ACC will hold a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company on 20 July 2020.

Bharat Forge in collaboration with AI start-up Blackstraw, has launched HRMS – an AI based solution that enables companies and institutions to comply with MHA provided guidelines for safe reopening. HRMS stands for Health Risk Monitoring System, an Intelligent Video Analytics solution, which has been developed to empower workplaces with worker safety for holistic growth, and is aligned with the future dependability of enterprises on technology and AI to monitor compliance of laid MHA policies, by employees.

It primarily comprises of two major components:
(a) A Contactless Thermal screening system integrated with RFID badge reader. An integrated system comprising of AI, Thermal scanning through cameras and RFID reader, the system records at high speed with unmatched accuracy, the temperature of associates, and also maintains an automatic daily record of the temperature of every person entering and exiting the premises.

(b) AI Algorithms running on Surveillance CCTV cameras to monitor and Control human behavior. Using state of art AI software, the system alerts administrators and provides them a dashboard when Social Distancing norms are not met or if an employee is not wearing a Face Mask. These alerts and dashboards are then reviewed to drive sustainable behavior change across the enterprise.

HRMS is ideal for deploying in high–footfall areas like educational campuses, hospitals, gated communities, retail stores, railway stations, airports and transit points to monitor individual and societal health. Presently, HRMS is being deployed at The Kalyani School, Pune and all critical facilities of BFL pan-India. BFL has partially resumed operations at its manufacturing facilities by taking several safety measures, and has added HRMS as a crucial tool to help prevent the spread of COVID19 infection, thereby creating a safe environment for its thousands of employees entering and exiting the facility.

The company also intends to make the developed HRMS system available widely across schools and enterprises which will help them to safely re-open their premises and businesses respectively, during these tough times.

Britannia Industries has allotted 90,000 Equity Shares of the face value of Re. 1/- each to Varun Berry, Managing Director upon exercise of 90,000 options granted to him under the Britannia Industries Limited Employee Stock Option Scheme (ESOS).

Consequently, with effect from 7 July, 2020, the issued and Subscribed Share Capital of the Company stands increased to Rs. 24,06,41,630/- divided into 24,06,41,630 Equity Shares of Re. 1/- each.

GE T&D India announced that ICRA has reaffirmed the Long-term and Short-term credit ratings of the Company and has downgraded the outlook from stable to negative for long-term ratings.

Fund based working capital facilities (long term ) - ICRA A+; Negative (outlook downgraded to negative from stable)

Non fund based bank guarantee / letter of credit (long term/ short term) - ICRA A+; Negative/ ICRA A1+ (outlook downgraded to negative from stable)

Ambuja Cements will hold a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company on 24 July 2020.

ABB introduces its ABB Tvisha range of switches and sockets, an innovative solution that helps users to keep bacteria at bay.

Given the high risk of infection spread via surfaces, this product range has been developed with anti-bacterial properties, keeping light switches and sockets free from bacteria. Made for residential as well as commercial use, the complete range of antibacterial products is manufactured adhering to the guidelines of ISO 22196 and kills 99.9 percent of bacteria.

Switchboards are an accessory frequently used by multiple people during the day, and thus a surface with a very high probability of collecting bacteria, allowing the spread of infections. With institutions such as hospitals and laboratories needing highly sanitized surfaces and the desire to make homes as safe as possible, ABB Tvisha is a much-needed product minimizing the risk of bacterial exposure across its users.

Anti-bacterial additive compounds have been incorporated in ABB Tvisha based on silver ions which inhibits the growth of bacteria on frequently touched switches and cover frames. These additives impart bacteria controlling properties on plastic surfaces, are non-migratory and non-toxic in nature and are food grade as well as ecologically safe.

Indokem will hold a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company on 16 July 2020.

National Peroxide will hold a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company on 14 July 2020.

Piramal Enterprises allots 760 senior, secured, rated, unlisted, redeemable non-convertible bonds each having a face value of Rs.10,00,000/-, aggregating to Rs. 76 crore on private placement basis.

Nirlon will hold a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company on 14 August 2020.