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Payments Solutions Platform DanaMojo Narrows Existing Gap Between NGOs and Contributors

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Danamojo, India’s first payment solutions platform exclusively for NGOs, has intensified efforts to support the most vulnerable communities across the country. The organization has curated a list of around 50 NGOs on its platform, which is engaging in critical relief work to help ease the burden of those affected by the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
With citizens searching for credible NGOs to make meaningful contributions, DanaMojo aims to provide a superlative experience to the donors through a convenient and efficient mechanism on its platform. NGOs on the platform are broadly divided into two criteria; the nature of relief work being done or the beneficiary they are supporting. Their support extends to the vulnerable and affected communities such as guest workers, women suffering from domestic abuse, children who need counselling, the elderly, animals, the transgenders, those who need HIV medication etc. This is done by providing them with food and sanitation kits, hot meals, direct money transfer, COVID-19 treatment support, and personal protection equipment.
Speaking about the initiative, DanaMojo CEO Mr. Dhaval Udani said, “Over the last couple of months, there has been a huge surge in the number of people seeking support and consequently, the need for funds has also become ever so critical. We believe that there are countless citizens out there looking to make meaningful contributions towards those in need. At DanaMojo, we aim to provide these citizens with a comprehensive and trustworthy platform where their money is directed to the intended entity for the relevant cause. We have curated a list of close to 50 NGOs that are firstly, legally compliant and are either working at the national or regional level to provide relief to those affected by the virus. Additionally, an HNI donor has come forward to top up all the donations with a Matching Donation of 10% for the first 25 lac rupees.”
A few prominent NGOs on DanaMojo’s platform include Goonj, Save the Children India, Ratna Nidhi Trust, Apnalaya, Tarun Bharat Sangh, Kolkata Gives etc. Its platform provides an exhaustive range of payment options, a gateway for international donors, automated 80G receipts and is fully compliant with all the legal requirements. Since June 2016, the organization has successfully worked with over 800 NGOs in the past.
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CSR News: Cadila Pharma Distributes Essential Kits to 1500 families

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With thousands of communities being affected by the lockdown, Pharma major Cadila Pharmaceuticals stepped in to distribute essential kits to 1,500 less privileged families living in difficult conditions and facing a hard time during the current scenario in Dholka and surrounding villages through its charitable arm Kaka-Ba Charitable Trust.
The kits, containing essentials such as flour, rice, pulses, sugar, tea, spices, edible oil, vegetables, soap, etc., were distributed among families living in Dholka, Transad, Ingoli, Virdi, etc. Kits were also distributed among the needy in Bhat and Rampur villages to ensure their wellbeing.
“We thank Cadila Pharmaceuticals for its support in this critical time. Cadila has always stood by us in order to reduce the suffering of people in the village and this help has been extended without us even asking for it,” said Yasinbhai, Sarpanch of Virdi village.
Cadila has been deeply involved in supporting the local communities. Recently they distributed masks and sanitizers to police officials of Dholka after they were made aware that the police staff don’t have the appropriate gear. Additionally, they also conducted multiple free health check-up camps for police officials and people who are not able to afford a check-up during the period of lockdown.
“For us philanthropy is a way of life. This value is actually a culture in the organization where even the employees contribute to help out the community. The essential kits was jointly funded by the employees enabling us to distribute more such items to the ones who needed it. We are also educating local communities about the importance of social distancing and hygiene in order to help them stay safe,” said Mr. B. V. Suresh, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Cadila Pharmaceuticals.
Kaka-Ba hospital a CSR initiative of Cadila Pharmaceuticals, located in Hansot, has been working towards building awareness in the local community around precautions to be taken at the time of COVID-19 and providing free sanitization in villages.
“Kaka-Ba hospital is ready with its quarantine centre and if the need arise, we can provide our facility to the government. We are regularly training our staff members on how to handle any COVID-19 patient, if they come, and what are precautions they should follow. We are continuously educating the nearby community and have advised all our patients to stay at home and not come to the hospital until it is urgent” Dr Bharat Champaneria, Chief Coordinator and Superintendent, Kaka-Ba Hospital said.
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Samsung India Employees Raise INR 1 Crore from their Salary for PM CARES Fund

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Samsung India employees across the nation have put together a voluntary contribution of INR 1 crore to support the fight against COVID-19. The money raised by the employees will be transferred by the Company to the PM CARES Fund.
This contribution, voluntarily raised by the employees from their individual salaries, is over and above the INR 20 crore donation made by the Company to the PM CARES Fund and other state funds, as part of the commitment to COVID-19 relief measures.
In the last two months, Samsung India has provided hospitals in Noida with medical equipment required in the preventive drive against the pandemic. This includes thousands of Preventive Masks and Personal Preventive Equipment (PPE) kits: Surgeon Gowns, Face Masks, Gloves, Preventive Eyewear, Hood Cap and Shoe Covers.
In Noida, and in two districts of in Tamil Nadu, Samsung has also supported the local administration, local police and migrant workers with daily essentials such as food packets and grocery. Deliveries of Digital X-ray and Digital Ultrasound machines that Samsung provides to government hospitals as part of its Samsung Smart Healthcare citizenship programme were also hastened. The most recent deliveries of the equipment have been to hospitals in Noida, Rajkot and Pune that have been designated as Covid-19 facilities. The Samsung Digital X-ray and Digital Ultrasound machines have aided in quick diagnostics.
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Transgender Community – Messiah of the Poor During Lockdown

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Hency Thacker
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One of the most castigated communities in India is the messiah of several poor people during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Gujarat. The Transgender community in the Vadodara city of Gujarat is feeding the needy across the city despite facing the stigma.
Kinnar Noori Kanwar, a transgender individual in Vadodara along with the members of Kinnar Samaj (Transgender Community) engaged in distributing food to the poor in the city. Witnessing a heartbreaking scene of a hungry child being reprimanded by a parent for asking for food, the community decided to take the matter in their hands to help out the people in need.
The community members initially supplied cooked food to almost 250 households for a week. Later, they resorted to the distribution of flour, lentils, rice, sugar, oil and spices to bout 700 low-income families and to some local slums. The distribution was funded by mortgaging and selling the gold owned by members of the community.
Gold for the transgender community holds a lot of importance. Being banished from society, the members of the community do not rely on their families or children in the old age. As part of their retirement plan, the transgender persons invest in gold to sustain themselves when they cannot go out to earn for a living. The members spent their retirement money to ensure that no one goes to sleep hungry during the lockdown.
The community members faced mistreatment and stigma while doing the noble deed. However, this did not deter them from helping those who needed it. They even shared their contact details to the poor families and asked them to reach out in case they face a shortage of food.
Members of the LGBTQ community, especially the transgender persons have been living in a perpetual lockdown since ages. They are ridiculed, ill-treated and viewed with suspicion by the society. They live in isolation most of their lives anyway. In spite of existing laws, they do not get respected in the manner that they deserve. The treatment that they receive can easily drive a wedge in society. Even so, at the time of need, they did not step back from helping out the people who ideologically might be no less than those responsible for their misery.

COVID-19 initiatives: Corning India donates equipment to frontline professionals

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Corning India has donated Infrared Thermometers, Pulse Oximeters and PPE kits to Public Health centres and media professionals and 1 lakh units of Vitamin C tablets to 5,000 policemen in Chakan, Pune.
A total of 15 sets of Infrared Thermometers, Pulse Oximeters and PPE kits were donated to the administrative subdivision health officer for subsequent distribution at two Public Health Centre (PHC) and 13 sub-centres in the area. Corning has its optical fibre manufacturing plant in Chakan, Pune.
“The world is going through turbulent and uncertain times and such times call for community efforts that can manifest hope & resilience. By focusing on the needs of people most impacted, we can better ensure the health and safety of all communities,” said Sudhir Pillai, Managing Director, Corning India.
“Corning India team’s contribution will support our team’s effort in fighting and ultimately warding off the virus. Our entire team extends our gratitude and thanks Corning India for their contribution towards the safety of our frontline health workers,” said Dr. Baliram Gadhave, Tehsil Health Officer.
In line with its community support, Corning India earlier in April provided essential food items for out of work daily wage earners of neighbouring villages to help sustain 100 people for 15 days during the nationwide lockdown. To support the media professionals working relentlessly to release critical information for the public, Corning also donated 80 PPE kits to the local media representatives in the area.
As a responsible corporate partner, Corning India contributed to PM-CARES, the national relief fund established by Prime Minister Modi and to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the state of Maharashtra. “In such critical times, it is of utmost importance that we support the frontline workers and marginalized sections of the society and support them with the best of our abilities. I am deeply humbled by what our team has accomplished to support frontline workers and communities affected by this crisis”, said Subhajit Das, Plant Manager, Corning Fiber Plant, Pune.
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#WFH – India Inc setting up work-from-home policies

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Kasmin Fernandes
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Tech giants Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter have asked employees to continue working from home for the remainder of the year, setting the standard for what could be the new normal in the corporate world. Search engine (and multi-hyphenate) Google has extended its work-from-home (WFH) policy at least until next year, as CEO Sundar Pichai declared in the beginning of June.
Executives whose physical presence is essential to run things are resuming duties in a safe manner. The rest of the Google workforce has been advised to stay home and stay safe from COVID-19 infection since March.

Work-from-home in India

While most organisations in India were waiting to see if the immediate disruptions in the first phase of the lockdown were just a temporary phase, Dr Sumit Mitra, CEO of Tesco Global Services, had no such doubts. He ordered 1000 laptops for people working from home, transported office equipment (including furniture) to homes of employees, took permission from the Indian Government to operate an international business from home and quarantined his data service centres.
The result? Headquarters of Tesco, recognising the proactive steps taken by Sumit and his team, relied on them to cater to the gaps in delivery. Tesco Global Services business in India saw a 50% jump.
Work-from-home was not a part of the disaster recovery plan for most businesses. It required management principles to be clearly articulated. Some of their guiding principles for Tesco WFH policy in India included stopping random forwards on WhatsApp employee groups and focussing even more on the core purpose. More than ever, people need to feel that their work has meaning, it is not just a job. Their goal – “We have to feed the nations we serve.”
Guiding principles come to one’s aid when the situation is uncertain and unpredictable. For example, one Indian company had a guiding principle called ‘One Family’. When the CEO was asked when people would be able to start air travel or travel using public transport, his answer was: “When we are comfortable with an adult member of our family doing the same.”

Permanent work-from-home, a possibility

TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) has told 75% of its staff strength that the tech major will move to permanent remote working within the next 5 years. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who also heads payment gateway Square, has gone on to say that employees at both firms can work-from-home indefinitely.
Meanwhile, Facebook has taken into account coronavirus-related information from authoritative sources like CDC (Centers for Disease Control) and John Hopkins Institute. The social media giant has started devising permanent WFH policies for a majority of its staff. Facebook’s head honcho Mark Zuckerberg live-streamed a virtual meeting on his Facebook page where he made the statement that by 2030, half of the company’s workforce won’t have to go to office. However, there’s a catch. They may have to do without many of the perks and fat pay packages that came with the job.

Redefining business culture

With some of the world’s biggest companies devising permanent telecommuting policies, it won’t be long before the business culture does a volte-face, and work-from-home becomes the ‘new normal’. Industry body NASSCOM has said the IT industry must take a phased approach towards WFH. Remote working used to be relegated to coding and programming jobs, or part of the ‘flexible’ policies for pregnant staffers on maternity (or paternity) leave.
WFH mandates due to the lockdown have meant that companies are relooking at their traditional models for an overhaul that could also bring costs down. Real estate is a major component of expenditure. Add to that, amenities and employee benefits. For example, high-value firms invest heavily in keeping employees happy. As much as 60-65% of their fixed cost goes into maintaining plush offices, doling out conveyance allowance, running a gourmet cafeteria, and other amenities.
When executives work remotely and don’t end up consuming these resources, the firm saves on the cost. Compensation for business travel by air, hotel stays, reservations of conference rooms and other miscellaneous expenses are also spared. Remote working also gives recruiters a chance to hire better talent from other cities who couldn’t relocate.

No take-it-easy policy

Planning for long-term WFH would call for change in company policy with regard to paid leave, sick leave, overtime compensation etc. Management will also have to redefine work-from-home hours, conference call and email timings, and schedules so that workers have breathing space, and don’t get overwhelmed with their living space being turned into an office at all hours.
There are reports of employees sitting on the floor, staring at a computer screen for long hours without a break, not having reliable internet access and not having the privacy required to do sensitive work. Most organisations are yet to address the fundamental challenge – that homes have not been designed to be offices.
One of the biggest realizations that leaders now have is that the key role in ensuring that all employees are connected with the organization lies with the line manager. Remote working means that the line manager has become the key driver to connect, inspire and develop employees. There will have to be new rules for compensation and people management, job roles and team co-ordination. Long-term or permanent work-from-home is a hit and miss opportunity. How well companies plan for it will decide how fruitful it turns out to be.

Responsible star Dia Mirza inspires the students of Modern Public School to save the planet

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On the occasion of the World Environment Day, Modern Public School, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi, conducted a webinar under the alias, ‘There is no plan B, because there is no planet B’ to inspire and motivate the young students to take up the cause of environmental conservation. The decorated Bollywood actress and UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador, Dia Mirza, attended the webinar as the Keynote speaker and she inspired the young students to safeguard the planet and its precious resources from overexploitation while stressing the need to reduce pollution. The event was moderated by Mrs Aditi Misra, Principal, DPS, Sector 45 Gurugram.
During the event, Dia Mirza shared her life’s journey with the students, explaining how she learnt about the importance of protecting the environment, saving energy, rescuing animals, and preventing climate-change etc. She shared that her resolve to fight back pollution was further strengthened when she was working with an NGO for cancer patients, and she came to know that the leading cause for the fatal disease was a severely polluted environment.
“You don’t have to be a full-time environmentalist to bring the change in the environment. All you have to do is curb the pollution at your own individual level by using alternatives to the products that harm the environment – for instance, bamboo products can replace the single-use plastics to a great deal, which take thousands of years to disintegrate; even then, they’re not completely decomposed. Sustainable and non-sustainable products can be differentiated simply by checking the details – you can see whether the ingredients are chemical or organic. Furthermore, you can check whether those products have been tested on animals or not by visiting websites like Peta India,” said Dia Mirza.
“As humans, we have to realize the importance of the environment during this lockdown and how we’ve been a negative influence on it. As we’ve been locked in our homes for a couple of months, the nature has healed tremendously – air pollution and water levels pollution have dropped impressively – even in Delhi, which is considered one of the most polluted cities in the country. Economy and ecology are interrelated, and this situation has made it clear that the economy cannot be created at the cost of ecology,” she further added.
The event was a huge success and having interacted with a champion of environmental conservation, the students seemed eager to pick up the cause themselves and do their part for maintaining the sanctity of Mother Earth.
“Children are our future, and it is, therefore, necessary that they be guided towards the path of sustainable development and righteousness – as parents and teachers, it is our responsibility to ensure that. Dia’s words really hit home when she said that even a single person can bring the change, because a lot of times, people abandon their cause because they believe they alone cannot do anything substantial. But that’s clearly not true; it’s like that old adage goes, when you’re making an ocean, every little drop of water counts. So, we’ll keep at it and hopefully we’ll conduct more events like this one in the future – to inspire and encourage our students to become responsible citizens of this country,” said Mrs. Alka Kapur, Principal, Modern Public School.
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CSR News: Mankind Pharma supports Akshay Kothawale for helping the poor and migrants

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Amidst multiple tales of the struggle for survival in the ongoing global COVID-19 crisis, Mankind Pharma has been supporting the communities and frontline workers fighting the deadly virus. The company has stepped up and offered Rs. 1 lakh aid to Akshay Kothawale who runs auto rickshaw in Pune where he has been feeding 400 people with money saved for his marriage.
Mankind Pharma has been involved in the country’s fight against the pandemic in several ways. The company has stepped up and applauded the heroic tale of Jyoti Kumari for bringing back her injured father on a bicycle to her home in Bihar. Besides producing affordable medicines, it has donated ventilators, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and medicines to the states. Now Mankind has supported 30-year-old Akshay Kothawale, from Pune who has spent the money saved for his wedding to feed poor and migrant workers who are suffering due to the nationwide lockdown.
Mankind Pharma’s aspiration to become the top pharma company in India is not just about revenues, but also by being No. 1 in CSR activities, and by helping the nation in a crisis. Standing true to its motto of serving people, the company has also donated INR 51 crore to the CM Care Fund last month. In addition to this, all employees of Mankind Pharma have also contributed one day’s salary for the relief fund.
Says Mr. Rajeev Juneja, CEO Mankind Pharma, “Mankind Pharma is standing by everyone in this unprecedented crisis. Mankind salutes the selfless service and commitment of Akshay Kothawale during the pandemic. Serving about 400 migrant people for almost two months is an act of a hero. His confidence and dedication must be rewarded. We hope with our little support he can fulfil his dreams and become a role model for others to follow.”
Mr Akshay Kothawale said, “I thank Mankind Pharma for their support and look forward to helping others in such difficult times.”
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New tools to simplify the life of researchers amid COVID-19

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Cactus Communications, a technology company accelerating scientific advancement, announced the launch of R (researcher.life), an extensive integrated ecosystem of tools and support for academic researchers.
The ecosystem currently offers six tools and platforms, all designed to address a specific need or issue that researchers face. R Pubsure is an AI-powered platform that evaluates the submission readiness of research manuscripts and recommends suitable journals. R Discovery (beta) brings together the power of AI and the researcher community to help researchers conduct literature search faster and more intelligently. R Upskill is a learning platform with the largest collection of curated courses and handbooks for researchers. R Voice (beta) is a community platform that allows researchers to connect with other researchers over wide-ranging topics. An upcoming concept, R Fund, will allow researchers to find funding for their research in a timely manner.
In April this year, CACTUS had launched R Concept, a comprehensive AI-powered, curated platform on research, insights, commentary, and expert recommendations related to COVID-19. This offering is available in the R ecosystem.
Abhishek Goel, Co-founder and CEO of CACTUS, spoke on the motivation behind building this ecosystem: “Modern researchers have to fight to find time in the lab. Too much time is spent on writing, formatting, submitting, reviewing, discovery, planning lectures, and applying for grants—activities that take up valuable time of the very people who could be spending that time in the lab, solving real-world problems. We wanted to simplify things for researchers, a need that’s more pressing now than it has ever been.”
The ecosystem leverages the company’s AI, concept extraction, and deep learning capabilities. Earlier this year, the company had acquired UNSILO, a Demark-based AI startup, to enhance its repertoire of tech solutions.
The ecosystem will give members access to multiple tools and solutions seamlessly and effortlessly. PubSURE, which was earlier a standalone solution offered by CACTUS, has now been made available in the R ecosystem. Researchers who have signed up with PubSURE can now access the entire suite of R solutions and much more in terms of services, information, and connections.
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Henkel aims to become climate-positive by 2040

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Henkel introduced its new strategic framework for the future at presentation to investors, analysts and media.

Accelerate impactful innovations with increased investments

Henkel aims to accelerate impactful innovations, supported by increased investments. This will include an enhanced innovation approach, for example by expanding the use of digital tools and data for faster and better insights. While Henkel will also push decision-making across the organization closer to the market and leverage the potential of open innovation and idea crowdsourcing, Henkel will also scale its agile approaches and continue to invest in incubators and innovation centres.
This shall enable the development of impactful innovations in all three business units. Innovations and brands will be supported with consistent investments in core categories and regions. Therefore, Henkel is committed to further step up growth investments in advertising, digital and IT by 350 million euros compared to the year 2018.

Boost sustainability based on strong track record with ambitious targets

Building on its strong track record and further progress towards its targets for 2020 and beyond, Henkel aims to strengthen sustainability as a competitive differentiator. The company has defined the next milestones for three key topics which are highly relevant for consumers, customers, business partners and society at large:
On the way to becoming climate-positive by 2040, the company plans to reduce the carbon footprint of its production by 65% and save 100 million tonnes CO2 together with its consumers, customers and suppliers by 2025. Working towards a circular economy and zero plastic waste in the environment, Henkel has defined ambitious packaging targets for 2025: 100% of Henkel’s packaging will be recyclable or reusable** and the company aims to reduce fossil-based virgin plastics in its consumer product packaging by 50%
Henkel also wants to enhance its positive social impact on communities – through 100% responsible sourcing, by leveraging its more than 50,000 engaged employees and by helping to improve 20 million lives globally by 2025.
Sustainability will be firmly anchored in all activities. By establishing sustainability as a central pillar in their innovation strategies, the consumer businesses Beauty Care and Laundry & Home Care will advance their product portfolios with a particular focus on sustainable packaging solutions and the further roll-out of brands with purpose. Adhesive Technologies will continue to leverage its potential through products and technologies that set industry standards.

Transform Digital into a customer and consumer value creator

Going forward, Henkel aims to transform Digital into a customer and consumer value creator. Henkel wants to boost 1:1 engagement and digital sales in consumer businesses by expanding existing and establishing new digital platforms for direct consumer relationships.
The end-to-end customer-centric digitalization in the industrial businesses will be driven to generate new business and to further digitalize customer experience across all touchpoints. In addition, Henkel will further pursue its end-to-end data integration. This shall enable the company, for instance, to create AI-driven innovative and customized solutions.
Henkel will also invest in digital talent, especially data scientists and engineers with future capabilities and deep technological industry expertise. And finally, Henkel wants to enable digital business focus and efficiency. Henkel will completely reorganize its digital setup, establishing a new digital structure called “Digital Business.” Henkel has established a new CDIO (Chief Digital and Information Officer) position at the end of last year. Digital and IT teams across Henkel will now be combined under the leadership of the CDIO who will directly report to the CEO.
Henkel’s new “Digital Business” is built on two pillars: first, “Business Technology,” which is a vehicle to drive efficiency across the value chain through continuously optimizing business processes and IT systems. The second pillar is “Henkel Digital,” a new dedicated unit for market-oriented incubation and innovation. Under this roof, Henkel is planning to establish digital innovation hubs in Berlin, the Silicon Valley and Asia.

Reshape operating models to be lean, fast and simple

Henkel is reshaping its operating models across the entire company to be lean, fast and simple and to continuously improve the competitiveness of its processes and structures. The company aspires to intensify its efforts to enable new business models, to step up customer & consumer proximity with faster decision-making and continuously increase efficiency.

Strengthen collaborative culture with empowered people

A strong culture, shared values and a clear framework for collaborating as one team are key for Henkel’s future success. As a first step, Henkel introduced new Leadership Commitments to all employees globally in 2019. Henkel plans to accelerate this cultural journey with these commitments at the core and will foster a culture of collaboration and empowerment, upskill its employees on future capabilities and enable its people to grow and develop.
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