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by Priyanka Jadhav  Director and Plastic Surgeon Dr. Sunil Keswani points out a critical gap in availability due to lack of awareness Mumbai, April 23, 2026: The National Burns Centre (NBC) raised serious concerns over a critical shortage of skin donations across India.  Spearheading NBC’s campaign to encourage more skin donor pledges, Director and Plastic Surgeon Dr. Sunil Keswani stated that a lack of awareness about skin donations is a critical cause of this gap. Skin banks in Mumbai receive only 25% of the required donations each month. Around 70% of burn patients are in the 15-35-year age group. Lack of access to skin transplantation leads to severe economic and emotional strain on the burn survivor as well as on their family. With timely access to skin grafts, burn patients can be rehabilitated in their most critical window of care, reducing risks of complications and mortality significantly. Skin can be donated within 6 hours of death and the deceased must be registered...

 by Priyanka Jadhav   April 23, 2026 PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) successfully hosted a high-level Business Delegation from Trinidad and Tobago at PHD House, New Delhi, fostering strategic dialogue and unlocking new avenues for bilateral trade and investment. Organized in collaboration with the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA), with AS International as the Associate Partner, the engagement brought together key stakeholders from government, industry, and trade bodies to explore synergies across priority sectors. The deliberations highlighted a strong growth trajectory in India–Trinidad & Tobago trade, with significant potential for expansion driven by strategic collaboration and sectoral complementarities. In his welcome address, Mr. Mahesh Singhi, Chair, Maharashtra State Chapter, MD & Chairman Singhi Advisors, said that the visit comes at a pivotal time when India’s economic landscape is witnessing rapid transformation, creating v...

Mini Diamonds India Ltd. (BSE: 523373), an emerging player engaged in the manufacturing, marketing, and sales of exquisite lab-grown diamond jewelry, has announced that the company’s board has announces issuance of bonus shares in ratio of 1 :1 (1 equity share for every 1 share held).The record date will be announced shortly. Recently, the company secured a significant domestic order of INR 14 Crores from a Mumbai based existing client for supply of fancy coloured cut and polished lab grown diamonds.This order marks a further step in the Company’s efforts to strengthen its domestic business and signals growing market acceptance of its lab-grown diamond offerings, supported by consistent quality assurance, transparent specifications and competitive pricing. The development also deepens MDIL’s engagement with an existing client, whose order profile has now moved beyond the earlier product segment. Such expansion by a repeat customer is a meaningful sign of commercial confidence and highl...

  by Priyanka Jadhav   * Mumbai April 20, 2026:* The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) has called on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to extend additional liquidity support to exporters, citing mounting working capital pressures due to sharp increases in freight costs and prolonged shipment timelines triggered by ongoing geopolitical disruptions in West Asia. According to FIEO, logistical challenges have significantly escalated transportation costs, particularly for shipments to the Middle East, where freight rates have surged by as much as 300–400 per cent. The disruption has also spilled over into air cargo, further straining exporters. Ajay Sahai, Director General and Chief Executive Officer, FIEO, noted that delays in shipping have materially impacted payment cycles and liquidity. “Earlier, shipments to the US would reach in around 50 days; now, they are taking up to 90 days. Consequently, payment cycles have stretched from 30–60 days to 90–120 days, increas...

  by Priyanka Jadhav  MUMBAI, April 21, 2026 : Hair loss affects a large proportion of the population, with up to 50% of men experiencing visible thinning by the age of 50 and a significant number of women affected by midlife. While autologous hair restoration treatments such as Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) and Growth Factor Concentrate (GFC) have become a staple in hair restoration clinics, a new scientific commentary is calling for an evolution in how we approach regenerative hair therapy. In response, experts are now pointing to Precision Re-engineered Efficacy Optimisation as a new conceptual framework designed to address this variability by enabling more defined and reproducible biological signalling in regenerative hair therapy. “Autologous therapies are ‘noisy’ biological mixture. The ‘natural’ element of autologous hair regeneration protocols (PRP/GFC) is also its greatest weakness. Platelet yield, leukocyte content, activation method, centrifugation protocol, and device...

  by Priyanka Jadhav  In a rare candid conversation, World Bank President Ajay Banga sat down with Nikhil Kamath on People by WTF to discuss a deceptively simple question: how do you kill poverty? The answer, Banga argues, is almost brutally straightforward. You give people jobs. It's not redistributive economics or trickle-down policy. It's not even ideology. It's pragmatism. And it cuts to the heart of what the World Bank actually does—and why, in a world fragmenting along geopolitical lines, its work matters more now than it did 80 years ago. Banga walked Kamath through the architecture of global development: the IBRD, the IDA, the IFC, MIGA. The institutions sound bureaucratic. But behind each is a thesis. The poorest countries get one- third of their capital as grants. Middle-income countries like India get concessional loans. The private sector gets de-risking insurance. Each mechanism exists to answer a single question: how do you make it worth someone's while to...