Ethiopian Commences Passenger Flight to Bulawayo, Third Destination in Zimbabwe

ddis Ababa, 30 October 2022

Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading carrier, has launched a new flight to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, via Victoria Falls starting from 30 October 2022. Ethiopian has started four weekly flights to Bulawayo, a third destination city in Zimbabwe after Harare and Victoria Falls and a third new destination opened after the pandemic. With the addition of Bulawayo, Ethiopian global destinations reach 131. The new flight will be operated with B787 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Bulawayo, also known as “The City of Kings” is rich in cultural history and is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital, Harare.

Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Mesfin Tasew, said “We are continually growing our network in Africa to provide affordable and convenient air connectivity and facilitate trade within Africa and beyond. The commencement of flights to Bulawayo is crucial in connecting Southern Africa to the world with our 130 destinations in five continents.  We are glad to serve Bulawayo, the industrial hub of Zimbabwe and Southern Africa accelerating trade with our cargo and passenger services. Our flights to multiple cities in a country indicate our solid commitment to serve our customers and support our continent as the best pan African carrier.”

Bulawayo is an important trade and tourist hub for travelers from all corners of the world and Ethiopian will provide the best connectivity service along with African flavored hospitality. Ethiopian has been flying to two other cities in Zimbabwe –Harare and Victoria falls, with its first flight to Harare in 1980. The airlines’ new flight to Bulawayo is aimed at providing convenient and affordable service to the growing post pandemic business and leisure travelers to and from Bulawayo and the Southern African region.

Bulawayo is the second largest city with the second largest airport in the country. The suitable geographical location, road infrastructure and hotel businesses have made the city a center of tourism. The city also hosts international trade fair where people from different parts of the world gather attracting tourists and business travelers. However, the airport is underutilized with only few carriers operating to Bulawayo. Ethiopian Airlines commencement of flights brings about additional connectivity options with competitive fares for the people of Bulawayo and the southern African region.

Ethiopian Airlines growing connectivity is backing the utilization of the huge potential of the continents tourism industry. The new flight to Bulawayo will add convenience to travelers, thereby activating the trade activities in the industrial hub of southern Africa.

About Ethiopian

 

Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) is the fastest growing Airline in Africa. In its seventy-five plus years of operation, Ethiopian has become one of the continent’s leading carriers, unrivalled in efficiency and operational success. Ethiopian commands the lion’s share of the Pan African passenger and cargo network operating the youngest and most modern fleet to more than 130 international passenger and cargo destinations across five continents. Ethiopian’s fleet includes ultra-modern and environmentally friendly aircraft such as Boeing 787-8, Boeing 787-9, Airbus A350, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 777-200LR, Boeing 777-200, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-8, Freighter, Bombardier Dash 8-400 double cabin with an average fleet age of seven years. In fact, Ethiopian is the first airline in Africa to own and operate these aircraft. Ethiopian is currently implementing a 15-year strategic plan called Vision 2025 that will see it become the leading aviation group in Africa with Seven business units: Ethiopian International Services; Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services; Ethiopian MRO Services; Ethiopian Aviation Academy; Ethiopian ADD Hub Ground Services, Ethiopian Airports Services and Ethiopian Express Services (Domestic). Ethiopian is a multi-award-winning airline registering an average growth of 25% in the seven years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.  For additional information, please visit www.ethiopianairlines.com  

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GPPL Acquires Digital Media House, Eye Media Networks

The acquisition will focus on the expansion of new territories, offices, and foray of clients for GPPL

New Delhi, 31st October 2022: GPPL has acquired the majority stake in Eye Media Networks Pvt Ltd, a digital media agency having offices across Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Ahead of the acquisition, GPPL hopes to strengthen its business and enter new markets with new zeal.

In light of substantial expansion, GPPL will concentrate on advancing its business by focusing on consumer insights and interests. With more opportunities to explore in terms of the digital ecosystem, marketing 3.0, and advertising in the metaverse, GPPL aims to reach its target audience in further regions of the country.

“We understood during the very initial meetings with the Eye Media team that it is a perfect complement to GPPL in this transformation phase of the industry. The robustness and the vision will strengthen our path for the team and the clients,” said Anjali Chauhan, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, GPPL 

“Our core focus will be on propelling better outcomes that enable our clients to grow. With Eye Media's strength now, we possess more power in digital and creative transformation.” She added.

A full-service digital creative agency with a reputation for innovative ideas, GPPL envisages itself to be a renowned global leader in digital marketing cosmos. Their mission is to be a trusted, favoured, and respected long-term partner for top clients while fostering employee development and satisfaction at work. GPPL will use this partnership as one of its stepping stones toward achieving its objective.

Mr.Saurabh Gupta, Founder and Managing Director of GPPL added, “After several meetings with the Eye Media Founding team we realised that they complement us and do exactly what we do. Our synergies matched and over the next few meetings we decided to acquire them.”

Mr.Umanng Mathur the Founder of Eye Media Networks shared, “We are happy and overwhelmed to be associated with GPPL. Together we will be able to reach a larger audience and work together to get more clients. Creatively we will be able to enhance our minds and deliver innovative content. This is a great opportunity for us and we are excited to be working together.”

Eye Media Networks Pvt Ltd, a company that started in 2015 as an advertising and digital marketing platform, serving customers from a variety of sectors, including Lotus, Sun Pharma, Indiabulls Pharma, Weikfield, Reli spray, and Adani (Belvedere club).

Established in 2015 GPPL operates under an adaptive thinking framework. As of 2022, they have completed over 160 projects for a variety of clientele. Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra are among the states where GPPL has a presence. In the upcoming year, they anticipate growth in the eastern and southern markets and likely in AMEA regions as well.

About GPPL:

GPPL is a full-service, creative agency with a reputation for disruptive creative ideas by branching out as Garage Productions, Garage Media and Garage Music. They provide services in the field of Creative, Digital Media, Social Media, Video Production, OOH, DOOH, ITES, and related fields. With their offices in NCR, Lucknow, and now, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, they aim at creating direct hits through their work that would resonate with their audience on a human level. 

They share a vision to be an accredited, preferred and acknowledged long-run partner for their global clients while ensuring employee growth and satisfaction in the organisation. More than perfection they prefer to enjoy the process of always delivering the best creative ideas that are constantly evolving. 

For more information, please visit: https://www.garageproductions.in/, https://www.garagemedia.net/, https://garagemusic.co/

Envision - India’s First Energy festival driving Industry- Academia led technology transformation towards Net Zero Emissions in India

Chennai, October 31^st, 2022: In an endeavour to set the vision for Industry-Academia led technology transformation aimed at taking India towards Net-Zero by 2047, IIT Madras Research Park along with India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) is organising ENVISION – India’s First Energy Festival  at IITMRP between 3^rd-5^th November, 2022.   

The event will be inaugurated by Dr N Kalaiselvi (Director General, CSIR - Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI), Dr. Ajay Mathur ( Director General, International Solar Alliance) and Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala (President – IITM Research Park, IITM Incubation Cell & RTBI).   

The conference will be witnessed by CXOs, Industry members, government dignitaries, and institutional bodies and features seminars, panel discussions, student led project demonstrations and activities surrounding the discourse “Towards Net-Zero”. Prominent industrial giants, Tata Steel, Lucas TVS, Toyota Connected India, Cambridge Mobile Telematics and CrossBow Labs have come onboard as key partners for the event.  

The 3-day conference explores 10+ thematic areas over the course of the conference following the larger theme of techno-economic readiness of Renewable Energy technologies and their estimated commercialization timelines. Day one of the conference will focus on technologies immediately available to commercialise, the second day is for technologies which can be scaled in 5 to 10 years and the third day will be on technologies, which require major R&D today, so that they can scale in 10 to 15 years. 

EnVision will be a one-stop summit to discuss various burning issues to craft the future of cleantech in India through 15+ expert talks and 6+ panel discussions. As a participant, one will witness thought-provoking dialogue and discourse ranging across topics from Renewable energy generation: Technology and economics, short duration grid storage: Batteries, thermal storage systems to Enhancing energy efficiency: Heating and Cooling, Electric Vehicles, Green Hydrogen generation and more.  

EnVision will feature expert talks by over 25+ top energy voices from industry & academia including; Milind Kulkarni (President - PV Manufacturing, Reliance New Energy Solar); Mr. Sujoy Ghosh (Vice President & Country Managing Director India, First Solar); Dr. R. Gopalan (Reg Director, ARCI), Ravi Chandran Purushothaman (President, Danfoss India); Mr. Akshay Singhal (Chief of Climate Action, Log9), Mr. Randheer Singh (NITI), Mr. Shaji John (Sr. VP, Ohmium); Mrs. Anuradda Ganesh (Chief Technical Advisor, Cummins), Dr. Sanik Nag (TATA Steel), Dr. A.K. Naik (Principle Scientist, BARC), Mr. Alexander Hogeveen Rutter (Private Sector Specialist, ISA) and more.  

The event also promises a showcase of 10+ student led innovations & project demonstrations, screening of thought-provoking documentaries on sustainability, climate change & renewable energy and a novel Electric Vehicle (EV) Parade where miscellaneous EV fabrications take to the road in a rally through the IITM campus till IITMRP.      

Speaking about the event, Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala, President, IIT Madras Research Park & IITM Incubation Cell says “India ranks third in the world in total greenhouse gas emissions - the result of having the second-largest population and being the third largest in energy consumption. This clearly indicates that the time to act on this is now. By jointly initiating a platform like EnVision, we are bringing together the best across industry, academia, startups and students to work collaboratively on innovative solutions that can help us achieve net zero by 2047.  

“This will accelerate our sustainable energy transition and enable us to deploy clean energy technologies at scale. We also hope to greatly accelerate India’s move towards achieving 100% Renewable Energy by 2047, one of the ambitious goals we have challenged ourselves to achieve for India as part of our 10X initiative.” he added.  

Debi Prasad Dash, Executive Director, India Energy Storage Alliance expresses, “We are happy to partner with IITMRP for driving industry academia partnership. Envision is India’s first energy festival that is bringing together industry experts, eminent professors, energy start-ups, students and research scholars on one platform to share best practices and solutions Towards Net Zero. The participants will have an exciting and unique opportunity to learn from the best. This is one of the kind of event which cannot be missed.” 

For more details and registration, visit- https://indiaesa.info/events/ongoing-upcoming-events/iesa-iitmrp-conference  

Make your November bingeworthy with Vdesi Shows on MX Player

 MX November Slate

Make your November binge-worthy with Vdesi Shows on MX Player

Bringing you a wide array of stories from around the world, MX Player promises a binge-worthy November with its slate of Vdesi shows. Are you into Korean, Chinese, or Philippine dramas? Look no further! Here’s a list of everything that MX Player is bringing this November: 

The Wolf- 2nd November

‘The Wolf’ has attracted a lot of interest and discussion since its premiere. And now you can watch the show on MX Player to know why. The Wolf is a costume and romance drama that follows the life of Ma Zhai Xing, a government official’s daughter who befriends a wolf-raised boy in her teenage years and is forced to quit contact with him due to a political conspiracy. Eight years later, she meets him again, only to find that he has become Prince Bo, the royal prince working for the King. Struggling between self-consciousness, power, and loyalty, the two are inevitably involved into a battle to defend their deep-rooted love. Amidst all these tensions, the two finally find their happiness? All 49 episodes will be available in Hindi from 2nd November.

Return- 5th November

Buckle up for an exciting ride with this one! Return starts out as a “Who did it?” type story where almost everyone is a suspect at one time or another as we try to find a murderer. Return is a suspense drama about a group of friends from the rich, elite class who find themselves caught up in a murder mystery, and their lies and deceptions start a chain reaction of things going from bad to worse as they try to cover things up. Find all 17 episodes in multiple languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, and Malayalam from 5th November.

Hanggang Saan- 9th November

A single mother, who is out of means to fund her son’s heart surgery, is compelled to do the unthinkable to prolong the life of her child. Her past comes to haunt her years later, pushing her to confess to a horrendous crime. This Philippine crime drama stars real life mother son – which is a chemistry that is a must watch! All 55 episodes of the series will be available in Hindi from 9th November.

The Last Empress- 12th November

The Last Empress is set in a fictional South Korea which operates under a constitutional monarchy. It follows a musical actress who marries the emperor and becomes involved in the palace power struggle and a mysterious murder.  Then there’s a palace bodyguard who is out for revenge against the emperor. Tune in every week to watch all 26 episodes in various languages like Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, and Malayalam from 12th November.

Artificial City- 16th November

Artificial City is a psychological mystery thriller that tells the story of things which lose their meaning when greed and power comes into play. Set against the backdrop of an art museum that belongs to Sung Jin Group, a major conglomerate that holds the reins of the political and financial spheres of South Korea, the drama is about the ambitions of women who strive to reach the highest position in the nation. MX Player brings to you all 16 episodes in Hindi from 19th November.

Fiery Priest- 19th November

Following the mysterious death of an elderly priest, an NIS agent turned priest attempts to bring the culprits involved before law. The hilarious journey in taking down the gangsters and corrupt officials in the city is what follows. All 20 episodes of this action comedy will be available in MX Player in several languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, and Malayalam from 16th November.

Mea Culpa – 23rd November

Investigating a series of murders in Toulon, a police inspector and his former colleague detect a killer gang working for the Serbian mafia. Two criminals keep breaking all laws and stop at nothing and the investigators also don’t cease to stop. All 35 episodes of this investigation drama will be available from 23rd November in Hindi only on MX Player. 

Be Melodramatic- 26th November

Depicting the daily lives of three 30-year-old best friends, this romantic comedy is a show with a show in the backdrop. A slice-of-life drama, Be Melodramatic follows their lives as they try to be successful in the entertainment industry, while also dealing with their personal issues, love lives, and friendships. MX Player brings the melodramatic drama to you on 26th November in Hindi.

Legal High- 30th November

Legal High is a courtroom drama with comedic leanings featuring two main characters: one, a shrewd lawyer who has never lost a lawsuit, and two, an up-and-coming lawyer with a strong sense of justice. Watch their journeys unfold on MX Player on 30th November in Hindi.

Zigly’s Halloween Carnival returns, levels up spooky fun for paw buddies at its Delhi NCR stores

-          Zigly Halloween carnival was organised at experience centres in East of Kailash, Janakpuri and Gurugram

-          Furry companions and their parents enjoyed the Halloween themed decor, captured fun selfies at spooky photo booth, horror movie-inspired games, treat and lot more

New Delhi, October 31, 2022: While people across the world seems determined to celebrate Halloween, Zigly, India’s first tech-enabled omni-channel pet-care platform, is no exception. Zigly organised second edition of one-of-its-kind Halloween Carnival at Delhi- NCR stores. Organised on 30^th October, Zigly’s experience centres at East of Kailash, Janakpuri and Gurugram were all decked out for Halloween ensuring spooky and fun experience to remember. The event was all frights and delights with enthusiastic pet parents dressing up their pets in spooky yet adorable costumes enjoying the Halloween vibes at Zigly.

Zigly’s Halloween Carnival was strategically planned with host of engaging activities and treat to ensure an experience to remember. Paw parents and their four-legged companions enjoyed the spooky themed decor, fun selfies with their paw babies at the photo booth, horror movie-inspired games, and lot more at the much-anticipated event. Conjuring wicked fun for audience, Zigly made great efforts to create distinctive experiences for pets and pet lovers to spend quality time together and mark the spooky season.

Speaking at the launch of Halloween celebrations, Mr. Pankaj Poddar, Group CEO, Cosmo First said, “Being a responsible pet care brand, we are unceasingly working to make living a lot easier and healthier for pets while ensuring quality pet parenting experience. The Halloween carnival is also in line with the brand’s larger objective to ‘create a better world for pets’ and integrating pets in custom celebrations. Embracing the spooky celebration with host of specially crafted on ground activities, this carnival is a testament of Zigly’s efforts to maintain a ‘culture-first’ approach and offer a thrilling experience to our furry companions and pet lovers from Cosmo First.”

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Ambarish Sikarwar, Business Head, Zigly said “Halloween is celebrated with much fervour across the world, be the excitement of dressing up like scary characters, participating in out-of-the-box events or simply enjoying trick or treating, Halloween has an irresistible vibe which we believe should be extended to our furry companions as well. With Zigly’s second edition of Halloween Carnival, we intend to double the excitement at our stores.”

A paradise for furry friends, Zigly Experience Center is all-things pet. With the concept of being under one roof, the brand takes care of health, nutrition, style and training essentials for your loved one. The retail and services platform offers the widest range of pet care products such as food, nutritional supplements, hygiene products, accessories, and toys along with a specially designed clothing line – for dogs, cats, and other pets. There is also a dedicated section for pet services including grooming, spa, and salon. A fun play area has also been designed for the entertainment and relaxation of pets.

Zigly now has 8 experience centers in the Delhi-NCR region with a presence in heavily populated tactical locations – New Friends Colony, Ambassador Hotel – Sujan Singh Park, Kailash Colony, Green Park, Janakpuri, Punjabi Bagh, Defence Colony, and Gurugram.

To know more about Zigly’s experience centers and their offerings, please click here.

About Zigly:

Zigly is an omni-channel platform for pet care – food, products, healthcare, grooming, vet consultation, experience centers and more. With 8 experience centers in Delhi and NCR (East of Kailash, Green Pak, Janakpuri, Punjabi Bagh, Defence colony, New Friends Colony, Ambassador Hotel – Sujan Singh Park and Gurugram), Zigly is planning to expand their physical presence by opening new stores in other major cities this year. ZIGLY will also serve as a training platform for independent caregivers and provide opportunities for pet care specialists to retain a sustainable source of income. It is the D2C pet-care brand under the Umbrella brand of Cosmo First.

About Cosmo First Limited

Founded by Mr. Ashok Jaipuria in 1981, Cosmo First today has a presence across 100+ countries around the globe. Cosmo First is a global leader in specialty films and an emerging player in specialty chemicals (Masterbatches, Adhesive, Coating & Textile chemicals) along with digital-first Omni channel Pet care business under the brand name ‘Zigly’.

Varun Dhawan spotted in Boots by Brune & Bareskin

Varun Dhawan is seen wearing Brune boots for Bhediya promotions. The actor sported the latest collection of  Boots by Brune & Bareskin. These boots are the perfect companion for fashion-loving folks. Wine Burnished Leather Brune & Bareskin Boots are crafted to provide the utmost comfort and next-level style. It is a perfect pair to carry on long travels. These genuine wine-leather boots are perfect to keep you standing out from the crowd. The adjustable strap helps to get the perfect fit. Wine Genuine Leather shoe looks lavishing with metal shoe eyelets and Brune & Bareskin's signature metal lion logo. The additional lace design makes it very easy to wear. These ankle-length shoes are fitted that emphasize the size and shape of your feet to perfection. The ultra-lightweight sole makes it ideal footwear for all-day-long wear-ability and the thick highly lightweight sole complements the comprehensive look. They are easy to team with formal trousers as they blend well with classic fabrics as well as modern fabric pants, slacks, cargo, and trousers. You can get it customized in your favourite colour shade with Brune & Bareskin's bespoke

Tata Literature Live! Literary Awards Shortlists for 2022 Announced

Mumbai, 31^st October 2022: The Shortlists for the prestigious Tata Literature Live! Literary Awards have been announced today. The Awards are presented annually at the Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest, for books published during the year in the categories of Fiction, Non-Fiction and Business. The aim of the awards is to recognise and encourage literary talent across genres, for both established and new writers.

The winners are traditionally named at the gala closing session of the Festival, which will be held on Sunday 13 November, 8pm onwards at the Tata Theatre, NCPA, Mumbai.

The Shortlists in each category (in alphabetical order), and the eminent Juries that decided the awards are as follows:

Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year (Fiction) Shortlist (in alphabetical order)

1.      Tell Me How To Be by Neel Patel (Penguin Random House India)

2.      The Earthspinner by Anuradha Roy (Hachette India)

3.      The Map and the Scissors by Amit Majmudar (HarperCollins Publishers)

Tata Literature Live! Book of the Year (Non Fiction) Shortlist (in alphabetical order)

1.      Better to Have Gone: Love, Death and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville by Akash Kapur (Simon and Schuster India)

2.      Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas by Anirudh Kanisetti (Juggernaut Books)

3.      The Silent Coup: A History of India's Deep State by Josy Joseph (Westland)

Tata Literature Live! First Book (Fiction) Shortlist (in alphabetical order)

1.      Kololo Hill by Neema Shah (Pan Macmillan India)

2.      The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara (HarperCollins Publishers)

3.      We Move by Gurnaik Johal (Hachette)

Tata Literature Live! First Book (Non-Fiction) Shortlist (in alphabetical order)

1.      Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India’s Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence by Shrayana Bhattacharya (HarperCollins Publishers)

2.      The Gorakhpur Tragedy: A Doctor's Memoir of a Deadly Medical Crisis by Kafeel Khan (Pan Macmillan India)

3.      Whole Numbers and Half-Truths by Rukmini S. (Westland)

Tata Literature Live! Business Book of the Year Shortlist (in alphabetical order)

1.      My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future by Indra K. Nooyi (Hachette India)

2.      The Ambuja Story: How a Group of Ordinary Men Created an Extraordinary Company by Narotam Sekhsaria (HarperCollins Publishers)

3.      The Struggle and the Promise: Restoring India’s Potential by Naushad Forbes (HarperCollins Publishers)

Juries for the awards:

Each award category is decided by an eminent jury. The juries for 2022 were as follows:

Fiction:

Ø  Tina Chakravarty, Educator and former professor, Sophia College

Ø  Somak Ghoshal, Author and editor

Ø  Mrunalini Katiyar, Journalist and publishing consultant

Ø  Gayatri Rangachari Shah, Author, columnist and podcaster

Ø  Shireen Mistry, Communications consultant and committee member, Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest

Non-Fiction:

Ø  Girish Kuber, Author and Editor, Loksatta

Ø  Palash Mehrotra, Author and columnist

Ø  Moomal Mehta, Entrepreneur and founder Crossover Catalyst

Ø  Inakshi Sobti, CEO of Asia Society India Centre

Ø  Tina Nagpaul, Filmmaker and committee member, Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest

Business:

Ø  Senthil Chengalvarayan, Former Business Editor of CNBC TV18

Ø  Mayank Jha, Head Westside Ecommerce, Trent Ltd

Ø  Nandan Maluste, Investment and private banker, consultant and entrepreneur

Ø  Paula Mariwala, Venture capitalist and co-founder of Krea University

Ø  Anand Shankar, Director, Tata Management Training Center and Senior Vice President, Group Human Resources, Tata Group

Website: https://tatalitlive.in/

Speakers: https://tatalitlive.in/speakers

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tatalitlive/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/litlivemumbai

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TataLitLive/

 

The Tata Group is the title sponsor of Tata Literature Live! The Festival was conceived by Anil Dharker (1947-2021) Founder and Festival Director of Literature Live!, which organises the festival with the support of the Tata Group.

About Tata Group: 

Founded by Jamsetji Tata in 1868, the Tata Group is a global enterprise, headquartered in India, comprising 30 companies across ten verticals. The Group operates in more than 100 countries across six continents, with a mission 'To improve the quality of life of the communities we serve globally, through long-term stakeholder value creation based on Leadership with Trust’. Tata Sons is the principal investment holding company and promoter of Tata companies. Sixty-six percent of the equity share capital of Tata Sons is held by philanthropic trusts, which support education, health, livelihood generation and art and culture. In 2021-22, the revenue of Tata companies, taken together, was $128 billion (INR 9.6 trillion). These companies collectively employ over 935,000 people. Each Tata company or enterprise operates independently under the guidance and supervision of its own Board of Directors. There are 29 publicly-listed Tata enterprises with a combined market capitalisation of $311 billion (INR 23.6 trillion) as on March 31, 2022. Companies include Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Chemicals, Tata Consumer Products, Titan, Tata Capital, Tata Power, Indian Hotels, Tata Communications, Tata Digital, and Tata Electronics. For more details visit www.tata.com

You can follow the Tata group on:

·         Twitter: https://twitter.com/TataCompanies

·         YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TataCompanies

·         LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tata-companies

About Literature Live!

Literature Live! is dedicated to celebrating the written word in all its glorious and varied forms. It offers a chance to participate in the many joys of literature, from book launches, thought provoking talks and author interactions, all of which continued online during the pandemic. Literature Live! also organises Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest, Mumbai’s premier international Literary Festival (8.5 million views for the virtual Festival last year). Now set to launch in a hybrid format: virtual and on-ground, from 9-13 November, 2022, the Festival has become very popular not least because it looks at literature in a way that complements the spirit of Mumbai: energetic, inclusive and cosmopolitan.