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PM Narendra Modi to mark Janjatiya Gaurav Divas on Birsa Munda’s birth anniversary

The week-long celebration of tribal heritage, from Nov 15 to Nov 22, will culminate in Kashmir

New Delhi, 15^th November 2021: The country is all set to celebrate the rich cultural heritage of the tribes and their role in the freedom struggle with Janjatiya Gaurav Divas (National Tribal Day), which kicks off on November 15. It is also the birth anniversary of the legendary tribal freedom fighter and leader Birsa Munda. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will mark the day dedicated to tribal freedom fighters with a grand event in Bhopal, where he will be joined by more than two-lakh tribals. However, he will first pay a floral tribute at Birsa Munda’s statue and virtually launch the Birsa Munda Freedom Fighter Museum in Ranchi before the event in Bhopal. The museum at Ranchi is first of the 10 museums that have been sanctioned by the government as tribute to tribal freedom fighters in different states.

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) will also undertake various initiatives during the commemorative week. Marked by 37 programmes across the country, the Janjatiya Gaurav Divas will culminate with the first J&K Literary and Cultural Tribal Festival, showcasing the rich cultural heritage of tribes in Jammu and Kashmir. Shri Arjun Munda, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, said that these initiatives will help to create awareness about the role of tribal freedom fighters as well as their culture and life. More than 85 tribal movements and over 200 tribal leaders of pre-Independence have been identified and compiled in their research. He added, “It’s not just an event, we hope that it also inspires our tribal folks to move ahead and progress in life.”

While talking about the week-long celebration of Janjatiya Gaurav Divas, Dr Naval Jit Kapoor, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, revealed that the government had already started the celebration of tribal life from March 12. “From Andaman-Nicobar to Kashmir and from Northeast to Gujarat, we already have around 20 programmes related to the tribals in different states. In fact, there is a festival currently taking place at Uttarakhand from the past two days,” he informs, adding, “The tribals will be seen in a new light with these initiatives. We have much to learn from them – be it in their food, living, medicine, their philosophy, or even, community living. If we can enhance their strengths, then tribal areas will not just be the annadaatas for the country, but also help us progress in every way.”

The programmes being organised during the week also include painting competition, quiz competition, essay writing, extempore speech, patriotic song competition, folk music, tribal art and culture exhibitions among other things.

Pol Espargaro escapes serious injury in Valencia

Valencia, November 15, 2021: Following a heavy highside at Turn 13, Repsol Honda Team’s Pol Espargaro missed Saturday action in Valencia after scans and checks in hospital.

During MotoGP Free Practice 3, Pol Espargaro suffered a highside on the exit of Turn 12 heading into Turn 13. The Repsol Honda Team rider was taken to the circuit medical centre before being transported to 9 de Octubre Hospital in Valencia for further checks. Scans revealed heavy bruising, especially around the right thorax and abdomen.

Espargaro will rest tonight before assessing his condition and continued participation on Sunday morning.

Pol Espargaro

“Unfortunately today I had a very big crash during FP3 at Turn 13. The impact was very hard but fortunately I have no serious injuries and nothing appeared broken in the tests we did at the hospital. At the moment I have a lot of pain from around my ribs when I breathe, this is what hurts most. I’m really disappointed because we had great speed and I was feeling really confident. I’m sorry for my team. Tonight we will rest, take painkillers and see what the situation is in the morning.”

The Pair Of Debahuti Lahon And Maini Boruah From Guwahati Triumphed At The Red Bull Shuttle Up National Finals

New Delhi, 15^th November 2021:  After high-intensity qualifying rounds across 5 cities, the National Finals of the third edition of Red Bull Shuttle Up, India’s first-ever exclusive women’s doubles tournament took place at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex in Delhi on Friday 12^th November 2021. Following quality badminton action it was the pair of Debahuti Lahon and Maini Boruah from Guwahati who triumphed over Sana Verma and Ekta Joshi from Delhi in the final round in straight sets 11-8; 11-10

The winning duo from Guwahati have been serial winners at the junior level with Maini Boruah being part of the team that won Bronze at the Senior Nationals Badminton Championship in 2019. She has also been an u19 Doubles Champion and Mixed Doubles Silver medalist in the North East Zonals Championship 2019. Her partner Debahuti has been a school National Champion and was ranked third in the Doubles All India ranking in 2019.

Pairs of Debahuti Lahon & Malini Boruah from Guwahati, Shubhangi Majumder & Ramsha Farooqui from Mumbai, Afnan Zareen & Arun Komal from Hyderabad, Nalini Malik & Khushboo Shah from Chandigarh and Sana Verma, and Ekta Joshi from Delhi qualified through their respective city qualifiers battled it out at the National Finals of Red Bull Shuttle Up 2021

Red Bull Shuttle up Qualifiers were held across 5 cities – Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Delhi, Mumbai, and Guwahati from 18^th September to 30^th October 2021, with winning pairs from each qualifier to compete at the National Finals.

With the growing popularity of the sport is it viewership or participation, the tournament aims to further boost and improve participation and popularity amongst aspiring women players.

India’s ace women doubles shuttler and Red Bull athlete Ashwini Ponnappa said, “It is very encouraging to see so many talented women badminton players being part of the Red Bull Shuttle Up National Finals. It has always been my ambition to promote Badminton as a sport in India, especially for women. It’s great to be associated with brands like Red Bull that create such platforms and gives wings to aspiring talents. It’s been a great journey with Red Bull Shuttle Up and I only see it growing in the years to come.”

The pair of Debahuti Lahon and Maini Boruah from Guwahati winners of Red Bull Shuttle Up National Finals, said” We are delighted to win the Red Bull Shuttle Up National Finals. We prepared really well for this tournament. It is always a great experience to play against the best teams in the country and do well. It is great to see brands like Red Bull supporting aspiring women badminton players like ourselves and giving us the platform to showcase our talents.”

National Finals results:

Debahuti Lahon and Maini Boruah from Guwahati beat Sana Verma and Ekta Joshi from Delhi 11-8; 11-10

Open exclusively for women above the age of 16, all matches are played on a knock-out basis where all pairs play a best of 3 sets with 21 points (rally points). Each pair, with prior notification to the referee, can call for a super point once in a set. By calling for a super point, the pair will get 2 points if they win that particular point. There will be no deduction of points if the pair loses that point.

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Model and actress Ashweenee Aher radiates positivity in her Birthday pictures straight from the Maldives

The insta-sensation and diva Ashweenee Aher Aher recently celebrated her 25th birthday in the Maldivian sands!!
And to celebrate this occasion she took to Instagram to share some of her wonderful travel memories from her sojourn.

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Ashweenee Aher celebrated her birthday in the presence of some of her closest pals and her family island country. She cut a delightful cake and danced the night away to some of her favorite numbers. The pictures and videos from her celebration are going viral all over the internet.

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Ashweenee believes in the concept of working hard and partying harder, She tells us that, “I have always celebrated my birthday with a lot of prompt and fun fare, I love to travel and hence I prefer planning my birthdays around my favorite dream destinations, and I always wanted to explore the Maldivian islands but couldn’t manage to do so given my erratic work schedules, this birthday has surely proven to be a much-needed rejuvenation trip for me!”

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Ashweenee was highly appreciated for her fashion sense and her glamorous choice of apparel throughout her Maldivian furlough.

Ashweenee decided to dress up in many diverse ways for the holiday like a white bikini top teamed up with a skirt, a lacy beachwear which included a crop top and matching shorts, a red off-shoulder one-piece dress for her birthday amongst the others. All of her looks were widely appreciated by her followers and she was credited for giving her fans some cool vacay outfit inspirations!!

Urfi Javed Filmfare look styled by famous Indian stylist Rima Mishra

Celeb stylist Rima Mishra recently transformed Bigg Boss OTT star contestant Urfi Javed, into a, slay Goddess in this exquisite black Dar Sara High Fashion Gown which featured a strapless neckline with a laser-cut flower pattern accented with intricate stones, followed by a long train for the Filmfare night.

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Rima decided to try out a striking violet lip shade that resembled Urfi’s offbeat style choices and smokey eye makeup along with her hair tied in a sleek ponytail which made Urfi look every bit of a spectacular diva. Rima concluded the entire look with a pair of glittery black high-heeled pumps.

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Urfi looked incredibly glamorous in this high-slit gown as she posed happily for the shutterbugs. Being a celeb stylist for Urfi, Rima was confident that Urfi would carry off this look exceptionally well and would manage to allure her fans with her dramatic persona.

Urfi’s trending Filmfare look was styled by the very prominent stylist Rima Mishra and it is being widely celebrated across numerous platforms and is surely getting loads of rave reviews from her followers.

Actress Gurleen Chopra Transforms The Lives Of Many With Her Health and Nutrition Plan

Gurleen Chopra has not only made a mark in Bollywood but also proved her mettle as an actress in different regional industries like Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Marathi. By essaying a variety of roles in her illustrious career, she has established herself as one of the most versatile actresses in the industry.

Gurleen is known to be fitness conscious and now, she has gone a step further in this direction by becoming a nutritionist.

Talking about the same, Gurleen says, “In the last one and a half years, many people put on a lot of weight owing to the lockdown and being at home all the time. Even when the gyms were closed, I made it a point to do exercises at home and remain fit. Since shoots were not happening, I thought of utilizing my time by learning a new skill. I enrolled myself for a nutrition-based course within December 2020 and within a few months, I became a certified nutritionist”.

In a short span of time, Gurleen has managed to get a large number of clients across the globe and has used her expertise as a nutritionist to help them lose weight in an organic manner. Even those suffering from tremendous weight gain because of thyroid, diabetes, and PCOD have also benefitted from it.

“I have worked with more than 25,000 clients so far. Some of them have been from India and there are many who live in different countries like London, the UK, Greece, Italy, France, and Dubai. Most of my clientele is from US and Canada. I train them under a three-month-long program. I make a diet chart for them and suggest some exercises which they do at home. There are no medicines or supplements involved in this course”, she says.

Many of Gurleen’s clients have lost 30-40 kilograms by just being disciplined and following my recommended plan properly. People who had gained weight because of stress, anxiety, or depression have also benefitted from this plan.

“Apart from NRIs, many foreigners have lost a lot of weight by following the diet recommended by me. I always tell my clients that if you are fit, you can achieve anything in life”, she says”, she elaborates.

After achieving tremendous success in the field of nutrition in the last couple of months, Gurleen is all set to pursue an international dietic course soon. Acting, however, remains her first love and she has many interesting projects lined up including a Netflix Original film and a feature film titled ‘Return Ticket’ co-starring Adhyayan Suman, Arbaaz Khan, Ruslaan Mumtaz, and Dev Sharma. There is another project with Zee5 co-starring Sharwar Ali which is being shot in Mumbai at the moment.

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This Children’s Day, Nickelodeon encourages kids to speak their heart out with its new campaign #NoStressExpress

National, November 12, 2021: Kids are gearing up for offline learning after a hiatus of more than a year. Through this period of staying away from school and friends’ kids have seldom found a platform to express themselves. Keeping this in mind, this Children’s Day, Nickelodeon – India’s leading kids’ entertainment franchise – is all set to inspire kids to express themselves, unfiltered, through a fun and empowering campaign #NoStressExpress.

Speaking about the campaign Sonali Bhattacharya, Head – Marketing, Kids Cluster, Viacom18, said, “At Nickelodeon, each of our initiatives has kids and their interests at its core. The last year and a half have had kids face social isolation as they were staying away from physical school and their friends. We believe that kids have a lot to say, and their views are very unique. Giving them a platform to express their views freely is what we aim to do with our Children’s Day campaign that will have kids express all that they feel without any filter.”

The campaign is being brought to life through various engaging and interactive experiences that will ask kids to own their day and speak their hearts and mind out – Be it expressing their love for noodles, views on homework or their dislike for a vegetable, nothing is off limits. As part of this initiative, Nick through its super star Nicktoons – Chikoo & Bunty, Happy & Pinaki, Paw Patrol and others has called for kids to candidly speak their heart out in a 10-second video and upload it on nickindia.com, standing a chance to feature on Nick. In addition to this, special Children’s Day programming stunts are also planned on 13th & 14th November on the franchise channels to entertain kids. Not only is the channel taking kids on a stress-free ride through an express-a-thon, but kids can also express their love for their favorite Nicktoons with 99Pancakes limited edition combos! The specially curated combos will be available on Zomato, Swiggy, dine-in orders and takeaways. The campaign and its message are being further amplified by mommy networks and influencers who will call for kids to join the express-a-thon with their favorite Nicktoons. This will also be supported with lot of fun mall activations and meet & greets with Nicktoons across the country.

With campaigns like Nick Be the Boss, #KhulKeBolo and Bacchon Jaisi Baatein amongst others, Nickelodeon has always celebrated the spirit of kids on Children’s Day. This time too, Nickelodeon along with its army of Nicktoons is all set to encourage kids to express themselves. So, kids, this Children’s Day, remember – No stress …express!

104.8 Ishq FM launches ‘Ishq with Nusrat – Bhalobashaye Bold’ a unique talk show in Kolkata with Nusrat Jahan

Kolkata, 11 November 2021:
In a first-of-its-kind celebrity radio and digital show, 104.8 Ishq FM launches ‘Ishq with Nusrat – Bhalobashaye Bold, hosted by none other than, Nusrat Jahan.

The actor will host a radio and digital show for Ishq FM, Kolkata and will give her take on different facets of Love and Relationships.

The show was launched by Nusrat herself at a Press Conference at Lord of the Drinks (South City Mall) today. The 2 month-long show will have a total of 24 episodes airing on radio and 6 digital episodes released on Ishq FM’s YouTube channel. Each episode on radio and digital promises a unique and different take on love, romance & relationships along with a glimmer of entertainment. Popular personalities such as Yash Dasgupta (Actor), Shri Madan Mitra (MLA), Ritabhari Chakraborty (Actor), Tanushree Chakraborty (Actor), and The Bong Guy- Kiran Dutta (YouTuber) will be joining Nusrat in the show for a tete-a-tete. Each episode presents a very unique and personal take on modern love & matters of the heart.

Subjects on love not often spoken about such as cheating, settling in love, divorce, and finding love again will be discussed on the show in a very bold and open way. The listeners and callers will have a fair chance to speak their hearts out and Nusrat will try to give them solutions in her own unique way.

Speaking about the show, Nusrat said “I was absolutely spell-bound by the idea when I got to know the crux of the show. The show format ideated by the team at ISHQ FM is indeed very unique and the bold perspective on love problems will make it stand out.

I am also very excited about my first stint as a Radio Host. The show is quirky and deals with love and love related issues with bold solutions. So, Ishq with Nusrat is something in which the audience will see me in a completely different avatar & I hope the audience appreciates me in this role as they have done previously. The show will see the glass ceiling of tagging certain conversations as taboo being shattered now for good.”

Rahul Kumar Shaw – CEO, Television & Radio (104.8 Ishq FM) – TV Today Network added, “Kolkata has always been known as a culturally diverse and a progressive city. With Ishq FM, we intend to own the space of love & romance. Ishq with Nusrat is one such show which brings forth issues around love, romance & relationships with a bold perspective. Hope our listeners shower as much love on this show as they have given to other celebrity shows we have done in the past.”