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NEW DELHI : Correcting the near vision of garment factory workers with eyeglasses increased their productivity by approximately 6%, according to a landmark randomised controlled trial conducted in India and published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. The study found that 27% of the sewing machine operators screened had uncorrected near-vision impairment and did not own eyeglasses. The trial provided free glasses to 344 operators experiencing presbyopia, an age-related loss of near vision, at factories owned by…

Tribe Kombucha, India's fastest-growing Kombucha brand led by founder Harshvardhan Chauhan - widely regarded as the “Kombucha Man of India” for pioneering the category in the country - has officially inaugurated its landmark manufacturing facility, setting a new benchmark for the Indian functional beverage industry. Located near Saputara in the Western Ghats, in Gujarat, the plant is among the first in India to be a dedicated, automated facility built exclusively for Kombucha production. The facility draws on its…

BENGALURU  —  Altimetrik, an AI-first digital engineering company, has been named a Leader in the Integrated Platform and Application Services category of the ISG Provider Lens™ 2026 Digital Engineering Services (DES) report for midsize providers. It was also named a Product Challenger in Augmented Design and R&D Services. The study, which assessed 46 providers and qualified 39 in the category, evaluates the ability to design, build, and manage digital platforms and applications that serve as the foundation for…

Mumbai : In a landmark move for employee health protection in India, Howden Insurance Brokers India Pvt. Ltd. has designed a unique Cancer Care Group Policy. Taking a lead, AstraZeneca India has now integrated this unique policy into their employee well-being commitment, intended to deliver comprehensive, future-ready health benefits that go beyond conventional insurance coverage. Howden (India's) market assessment found that dedicated group cancer solutions remain largely unavailable in the market, with insurers often…

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Mannai Information Technology Saudi Arabia (MIT KSA), part of Mannai Corporation QPSC, opened its new regional headquarters (RHQ) in Riyadh, marking a significant investment in Saudi Arabia’s digital economy and a new phase in the company’s long-term commitment to expanding its footprint in the Kingdom. Speaking on the RHQ opening, Alekh Grewal, Group Chief Executive Officer of Mannai Corporation QPSC said, “Saudi Arabia is one of the region’s largest and fastest-growing…

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) in collaboration with Jaro Education has opened admissions for Batch 8 of its Executive Programme in Business Finance (EPBF-BL08) The programme is designed for mid-level and senior executives who have had very little exposure to the Finance domain, but are likely to assume P&L responsibilities in the near future. The combined learning programme which is designed for corporate professionals seeks to provide participants with a profound understanding of company…

By Hardik Pandit, Director of APICES Studio Pvt. Ltd. India’s trillion-dollar digital economy is being built on a foundation of strong data centre facilities. While the creation of data centre space was once relegated to small, enterprise-owned server rooms, world-class data centres have now become a top-level strategic priority for the country. This boom can be attributed to a combination of factors, including the largest and most data-intensive mobile user base in the world, the roll-out of ubiquitous 5G, a government…