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Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister For Road Transport & Highways of India launches AI-powered Projects iRASTE for road safety in Nagpur.
Collaborative developed by Intel India, INAI, IIIT-Hyderabad, CSIR-CRRI, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Nagpur Municipal Corporation.
In a unique collaborative initiative between the government, industry, and academia towards advancing road safety, Intel, INAI, IIIT-Hyderabad, CSIR-CRRI Central Road Research Institute), Mahindra Mahindra, and NMC (Nagpur Municipal Corporation) today launched Project iRASTE (intelligent Solutions for Road Safety through Technology and Engineering) in Nagpur. Today, Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister for Road Transport Industries, inaugurated the project in the presence of Shri Vikas Mahatme, Rajya Sabha MP, Shri Radhakrishnan B, NMC Commissioner, and the project consortium members.
Leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence, Project iRASTE (intelligent Solutions for Road Safety through Technology and Engineering) aims to achieve up to 50% decline in road accidents in Nagpur city and create a blueprint for India towards Vision Zero.
Through an innovative and holistic road safety framework, it focuses on three crucial areas – vehicle safety, mobility analysis, and road infrastructure safety.
Nivruti Rai, Country Head, Intel India, and Vice President, Intel Foundry Services said, “Technologies such as Artificial Intelligence will play o transformational role in enabling smarter and safer vehicles, roads, and drivers. Intel is committed to enabling road safety and reducing fatalities in India through the use of technology solutions. am excited to launch Project iRA5TE, a unique collaborative initiative that brings together critical players to drive road safety in Nagpur and develop o blueprint for country-wide adoption towards Vision Zero.
Redefining road safety with an innovative and holistic framework, Project iRASTE focuses on the three key aspects of vehicle safety, mobility analysis, and road infrastructure safety. It aims to re-imagine road safety with the predictive power of Al. Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) will offer an economical way to enhance the safety of fleets and road users. ADAS alerts. alongside driver assessments and training can notably improve driver performance. Mobility analysis will continuously monitor dynamic risks of the entire road network to define grey and black spots – areas that are high risk or accident-prone. Preventive maintenance of such stretches will avert black spots before they claim lives.
About the project, Dr. Shekhor C. Monde, DG, CSIR said, “This is o wonderful example of multi-institutional collaboration between different partners from academics, industry, and government with complementary skills to address the problems faced by society on o daily basis. I am glad to note that CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) a pioneer in introducing the road safety audit programs on national and state highways and having completed the road safety audit of almost 9000 km will be providing necessary technical guidance in this project. They will help in identifying the occident-prone locations and also evaluate the driver’s behavior before and after the installation of CAS (Collision Avoidance System) in their vehicles. This project being in Nagpur will certainly be a milestone In tackling the issue of road safety in India through the intervention of advanced technologies and con be emulated in different cities as well.”
Under this project, Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s fleet of vehicles will be equipped with (CAS) collision avoidance technology, that can reduce accidents and near misses by up to 60%. Sensors in these technologies will also help map the dynamic risk of the entire road network (grey spot map) for the first time. Road maintenance agencies can use such information to prevent accident-prone zones (black spots) before they claim lives. Project iRASTE will conduct detailed studies to recommend engineering fixes for existing black spots and implement an Ai-powered system for continuous monitoring of road infrastructure quality.
Prof P J Narayanan, Director, IIITH said, “Academic institutions have enormous knowledge and expertise that can and must be used to improve the condition of society. mT H.vderabod has been focussing on Applied Research that does precisely that. Through AI, we want to transform academic expertise into population-scale impact. Roads and vehicles are the lifeline of the country but are also fraught with danger to drivers and pedestrians. We Look forward to playin9 o role in reducing accidents significantly through the iRASTE project in the coming years.”
Project iRASTE uniquely leverages the expertise and capabilities of each of the partners. Intel India brings onboard systems based on ADAS technology. CSIR-CRRI brings domain expertise in road engineering and IIIT-Hyderabad is undertaking Al-based research to address population-scale road safety through the INAI center for applied Al research (https://inai iiit.ac.in/). Mahindra & Mahindra with their vast experience of driving major road initiatives will conduct road safety public awareness programs and driver training in Nagpur.
About iNAl
INAI is an initiative to apply Al to population-scale problems in the Indian context, combining research and translation, with a focus on healthcare and smart mobility domains. This collaborative effort, championed by intel and catalyzed by the Government of Telangana, is anchored at IIIT- Hyderabad. INAI leverages the broader computing strengths and expertise in Al at IIIT-H, the technology leadership and architecture strength of intel, and the framework and activities of GitHub- Data. AI-Powered Projects “iRASTE” for Road Safety in Nagpur.
About IIIT-Hyderabad
The international institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H) is an autonomous research university founded in 1998 that focuses on the core areas of information technology, such as Computer Science, Electronics, and Communications, and their applications in other domains through inter-disciplinary research that has a greater social impact. Some of its research domains include Visual Information Technologies, Human Language Technologies, Data Engineering, VLSI and Embedded Systems, Computer Architecture, Wireless Communications, Algorithms and Information Security, Robotics, Building Science, Cognitive Science, Earthquake Engineering, Computational Natural Sciences and Bioinformatics, Education Technologies, Power Systems, IT in Agriculture and e-Governance. AI-Powered Projects “iRASTE” for Road Safety in Nagpur.
– Daily rewards through September to celebrate this milestone – Pay anyone, anywhere: from local shops to sending money to contacts, paying monthly bills, and more – Go to Amazon Pay inside the Amazon app to get started
National, September 2021:Amazon Pay announced that 5 crore customers are now using Amazon Pay UPI. To celebrate this milestone, Amazon Pay is offering daily rewards through the month of September to all customers using Amazon Pay UPI for shopping, paying bills, paying online merchants, and sending money to their contacts.
Commenting on this milestone, Mahendra Nerurkar, CEO and VP of Amazon Pay said, “Our mission is to make paying for anything trusted, convenient and rewarding. We are excited by the rapid adoption of UPI, which now enables customers to do much more with their Amazon app beyond shopping. We are humbled to serve millions of our customers and merchants through UPI and play a key role in accelerating the Government’s vision of a less-cash India.”
Customers are using the Amazon app to pay at 2 crore local shops by simply scanning any UPI QR code. In the last year, over 75% of our customers using Amazon UPI have come from tier 2 and 3 cities, showing the growing reach of UPI. Besides local shops, customers can now use Amazon Pay inside the Amazon app to recharge their phone, DTH, send money to contacts, pay salaries to household help, pay for shopping on Amazon. in, and a whole lot more. Amazon Pay UPI celebrates.
Customers can start using Amazon Pay UPI by simply opening their Amazon app, visiting Amazon Pay, and setting up their UPI account in a few quick seconds; and pay with the 24×7 convenience and security of UPI and Amazon Pay, and the excitement of daily rewards. Amazon Pay UPI celebrates.
नागपूर: गणरायाचे आज आगमन; सगळीकडे तयारीची लगबग. ‘काय झाली का तयारी? यंदाचे डेकोरेशन छान झालेय बरं का, अरे पटापट करा, उद्या गडबड नको’… असे असंख्य संवाद रविवारी घरोघरी, गल्लोगल्ली ऐकू आले. कारण सर्वांचा लाडका बाप्पा वर्षभराच्या प्रतीक्षेनंतर पुन्हा एकदा अकरा दिवसांच्या मुक्कामासाठी येतोय. ‘गणपती बाप्पा मोरया’ चा जयघोष करीत आज, सोमवारी घरोघरी आणि सार्वजनिक गणेशोत्सव मंडळांत गणपतीची प्रतिष्ठापना होणार आहे. गणेशोत्सवामुळे शहरात उत्साहाचे वातावरण असून खरेदीसाठी बाजारपेठ आणि चितारओळ गर्दीने फुलली आहे.
विविध सार्वजनिक मंडळांत मंडप आणि सजावट केली जात असून त्यावर अंतिम हात फिरविला जात आहे. रविवारी चितारओळीसह शहरातील विविध भागांत गणपतीच्या मूर्तींची विक्री होत असताना सकाळी काही वेळ पाऊस आला. दुपारी चांगले उन्ह तापल्याने मूर्तिकार आणि नागरिकांना दिलासा मिळाला होता. मात्र, दुपारनंतर पुन्हा शहर आणि जिल्ह्यातील काही भागांत पाऊस झाल्याने सार्वजानिक गणेश मंडळाच्या कार्यकर्त्यांची धावपळ झाली. सकाळच्या वेळी झालेली गर्दी बघता चितारओळकडे जाणारा मार्ग पोलिसांनी बंद न केल्यामुळे वाहतुकीची कोंडी झाली होती. चितारओळीत मिळेल त्या जागेवर विक्रेत्यांनी दुकाने थाटल्यामुळे गणपतीच्या मोठ्या मूर्ती चितारओळीतून बाहेर काढताना अनेक अडचणींचा सामना करावा लागला.
पूजेच्या तयारीसाठी लागणारे साहित्य, तसेच मूर्ती खरेदीसाठी सर्व बाजारपेठा गर्दीने फुलल्या आहेत. पूजेसाठी लागणारी तसेच सजावटीची फुले, केवड्याची पाने, कमळ, दुर्वा, तुळशी, पत्री यांना चांगली मागणी आहे. प्रसादासाठी पेढे, मोदक यांचीही खरेदी सुरू झाली असून प्रसाद साहित्याचीही मोठी उलाढाल बाजारात सुरू आहे. गणरायांच्या आगमनाची लगबग रविवारी बाजारपेठेत तसेच घरोघरी दिसून आली. सोमवारी सकाळी गणपतीची प्रतिष्ठापना असल्यामुळे रविवारपासूनच घरोघरी प्रतिष्ठापना करणाऱ्या गणेशमूर्ती चितारओळीतून वाजतगाजत नेल्या जात होत्या. नागपूरबाहेरील अनेक सार्वजानिक गणेश उत्सव मंडळांनी चितारओळीत गणपतीची मूर्ती नेण्यासाठी गर्दी केली होती. गणपतीच्या मूर्ती नेण्यासाठी सेंट्रल अॅव्हेन्यूवर सकाळपासून चारचाकी गाड्यांची जणू रांग लागली होती.
गणरायाचे आज आगमन; सगळीकडे तयारीची लगबग महालातील संती गणेशोत्सव मंडळासह शहरातील विविध भागांतील गणेशमूर्ती ढोल-ताशांच्या निनादात रविवारी दुपारी चितारओळीतून नेण्यात आल्या. याशिवाय, रेशीमबागेतील ‘नागपूरचा राजा’चे आगमन शनिवारी सकाळीच झाले. काही मोठ्या सार्वजनिक गणेशोत्सव मंडळांनी सोमवारची प्रतीक्षा न करता रविवारी सायंकाळपर्यंत गणरायाची मूर्ती मंडपस्थळी नेण्याचा निर्णय घेतला. तर हिलटॉप येथील आमदार प्रकाश गजभिये यांच्या मंडळाद्वारे बसविण्यात येणाऱ्या सर्वांत उंच गणपतीची मिरवणूक सोमवारी सकाळी चितारओळीतून काढण्यात येणार आहे.
Sony Entertainment Television’s Kaun Banega Crorepati – Season 13 kickstarts Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations amidst much fanfare as Deepika Padukone and Farah Khan grace the Hot Seat this Friday as a part of the Shaandaar Shukravaar episode.
Adding to the festivities will be the Top 6 Finalists of Indian Idol (Season 12) – Pawandeep Rajan, Arunita Kanjilal, Mohd Danish, Sayli Kamble, Nihal Tauro, and Shanmukha Priya who will set the mood for the evening with their soulful performance full of energy & a lot of divinity.
The audience will get to see the perfect camaraderie and partnership between Deepika Padukone and Farah Khan as they tackle question after question on the Hot Seat with a lot of grace and panache! The winning amount will be donated to Deepika’s The Live Love Laugh Foundation and towards the treatment of Ayansh Madan by Farah.
From addressing Deepika’s complaints and calling Ranveer Singh to audition for Farah with ‘Ek Chutki Sindoor’ Mr. Bachchan will be seen playing the perfect host.
Tune in to Kaun Banega Crorepati’s Shaandaar Shukravaar, this Friday at 9:00 pm only on Sony Entertainment Television
New Delhi: September 2021: IndianOil launched two new premium lubricants – SERVO Greenmile and SERVO Raftaar, specifically designed for BS-VI vehicles to help reduce emissions and improve engine performance.
These novel and eco-friendly lubricants will help reduce carbon footprint and meet the stringent specifications for the most advanced petrol & diesel vehicles. SERVO Green mile meets SAE 5W-30 & API SN requirements and helps reduce carbon dioxide by up to 10 %, while SERVO Raftaar meets SAE 15W-40 & API CK-4 requirements, and also helps reduce carbon footprint by 10 %.
Launching the products, Mr S M Vaidya, Chairman, IndianOil, said, “At IndianOil, we recognise that the expansion of the bouquet of our green offerings is essential to enhance our business competitiveness in a market that is now being driven by sustainable priorities. Most of our recent product launches mark our unwavering focus on going green while achieving performance improvements.” Indian Oil launches SERVO Green.
“The newly launched SERVO Greenmile and SERVO Raftaar reflect IndianOil’s strong environmental conscience and our focus on innovation. The two new eco-friendly engine oils will significantly reduce the carbon footprint of vehicle users. SERVO Greenmile is premium engine oil for new generation petrol cars and SUVs, whereas SERVO Raftaar will enhance the driving experience for diesel vehicles while meeting the latest national and international standards,” added Mr Vaidya
SERVO Green mile is premium engine oil for new generation petrol cars & SUVs, meeting the latest national & international standards. The oil is tailor-made for BS-VI vehicles and is suitable for BS-IV and older model vehicles as well. With modern vehicles having smaller engines and operating under such severe conditions, SERVO Green mile is a longer life oil designed to provide improved high-temperature deposit protection for pistons, more stringent sludge control, enhanced emission control system compatibility, seal compatibility, and protection of engines operating on ethanol-blended fuels. Indian Oil launches SERVO Green.
SERVO Raftaar is premium engine oil for new generation diesel vehicles, meeting the latest national & international standards. Currently, BS-VI diesel vehicles employ after-treatment devices such as Diesel Particulate Filters (PDF) & Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR), to reduce PM & NOx. These after-treatment devices contain catalysts that can be poisoned if the engine oil contains higher amounts of sulphated ash, phosphorous & sulphur (SAPS).
Thus, engine oils with very stringent specifications have been mandated for BS-VI vehicles. SERVO Raftaar is one such product from IndianOil, meeting the requirements of API CK4, the most stringent standard for diesel engine oils. SERVO Raftaar also provides excellent protection against wear and deposits leading to excellent engine cleanliness. The oil has superior anti-oxidation properties and control of oil consumption. Indian Oil launches SERVO Green.
Nagpur: Imagine being able to talk to your doctors during brain surgery without pain and give them immediate feedback if you feel any problem while they operate. That’s exactly what happens during an awake craniotomy or awake brain surgery. This high-end case was recently performed at Wockhardt Hospital, Nagpur.
This highly specialized surgical procedure requires a team approach led by a neurosurgeon and a neuro anesthesiologist which was performed by Dr. Rahul Zamad, Neuro Surgeon, and Dr. Awantika Jaiswal, Neuro anesthesiologist.
“The main goal in such surgery is to remove as much of the tumor as can be removed, in the safest possible way. When a tumor is near an area of the brain that controls critical functions — such as speech, language, or movement — an awake craniotomy is the best way to identify and safely preserve those abilities”, informed Dr. Rahul Zamad.
Certain functions are generally located in particular areas on the brain’s surface. But below the surface, bundles of nerves pass through the brain to the spinal cord and throughout the body. During the surgery, we have to map these nerves using brain mapping gadgets to understand which ones are connected to key functions so that we can avoid them as we remove the tumor. Damaging critical nerves could cause permanent disability.
Awake craniotomies are frequently — but not always — used for various brain tumors which tend to occur in the frontal, parietal and temporal lobes, which control speech and motor function, and also for certain seizure disorders.
The most important player of the procedure is the patient as he has to feel comfortable with the idea of waking up during surgery. A patient with severe symptoms may not be able to effectively contribute to the neurological exams during surgery.
Brain tissue doesn’t have any pain fibers, so while you may feel pressure or vibrations from the surgery, you shouldn’t feel pain. We use a combination of local anesthetic and a small amount of sedation if required to numb the muscles, skin, and bone that the surgeon has to cut through to get to the brain. The patient is then completely awake while the resection of the tumor is started.
When the patient wakes up he will hear the neuro anesthesiologist reassuring the patient and though he won’t be able to move the head, the neuro anesthesiology team will make them as comfortable as possible and stay with the patient the entire time as it may require something from a few minutes to several hours to complete the procedure.
While being awake patient helps to map the areas of the brain by letting the team know about weakness in limbs or difficulty in speech. In our case, the area of interest was the motor and the premotor cortex. The neurosurgeon stimulates the part of your brain near the tumor by sending a light electrical current down the nerves. At the same time, the neuro anesthesiologist will give you some simple verbal tasks to see if the stimulation affected your neurological function, and the rest of the time also active communication continues.
Finally, when intracranial work is done and the patient’s condition is stable, the patient is again sedated and the rest of the procedure is completed.
New Delhi: August 2021: Indian Oil to invest over 1 lakh cr: The Indian fuel demand is projected to reach 400-450 million tonnes by 2040 from the current 250 million tonnes in the forecasts of various agencies. To meet this increased demand, IndianOil will take up new projects every year through which 25 million tonnes including CPCL Metric Tonnes Per Annum (MMTPA) refining capacity will be expanded. An investment of about one lakh crore rupees is expected in the next 4-5 years on these expansion plans of refining capacity.
In the AGM held at New Delhi, IndianOil Chairman Mr. Shrikant Madhav Vaidya declared a record profit of Rs 21,836 crore for the FY 2020-21. The gross refining margin (GRM) during the year rose to US$ 5.64 per barrel (bbl) as compared to US$ 0.08 per bbl in the previous financial year. For the first quarter of this fiscal, IndianOil achieved a refinery run of 88.6% as compared to 68.5% in Quarter 1 of FY 2020-21.
The sales volume of petrol has already crossed pre-Covid level, with diesel likely to reach there in the next 2-3 months, said IndianOil Chairman.
In the electric mobility sector, the ‘IOC Phinergy Private Limited’ has been formed between IndianOil and the Israeli company Phinergy, to commercialize Aluminium-Air Battery technology for the Original Equipment Manufacturers in India. Leading automobile companies have shown keen interest in the technology and prototype integration and field trials are expected to commence soon, Mr. Vaidya informed. This collaboration has potential advantages for India, including a viable and affordable e-mobility solution by leveraging the abundant Aluminium reserves in the country. Indian Oil to invest over 1 lakh cr.
In another crucial initiative, Mr. Vaidya stated in his AGM address that Indian Oil will be teaming up with Malaysia’s state-run oil and gas firm Petronas to expand the business scope of the existing Joint Venture company, IndianOil Petronas Pvt Ltd to include LNG terminals, CNG stations, CGD projects, CBG business and retailing of transportation fuels.
Talking about strengthening clean energy offerings, Mr. Vaidya said that IndianOil will build the nation’s first ‘Green Hydrogen’ plant at Mathura Refinery. The current project at Mathura Refinery will be pioneering the introduction of green Hydrogen in India. This new age, emission free fuel can be a game-changer for the country that is among the top crude oil-importing nations.
IndianOil R&D Centre has been undertaking cutting-edge research in all facets of Hydrogen, including production, storage, and applications like fuel cells. Hydrogen CNG (HCNG) experiment in Delhi, wherein IOC converted 50 CNG BS-IV buses to run on HCNG fuel, has revealed significant benefits in reducing exhaust emissions and improving the fuel economy. With the bulk of the transportation fleet consisting of BS-IV compliant buses, this is a promising development for improving the air quality of our cities, IndianOil Chairman informed during his AGM speech.
Indian Oil is also in the process of setting up one-tonne per day capacity pilot plants based on four innovative hydrogen production technologies. Indian Oil would be operating 15 fuel cell buses in the Delhi NCR region along with Tata Motors. The company also be seeding Hydrogen Mobility by commoditizing the surplus quantities of Hydrogen available at the Gujarat refinery with a dispensing facility for Hydrogen powered buses.
The mission of solarising our fuel stations is being actively pursued, along with scouting for new opportunities in the renewable energy sphere. With the addition of a Solar Photovoltaics capacity of around 6 Mega Watt (MW) during the year, the total Solar Power capacity is now over 65 MW. Moreover, IndianOil has a Wind Power capacity of about 167 MW, taking the total power generation from Renewable Energy during the year close to 330 GigaWatt Hour (GWh). This has resulted in emission mitigation of about 260 Thousand Metric Tonnes of Carbon dioxide equivalent (TMTCO2e). Indian Oil to invest over 1 lakh cr.
Strengthening our environmental stewardship, IndianOil is setting up a second (2G) and a third-generation (3G) ethanol plant at Panipat Refinery. The 2G plant of 100 Kilolitre per day capacity will use rice straw to produce ethanol. It is aimed at addressing the critical and perturbing issue of stubble burning and will gainfully use the agricultural residue for national welfare. The 128 Kilolitre per day capacity 3G ethanol Plant is based on LanzaTech’s innovative Gas Fermentation Technology to gainfully convert refinery off-gases into ethanol. Both the projects are nearing completion and are likely to be commissioned by the end of the current fiscal year.
To further strengthen our forays into biofuels, an agreement was recently signed between IndianOil and Verbio AG, the German biofuels giant, for setting up a Joint Venture company. The JV will steer Biofuel projects and set up Compressed Biogas Plants using the agricultural waste as feedstock to spell a new era in the Biogas segment for IndianOil. Another promising JV for setting up Biofuel projects with NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited) is also on the anvil. This JV would leverage the NAFED outlets to market products like CBG and organic manures.
Sangeeta Kapure enters Zee TV’s Apna Time Bhi Aayega: Ever since its premiere, Zee TV’s Apna Time Bhi Aayega has been inspiring its audience with its thought-provoking tale and entertaining them with consistent twists and turns on the show. In fact, the recent conflicts between Rani (Megha Ray) and Ranvijay (Imran Khan) have kept viewers at the edge of their seats to see who will finally win this battle. While the mind games continue to entertain the viewers, a new twist in the form of Vijaya Shaktawat has recently entered the Rajawat household with a master plan to capture the entire property and declare herself as the new Rani Sa. Essaying this role is popular television actress Sangeeta Kapure who returns to playing a negative character after nearly 4 years.
Vijaya is Rani Sa’s cousin, who is poles apart from Rajeshwari and has been brought up in a very different way than her. She was always jealous of Rajeshwari and even though she got married in a rich household, her crass nature remained intact. Her chance to seek revenge and destroy Rani Sa’s life seems to be coming true with Ranvijay joining forces with her to make her plan a success. While Vijaya is determined to bring destruction to Rajeshwari’s life, Sangeeta is excited and eager to play this evil character. Sangeeta Kapure enters Zee TV’s Apna Time Bhi Aayega.
Talking about her return to playing a negative character with Apna Time Bhi Aayega, Sangeeta mentioned, “Vijaya’s character was a sealed deal for me from the moment I learned about the character. At that time, I could almost visualize myself in her shoes. Although I have essayed royal as well as negative characters in the past, this is the first role where I am essaying both the elements together which make the entire process even more exciting and challenging for me. I must add that most of my characters prior to this have been a little playful and chirpy in nature. But after a really long time, I am returning to a grey role and I am enjoying portraying the strong body language that comes with such a character. I have had a wonderful start with Apna Time Bhi Aayega and the team who cordially welcomed me. I hope to receive an equally warm response from the audience as well.” Sangeeta Kapure enters Zee TV’s Apna Time Bhi Aayega.
In the meantime, Apna Time Bhi Aayega also completed 250 episodes recently and as they move forward, the show is all set to entertain viewers with new twists and turns that Vijaya brings to everyone’s life. While her entry into the house has forced Rani Sa and her family to leave the house and reside in a crawl, Rajeswari is gearing up to fight back. But what will be Rani Sa’s next steps?
To find out, watch Apna Time Bhi Aayega every Monday to Saturday at 6:30 pm, only on Zee TV!
Bhavinaben Patel became the first Indian to reach the final of a table tennis event at the Paralympics when she defeated China’s Miao Zhang in a closely-fought Class 4 semifinal in Tokyo on Saturday. Patel, 34, beat her Chinese opponent 7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8 in the thrilling semifinal clash that lasted just over half an hour. In the process, Bhavinaben Patel assured India of at least a silver medal from the event. She will next face Ying Zhou of China in the title clash on Sunday.
Reacting to Patel’s historic semifinal win on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to congratulate the paddler and wish her the best for the final on Sunday.
“Congratulations Bhavina Patel! You played excellently,” PM Modi tweeted.
“The entire nation is praying for your success and will be cheering for you tomorrow. Give your best and play without any pressure. Your accomplishments inspire the entire nation. #Paralympics,” he added in the tweet.
Earlier in the competition, Patel had defeated the Rio Paralympics gold medal winner and world number two Borislava Peric Rankovic of Serbia in the quarterfinals on Friday to book her place in the semis.
Patel won the last-eight clash comfortably, outclassing Rankovic 11-5, 11-6, 11-7. In the previous round, the Indian had won 12-10, 13-11, 11-6 against Brazil’s Joyce de Oliveira.
Following her semifinal win on Saturday, Patel said she is “mentally ready” for the final.
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“If I keep on performing like this, I will definitely win the gold medal. I never thought of reaching the finals and only concentrated on giving my 100 percent and I did that only,” she said in a video by the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI).
“And when you give your 100 percent you can win a medal. I am mentally ready for the finals and I just want to give my 100 percent,” she added.
Afghanistan-Taliban Crisis LIVE Updates: US President Joe Biden has vowed to “hunt” down the terrorists and make them “pay” for the deadly attacks outside the Kabul airport
Islamic State suicide bombers attacked crowds of people gathered Thursday outside Kabul airport hoping to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, killing dozens including 13 US troops, as President Joe Biden vowed to hunt down those responsible.
The Taliban said the two blasts killed between 13 and 20 people. A health official in the previous government said the count is at least 85.
President Joe Biden has vowed to “hunt” down the terrorists and make them “pay” for the deadly attacks outside the Kabul airport in which 13 US service members were killed and 18 others wounded.
“To those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes America harm notice, we will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay. I will defend our interests and our people with every measure at my command,” Biden told reporters at the White House on Thursday.
Here are the LIVE Updates on the Afghanistan-Taliban crisis:
Afghan Evacuation Flights Restart After Deadly ISIS Suicide Bombings
The last German civilian plane carrying Afghans fleeing Taliban rule landed in Frankfurt on Friday, a day after the country’s armed forces said they had finished their evacuation operation at Kabul airport.
The final German military aircraft carrying soldiers and German and Afghan civilians left Kabul for Tashkent on Thursday.
An Afghan student who was on the onward flight to Germany from Uzbekistan said he never wanted to return to his homeland after seeing his desperate countrymen sleeping outside Kabul airport for days.
“The past few days were very burdensome,” said the 28-year-old. “People have been spending the night near the airport for days to maybe get a chance to get near the entrance and then get inside somehow. It is very tough for us and when you see the people there, it’s hard to take.”
Germany says it has received assurances from the Taliban that Afghans with legal documents will be able to travel on commercial flights beyond Aug. 31, when the last NATO troops will leave the country.
Indian envoy at UN Security Council condemns Kabul terrorist attack
India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, TS Tirumurti on Thursday condemned the terrorist attack in Kabul and extended condolences to the families of the victims.
“In the UN #SecurityCouncil meeting this afternoon on Ethiopia, I prefaced my statement by strongly condemning the #terroristattack in #Kabul today,” tweeted Mr. Tirumurti.
Mr. Tirumurti was speaking at United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Peace and Security in Africa. The meeting was on the worsening situation in Ethiopia, amid the Tigray crisis.
“Let me begin by strongly condemning the terrorist attack in Kabul today. We extend our heartful condolences to the families of the victims of this terrorist attack. Today’s attacks reinforce the need for the world to stand unitedly against terrorism and all those who provide sanctuaries to terrorists,” said the Indian envoy.
Britain to end evacuations from Afghanistan ‘in a matter of hours’: defense minister
Britain said Friday that it plans to complete its evacuations out of Afghanistan “in a matter of hours”.
“We will process those people that we have brought with us, the 1,000 people approximately inside the airfield now,” British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Sky News. “And we will seek a way to continue to find a few people in the crowd, where we can, but overall the main processing has now closed and we have a matter of hours.”
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Happy Janmashtami 2021: Janmashtami, an auspicious Hindu festival that is celebrated every year with great zeal and enthusiasm as it marks the birth of Lord Krishna. Hindus around the world fast on this day, decorate their homes to worship God, visit temples and make offerings and donate to the poor on this day. Lord Krishna is considered the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Krishna was born to Devaki and Vasudeva to save the citizens of Mathura from the evil king Kamsa. Lord Krishna also played an important role in helping the Pandavas in winning the battle of Kurukshetra with the Kauravas.
Happy Janmashtami quotes wishes and messages
May Lord Krishna be with you and your family, always! Blessings of Health, Wealth, Love, and Happiness. Happy Janmashtami!.Murli Manohar… Giridhara Gopala… Govinda Hari… This Janmashtami, as you chant the names of Shri Lord Krishna, may he shower upon you his divine blessings. Happy Janmashtami 2021i!
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna… Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare… Wishing you a happy and blessed Krishna Janmashtami!
May the blessings of Lord Krishna enhance each moment of your life… this Janmashtami… and always!
May the blessings of Lord Krishna always be with you and your family. Wishing you and your family a very Happy Janmashtami 2021i!
May Lord Krishna bless you and your family with peace and happiness… Happy Krishna Janmashtami!
7.Sending your way, warm heartfelt wishes. May you enjoy this joyous occasion. Happy Janmashtami!
May the Natkhat Nand Lal always provide you and your family with happiness, health, and prosperity.
9.May the festival of Janmashtami bring you joy, peace, and love. Happy Krishna Janmashtami!
May Lord Krishna’s flute invite the melody of love into your life. Wishing you all a very Happy Janmashtami!.
May Lord Krishna steal all your tensions and worries… And give you all the love, peace, and happiness on this holy occasion of Krishna Janmashtami.
On this Janmashtami, may all your wishes come true, and may Nand Gopal shower his blessings on you and your loved ones! Happy Janmashtami!
May the blessings of Lord Krishna fill your life with happiness on this Janmashtami.
May Lord Krishna give you strength and inspire you to face all problems in life with great courage. Happy Krishna Janmashtami!
May Lord Krishna come to your house and take away your Makhan & Mishri along with all your worries & sorrows.
Let there be love and laughter in your life with Lord Krishna’s blessings. Happy Janmashtami!
On this holy occasion of Shri Krishna Janmashtami, I hope and pray that the blessings of Shri Krishna may always be with you. May your heart and home be filled with happiness, peace, and prosperity. Happy Janmashtami!
This Shri Krishna Janmashtami, eliminate the Kansa within you, to restore Dharma. May only goodness prevail. Here’s wishing a very Happy Shri Krishna Janmashtami to you and your family.
May this auspicious occasion of Shri Krishna Janmashtami bring a lot of positivity, peace, and harmony to your life. Happy Janmashtami to you.
May Lord Krishna give you strength and inspire you to face all problems in life with great courage. Happy Krishna Janmashtami!
The Bench highlighted that education was a fundamental right of children
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre whether it can immediately release funds from the PM-Cares Fund for the education of children who have been orphaned or have lost legal guardians or either of their parents during the pandemic.
A Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose highlighted that education was a fundamental right of children. Children needed to stay in school. It was especially anxious about the future of children who studied in private schools, where the fee may be on the higher side, and had lost their parents after the COVID-19 virus began disrupting lives since March 2020.
“Children should not lose the benefits of education because of the pandemic… Can the PM-Cares Fund come forward and immediately release some funds for the education of these children at least for the year? Is there any facility for that?” Justice Rao asked Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, for the Centre.
Justice Rao said the Centre could coordinate with the States and help with the funds for the education of children. Justice Rao asked Ms Bhati to enquire with the Central authorities about the release of funds later in the day so that the court could pass an appropriate order.
“We can say that the States can contact the Central government for funds for the education of these children…” the Bench observed.
Justice Rao asked whether children who were eligible for financial help under the PM-Cares Fund had so far been identified.
Three categories
“The children have been separated into three categories — those who have lost both parents, those who have lost either parent and those who have lost their legal guardians,” Ms Bhati said.
The law officer said the onus of identifying the children had been given to the District Magistrates concerned.
Justice Rao, at this point, highlighted that information about these children had been uploaded by the States on the website of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).
“With this information available on the NCPCR, you can see that the benefits of PM-Cares Fund can be given to the children,” Justice Rao said.
During the hearing, Justice Rao said some States such as Gujarat and Maharashtra had tied up with NGOs to aid the cause of education of children personally affected during the COVID-19 days.
The court urged the States to take care of the children, saying they were vulnerable and should fall into “undesirable hands”.
“They do not have the means to protect themselves. The State has to protect them,” Justice Rao addressed advocate Mehfooz A. Nazki, counsel for Andhra Pradesh.
In one instance while hearing the welfare measures adopted by various States, Justice Rao told advocate Diksha Rai Goswami for Assam, “take care that children are not thrown out of schools”.
In a June hearing, advocate Gaurav Agarwal, who is amicus curiae in the suo motu case, had pieced together media reports and explained to the court that the government, through PM-CARES, proposed to help children impacted by COVID-19 continue their education.
“It would fund whatever educational requirements, in the form of uniforms, textbooks, etc. The scheme would also offer financial help to children for their higher education. Mr Agrawal said a corpus of ₹10 lakh for each child. The child would get the corpus amount in lump-sum on reaching the age of 23. “This may be so that he or she would have some money when they start on their own… There is also health insurance till the age of 18,” Mr Agrawal had submitted then.
Mr Agrawal said the pandemic had wreaked havoc in the lives of many children who had either lost both parents or guardians to the virus. He said, quoting the newspaper report, that there had been a marked increase in child trafficking, especially of girls. Mr Agrawal said the government had an obligation to protect children.
Odisha MLA, 49, Clears Class 10 Exam Held Offline: BJD MLA Purna Chandra Swain scored over 60% marks in Odia and Social Science. (File)
Bhubaneswar: Ruling Biju Janata Dal MLA Purna Chandra Swain was among the 5,233 students who cleared the Class 10 matriculation examination held on offline mode by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha.
While 5,233 students passed the examination another 141 failed to clear the examination. About 80.83 percent of candidates passed the offline examination. The passed students comprised 3,100 males and 2,133 female candidates.
These candidates had appeared in the offline examination after rejecting the results declared by the board on the online mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mr. Swain, the BJD lawmaker from Surada in Ganjam district, passed the examination at the age of 49. He passed the examination with a B-2 grade by securing 340 out of 500 marks in the examination. The legislator had appeared at the exam at Surada Girls High School in Bhanjanagar of Ganjam district.
As per the scorecard, the MLA has secured the highest 85 in painting and scored over 60 percent marks in Odia and Social Science.
He was allotted an isolated room in view of his health issues. The ruling party legislator had tried several times in the past to sit in the matriculation examination but failed to do so due to his commitments to politics and social activities.
The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha conducted an offline mode between July 30 and August 5 at 504 centers across the state.
Out of 15,155 students who applied for various 10th board examinations, 6,596 students have applied for the HSC examination, 8,493 for the State Open School certificate examination, and 66 for the Madhyama examination.
Similarly, 271 students registered improvement in scores, while 459 students recorded a fall in their grades as compared to their scores obtained in the alternative assessment method.
न्यूयॉर्क : फेसबुक, व्हॉटस् अॅप किंवा इन्स्टाग्रामसारख्या सोशल मीडिया प्लॅटफॉर्म्सवर सतत नवे फीचर्स आणले जात असतात तसेच काही जुनी फीचर्स हटवलीही जात असतात. आता ‘इन्स्टाग्राम’ आपले एक लोकप्रिय फीचर हटवणार आहे.
जे लोक इन्स्टाग्रामचा वापर करतात त्यांना त्यामधील ‘स्वाईप अप’ फीचरची माहिती असेलच. हे फीचर इन्स्टाग्राम स्टोरीजमध्ये पाहायला मिळते. स्वाईप अप करून तुम्ही स्टोरीमध्ये दिलेल्या लिंकवर जाऊ शकता. आता 30 ऑगस्टपासून हे फीचर इन्स्टाग्रामवर दिसणार नाही.
या फीचरचा वापर कॉन्टेंट क्रिएटर्स आणि कंपन्या करतात. या लिंकचा वापर करून यूजर सामान खरेदी करू शकतात. तसेच आर्टिकलही वाचू शकतात. एका रिपोर्टनुसार आता हे फीचर इन्स्टाग्रामवर दिसणार नाही. आता यूजर्सना या फीचरच्या जागी लिंक स्टोरीज स्टीकरचा वापर करावा लागेल.
अॅप रिसर्चर जेन मान्चुआन वोंग याने इन्स्टाग्रामच्या या नवीन फीचरचे स्क्रीनशॉट शेअर केले आहेत. लिंक स्टीकर्स नावाचे हे फीचर स्वाईप अप लिंक्सप्रमाणेच काम करील. मात्र, त्याचे प्रेझेंटेशन थोडे वेगळे असेल. रिपोर्टनुसार कंपनी या फीचरचे टेस्टिंग जूनपासून करीत आहे. सध्या काही यूजर्सना हे फीचर टेस्टिंग स्वरूपात मिळत आहे. ऑगस्टअखेर हळूहळू सर्व यूजर्सना हे फीचर मिळेल. स्वाईप अप फीचर बंद होईपर्यंत नवीन फीचर सर्वांसाठी जारी केले जाईल.
मात्र, हे नवीन फीचर सर्व यूजर्सना मिळणार नाही. ज्यांचे अधिक फॉलोअर्स आहेत व अकाऊंट व्हेरिफाईड आहे अशा यूजर्सनाच हे फीचर मिळेल. लिंक स्टिकर्सचा लाभ म्हणजे क्रिएटर्स येथे वेगवेगळी स्टाईल निवडू शकतील. वेगळी स्टाईल निवडून लिंकचा समावेश करू शकतात जे स्टिकर्ससारखे दिसेल.
Aims to thrive for the betterment of crores of educators across India
Nagpur August 2021: In order to address the various issues of the coaching industry, the Coaching Federation of India (Regd.) has joined hands with all the six organizations of Maharashtra namely Professional Teachers Association (PTA) – Maharashtra, Maharashtra Class Owners’ Association (MCOA) – Mumbai, CCPA – Thane, Association of Coaching Institutes (ACI) – Nagpur, Association of Coaching Class Owners & Mentors (ACCOM) – Mumbai and Coaching Classes Association (CCA) – Aurangabad. Coaching Federation of India.
An MoU was signed between CFI and the organizations aiming for the betterment of the coaching fraternity of India. Pertaining to the furtherment of the situation, a detailed meeting was held today where among the long list of dignitaries present included Mr. Alok Dixit General Secretary of Coaching Federation of India New Delhi, PTA President Mr. Vijayrao Pawar, Founder President Reverend Mr. Pravin Thakur, Former General Secretary Dr. P. Kulkarni, former working president Mr. Ravi Shitole, etc. among many others.
“The current GST slab rate of 18% is a service tax for the luxury class while education is an essential service. This leads to a huge financial burden for more than 95% of the students/parents. CFI shall apply to the Government reduce the GST to 5% slab in the interest of students/parents and academicians.” Said Alok Dixit, General Secretary, Coaching Federation of India.
The meeting also highlighted a felicitation ceremony where the Founding President of PTA (Praveen Thakur Saran) was appointed as the National Patron in CFI and the Former General Secretary of PTA (Dr. P Kulkarni) was appointed as the head of CFI’s Brainstorming Committee for his four-pronged contribution in the field of education. Coaching Federation of India.
“While it is known that the COVID pandemic has given a big jolt to the coaching industry and made the survival of over one crore educators at stake. There are more than 7.25 lakh registered coaching institutes in the country and more than 50 lakh coaching teachers and other employees associated with them. Also, there are more than 1 crore educated persons who depend on private tuitions for their livelihood. To put things in perspective, there are more than 5 crore Indian citizens who are directly or indirectly dependent on this industry.” He Added
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‘फ्रॉनहोफर-गेसेलशाफ्ट’च्या सहकार्याने कंपनीने एक विशेष पॉवर एम्पलीफायर विकसित केले आहे जे टेराहर्ट्झ स्पेक्ट्रमवर स्थिर 6G सिग्नल वितरीत करण्यात मदत करते. हे एम्पलीफायर 155-175 गीगाहर्ट्ज (GHz) बँडमध्ये स्थिर संवाद साधण्यासाठी 15-डेसिबल मिलिवॅटचा जास्तीत जास्त आउटपुट सिग्नल देऊ शकते.
एवढेच नाही तर, एलजी अॅडॅप्टिव बीमफॉर्मिंग टेक्नॉलॉजीचे प्रदर्शन करण्यातही यशस्वी झाली आहे. हे चॅनेल आणि रिसीव्हरच्या स्थितीनुसार बदलते तसेच सिग्नलची दिशा बदलते तसेच हाय गेन अँटेना स्विचिंग करते. हे एकाधिक पॉवर एम्पलीफायर्सचे आउटपुट सिग्नल एकत्र करून त्यांना एका निश्चित अँटेनामध्ये प्रसारित करू शकते.
कंपनीचे म्हणणे आहे की, 2025 साठी जागतिक मानकीकरण आणि त्यानंतर चार वर्षांच्या आत व्यापारीकरण, 6G नेटवर्क जलद वायरलेस ट्रांसमिशन आणि कमी विलंब सह संप्रेषण गतीला समर्थन देण्यास सक्षम असतील.
कंपनी पुढे सांगते की, 6G हे एक उदयोन्मुख तंत्रज्ञान आहे जे लोकांची उपस्थिती आणि आवडीनिवडी ओळखून त्यांच्या गरजेनुसार अधिक संवेदनशील, अनुकूल, स्वायत्त आणि वैयक्तिक बनवून राहणीमान आणि व्यावसायिक वातावरण सुधारण्याचे उद्दीष्ट ठेवते.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the foreign ministry to brief floor leaders of political parties on developments in Afghanistan, foreign minister S Jaishankar has said. India is evacuating Indian citizens stranded in Afghanistan and has been allowed to operate two flights per day from Kabul. India has assured that it would also extend help to Hindus and Sikhs, as well as its friends in Afghanistan who need help.
“In view of developments in Afghanistan, PM Narendra Modi has instructed that MEA brief Floor Leaders of political parties. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi will be intimating further details,” Mr. Jaishankar has tweeted.
Congress’s Rahul Gandhi, however, questioned why the Prime Minister could not brief the opposition leaders. Responding to Mr. Jaishankar’s tweet, Rahul Gandhi posted:
Yesterday, a C-17 aircraft brought in 168 passengers, including 107 Indians. Among them were Anarkali Honaryar and Narender Singh Khalsa, two Afghan senators.
Indians from Afghanistan also came in three other flights — operated by Air India, IndiGo, and Vistara – which landed in Delhi from Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe and Qatar’s Doha.
August 17, 2021 – Samsung India today announced the launch of ‘Samsung DOST’ (Digital & Offline Skills Training), a CSR initiative that aims to make 50,000 youth job-ready for the electronics retail sector over the next few years. Samsung, India’s largest smartphone and consumer electronics brand, has partnered with India’s premier skill development organization, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), to execute the program through its nationwide skills training centers. Samsung partners with NSDC.
Samsung has been India’s committed partner for the last 25 years, leading the consumer electronics and smartphones space with strategic investments in manufacturing, R&D, retail, and community development. Samsung has set up the world’s largest mobile factory in Noida and is a key player in the government’s large-scale electronics manufacturing push, which is expected to create a significant number of job opportunities for youth in manufacturing as well as the retail sector.
Considering the potential of employment generation post skill training, Samsung has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NSDC for the ‘Samsung DOST’ program under which youth will receive 200 hours of blended classroom and online training, followed by five months of on-the-job training (OJT) at Samsung retail stores, along with a monthly stipend at par with industry standards. This will help the youth acquire new competencies and skills needed for jobs in India’s fast-growing electronics retail environment. Samsung partners with NSDC.
Mr. Ken Kang, President & CEO, Samsung Southwest Asia said: “Samsung has been India’s committed partner over the last 25 years, and has contributed to people and communities across India through its citizenship programs. The Samsung DOST program is aligned to the Government of India’s Skill India initiative and is an embodiment of our vision of #PoweringDigitalIndia that seeks to empower the next generation of young India. With this new program, we aim to close the skills and employability gap among youth in the country, helping them find jobs in the fast-growing electronics retail sector.”
The participants will be trained at various training centers accredited and approved by NSDC. The training will be in accordance with the National Skill Qualification Framework, which is aligned to industry needs, and will include skillsets such as customer engagement, managing sales counter, handling customer queries, product demonstration & selling skills, and several other soft skills, including post-Covid etiquettes, preparing them for a career in electronics retail. During the OJT, participants will be made familiar with the functioning of electronics retail stores through live demonstrations, role-play techniques, and hands-on training.
The participants for the program will be youth who have completed school education and will be mobilized through NSDC’s approved training partners at 120 centers across India. The assessments and certification of the participants will be done by the Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) after the participants complete their OJT.
With ‘Samsung DOST’, Samsung is expanding its skilling programs in India, as part of its CSR initiatives.
Samsung has been running the Samsung Technical School program since 2013 in partnership with the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Departments of Technical Education in different states. Under this program, youth are provided vocational skills to repair the latest smartphones, televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, and other electronics.
मुंबई :Zydus Cadila ZyCoV-D Vaccine :देशातील आघाडीची औषध निमिर्ती कंपनी झायडस कॅडिलाच्या (Zydus Cadila) ZyCoV-D या लसीला अखेर औषध महानियंत्रक अर्थात डीसीजीआयने आपत्कालीन वापरासाठी मंजुरी दिली आहे. ZyCoV-D लसीने सुरक्षिततेचे सर्व निकष पूर्ण केल्यामुळे डीजीसीआयने हा निर्णय घेतला आहे. ही लस पूर्णपणे स्वदेशी असून डीएनएवर आधरित असणारी जगातील पहिली लस आहे. देशात आणखी एक लस उपलब्ध झाल्यामुळे आता लसीकरणाला गती येण्याची शक्यता आहे.
12 वर्षांवरील सर्वांसाठी लस
मागील काही आठवड्यांपासून झायडस कॅडिला कंपीन त्यांच्या ZyCoV-D या डीएनएवर आधारीत असलेल्या लसीला आपत्कालीन वापराची परवानगी मिळावी यासाठी प्रयत्न करत होती. त्यासाठी कंपनीने डीसीजीआयकडे रितसर अर्जसुद्धा केला होता. तोच अर्ज मंजूर करुन डीसीजीआयने ZyCoV-D या लसीच्या आपत्कालीन वापराला मंजुरी दिली आहे. दिलेल्या मंजुरीनुसार ZyCoV-D ही लस आता 12 वर्षांपेक्षा जास्त वय असलेल्या मुलांना तसेच 18 वर्षांपेक्षा जास्त वय असलेल्या सर्व नागरिकांना देता येईल.
Zydus Cadila receives approval for Emergency Use Authorization from DCGI for ZyCoV-D today. World’s first & India’s indigenously developed DNA based vaccine for #COVID-19 to be administered in humans including children & adults 12 yrs and above: Ministry of Science & Technology pic.twitter.com/VfL39B8xTJ
झायडस कॅडिलानं डीएनए आधारित कोरोना लसीची निर्मिती केली आहे. डीएनएवर आधारित असणारी कोरोनावरील जगातील ही पहिली लस आहे. या लसीमध्ये कोरोना विषाणूच्या डीएनएच्या जेनेटिक कोडचा वापर करण्यात आला आहे. यामुळे लस घेतल्यानंतर व्यक्तीची प्रतिकारशक्ती वाढण्यास मदत होईल.
झायडस कॅडिलाच्या लसीचे तीन डोस घ्यावे लागणार
झायडस कॅडिलाच्या लसीचे तीन डोस घ्यावे लागणार आहेत. पहिला डोस घेतल्यानंतर दुसरा डोस 28 व्या दिवशी तर तिसरा डोस 56 व्या दिवशी घ्यावा लागणार आहे. झायडस कॅडिलाकडून दोन डोसबाबात संशोधन सुरु आहे.
This comes hours after an Indian Air Force transport aircraft managed to evacuate around 85 Indians from Kabul; the plane has landed safely in Dushanbe in Tajikistan
New Delhi: Around 150 Indian citizens picked up by the Taliban this morning have been released and are now inside Kabul airport, sources have told NDTV, adding that they will be airlifted out of war-torn Afghanistan soon.
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Indian citizens waiting outside Kabul airport for evacuation flights were taken to a nearby police station for questioning and checking of travel documents, a top government source said, amid worrying reports from local media that they had been abducted.
Earlier, some news outlets in Kabul claimed the Taliban had abducted over 150 people, including Indians. The Taliban rejected that claim; a tweet by Sharif Hassan, a Kabul-based reporter for The New York Times, quoted a spokesperson for the group.
The Taliban’s ‘picking up’ of Indian citizens comes hours after an Air Force transport aircraft managed to evacuate around 85 Indians from Kabul; the plane has landed safely in Tajikistan, sources said, adding that a second aircraft is on standby in India.
Sources this morning said the government is trying to bring as many Indians as possible into the airport at Kabul to keep them safe while it works out the evacuation logistics.
India has evacuated all embassy staff but an estimated 1,000 citizens remain in several cities in the war-torn country and ascertaining their location and condition is proving to be a challenge, a Home Ministry official has said.
Among those are around 200 Sikhs and Hindus at a gurudwara in Kabul. Late Wednesday a spokesperson for the Taliban – which is trying to project a more moderate image – released a video of the gurudwara head saying he had been assured of safety.
Separately the political office of the Taliban also sent messages to Delhi urging against the evacuation of embassy staff, saying India had nothing to fear for their safety.
However, days before those ‘outreach’ messages sources said Taliban forces had entered at least two of India’s consulates, “ransacked” offices, and took away documents and parked vehicles. A senior official told NDTV “we expected this…”
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar this week said the government is “very carefully” monitoring the situation in Kabul and Afghanistan, but that the immediate focus is on safely evacuating all citizens. Asked how India plans to deal with Taliban leaders, he said it is “early days”, and did not comment if the government is in touch with the group.
The Taliban took control of Afghanistan Sunday after President Ashraf Ghani fled and the group walked into Kabul with no opposition. This was after a staggeringly fast rout of major cities, after two decades of war that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives.
Happy Raksha Bandhan 2021 to your brother or sister on this special day using some beautiful Wishes, Images, Quotes, Photos, Greetings, Messages, Whatsapp, and Facebook Status!
The Rakshasutras built in the constellation ‘Shravan’ provide immortality, dependence, self-esteem, fame, enthusiasm, and inspiration. In ancient times, a wife would wear a Rakshasutra for her husband’s good fortune. However, Rakshabandhan is celebrated in a big way as a symbol of unconditional love between brothers and sisters.
Rakshabandhan, the festival of love between brother and sister, is falling on Sunday, August 22 this year. On the occasion of Rakhi, sisters tie a thread of protection on the wrists of their brothers. On this day, brothers promise to protect and support their sisters, while sisters love their brothers.
Nowadays everyone shares the status of Rakshabandhan on Facebook and WhatsApp and that is why in this article we have come up with some selected greeting messages that you can use to wish your brother or sister, Raksha Bandhan wishes 2021.
Rakshabandhan message for brother and Sister
May Lord bless you with all happiness, good health, and wealth in the world. Happy Rakhi to you and your family!
You are my best friend, my guide, my mentor, and my guardian. I know that you are just a thought away and for that, I’m eternally grateful. Happy Raksha Bandhan!
Thank you for being my partner in crime and my loudest cheerleader. I love you today and always. Happy Raksha Bandhan!
Happy Raksha Bandhan to my biggest secret-keeper and my pillar of strength. With you as my sister/ brother, I don’t need much else.
You must have done something right that God blessed you with a sibling-like me. For laughing at this and all my other bad jokes, thank you. Happy Raksha Bandhan!
We are miles apart from each other but are still connected as we are entrenched in each other’s hearts forever. Happy Rakhi!
From being my bully to my protector, you have been the best sibling I could ask for. Happy Rakhi!
Dear sister/brother, I promise to always protect you, today and always. Happy Raksha Bandhan!
Thank you for understanding my silence as well as making sense of my gibberish. Growing up with you has been a celebration like no other.
I can’t thank my stars enough to be born as your sister/brother. You will always be my hero. Happy Rakhi!
May this Raksha Bandhan bring love, light, and endless happiness. You deserve it all and more.
It has been an absolute honor to call you my sibling. Happy Raksha Bandhan!
Thinking of you and all the memories we have created together on this special day. Happy Raksha Bandhan!
I cannot imagine how colorless my life would have been had it not been for your charm and love. Happy Rakhi, brother/sister!
No one understands me as you do. You are my strongest ally and closest companion. Happy Rakhi, dear sister/brother!
The distance can do little to separate those who are linked by the heart. Sending you to love and wishes on this special day. Happy Raksha Bandhan.
Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero. Happy Raksha Bandhan.
My brother may not always be at my side but he is always in my heart. Happy Raksha Bandhan.
We hope you enjoy the Rakshabandhan of 2021. If you have similar Rakshabandhan quotes in English and Marathi, be sure to share them with us and we will add them to our article.
New Delhi: The Taliban entered at least two of India’s consulates in Afghanistan on Wednesday, searched for documents, and took away parked cars, government sources said today, expressing worry that it meant the group is acting against the assurances its leaders have been giving to the world.
Members of the Taliban “ransacked” the Indian consulates in Kandahar and Herat, which are closed, according to the sources. They “searched closets” in Kandahar for papers and took away vehicles parked at both the consulates.
“We expected this. They ransacked the place searched documents and also took away our parked vehicles from both embassies,” a senior officer told NDTV.
Days before the raid, the Taliban had reached out to Delhi, saying that did not want India to evacuate diplomats from its Kabul embassy. Sources say the government had received messages from the group’s Qatar office assuring them of the safety of Indian staff and security personnel.
The messages – sent from the office of Abbas Stanikzai, the chief of the Taliban’s political unit – were routed via contacts in Kabul and Delhi.
Earlier this week, India carried out a difficult evacuation of its embassy staff in two Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft that flew out of Kabul. India’s ambassador to Afghanistan was also brought back as diplomats and civilians scrambled to get out of the country after the Taliban’s takeover. But over 1,000 Indian nationals are still stuck across Afghanistan.
After its breakneck takeover of the Afghan capital, the Taliban has been carrying out door-to-door searches in Kabul to identify Afghans who worked for the National Directorate of Security, the state-run intelligence agency.
India operated four consulates in the country, besides the embassy in Kabul. Apart from Kandahar and Herat, India also had a consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, which was shut down days before the Taliban took control. The embassy in Kabul is not officially shut; it is operating with local help.
An intelligence document for the UN has revealed that the Taliban are going house-to-house searching for people who worked with the US and NATO forces, according to news agency AFP.
The “targeted searches” have raised fears that the group, which has launched a PR blitz and has claimed complete amnesty for rivals, does not intend to stick to its word.
New Delhi is also concerned about the support the group is getting from various terror organizations.
Government’s intelligence sources reveal the Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has released a statement on the Taliban victory, “praising and congratulating the group on its emancipation in Afghanistan”. Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham in Syria also released an official statement in support of the Taliban. “The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) based in western China has also issued a statement congratulating the Taliban. Events are unfolding at a very high pace – we are keeping a watch,” a senior government source said.
Mumbai, Maharashtra: Amidst an explosion of incredible content and an ever-expanding, large, and diverse Indian Consumer base India’s First Premium Rural Entertainment Channel, Azaad, and India’s leading entertainment super app MX player announce a strategic partnership to enable exponential growth and bring together the linear, rural and digital worlds together. With the strong belief in the ‘power of engaged connections’ and the aspiration to meet its viewers at their doorstep, Azaad and MX Player are all set to reach out to the Indian diaspora with new stories embedded in the rural fabric and culture. Beginnen Media recently launched Azaad with its premise being ‘People First. Rural First’. MX Player, with its large and diverse audience of over 200 million monthly active users believes in ‘everytainment’ and caters to its audiences with varied entertainment palettes. This unique business move comes as a strategic content UnionShip for both brands. In an industry, where the norm is that of media conglomerates repurposing their linear content for their Over-the-top (OTT) platforms, this is the first partnership where two standalone entities have come together to leverage their strengths, create unique content, and reach wider audiences. Azaad will soon add to its repertoire original content, besides the syndicated content that is currently on air.
India’s First Rural Entertainment Channel: In recent years, OTT platforms and TV penetration had already begun changing the way the world consumed content. The pandemic and the resulting lockdowns accelerated that process manifold. According to a recent PwC report, India is currently the world’s fastest-growing OTT market and is set to become the sixth-largest around the globe by 2024. Providers with the most unified viewing and search experiences will see growth. In the post-COVID world, people will prioritize their spending which will result in more freely available and easily accessible models in the long term. OTT and television will not be competing for mediums but will co-exist and enable in transition for family home audiences who enjoy cohesive viewing and also offer the same entertainment experiences to audiences to enjoy content on the go.
Beginnen Media’s Managing Director, Bharat Kumar Ranga, says, “The UnionShip with MX Player offers a seamless consumer experience on both mediums as we attempt to be innovators at the intersection of TV and digital. Azaad is for people with rural mindsets where people access entertainment on both TV and the internet. We needed to find the right anchor that compliments Azaad on the internet. MX Player immediately aligned to our vision as we share a commonality of consumer centricity that will assist us with our expansion goals for Azaad and MX Player. MX valued our idea and intent and Azaad loved their youthfulness, vigor, hunger for growth, and uncanny consumer centricity. For consumers, MX and Azaad will appear like one common platform. This reflects Beginnen Media’s entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to using our experience of innovation as the roadmap for propelling the industry forward to an all-new way of doing business.”
Elaborating on the same, Karan Bedi – CEO, MX Group said, “In an industry first, this association will transcend traditional TV and digital OTT to drive synergies and foster growth for both players, by creating innovative new content and catering to a larger audience set. As a platform that can reach consumers at every touchpoint, this strategic partnership with Azaad is sure to entertain the masses and drive more engagement for both brands.”
Rachin Khanijo, Beginnen Media, Chief Marketing Officer, adds, “We believe that this distinct UnionShip with MX Player will surely be the best manner in which two standalone brands together will unlock the power of TV and OTT in an integrated manner by leveraging synergies to reach and engage with maximum viewers. We have approached this association creatively as well as strategically to ensure that there’s a strong audience fit and have planned on scaling it with projected metrics of what TV and digital are expected to deliver – both at an attributed and holistic level.
Mansi Shrivastav, SVP, and Head – Content Acquisitions & Alliances, MX Player concluded saying, “This unique union ship compliments MX strategically – adding many hues of entertainment to our diverse content offering and bringing with it fresh, young, and new flavors reflecting the ethos of today’s rural Indian fabric. With this distinctive slate, we are well poised to cater to every palette and are excited that this association with Beginnen Media’s premium heartland entertainment channel Azaad will enhance viewership and aid market expansion.”
Stay tuned to this space to learn of the original content that will soon air on Azaad and stream for free on MX Player.
MUMBAI, AUGUST 19, 2021: JSW Paints, India’s environment-friendly paints company and part of the US$ 13 billion JSW Group, has announced an Olympic initiative called Sundar Bharat, for every Indian Olympic athlete. According to the Sundar Bharat initiative, every Indian athlete of any sporting discipline who has represented India at the Olympic games since 1947 will be offered free painting of their homes by JSW Paints. The company is offering the Indian Olympic Athletes or their kin its entire portfolio of 1808 water-based colours under this initiative. JSW has kept the pledge mechanism hassle-free. In order to avail of this offer, an eligible athlete must call the JSW Paints customer care number 1800-121-5797. A JSW Paints Buddy will then get in touch with them to fulfil this unique promise.JSW Paints offers free home painting.
According to Mr Parth Jindal, Managing Director of JSW Paints, JSW Paints offers free home painting. “At JSW Group, we always believe in delivering meaningful value to our consumers and forge deep bonds with our stakeholders. We try to achieve this by banking upon the JSW Experience, a product of thousand gestures, to make life beautiful for our esteemed consumers. Sundar Bharat is one such gesture from JSW Paints. Through this initiative, we would like to delight the sporting ecosystem of our country by offering our entire portfolio of 1808 water-based colours free of cost to brighten the homes and lives of the athletes who have represented India since 1947 and made us proud. To paint the homes of those who represented India at the Olympics is an honour for JSW Paints.”
New Delhi: India is following the events in Afghanistan “very carefully” and the focus is on ensuring the security and safe return of Indian nationals who are still in the war-torn country, Foreign Minister Dr. S Jaishankar told reporters in New York on Wednesday. Asked how India views and deals with the Taliban leadership, he said it is still “early days”, not offering direct comment on whether or not India was in touch with the Taliban.
“At this point of time, we are looking at the evolving situation in Kabul… as Taliban and its representatives have come to Kabul and I think we need to take it from there,” he added when asked whether India has had any communication with Taliban in the recent days.
Asked whether India will continue its investments and engagement in Afghanistan, the minister said the “historical relationship with the Afghan people” continues. “
That will guide our approach in the coming days. I think at this time, these are early days, and our focus on safety and security of the Indian nationals who are there,” he added.
Addressing reporters after a meeting of the UN Security Council, Dr. Jaishankar said the situation in Afghanistan is “really what has been very much the focus of my own engagements here, talking to the UN Secretary-General and other colleagues who are here as well as the US Secretary of State.”
“At the moment we are, like everybody else, very carefully following developments in Afghanistan. I think our focus is on ensuring the security in Afghanistan and the safe return of Indian nationals who are there,” he said.
India has assured that it would repatriate Hindus and Sikhs from Afghanistan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said that the country will stand by its friends and allies in the war-torn country, which many are desperate to leave.
On Tuesday, India evacuated the last of its staff from the embassy in Kabul including the ambassador and the Indo-Tibetan Border Policepersonnel who were in charge of security. The pullout took place amid curfew declared by the Taliban, which made took over Kabul on Sunday.
India Quietly Readies an Amazon Slayer – Open E-Commerce: The investing world is enthralled by a determined Beijing as it cuts China’s private sector down to size by relentless regulatory action. That’s good news for New Delhi: Its more subtle maneuvers in the same direction are going largely unnoticed.
Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc.’s Flipkart, however, would surely have felt the rising temperatures. Even as they weigh draft e-commerce rules that seek to restrict online marketplaces – not just theirs, but also the planned super-app by India’s Tata Group – a new existential threat lurks around the corner: a state-sponsored open network for digital commerce.
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has set up a committee, chaired by him, to “democratize digital commerce” and “provide alternatives to proprietary e-commerce sites,” according to a ministry press release.
In China, homegrown stores like Taobao, Tmall, and JD.com have an unshakable dominance in online retail. But now, the only other billion-people-plus opportunity open to American capital is also slipping away from its grasp.
It’s unclear how exactly India’s open e-commerce network will work – or if it will work at all. The template, according to the press statement, is the country’s highly successful Unified Payments Interface, a public utility that allows any entity to process real-time payments over smartphones provided a set of common protocols is followed. The UPI network has in a short time eclipsed proprietary card-based payments.
Fashioning a similar open network for online commerce will be a lot trickier. It’s easy to make a set of rules where there’s a simple, single-point objective of satisfying the central bank that the same funds aren’t being spent twice. Commerce, by contrast, involves far fuzzier outcomes. Did the consumer get the product she paid for? Did it arrive in one piece? Was the article genuine or a counterfeit? Was the returns policy enforceable? Additionally, brands selling online have to worry about resellers’ creditworthiness and their ability to manage complicated distribution logistics in a country with poor physical infrastructure.
The ministry says that merchants will be able to save their data under the open network to build credit history and reach consumers, breaking silos imposed by platforms “to drive innovation and scale.” Several questions arise: Are Amazon and Walmart-Flipkart, which aren’t directing even 10% of India’s $800 billion annual retail sales between them, stifling innovation to a point where the harm exceeds their positive influence from aggregating demand? Should they, therefore, be mandated to operate their merchant-onboarding processes according to some preset rules, eroding much of their power to determine what goes on over platforms in which they have invested billions of dollars? Like everywhere else, the danger with dominant marketplaces in India is that they will copy the bestselling ideas of merchants and introduce them as private labels. But is this threat currently so large as to require a systematic downgrading of platforms?
Not allowed to own inventory, the two dominant foreign-owned marketplaces have solved many of the underlying problems of trust by using a handful of large sellers they can control. This practice, challenged by some traders’ groups as discriminatory, is now in the crosshairs of India’s competition regulator. So intense is the scrutiny that Amazon’s joint venture with Indian software tycoon Narayana Murthy has decided to fold up by the middle of next year. The seven-year-old JV owns Cloudtail, the largest seller on Amazon’s India website. As the news website Morning Context notes, Cloudtail helped relatively smaller manufacturers – such as a saree brand from Rajasthan – acquire national reach on Amazon, something they may not have achieved on their own. Consumers are getting more choices than before. Once large platform-aligned buyers like Cloudtail are chased out, Amazon’s customer satisfaction scores could be hard to sustain.
As India deliberately de-emphasizes the platform model, even the conglomerate Tata Group, which is planning a marketplace extending from fashion and lifestyle to electronics, maybe handicapped if it’s unable to sell a cup of Starbucks coffee on its website. That’s because Starbucks Corp.’s joint venture in India with Tata makes it a connected party, which can’t act as a seller on the super-app, according to draft e-commerce rules. Ditto for Walmart Inc.’s separate wholesale unit. As an affiliated entity of Flipkart, it may not be allowed to hawk a shirt on the retail website.
The winner may be someone pursuing a different business model for aggregating supplies. Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man, controls both the largest chain of physical stores and the biggest telco. Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. could carry its own inventory, using its $180 billion balance sheet to buy and stock third-party merchandise and sell it online or offline – or in a hybrid online-offline setup.
A deliberate assault on the economics of digital platforms will possibly rank among the most far-reaching separations of platforms and commerce seen anywhere in recent years – save China’s recent forced restructuring of Ant Group Co.’s operations. America’s historic moves to segregate coal from railroads, commercial enterprises from banking, and television networks from programming took place in a very different era that ended with breaking up AT&T Inc.’s lock on communications in 1982. But the pendulum is swinging again. Lina Khan, chosen by President Joe Biden to chair the Federal Trade Commission, is a keen proponent of a more muscular approach to reining in tech platforms.
This shifting zeitgeist gives New Delhi the perfect cover to prepare its Amazon slayer, even though digital commerce in India is at present just a sideshow. Far bigger anticompetitive forces are at play in sectors ranging from telecoms and ports to airports.
But then, politicians like to invent challenges that don’t exist, rather than tackle those that do. An open digital commerce network is one such solution searching for a problem. Emasculating the economics of platforms will give a big advantage to retailers who are allowed to own inventory. It could turn out to be more efficient, but not necessarily more competitive.
मुंबई: केंद्रीय मंत्री नारायण राणे यांनी आज मुंबईतून जनआशीर्वाद यात्रा सुरु केली. यावेळी संबंधित करताना नारायण राणे यांनी महाविकास आघाडी सरकारवर जोरदार टीका केली. महाराष्ट्राला उद्ध्वस्त करायला निघालेत त्यांना सांगूया की तुमचा काळ संपलाय. राज्यात भाजप सत्तेवर येईल आणि सुखा समाधानाचे चांगले दिवस येतील, अशी अपेक्षा व्यक्त करुया, असे राणे म्हणाले.
देवेंद्र फडणवीसांनी मला दिल्लीला पाठवलं.
मी केंद्रीय मंत्रिमंडळात सुक्ष्म, लघू- उद्योग मंत्री म्हणून काम करत असताना महाराष्ट्राचे नाव दिल्लीत केल्याशिवाय राहणार नाही, अशी ग्वाही त्यांनी यावेळी दिली.
राणे यांचे आज गुरुवारी सकाळी ११ वाजता मुंबई विमानतळावर आगमन झाले. तेथून त्यांनी आपल्या जन आशीर्वाद यात्रेला सुरुवात केली. विरोधी पक्षनेते देवेंद्र फडणवीस यांच्या हस्ते हिरवा झेंडा दाखवून जनआशीर्वाद यात्रेचा प्रारंभ करण्यात आला.
यादरम्यान बोलताना त्यांनी मुख्यमंत्री उद्धव ठाकरे यांच्यावरही निशाणा साधला. महाराष्ट्रातील जनता आताच्या सत्तेला कंटाळली असल्याचे त्यांनी म्हटले. यावेळी त्यांच्यासोबत देवेंद्र फडणवीस, प्रवीण दरेकर, आशिष शेलार आदी उपस्थित होते.
आज १९ ऑगस्टपासून सुरू झालेली ही जनआशीर्वाद यात्रा मुंबईतील विविध विभागांत २१ ऑगस्टपर्यंत काढली जाणार आहे. त्यानंतर पुढे कोकणात ही यात्रा जाणार आहे.
मात्र, नारायण राणे जनआशीर्वाद यात्रा सुरू करण्यामागे आगामी मुंबई महापालिका निवडणुका असल्याचे बोलले जात आहे.
दरम्यान. जनआशीर्वाद यात्रेच्या निमित्ताने भाजपने जोरदार शक्तिप्रदर्शन केले आहे. नारायण राणे यांना शिवतीर्थावर जाण्यासाठी शिवसेनेने ग्रीन सिग्नल दिला असल्याचे समजते. राणे हे बाळासाहेब ठाकरे स्मृतिस्थळाच्या दर्शनासाठी आल्यानंतर कुठलाही विरोध न करण्याचा निर्णय शिवसेनेने घेतला आहे.
New Delhi: August 18, 2021: Olympic medalist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Amway India, one of the country’s leading FMCG direct selling companies, has through Emmanuel Global Consultancies, partnered with Olympian Saikhom Mirabai Chanu as the brand ambassador for Amway and its Nutrilite range of products. Chanu will spearhead the company’s campaigns focused on its foundation range such as Nutrilite Daily, Omega, and All Plant Protein amongst others, across platforms. The association with the Olympic medalist is in line with Amway’s focus on consolidating its health and nutrition category, especially targeting women and youth in the country.
Commenting on the association, Mr. Anshu Budhraja, CEO, Amway India said, “Amway and Nutrilite symbolize best of entrepreneurship, opportunity, women empowerment, nutrition, and wellness globally. Our association with Mirabai Chanu is a natural choice. She exemplifies our values of hope, commitment, self-empowerment, healthy living; and her commitment to fitness is unparalleled. This makes her the perfect partner to further amplify our ethos of helping people live better, healthier lives.”
“Our association with Ms. Chanu is also a tribute to our incredible women leaders who have been leading from the front and re-imagining the future, for themselves, for their families, and ultimately for the society at large. Comprising over 60% direct sellers, women and youth are at the heart of this incredible organization and are the enablers in helping us drive the commitment towards entrepreneurship to empower the women and our women,” he added.
Speaking about her association, Ms. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu said, “Nutrilite is an iconic brand, recognized globally for its plant-based approach to dietary supplements. As a professional athlete, I am always looking for ways to improve my fitness and thereby, my game. Hence, proper nutrition through a balanced diet is extremely important for me. I am excited to join hands with Nutrilite –which is the world’s no 1 vitamins and dietary supplements brand, committed to making people’s lives healthier.”
Talking about the newly onboarded brand ambassador Mirabai Chanu, Ajay Khanna, Chief Marketing Officer, Amway India, said, “As the nation prepares to build their health and strengthen their immunity, we are delighted to welcome Mirabai Chanu to the Nutrilite family. Her unmatched dedication to fitness and youth appeal resonates well with Nutrilite’s world-class image offering the best of nature and the best of science for optimal health. With Ms. Chanu as our brand ambassador, we are confident of further strengthening our connect with young consumers across the country.”
A global leader in the nutrition segment, Amway continues to solidify its leadership in the health and immunity domain through consistent product innovation and the unique seed-to-supplement process. Nutrilite, the flagship brand of Amway, enjoys a successful legacy of over 80 years of pioneering and perfecting the plant-based approach to supplementation.
The company recently launched Chyawanprash by Nutrilite and Nutrilite Vitamin C Cherry Plus, a targeted supplement in the food for special dietary usage (FSDU) segment, further strengthening the nutrition portfolio. With evolving consumer trends, the nutrition category has registered immense growth with Nutrilite contributing over 61% to the company’s business revenue. The category is poised for tremendous growth with an increase in contribution to over 65% (CAGR of 10%) by 2024, which includes a significant contribution from the Nutrilite Traditional Herbal segment.
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