Solutions builds an environment of innovation and excellence. The company’s customer-centric approach ensures that every solution is designed with the end-user in mind, making it easier for businesses to implement and adapt workplace safety protocols effectively.

Core Values: The Pillars of RSK Business Solutions’s Success

RSK Business Solutions’s commitment to workplace safety and public health is reinforced by its core values:

• Enabling Perfection: Every solution is tailored to meet the highest industry standards, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
• Focused Leadership: With deep functional knowledge and a results-driven approach, RSK Business Solutions delivers solutions that have a lasting impact.
• Customer Centricity: The company prioritizes prompt and proactive communication, ensuring that client needs are always at the forefront.
• Business Ethics and Transparency: Honesty, fairness, and openness define RSK Business Solutions’s interactions with clients and stakeholders.
• Innovation: Continuous technological advancements enable businesses to stay ahead of workplace risks and regulatory changes.
• Respect: The company values its customers, partners, and employees, fostering a culture of mutual growth and integrity.

Industry-Specific Solutions for Workplace Safety

RSK Business Solutions has developed specialized solutions for industries such as oil and gas, mining, energy, utilities, logistics, fintech, and healthcare. One of the standout solutions is the Carbon Management Tool, which helps businesses track and reduce their carbon footprint. By incorporating real-time data and analytics, this tool assists organizations in aligning their operations with global sustainability goals, contributing to a healthier work environment.

Additionally, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Tool allows businesses to monitor their progress toward meeting the UN’s sustainability targets. This solution provides actionable insights that enable companies to maintain compliance and implement more effective workplace safety measures.

Proven Impact and Customer Trust

With over 50 active projects, 100+ clients, and a team of 150+ professionals, RSK Business Solutions has a proven track record of delivering high-impact solutions. The company’s success is evident in the positive testimonials from businesses that have significantly improved their risk management strategies through RSK Business Solutions’s technology-driven services.

As workplace safety regulations continue to evolve, businesses need to have adaptable and innovative solutions to protect employees and ensure operational continuity. RSK Business Solutions remains at the forefront of this transformation by developing cutting-edge IT solutions that address emerging workplace risks.

By bridging the gap between technology and public health, RSK Business Solutions is not only helping businesses stay compliant but also fostering a culture of safety and sustainability. As industries embrace digital transformation, the company’s commitment to reducing workplace risks will continue to play a crucial role in shaping safer work environments globally.

Mumbai, 14-Apr-2025 – India’s ethanol industry has emerged as a standout success story in the global clean energy landscape, having achieved near 20% ethanol blending in petrol ahead of the 2025 target. In a significant step towards shaping the future of the sector, a high-level roundtable convened today brought together senior government officials, ethanol producers, policymakers, and industry leaders to deliberate on the next phase of India’s Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme.

The roundtable marked the launch of the Thought Leadership Report, a strategic roadmap highlighting the critical role of ethanol in advancing India’s triple mandate of energy security, rural development, and climate action. The report reinforces the need for targeted policy support, stakeholder collaboration, and investment in technology to unlock the next level of growth in ethanol blending, especially from grain-based sources such as maize and surplus rice.

India’s Ethanol Milestones: A Platform for Progress

From achieving 10% ethanol blending ahead of schedule in 2022 to reaching a remarkable 19.6% blending in January 2025, India has demonstrated its capability to scale clean energy solutions rapidly. The ethanol blending initiative has already saved over Rs. 1.08 lakh crore in foreign exchange, substituted nearly 185 lakh metric tonnes of crude oil, and reduced 557 lakh metric tonnes of CO₂ emissions.

The report also addressed myths around India’s food security, showing it is a grain surplus country which can cater to the needs of food and ethanol production without causing scarcity. Every year, India has a surplus of around 165 lakh metric tonnes of grain that could be used for ethanol.

Opportunities and Challenges: Charting a Sustainable Path Forward

The Thought Leadership Report identifies grain-based ethanol, particularly from maize and surplus grains like broken rice, as a key lever for sustainable expansion. It emphasizes the environmental and economic advantages of maize—India’s least water-intensive feedstock with strong ethanol conversion efficiency. The report projects that 165 Lakh Metric Tons of surplus grain could be utilized annually to generate over Rs. 35,000 crores in direct payments to farmers, reinforcing rural prosperity and arresting urban migration.

However, to maintain this momentum, the sector faces critical challenges:

• Feedstock availability and price pressures, especially with rising maize costs and inter-sector competition.
• Ethanol procurement pricing, which has not kept pace with feedstock cost increases.
• Falling by-product margins, such as Distiller’s Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS), impacting distillery viability.

Strategic Policy Recommendations

The roundtable and report call for urgent, actionable reforms, including:

• Scaling up maize cultivation across the country.
• Introducing dynamic pricing for grain ethanol to address feedstock cost increase.
• Ensuring uninterrupted supply of damaged, broken, and surplus FCI rice until maize production ramps up.
• Promoting strong domestic market linkages for ethanol by-products like DDGS.

The report release was followed by a roundtable conference organised by Primus Partners, in partnership with Grain Ethanol Manufacturers Association (GEMA) and IFGE (Indian Federation of Green Energy). Herein various industry experts and policy leaders—including His Excellency Ambassador Kenneth H. da Nobrega, Brazilian Ambassador to India,  Ashwini Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Vivek Shukla, Deputy Director General, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Vaibhav Dange, Green Fuel Expert and Abhinav Singhal, Committee Head and Treasurer of Grain Ethanol Manufacturers Association—shared their perspectives on the path forward for grain ethanol. The panel discussed important issues, prospects, and workable solutions in order to support the industry and guarantee long-term success.

“We understand the current challenges of India’s grain ethanol story industry. There is a roadmap being planned; it will address multiple issues – feedstock availability and supply of broken and surplus rice from FCI, scope for E100/E93/E85, possibility of SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel), etc. We need to work together on this” Said Ashwini Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution.

PM Modiji initiative – “Ethanol Blending program (EBP)”  is a great step forward by the GOI to ensure India’s future energy security, rural development, increasing farmer’s income manifold and reducing carbon footprint in the environment. In the last two years, Grain Ethanol Industry has grown & become the largest contributor to the EBP of India. Still, India being a Grain surplus country- the Grain Ethanol Industry requires timely support from Government of India with right policy initiatives & direction to grow and thrive in the future” said, Abhinav Singal, Treasurer, Grain Ethanol Manufacturers Association (GEMA).

“India’s ethanol success is a result of bold policy decisions and collaborative industry efforts.  The grain-based ethanol industry, in particular, holds immense potential to drive rural economic development, enhance farmer incomes, and ensure year-round ethanol production. It must be actively promoted through supportive policies, assured feedstock supply, and fair pricing mechanisms. This roundtable is a step toward building consensus among stakeholders and crafting actionable strategies that will ensure long-term sustainability and growth of the ethanol sector. IFGE remains committed to enabling a robust and future-ready ethanol ecosystem that supports India’s clean energy transition and national energy security.” Said Sanjay Ganjoo, Director General, IFGE (Indian Federation of Green Energy).

The Way Forward

This roundtable and the release of the Thought Leadership Report underscore the government’s commitment to a structured, strategic, and inclusive ethanol roadmap—one that harmonizes the interests of energy, environment, and rural India. Going forth, we eye E100, flex-fuel-vehicles, sustainable aviation fuel, etc. Given such ambitious goals, it is important the government and industry come together and shape a cleaner and prosperous future.

JAIPUR, India – 10 April, 2025 – Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a global leader in digitizing and automating frontline workflows, today reaffirmed its commitment to enhancing its channel partner network across India, with a strategic emphasis on expanding its influence in emerging business hubs. Recognizing these areas as pivotal for growth, Zebra aims to extend its reach and impact nationwide.

At the India Partner Summit in Jaipur, Zebra unveiled strategic initiatives to fortify its presence and foster partner innovation. Key announcements included insights into product advancements and initiatives tailored to the Indian market. Industry experts and Zebra’s leadership team participated, underscoring the company’s dedication to driving growth through collaboration and innovation.

“India’s vast potential drives Zebra’s expansion into emerging business hubs,” said Subramaniam Thiruppathi, Director of Sales for India and Sub-Continent, Zebra Technologies. “By empowering frontline workers with AI-driven solutions, we enhance capabilities, allowing partners to explore new sectors like government and healthcare alongside manufacturing, transport & logistics, and retail, allowing them to thrive in the evolving digital landscape.”

Zebra’s vision for India includes equipping frontline workers with advanced, AI-driven tools that are essential for success in today’s competitive environment. This initiative supports partners in delivering solutions that meet the evolving demands of businesses in burgeoning markets through enhanced asset visibility. Additionally, Zebra integrates the concept of connected frontline workers into its strategy, ensuring individuals are equipped with the necessary technology to optimize performance.

As Zebra expands its footprint across India, the company remains dedicated to fostering a collaborative ecosystem that enhances the capabilities of its partners. By leveraging its global expertise and intelligent automation, Zebra is committed to supporting its partners in achieving sustained growth and success.

KEY TAKEAWAYS  

• Zebra expands its Indian partner network, targeting emerging business hubs for growth.
• The company is focused on empowering frontline workers with AI-driven solutions unveiled at its  India Partner Summit.
• Zebra equips partners with cutting-edge tools to enhance their success in India’s evolving digital landscape.