Get your hands on Oriflame’s new NovAge Advanced Skin Renewing Treatment for salon-like results at home!

Get your hands on Oriflame’s new NovAge Advanced Skin Renewing Treatment
for salon-like results at home!

The 2-step treatment that complements your usual skincare regimen promises reduced fine lines, wrinkles, visible dark spots & acne scars to reveal a flawless and even skin tone!  

Oriflame, the leading Swedish direct selling beauty brand, has introduced its new NovAge Advanced Skin Renewing Treatment that promises salon-like results at home! The intensive 2-step, 4-week treatment, is an advanced treatment at your home with proven performance on smoothing out wrinkles, skin texture and spots for a clear, radiant complexion.

Created to suit every skin-type, the NovAge Advanced Skin Renewing Treatment includes an intensive peeling solution, powered by Glycolic and Lactic Acids, which micro-exfoliates dead and dull cells from the skin's surface and encourages cell turnover and renewal. Meanwhile, the neutralising solution with HydrActive terminates the peeling action, restores the skin's pH level and infuses the skin with essential hydration. Incorporating the NovAge Advanced Skin Renewing Treatment into a regular skincare regimen can help in refining the facial texture, brightening the skin tone and diminishing the appearance of imperfections like dark spots, acne scars, enlarged pores, and lines and wrinkles.

The NovAge Advanced Skin Renewing Treatment box contains 8 tubes that are to be used once a week for 4 consecutive weeks. When included in your regular skincare routine, the order should be to start with cleansing, followed by peel and neutraliser, then eye cream and end it with a night cream.  It is necessary to ensure that the peel is used only at night and for not more than 10 minutes.  After the treatment, the skin should not be exposed to the sun for the next 24 hours.

Priced at INR 2999

Availability: Contact your nearest Oriflame consultant or call on 011-40409000 / 66259000.

About Oriflame

Founded in 1967, Oriflame is a beauty company selling direct in more than 60 countries. It offers a wide portfolio of Swedish, nature-inspired, innovative beauty, skincare & wellness products. Respect for people and nature underlies Oriflame’s operating principles and is reflected in its social and environmental policies. Oriflame supports numerous charities worldwide and is a Co-founder of the World Childhood Foundation. Oriflame Cosmetics is listed on the Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange.

For more information, log on to www.oriflame.co.in

INDIA- BANGLADESH BILATERAL TRADE SET TO CROSS $10 BILLION

“INDIA- BANGLADESH  BILATERAL TRADE

SET TO CROSS $10 BILLION” - CWBTA

THE CONFEDERATION OF WEST BENGAL TRADE ASSOCIATIONS (CWBTA) PLANS TO SET UP “BHARATIYA SHOWCASE” - A NEW CONCEPT TO BOOST TRADE WITH BANGLADESH AND BEYOND. CWBTA AND INDIA-BANGLADESH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (IBCCI), THE TWO LEADING TRADING ORGANIZATIONS OF EASTERN REGION, TODAY ORGANIZED “CWBTA INDIA-BANGLADESH BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARD 2018” TO FELICITATE EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALS IN TRADE AND MEDIA.

The first “CWBTA India-Bangladesh Business Excellence Award 2018” was inaugurated by Hon’ble Minister, Janab Firhad Hakim, here today at a function in the presence of leading trade bodies of India and Bangladesh and other dignitaries. The Award, organized by the Confederation of West Bengal Trade Association (CWBTA) and India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IBCCI), felicitated professionals for excelling in promoting bilateral trade and friendship between India and Bangladesh. Ten professionals, five from business and trade and five journalists were felicitated on the occasion. In a rare gesture, an eminent Bangladeshi journalist and author, Ms Shamima Akhtar, was awarded for her efforts to promote India-Bangladesh friendship. Her book was also launched at the event.

The India-Bangladesh bilateral trade, which is at an all-time high at present, is set to cross US $10 billion in 2019 according to Mr Sushil Poddar, President, CWBTA. Market feedback from India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IBCCI), President, Mr Abdul Matlub Ahmad, confirmed these findings. The growth potential is, however, far higher.

“CWBTA will set up Bharatiya Showcase – a new trade promotion concept. Though India exports US $7 billion worth of goods and services to Bangladesh, there is not a single place to showcase India’s export product basket. The Bharatiya Showcase would be a permanent centre displaying all products exported to Bangladesh in all its varieties, specifications and details. Bangladeshi importers can see these products under one roof and initiate business to business (B2B) deals. This concept would be expanded by adding sections displaying country-specific export items, starting with Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and beyond,” said Mr Sushil Poddar, President, CWBTA.

CWBTA and IBCCI will work together proactively to boost trade between the two countries and also the regional trade. Trade delegations would visit Bangladesh and India on a regular basis. “With major Indian companies starting operations and India investing in various infrastructure sectors in Bangladesh, the overall trading scenario is on the cusp of a major growth. With additional capacity building the bilateral trade would increase exponentially,” Mr Poddar said.

“We are encouraging people-to-people contact and IBCCI and CWBTA. The `Bharatiya Showcase’ concept can play a very positive role in boosting Indo-Bangla trade. India is the second largest partner for importing goods and services in Bangladesh,” said Mr Abdul Matlab Ahmad, President of India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IBCCI). India-Bangladesh bilateral trade stands at US $7.5 billion at present which is an 11 per cent rise.

Ten leading professionals namely, Mr Khalid Aizaz Anwar, Mr Prodiptto Majumder, Mr Harbhajan Singh, Mr Subir Ghosh and Mr Alamgir Kabir were awarded “CWBTA India-Bangladesh Business Excellence Award 2018” for excelling in trade while five journalists, Ms Shamima Akhtar of Bangladesh, Mr Ambar Mukherjee, Mr Snehasis Sur, Mr Uditprasanna Mukherjee and Mr Tarkeshwar Mishra were felicitated for their contribution toward promoting trade and India-Bangladesh friendship.

Gift your hands & feet the goodness of Nature through Oriflame’s Love Nature Manicure Pedicure Kit

Gift your hands & feet the goodness of Nature through Oriflame’s Love Nature Manicure Pedicure Kit

Enriched with the goodness of Almond Oil & Lime, the new kit ensures that you can revive the suppleness of your hands and feet in 4 simple steps!

Swedish beauty brand Oriflame is always at the forefront of helping its consumers achieve their beauty goals with maximum ease. As part of the same vision, it has now launched the all-new Manicure Pedicure kit under the ‘Love Nature’ range. The single kit can help Oriflame customers revive the beauty of both their hands and feet in four simple steps of Soak, Scrub, Soften and Massage.

The Love Nature Manicure Pedicure Kit is enhanced with the goodness of Almond Oil and Lime. Almond Oil contains a variety of essential fatty acids and these heavy molecules give the oil occlusive properties which help to seal moisture into the skin. Lime, on the other hand, contains fruit acids which are helpful for exfoliating the skin. 

Speaking on the launch, Naveen Anand, Senior Director Regional Marketing South Asia, Oriflame, “The Love Nature range has always represented products that offer a true natural experience every day. They are easy-to-enjoy products that make feeling and looking good an effortless process. The Manicure Pedicure Kit is an extension of the same philosophy. Bundling in the best of natural ingredients, the kit ensures that Oriflame customers can get beautiful hands and feet in a just few simple steps.”

While using the Love Nature Manicure Pedicure Kit, the first step is to add a small amount of the solution to warm water and soak the hands and feet in it for 10 minutes to cleanse and relax. Next, one must scrub the hands and feet with the exfoliating scrub full of natural-origin beads. Scrubbing should be done in a circular motion and the scrub can be rinsed off when one is finished. Next comes the step of softening. This involves rubbing a small amount of the cuticle softener on the nails and gently pushing the cuticles back. Step number four is that of massage. The fast absorbing massage cream can be smoothened onto the hands/feet for effective and intensive moisturization.

So take a break and pamper yourself from hand to toe with these revitalizing Manicure and Pedicure products in the comfort of your home!

The Love Nature Manicure Pedicure Kit is available at INR 1499.

Availability: Contact your nearest Oriflame consultant or call on 011-40409000/66259000.

About Oriflame

Founded in 1967, Oriflame is a beauty company selling direct in more than 60 countries. It offers a wide portfolio of Swedish, nature-inspired, innovative beauty, skincare & wellness products. Respect for people and nature underlies Oriflame’s operating principles and is reflected in its social and environmental policies. Oriflame supports numerous charities worldwide and is a Co-founder of the World Childhood Foundation. Oriflame Cosmetics is listed on the Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange.

For more information, log on to www.oriflame.co.in

Exide announces major expansion projects in Haldia

Exide announces major expansion projects in Haldia

·      To set up India’s largest battery recycling plant with Italian technology

·      Get into high-tech Nickel-Cadmium battery manufacture

Exide Industries Ltd, the country’s largest lead-acid storage battery maker, announced plans for significant expansion in West Bengal’s port city of Haldia where it already has its largest battery manufacturing plant.

“We are embarking on a two-pronged strategy to make Haldia one of the largest and integrated self-sufficient battery making centers in South-East Asia where we manufacture everything from recycled lead to finished battery,” said Mr Gautam Chatterjee, Managing Director and CEO ofExide Industries. “While on the one hand we will expand the existing battery making plant on a 20 acre piece of land allotted to us by the Kolkata Port Trust authorities, on the other hand we will set up a greenfield battery recycling plant with latest European technology on another piece of 20 acre land allotted to us by Haldia Development Authority” Mr Chatterjee added.

Earlier in the day, West Bengal’s Minister for Transport and Environment and Chairman of Haldia Development Authority, Mr. Suvendu Adhikari laid the foundation for the two plants.

The battery manufacturing expansion project and the greenfield battery recycling plant will be funded by the company’s internal reserves. In the current financial year of 2018-19 the company plans a capital expenditure of Rs 1100 crore. Bulk of that will be spent on these two projects.

The Battery Recycling Plant

In collaboration with Italy’s Energitech Technologies, one of the leading players in this field, the lead recycling plant in Haldiawill have a monthly capacity of 15,000 metric tonnes, making it the country’s largest lead recycling plant. The plant will employ environmentally safe and latest state-of-art technologies conforming to technical norms set by the Basel Convention.

Exide already operates two lead recycling plants near Pune and Bangalore. Their combined monthly capacity is 11,500 metric tonnes of recycled lead. Exide’s lead recycling business is carried out by its wholly owned subsidiary Chloride Metals Ltd which clocked a turnover of Rs 2013 crore in financial year 2017-18. Exide uses over 40 per cent recycled lead in its batteries, making them more environment friendly.

The Expansion Project

Exide’s expansion project in its current manufacturing facility envisages setting up of a massive 40,000 square meter shed where it will carry out three activities. Manufacture of Nickel-Cadmium batteries, setting up of a mega charging station and additional battery manufacturing capacity.

The mega charging facility for 2 lakh batteries per month will employ latest European technology of closed loop charging system which is not only environmentally a lot safer but also requires much less power.

Additionally, the company will also now get into manufacture of Nickel-Cadmium batteries in technical collaboration with Furukawa of Japan. These are extremely high end batteries for sophisticated applications like in Bullet Trains, Metro Rail and other critical installations where they require absolutely fail proof batteries.

Indirect Tax Committee of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has organised a National Seminar

National Seminar on GST

Indirect Tax Committee of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has organised a National Seminar on GST from 2PM to 8PM on this Thursday – 2^nd August 2018 at MahajatiSadan, Kolkata. Since its implementation on 1^st July 2017 – happens to be the Foundation Day of the ICAI – The Institute has been working pro-actively to promulgate the  basic impacts of implementation of GST. This National Seminar was organised primarily to update about various amendments and notifications taking place in the field of GST and to discuss the key issues of GST.

The programme was initiated on behalf of the ICAI by CA Sushil Kr. Goyal, Vice Chairman, IDTC of ICAI – a person of limitless energy and perfect professionalism.

The programme was attended by more than 1200 people that includes Chartered Accountants from across the country and a great number of prominent professionals from other areas of business and industry.

Mr. Sushil Kumar Modi, Honourable Dy. Chief Minister, Govt. of Bihar and Chairman of GST Implementation Committee, was invited as the Chief Guest. Shri Modi, in his scholarly speech, enriched in information, greeted the Institute for organising this seminar and on E-way Bill Development. He also highlighted how the implementation of GST would shape the future world and how more transparency would be achieved.

A houseful of audience felt enriched by the deliberations on Issues in Real Estate (Construction & Works Contract) by CA S. S. Gupta, Mumbai, Amendments Proposed in GST Act by Amendment Bill 2018 CA Bimal Jain, New Delhi, Issues in Input Tax Credit by Advocate K. Vaitheeswaran, Chennai , Annual Return, Reconciliation, GST Audit & Rectification of previous year’s errors by CA Gaurav Gupta, New Delhi and Issues in GST by CA Khalid Aizaz Ansari. The swashbuckling presentation by all the speakers was really learning for everybody present in the seminar.

Speakers discussed and laid thrust on how GST Implementation helped and boosted great hike in Nation’s GDP and played a pivotal role in the ease of doing business , positive impact it enjoys in revenue collection, what role it has on elimination of tax cascading and progressive tax structure etc. Discussion in the seminar revealed the fact that the GST Council is committed to bring further simplification in the entire taxation system.

The entire programme was both learning and enjoyable and the programme again established the fact that ICAI does everything always in an innovative manner and in its own unique method.