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Spetrol Founder Ram Budime and Team

Warangal (Telangana) [India], March 19: Spetrol, a Warangal-based startup, intends to be the ‘Amazon’ of High-Speed Diesel (HSD) door-to-door delivery by developing its energy distribution network to over 300 customers across sectors in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka by 2022-23.

Being Telangana’s premier energy distribution startup, Spetrol is following government policy, which states that there is a significant demand for HSD for fixed equipment such as generator sets, earth moving equipment, heavy machinery used on building sites, mobile towers, and so on. Businesses who required fuel delivered had to contact for each delivery, which was a time-consuming process. An online automated fuel delivery service eventually becomes the logical choice.

Founded in 2021 by entrepreneurs—Ram Budime and Neeharika Reddy, Spetrol is an online application to book fuel delivery across industries like logistics, real estate, hospitality, warehousing, and agriculture. The IoT-enabled transportation system minimise travel costs, logistics cost, and delivery time.

Spetrol’s Ram Budime stated, “Spetrol is on track to increase its clientele to 300 customers across sectors and services over the next 10-15 months in states such as Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka.” In the financial year 2022-23, we are targeting a business worth Rs 300 crores across industries.”

Businesses who rely on machinery, backup generators, or a fleet of vehicles have already recognised the value of fuel delivery services. They lose time and money when they run out of fuel. Budime explained that when fleets and facilities grow, the requirement to acquire and stock additional gasoline increases.

Spetrol’s Sirisha stated, “Spetrol is currently delivering 1,00,000 Ltrs of HSD per month in and around Warangal to mining and heavy machinery industries.”

Spetrol’s Android and iOS-based Mobile App offers a convenient and quick ordering system. It’s as simple as ordering food online. Not only ordering, but users can also conveniently monitor their fuel usage in the app.

The company assures the greatest level of quality and safety by transporting diesel in tanks that have been pre-approved by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas as well as the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO). Diesel is procured directly from the OMCs and transported in tankers which are equipped with tamper-proof electronic locks protected by cutting-edge geo fence technology that allows the tankers to be opened for decantation only when they arrive at the designated site.

The company ensures the highest level of quality and safety by delivering diesel in tanks that have been pre-approved by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas as well as the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO). Diesel is purchased directly from OMCs and carried in tankers fitted with tamper-proof electronic locks and advanced geofencing technology that allows the tankers to be opened for decantation only when they arrive at the appropriate spot.

All the delivery trucks are enabled with an IoT solution that allows real-time monitoring and tracking, seamless logistics management, and reduced order fulfillment time.

Neeharika Reddy of Spetrol said, “We plan to expand the brand to future energies as well. When India has adopted Electric Vehicles (EVs), the company has plans to supply batteries to the machinery and vehicles running on electricity.”

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Nitish Agarwal, Executive Director of BNI Ahmedabad, says the organisation’s members have emerged stronger from the pandemic.

Ahmedabad, March 19: Business Network International (BNI), the world’s leading business referral organisation, is looking to give a significant boost to the economy by more than doubling the business transactions it facilitates in Ahmedabad.

BNI Ahmedabad has 38 chapters and a membership base of more than 2,000. The members include businesses of all sizes and from sectors including real estate, manufacturing, services, architects, brokers, Information Technology, retail, and much more.

“Networking is a great tool for growing business, and nobody does it better than BNI,” says Nitish Agarwal, Executive Director, BNI Ahmedabad, ranked as the world’s fastest-growing region for four years.

BNI Ahmedabad, which was launched in 2014 with the aim to usher in professionalism in the business community by bringing about a change of attitude and mindset, launched two more chapters last week to take its total network to 38 (OR 40?). The organisation has helped facilitate business transactions of more than Rs. 4,100 crore so far, and aims to touch the figure of Rs. 10,000 crore by 2025.

“Our members are benefiting from the networking and referral opportunities that BNI Ahmedabad provides. It is because members invest in each other and help one another grow. I can confidently say that every member has grown by 150%, not just in terms of business, but even in terms of networking, attitude, and learning since becoming a part of BNI,” said Mr Agarwal.

BNI Ahmedabad has seen its membership base growing rapidly because of positive word of mouth and aims to more than double the numbers in the next two years.

The learnings and networking helped BNI Ahmedabad members come out stronger from the Covid-19 pandemic.

“There was certainly an impact of the pandemic, especially in the first few months. But, we transited smoothly to the digital mode. We used the time and opportunity to enhance members’ knowledge through a series of online knowledge sharing and educational initiatives. The result of all these efforts is that members’ businesses have grown faster post-pandemic,” he said.

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New Delhi (India), March 19: Star Imaging & Path Lab received the award for Best Diagnostic Lab at 5th edition of Six Sigma Leadership Summit organized at Pulman Aerocity. The award recognises the best diagnostic centre providing the best quality services to their patients with precision & personalised care. Sh. Anurag Thakur, Union minister for youth services and sports felicitated Dr. Sameer Bhati, Director, Star Imaging & Path Lab with Oscars of Healthcare: Proud Maker of India Award for his relentless services during unprecedented Covid times. Dr. Sameer Bhati, Director, Star Imaging & Path Lab said,” It gives us immense happiness to be able to contribute & make efforts for the developing Healthcare System of India.

We all thrive to make it more accessible, affordable & future ready.” Talking about promoting research & brainstorming on future plans of Healthcare management, Dr. Bhati said, “India needs a well trained & skilled Healthcare work force as well as participation of stakeholders to increase the reach of Health & Welfare Initiatives in the remotest areas.” A book “The Armed Forces Book of Records” in the memory of beloved India’s 1st CDS, Late General Bipin Rawat was also released. Dr. Bhati added, “We salute his remarkable contribution on his birth Anniversary.”

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Secures Michael Olson as US-based President

New Delhi (India), March 19:  Linktree today announced $110 million USD funding led by Index Ventures and Coatue at a valuation of $1.3 billion USD.

The company’s fast-paced growth trajectory to 24 million users in the past year ensured follow-on from previous investors AirTree Ventures and Insight Partners, and new participation from Greenoaks Capital, renowned for investments in Coupang, Canva and Airwallex.

Linktree is the link-in-bio category creator that enables users to create a streamlined online identity to showcase, and commercialize, their profile. It is utilized by artists, and brands globally including TikTok, Selena Gomez, Noah Beck, Bella Poarch, Red Bull, Shawn Mendes, the Los Angeles Clippers, Comedy Central, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, and HBO. Linktree helped 1.7 million people drive 1.2 billion clicks to commerce-related websites in the last year alone.

Users now exist across 250 verticals worldwide. From 2020 to 2021, the platform’s influencer, small business, and music verticals have grown on average more than 300% each. Linktree will use this funding to focus on additional geographic expansion, revenue streams and further value for its creators and brands via new tools and partnerships.

With its expansion into Indian Territory, it has noticed immense growth and engagement from a broad range of industries. Some of the leading names from India include Byju’s, BMW India, Jio Saavn, Sugar Cosmetics, Forbes, Mumbai Indians and many more. “Linktree will connect creators and audiences, facilitate and maximize the huge potential to expand the digital economy in India,” said Country Manager Linktree, Sapna Patel.

“We have grown beyond the traditional ‘link-in-bio’ company, connecting users’ fragmented online presence and establishing our position as a new sub-sector of the tech industry. This funding will ensure we continue to innovate and develop tools that empower people to grow, curate, and monetize their digital universe, maintaining Linktree as the market leader,” said Alex Zaccaria, co-founder, and CEO, Linktree.

Linktree marks this milestone with the hire of their first President, Michael Olson. Michael has a long and distinguished career in the gaming and creator economy having held Executive Growth and Operational positions at Twitch, Pandora, Linked-In and Microsoft. Based in the US, he will drive market and category leadership for Linktree and their growing team.

“I’m honored to be joining Linktree at this milestone moment. Over the past few years, the creator economy has grown rapidly and Linktree has led the way through innovations in discovery, engagement, and monetization – there are so many commercial possibilities with an audience of this size,” said Mike Olson, President, Linktree.

Officially dubbed as ‘unicorn’, Linktree continues to prioritize the needs of creators, consumers, and brands as one of the top 300 most popular website destinations globally with 1.2 billion unique visitors a month.

Linktree enables creators, brands, artists, publishers, agencies, and businesses of all sizes to curate an online ecosystem, engage with their audience and monetize their passion.

Linktree is among the top 300 most popular website destinations globally, with 1.2 billion unique visitors a month. In 2021 alone, Linktree enabled over 1 million artists to generate 90 million visits to streaming providers – twice as many artists and three times as many clicks as in the year prior.

The platform is utilized by more than 24 million creators, artists, and brands globally including TikTok, Selena Gomez, Noah Beck, Bella Poarch, Red Bull, Shawn Mendes, the Los Angeles Clippers, Comedy Central, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, and HBO.

The platform continues to prioritize the needs of creators, recently releasing Commerce Links and Stores, which include integrations with Shopify, Square, Paypal, spring, and GoFundMe. Since acquiring Songlink/Odesli in August 2021, Linktree has also announced exciting new partnerships with Bandsintown, Audiomack, Soundcloud, and Community.

Founded by Brothers Alex and Anthony Zaccaria and Nick Humphreys in 2016, Linktree is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

For more information visit https://linktr.ee/.

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First entertainment PR website from India on Google Play

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 19: BollywoodPR.in has become the first entertainment PR website from India to make its presence felt on Google Play Store with the launch of its news app simply called Bollywood PR.

Reflecting the categories of the BollywoodPR.in website, the app features various sections covering news, views, interviews, opinion pieces, analysis, pictorials, top lists and case studies. It even has a section covering top influencers vying for attention in the entertainment industry.

The app has a bold black, white and gold theme, which it carries forward from its highly successful website.

As the premier authoritative PR website of the Indian entertainment industry, BollywoodPR.in is the brainchild of Bollywood’s only PR guru Dale Bhagwagar who is credited for pioneering the maximum PR trends in the entertainment PR industry.

The celebrity publicist has handled the publicity for over 300 personalities, 30 movies and 20 Bigg Boss contestants. His Mumbai-based entertainment PR agency Dale Bhagwagar Media Group has been at the forefront of the Bollywood PR brigade for more than two decades.

Apart from Indian media, Dale Bhagwagar is the only Bollywood publicist who has been quoted in top best international media such as BBC, Sky News (UK), CNN, The Washington Post, The New York Times (US), The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), Pravda (Russia) and the International Herald Tribune (France).

On BollywoodPR.in, the thought leader shares some of his PR experience and expertise. The website and app features news and articles on Indian and international film personalities such as Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Akshay Kumar, Allu Arjun, Amitabh Bachchan, Anushka Sharma, Brad Pitt, Daniel Craig, Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Kriti Sanon, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Rhea Chakraborty, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Sushant Singh Rajput, Vicky Kaushal, Vidya Balan and Vivek Oberoi.

It also features several leading trade personalities and industry stalwarts including AR Rahman, Amit Behl, Arnab Goswami, Atul Mohan, Chaitanya Padukone, Dabboo Ratnani, Jatin Kampani, Komal Nahta, Mayank Shekhar, Palki Sharma Upadhyay, Pritam Chakraborty, Rohan Shrestha, Subi Samuel, Tarun Khiwal, Ujjwaal Trivedi, Vickky Idnaani, Vikram Bawa, Viral Bhayani, Vishal Bhardwaj, Viveck Vaswani and Vivek Agnihotri.

It covers various PR centric as well as other movies such as Angel Has Fallen, Brahmastra, Brexit, Dolemite Is My Name, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Heroine, Jerry Maguire, Laal Singh Chaddha, The Lion King, Main Azaad Hoon, No Time To Die, Page 3, Pathan, Pushpa, Rambo: Last Blood, Rann, S1m0ne, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Sunset Boulevard, Thank You For Smoking, The Delhi Files, The Experiment, The Guru, The Truman Show, Tomorrow Never Dies, Troy, Wag The Dog, Wonder Woman 1984 and Zack Snyder’s Justice League.

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India (Maharashtra), March 19: Leading Baklava brand, Mezaya, which is presently making a sale of Rs 10 lakhs a month, is targeting a sale of Rs 25 lakhs per month in the coming financial year, the Co-founder of Mezaya Confectionary LLP, Raies Sheikh said. We are all set to scale our annual turnover to Rs 3 crore by March 31, 2023, Raies pointed out. At present, we are delivering 50 to 70 boxes a day; we are aiming to increase these deliveries to around 150 plus boxes, he added.

To achieve this target, the company has augmented its capacity and invested in a state-of-the-art kitchen so that the production can match the supply-demand, he said. The company is also looking at expanding its product range so that our patrons can enjoy other Middle Eastern delicacies as well, he said. Right now, we are working on the menu.

Mezaya, which stormed the Mumbai market with its amazing and sumptuous range of baklavas three years back, has also started delivering its entire range to major tier I cities across the country. The company has tied up with premier courier company Blue Dart so that fresh Baklavas can be delivered in less than 48 hours. For this, the company has developed special packaging to ensure the freshness of the product is kept intact, the release added.

The best products are used in manufacturing them and are sourced from the country of their origin. For example, the company procures pistachios from Iran. Similarly, the best Belgian chocolates are also imported. Besides the ingredients, the other USP of these handcrafted baklavas is specially developed in-house syrups, which not only enhances the taste but also makes the experience of consuming them to the next level. Another distinguishing factor is that no synthetics or chemicals are used to prepare them, and the entire range is natural, organic and 1oo % vegetarian.

It all started as a small venture four years back from a small 100 square feet room in a small decrepit place in suburban Mumbai. It has grown into a full-fledged business venture, with turnover touching close to 1.2 crores in the current financial year. Today, Baklava by Mezaya has become the go-to name for indulging in these sinful Mediterranean delights.

Started by a young entrepreneur couple Shazia and Raies Sheikh, in their twenties, the business has grown multi-fold, and today the company is delivering close to 2000 orders monthly. Says Raies, “in the first month we made a sale of just Rs ten thousand and today we easily cross ten lakh every month”.

Raies, who studied engineering and worked in Dubai for some time, confesses that the idea of venturing into Mediterranean desserts came from his wife Shazia. She finished her bakery course at Richemont Master Baker in Dubai. “She used to bake those incredible Baklavas, and everyone who tasted wanted to have more, and that is how the seeds of Mezaya were implanted in our minds”, he said.

Mezaya currently has 12 delivery outlets and delivers Baklavas across Mumbai and neighbouring satellite towns. Patrons directly order through the Mezaya’s social media pages or other delivery platforms like Zomato and Swiggy.

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Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 19: Beyond Key, a digital transformation services provider company celebrated the women on their team by hosting a fun and informative event on Women’s Day. To acknowledge the efforts and strides made by women in various phases of life, and their contribution to the company- Beyond Key dedicated several activities to celebrating womanhood.

The day’s events were kicked off by a gathering at the office to prepare for the rest of the day where the joys of giving, womanhood, and mindfulness were celebrated. The team visited a non-profit healthcare facility called “Madhav Shrishti” where they met the NGO’s key persons who are working hard since many years to manage fundraising for this reputed Healthcare NGO. The meeting proceeded to the Shri Guruji Seva Nyas where they shared thoughts and proposed CSR initiatives for organizations who are willing donate to the causes that they were passionate about.

The newest and the oldest female team member felicitated the key persons and extended the donations to the organization on behalf of the entire team Beyond Key as a small contribution to the society. After a brief company-sponsored lunch and activities break at Sayaji, the attendants moved to attend seminars and discussions by medical professionals.

The first seminar was conducted by Dr. Siddharth Rahke, an endocrinologist who’s accumulated 11 years of experience. Issues such as insulin resistance, obesity amongst youth, and Type-II diabetes were tackled, a topic that hasn’t had its due in modern-day medical spaces. The seminar was followed by another one by Dr. Sanjog Jaiswal, who has been in the field of medicine and education for 19 years. He spoke candidly to the attendants about Breast Cancer.

Piyush Goel, the CEO of Beyond Key said, “Beyond Key believes in building high performing diverse teams. We reward caliber and merit; gender is no bar for us. I’m proud of all women in our team who are not just wonderful co-workers but also great individuals. We foster a culture of appreciating each other’s needs and experiences. We also ensure to create a comfortable space for women so that they speak up, share their different perspective and practice fact-based and courageous decision making.”

Ashish Sankhala, Chief Operating Officer said, “Beyond Key provides every opportunity for our dynamic female workforce to capitalize on their inherent strengths. We do this by letting them see themselves and feel their impact by being a vocal champion of making change happen within our organization.”

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Managing Director Mr Hemant J Jhaveri with his wife Mrs Deepa H Jhaveri

March 17: On 13th March 2022, Badshah Masala invited distributors, salesmen, and super stockists from all over the country to join the 64th Annual sale meet at the Deltin hotel, Daman. The event began with a motivational speech by the Managing Director Mr Hemant J Jhaveri, where he expressed his gratitude to the entire Badshah Family whose hard work ensured that the company reached its target amidst a pandemic. He also addressed that the company was doing significantly well in foreign markets and participated and exhibited at the Gulf Food Exhibition in Dubai.

He also reported the successful venture Badshah Masala experienced at the Indus Food Exhibition and that the company witnessed a steady growth in markets across India. The company recorded the its highest growth ever in the financial year 2021-2022. The speech was later followed by a felicitation ceremony where all the outstanding performers of the year were awarded for their efforts by the M.D himself. After the felicitation, the company’s future along with new targets was discussed and a fresh plan to take the name ‘Badshah Masala’ to new heights was presented. The evening concluded with a dinner buffet for all the guests and the launch of Badshah’s new range of seasoning; Oregano, Chilli Flakes, Piri Piri & Pizza& Pasta Seasoning.

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