Thomas Cook India Launches ‘Study Buddy’ to Leverage the Peak Student Travel Season

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Chandigarh 19th July:- In a strategic move to capitalise on the significant and growing student travel segment, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd., India’s leading integrated travel and travel related financial services company, has launched “Study Buddy”. This is an exclusive student focussed Foreign Exchange promotion available across Thomas Cook India’s omni-channel network, including over 150 foreign exchange outlets pan India, and extends over a 3 month period ending September 30, 2018.

Against the backdrop of a steady increase in Indian students opting to study abroad for graduate and post graduate studies,Thomas Cook India has registered an impressive 20-25% YoY growth in its foreign exchange student business over the last 3-4 years. Given the strong growth potential and in a focussed initiative to catalyse demand and expand its student market-share, Thomas Cook India has launched a 3 month strategic Study Buddy promotion- timed strategically to target the critical booking window for student travel. Study Buddy’s attractive offers and deals intend to inspire student foreign exchange transactions witha range of assured gifts, including a 20% discount Myntra gift voucher, a 10% discount on Skybags, and a laptop every day to a lucky winner.

Deepesh Varma, Senior Vice President, Foreign Exchange–Sales & Relationship Management, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. said that the student travel market in India is a significant opportunity and at Thomas Cook India we have already witnessed impressive growth of 20-25% YoY. Hence in an initiative to inspire demand and maximize transactions, we conceptualized “Study Buddy”, timed to coincide with the student travel season. Study Buddy’s attractive offers and assured gifts are intended to delight the value seeking student community.

He added that being a specialist in Foreign Exchange, our core product-service offering includes Remittance of University/Tuition Fees, Forex Prepaid Cards and Currency Notes backed with years of experience in guiding students and parents on changing forex regulations and the safest way in carrying foreign exchange abroad. This together with our “Study Buddy” offers creates a compelling proposition for students and parents to fulfil all their foreign exchange requirements through us, and with ease- via our omni-channel network.

Glamzone Unisex Beauty Salon Now in Mohali

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Mohali 19th July:- India’s finest beauty and hair salon, Glamzone Unisex Beauty salon now except Sector 21, Sector 32, Sector 27, Sector 35, Zirakpur will also be in Phase 5, Mohali, provides international environment and professional services to their customers. Famous Beauty Therapist, Hair artist and Glamzone Beauty Saloon Partner Anil Kumar, Sarfraz, Mayur and Sameer tells about latest International hair trends. In this event, Schwarzkopf professional India's Professional Partnership Services Director Najeeb Ur Rehman and Imran, Ashraf and Riaz, Glamzone Unisex Saloon, Mohali famous Beauty Therapists and Hair artist in detail will tell about hair color and Hairstyle. Because of this partnership now in Mohali with Schwarzkopf professional's products, services of this will be available at Glamzone Unisex Beauty salon. At the occasions of opening Of Glamzone unisex beauty salon a ramp show was also held in which different kinds of hair styles were shown by beautiful models guided by Schwarzkopf hair experts.

Glamzone Unisex Beauty Salon Head and Partner Anil kumar, Sarfraz, Mayur, Sameer said that Glamzone Unisex Beauty Salon and Schwarzkopf Professional India are engaging in providing an internationally adorned environment and professional service for the customers. Glamzone Unisex Beauty Salon already exist in Beautiful city Chandigarh in association with Schwarzkopf Professional and with the opening of this salon in Mohali, together they are providing the best hair and beauty care solutions now to the citizens of Mohali.

Glamzone Unisex Beauty Salon was started by one of the best four very highly experienced hair artists Anil kumar, Sarfraz, Mayur, Sameer 8 year back. With their great knowledge and the highly humble nature, they are just excelling in this field and their wonderful work has helped them to open the second branch of their brand. Four much grounded people are always there to help their customers and welcome them with a warm attitude.

Schwarzkopf professional India's PPS Director Najeeb Ur Rehman said that Schwarzkopf Professional India has developed an established foothold in the hair styling and treatment industry alluring customers from all round the world. With its partnership with Glamzone Unisex Beauty Salon, it aims to provide best of the training at their Hair academy by having various hair care treatments on the course such as Hair Trichology, Colors, Hair analysis, treatments, Hair spa etc apart from basic Haircuts and other hair and beauty services. 

famous Beauty Therapists and Hair artist Imran,Ashraf and Riaz, Glamzone Unisex Saloon, Mohali said that we are proud of our extended association with Glamzone Unisex Beauty Salon, it has given us both an edge to facilitate our customers and provide them with technologically advanced solutions for hair treatments and style. This has been possible through our extensive research and training at the Schwarzkopf Professional, Ask academy in collaboration with Glamzone Unisex Beauty Salon.

In addition to that, we are also training young talent and experimenting with different hair methods to deliver better and professional advice to our clients. We wish to provide best hair care and styling solutions to the customers and by our joint efforts we hope to bring forward global trends with a local touch to the people of Mohali. 

Sony SAB’s Jijaji Chhat Per Hain: Will Pancham Lose His Job

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Chandigarh 19th July:- Sony SAB's comedy drama “Jijaji Chhat Per Hain” has kept viewers hooked with its hilarious plot twists and a fascinating narrative. In the upcoming episodes, Elaichi will be seen mocking Pancham and hurting his self-respect, leading to an unexpected turn of events.

Elaichi (Hiba Nawab) repeatedly irks Pancham (Nikhil Khurana), asking him to leave the house if there is even an ounce of self-respect left in him. Hearing this, Pancham loses his cool and in the heat of the moment, decides to leave the house. Pintoo (Harvir Singh), however, stops him from doing so.

Pancham goes to Murari (Anup Upadhyay) and tells him that he has decided to quit his job. Murari does not allow Pancham to quit, since he believes that Pancham and Chutanki are responsible for his flourishing business-something that Mausa brainwashes him into thinking.

Commenting on the upcoming track, Nikhil Khurana portraying Pancham’s character, said that Elaichi will get on his  nerves and make him want to leave the house and even quit his job, something that Murari is absolutely against. How the story unravels is something that viewers will witness in the future episodes.

Ayurveda, Naturopathy, Yoga, Meditation and South Indian Massage Therapy All Under One Roof

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Chandigarh 19th July:- 'Health and Nature Care World', a clinic for Yoga, Ayurveda, naturopathy and South Indian massage therapy was opened in sector 19, Chandigarh. The clinic was inaugurated in a traditional manner with a havan. Later a ribbon cutting ceremony was done by Dr K K Prashar, Ex Medical Officer, Government Ayurveda College, Patiala. The Doctors & other professionals  at the clinic are experts in Ancient Indian healing techniques like Ayurveda.

Kulwant Singh Pama,Co- Founder of 'Health and Nature Care World' said that the idea behind starting this clinic is to provide healing touch through the time tested alternative technique of Ayurveda. If practiced by knowledgeable professionals patients' benefit a lot, as the medicines are derived from natural sources and have no side effects. The nature cure trend is picking up.

Kulwant Singh Pama added that people often have to visit different places to get the therapy of Ayurveda, naturopathy and Yoga, but we are providing all these facilities at one place. Apart from this, we have also introduced the South Indian massage therapy. We intend to provide people with Ayurvedic medicine, natural cure, along with the benefits of Yoga and meditation under one roof. At the same time, we are also open to the ideas of modern medical science.

The Ayurveda clinic will be open for the patients between 10 AM to 2 PM and 4 PM to 7 PM daily. There are a total of six Doctors to attend the patients. Apart from the OPD, there are also available other essential facilities.

Dr. A K Aggarwal, Co -Founder, Head Physician & Consultant, 'Health and Nature Care World' said that to heal the body properly, we need to focus on mind and body together. Here we first work on the mind and then body. To achieve this target it is important to combine the power of yoga and Ayurveda. Once the body is detoxified then it becomes easier to cure the chronic diseases.

St. Joseph’s School Teachers Explains Difference Between‘Good Touch Bad Touch’ to the Tiny Tots

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Chandigarh 19th July:- “Our primary concern is the safety of our children” with this view, the tiny tots of Kindergarten block of St. Joseph’s Sr. Sec. School, Sector 44 D, Chandigarh, were shown a short movie on Child Safety and were given a talk about Good Touch and Bad Touch. Children were guided with the help of mannequins about their private parts and who can touch them and when.

Teachers explained them the difference between a good and a bad touch and if someone touches them and they feel bad or uncomfortable- they should say aloud ‘NO’ or ‘Scream’ and run away from there. They also came to know about the “Safe Circle” that consisted of their father, mother and certain people about whom their parents ensure them to trust and tell everything. They should not hide anything from them. This ‘safe circle’ people would always be there to love, help and protect them against any untoward incident.  It is the right time to make our little ones aware of this harsh reality and make them alert and cautious always. It is well said “Teach the children so that it will not be necessary to teach the adults”.

Founder of Pumpkart Achieves Rare Honour for Tricity: Represents India at Prestigious UN Meet

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Chandigarh 19th July:- India is the land of opportunities as it will emerge as the startup hub by 2023. Investors should invest more on startups and startup communities, as Indiais a land of opportunities, said Pumpkart Founder and CEO, K S Bhatia at a high powered Global  event  at the United Nations Headquarters.

K S Bhatia who is from Chandigarh, was representing the country at the SDG(Sustainable Development Goals) Business Forum held at the United Nations headquarters. It is one of the World's major business led events. He was a leading panelist, an official speaker, along with some other prominent speakers like John Denton, Secretary General of International Chamber of Commerce, Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director of International Trade Center and many more.

The goal of SDG Business event is to eradicate poverty and promote good health and sustainable communities.

Stressing on the role of SMEs and entrepreneurship, K S Bhatia said that to empower SMEs we need to educate the people. SMEs are the backbone of global economic activity and play a crucial role in alleviating poverty ensuring inclusive economic growth. Apart from generating employment and wealth, they play a critical role in equitable distribution of growth. Undoubtedly, they face constraints in resolving various financial and taxation issues. They also feel handicapped by skill gaps, poor technology, regulatory complexities and trade barriers. He hope the challenges being faced by the SMEs will be addressed soon to enable them realize their full potential and to play a bigger role in the country’s economic prosperity.

It was also emphasized that in order to promote the SMEs, initiatives should be taken and startup companies should come forward. The main reasons why many startups are failing is that they lack innovation and are deprived of resources required for training and exposure.

Pumpkart's Founder further said that at present India is having near about 15,000  startups, but very soon the country will become a hub of startups, as they are growing up at a fast rate. By 2023, India will be having around 1.5 lakh startups. To encourage the startup culture, we need to formulate and implement proper policies, which already exist in many other countries.

New Compound Shown to Be as Effective as FDA: Dr. Neetu Dayal

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Chandigarh 19th July:- Former NIPER, Mohali graduate student Dr. Neetu Dayal, is proud to be part of the team who have identified a new compound that in preliminary testing has shown itself to be as effective as antibiotics approved by Food and Drug Administration to treat life-threatening infections while also appearing to be less susceptible to bacterial resistance. The identified compound, called F6, has been potent against antibiotic-resistant pathogens such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which is often found in hospitals and other healthcare settings, and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA), with vancomycin long considered a drug of last resort. The compound was tested against clinical isolates, and when tried to force bacterial resistance on F6, no bacterial resistance found. Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health crisis. The World Health Organization has deemed antibiotic resistance one of the three greatest threats to human health because bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant and too few treatments are being developed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that at least 2 million people a year in the United States become infected with bacteria resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die a year as a result. Studies have estimated that drug-resistant infections could be responsible for 10 million deaths a year worldwide by 2050. As a synthetic chemist in the team, her research work broadly includes to design and synthesize novel molecules as a potential antibacterial and an anticancer drug candidate. Currently focused on pharmacokinetic properties of the molecules to improve the bioavailability and to make derivatives of F6 to see if they might be even more effective. Besides, she is actively engaged in developing novel molecules as kinase inhibitors.

Dr. Neetu Dayal received her Ph.D. from the NIPER Mohali in 2016 after completing her thesis research on palladium-catalyzed convergent synthesis of fused nitrogen heterocycles in Dr. J. K. Laha’s Lab. She is currently working as a post-doctoral research associate in Dr. Sintim Lab at the Purdue Univerisity, West Lafayette, United states.

IMG Comes Up With Reality Based Web Series “SURVIVORSS": Tagline for Show is:“Strugglers-Performers-Winners”

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Chandigarh 19th July:- IMG, is coming up with a new reality based web series “SURVIVORSS”. The shooting of the show starts on 12^th August 2018. It’s a fifteen day shoot which is in tough locations between Dehradun and Saharanpur, UP.  The tagline for the show is: “Strugglers-Performers-Winners”.  Mayank Pawar (Mr. Asia & Mr. India), Mia Lakra (Splitsvilla 8 fame) along with Sunny Verma MD- IMG were present at the event.

The concept of series is given by Sunny Verma who believes that strugglers who are not getting the right opportunity can perform at this platform and make a place for themselves in the industry. Karan Kundra who is the main face of the series is going to judge the finale episode. Along with that other celebrities who are a part of the show are Mayank Pawar (Mr. Asia & Mr. India), Karishma Talwar (TV Anchor& Splitsvilla fame), Mia Lakra (Splitsvilla 8 fame), and Sonali Katyal (Splitsvilla 7 fame). The auditions for the show were conducted in Delhi, Punjab, Pune and Bangalore. The Delhi auditions were taken by Baseer Ali (MTV Roadies7 & Splitsvilla winner), Pune auditions by Varun Sood (VJ7 Splitsvilla fame) and Bangalore auditions by Shweta Mehta (MTV Roadies rising winner).

The web series is going to have 10 part episodes and as per the format of the show, the contestant are going to be judged on the basis of their performance. The first teaser of the series is going to be released on 30^th August 2018. The host of the show is Sunny Verma. Sixty contestants are going to participate in the show. The winner of the show will be awarded with whooping amount of 3 lakh and will get a chance to host the next season of the series.

Talking about the show Sunny Verma MD of IMG, said that he has always loved to experiment with his work and this time, he has come up with web series which is very close to his heart.

He and his partner in show JD Padda have worked really hard on this series. We have worked for five to six months on this concept and tried to cover maximum part of the country. He believes that the trend of web series is encouraging more and more youth to participate in reality shows and IMG being the one to provide such platform. So we have come up with brand new reality based web series which is surely going to keep the audience stick to their mobiles and laptops.

He further said that Karan Kundra has helped him a lot with the show as we both believe that youth should get more opportunity and web series as medium is surely going to increase the number of opportunities.

Speaking on the occasion, Mayank Pawar (Mr. Asia& Mr. India) said that he thrilled to be a part of this show. Considering the passion of younger generation these days who are seeking for a right opportunity will get a platform to showcase their skills and talent.

He appreciate the hard work of  Sunny Verma who has come up with this show keeping in mind the trend of reality show.