07-October-2022: IRRI, Nykaa, VST Tillers Tractors Ltd, Dairy Cooperative Conclave, GADVASU

7 October 2022

• IRRI Advancing the Goal of Cross-Border NARES Capacity Building & Knowledge Exchange

  Hosted at IRRI South Asia Regional Centre, Varanasi, India; IRRI Rice Breeding Innovation and IRRI Education collaborated to organize an intensive one-week training cum capacity-building program for NARES scientists and officials from the neighboring country, Nepal.

• Nykaa Plans Global Expansion; Joins Hands With UAE-Based Fashion Retailer Apparel Group

  55% will be owned by a division of FSN E-Commerce Ventures, and the remaining 40% will be owned by the Apparel Group. The amount of the investment has not been made public by the corporation. The group entity will develop multi-brand omnichannel beauty retail operations for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), through a company that will be incorporated in the Abu Dhabi Global Market.

• VST Tillers Tractors Ltd to be the Title Sponsor of Bengaluru Bulls

  VST Tillers Tractors Ltd, India’s leading farm equipment manufacturer, today announced that the Company will be the title sponsor of Bengaluru Bulls, the Pro Kabaddi League team from Bengaluru for the Pro Kabaddi League season 2022. According to the agreement, VST Tillers Tractors Ltd will feature as the Bengaluru Bulls' title sponsor on a variety of platforms, including the front of the team's official shirt and the official playing kits. To mark this partnership Antony Cherukara CEO, of VST Tillers Tractors Ltd, and Kirthi Muralikrishnan, CEO of Bengaluru Bulls unveiled the team's new jersey for the season.

• Amit Shah Inaugurates Dairy Cooperative Conclave in Gangtok

  Union Home & Co-operation Minister Amit Shah unveiled a statue of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel at Rajbhavan in Gangtok following which he inaugurated The Cooperative Dairy Conclave – 2022 of the Eastern and North-Eastern Regions.

• GADVASU Launches 'YODHA', a Mobile App for Livestock Farmers

  Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) has launched ‘YODHA app’, a mobile application for livestock farmers. The app will deal with problems faced by livestock farmers like lumpy skin disease (LSD), African swine fever, etc.