Actor Shekhar Suman, Mrs.Amruta Devedra Fadnavis, advocated the importance of infusing ‘soul’ in education to the teachers...

Veteran actor Shekhar Suman and Smt. Amruta Devendra Fadnavis, wife of Hon’ble Maharashtra Chief Minister, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, today urged the teachers to go beyond the set pattern of the main stream curriculum and nurture the passion and creativity of the students by bringing the soul in education.  The two were addressing a Global symposium, ‘Soul in Education’ organized by Parisar Asha, a 35 year old not for profit organization working in the field of education.

Mr. Suman appreciated the efforts of Ms. Aarati Savur, C.E.O of Parisar Asha and said such summits would help the teachers to get new ideas. Mrs Fadnavis also appreciated the efforts of the organisers and said this conference would give a new dimension to the teaching style.

Parisar Asha’s initiative ‘Soul in Education’ was organized for more than 600 educators who are the changemakers in education. This initiative was supported and sponsored by L2O- a New York based digital learning platform. This unique summit culminated with the prize distribution ceremony of the Gloria de Souza Excellence Award- Best Educator, in which all the winners were recognized and awarded by Mrs. Fadnavis for their outstanding contribution in the field of education.

“Education has the power to change the world but it is pertinent to awaken the soul in the education system which was present during the ‘Gurukul’ days and is slowly getting lost under the menace of commercialization and competition. ‘Soul in Education’ is an initiative of Parisar Asha to revive the education system and bring back the joy of learning.”, said Ms. Aarati Savur , C.E.O of Parisar Asha.

Mumbai Traffic Police Department Joins Hands Again with Top Gear India Magazine for Road Safety Week...

The 2nd edition of ‘Street Smart Street Safe’ press conference was graced by Pooja Bedi and Dino Morea

Mumbai, 11, January 2017: After a widely successful road safety week campaign last year, the Traffic Police Department of Mumbai has collaborated yet again with TopGear India Magazine for the 2nd edition of ‘Street Smart Street Safe’ 2017.

The Traffic Police Department is constantly trying to tackle everyday challenges for the citizens and this one-week long campaign reflects this notion and is an extension of the same values. The press conference held at Sofitel (BKC) on 11th January 2017 was graced by well-known personalities, Pooja Bedi and Dino Morea, who came forward to support this worthy cause.

Making it a noteworthy affair, the high-profile event witnessed the presence of political dignitaries and esteemed authorities including Joint Commissioner of Traffic Mr. Milind Rambhau Bharambe, Dr. Praveen Gedam, Transport Commissioner, Government of Maharashtra,  Honorable Transport, Khar Land Development Minister Shri Diwakar Raote and lastly Founder of Olive Theory’s Ms. Sushmita Dalmia. In addition to this extensive effort in Mumbai and making it a state-wise affair, an on- ground activation in Kolhapur will also be conducted with an aim to spread road safety awareness.

Through this campaign, automotive and lifestyle magazine, Top Gear India aims to leverage its identity to raise awareness around the road safety week initiative that is currently being implemented by the Mumbai Traffic Police. The event had esteemed brands such as Olive Theory and MEP Infrastructure joining hands in this relevant cause as partners.

Commenting on the road safety campaign, Honorable Transport, Khar Land Development Minister Shri Diwakar Raote said,“This is a great initiative by Worldwide Media to educate everyone about the road safety measures. People crib and discuss a lot about road safety issues but when it comes to them they just forget it conveniently. It is their attitude which can make the campaign successful not anyone of us. We also believe that now is the time to make some additions in the road safety act which was introduced in 1986. We should include strict fine for breaking rules that people are scared to break them. ” Adding more to it, Shri Raote stated, “With such hardworking transport department, we are trying to bring in new processes in place where people are not supposed to go to RTO offices or agents. as everything will be online, from renewing licenses to  paying fee.”

Dr. Praveen Gedam, Transport Commissioner, Govt of Maharashtra, “We are glad to be associated with a campaign like this for road safety but it is not only a week’s thing but should go for 356 days and 24×7. There are close to 1.5 lakh people who die every year in road accidents and most are 15-49 age group. This is one of the leading causes which affect the GDP. Out of all these accidents, the person who is driving is the cause of 3/4 of the accidents. This week we aim to sensitize people about the safety measures and traffic rules.”

Milind Rambhau Bharambe, Joint Commissioner of Traffic, Mumbai said “We all know traffic rules but unfortunately with such congestion on roads, we tend to violate these rules. We have taken various measures to streamline the road safety condition. Mumbai police is going cashless which means no one is going to accept any cash as fine on field. There will be CCTV cameras to keep an eye across the city and we will generate electronic tickets if anyone will be caught breaking rules. Not only this, Mumbai Traffic Police has launched MTP app which is available on iOS and android. Through this app anyone can upload pictures of any traffic violation taking place around them and share it with us. After authenticating the picture, an action will be taken against the person. We look forward for everyone’s support and appeal to the citizens to participate in the initiative.”

Actor Dino Morea on Street Smart, Street Safe campaign said, “This is a great initiative put together to educate everyone about traffic safety discipline. I travel a lot in the city and it irritates me seeing people with no civil sense. Everyone seems to be in so much hurry that tends to break rules thinking that they can get away with such things. I would want to urge people to follow these rules as they are for our betterment only.”

Actress Pooja Bedi commented on the campaign, “Media plays a very important role in spreading the message and this is one such message which needs to reach out to each and every person. A majority of accidents are avoidable if people start following rules and we have some strict punishment in place. We all are aware of traffic safety rules but still there are people who do not hesitate from breaking them. I believe this is a n wonderful app introduced by the Traffic Police of Mumbai and we all should join hands with them to make it smoother.”

Commenting on the same, Head Strategy-Worldwide Media Pvt.Ltd. Mr. Sunil Wuthoo stated, “The Traffic Police Department of Mumbai, with many such efforts has been constantly trying to find a solution for the congestion on roads and road safety in general. We’re extremely proud to have associated with such a cause that affects people on a daily basis and we are optimistic that this campaign will be extremely successful.”

Co-Founder & Director, Olive Theory- Sushmita Dalmia said, “To add to all my fellow panelists, would like to add one thing to it that is Women’s safety which needs to be taken seriously across the nation and we need to support the Street Smart, Street Safe initiative.”

Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, discusses the European Union and India-Serbia ties...

“India and Serbia should work towards retaining their historical political friendship and improving their economic ties with each other”

Mumbai,  January 12, 2017: Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations, Mumbai, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia hosted a luncheon with the Hon’ble Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic. PM Vucic is on a four-day visit to India at the invitation of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, the first time a Serbian Prime Minister has visited India in 30 years.

The meeting at Gateway House addressed the ever-relevant topic; “Eurasia: Coherence in a tumultuous world.” Serbia is a land-locked small nation of 7 million which is geographically located between Europe and Asia, and therefore has a keen interest and engagement with both continents.

Prime Minister Vucic said that Serbians liked Indians, and both were “freedom-loving peoples.” He admired Indian entrepreneurship, saying that his country would like to improve and embrace such entrepreneurship.

PM Vucic highlighted Serbia’s will to improve economic ties with India, and further “attract Indian investors to our country”. He desired a boost in trade between the two countries, and discussed a long term goal of creating a visa-free regime between the two. The meeting also touched upon Serbia’s view on terrorism.  On this front the Prime Minister mentioned that Serbia shares India’s sentiment on terrorism and has consistently condemned terrorist attacks in the territory of India.

On the European Union, PM Vucic said that being positioned at the crossroads of  West and East, behooved the country to have a balanced relationship between Europe and Russia. Said Prime Minister Vucic: “Serbia’s strategic goal is to be a full member state of the European Union”, and it will also then be “the only country within the EU which hasn’t imposed sanctions on Russia”.

In conclusion, Prime Minister Vucic thanked Gateway House for organizing the event for him, and wished for a similar institutional focus and concentration in Serbia on foreign policy. “I would like it if we would be able to boast ourselves of having such a great think tank as you have here in Mumbai,” he stated.

भोजपुरिया खलनायको ने कायम की  एकता की  मिसाल ...

भोजपुरी फिल्म जगत में लगभग 50 खलनायक हैं और बिना किसी संगठन या असोसिएशन के वे लोग मात्र एक व्हाट्सएप्प ग्रुप द्वारा खुद को संगठित किये हुए हैं । पिछले साल 23 अप्रैल को खलनायको ने अपने ग्रुप एंटी हीरोज के माध्यम से एक छत के नीचे आकर एकता को मजबूती प्रदान की थी । मंगलवार को वे सभी एक बार फिर इकट्ठा हुए और ना सिर्फ एक दूसरे का दुःख सुख बांटा बल्कि ग्रुप के तीन सदस्यों हीरा लाल यादव, उमेश सिंह और देव सिंह का सामूहिक जन्मदिन मनाया । तीनो खलनायको का जन्मदिन इसी सप्ताह होने के कारण ही ग्रुप ने तीनों खलनायको की जानकारी के बिना उन्हें सरप्राइज़ देने हेतु ये फैसला किया ।  नियत समय पर सभी एंटी हीरोज इकट्ठा हुए और धूम धाम से जन्मदिन सेलिब्रेट किया । इस मौके पर एक परिचर्चा भी रखी गई जिसका विषय था भोजपुरी ने क्या दिया । ग्रुप के वरिष्ठ सदस्य ब्रजेश त्रिपाठी, राम मिश्रा , अनूप अरोरा ने बताया कि भले ही उन्होंने दर्ज़नो हिंदी फिल्म की है पर पहचान भोजपुरी से ही मिली ।

अनिल यादव, सुशील सिंह, अवधेश मिश्रा , संजय पांडे, प्रकाश जैस, मनोज टाईगर , राजन मोदी ,अयाज़ खान, मनीष चतुर्वेदी, जय सिंह, विकास सिंह बिरप्पन,  सूर्या द्वेदी,  करण पांडे, बालेश्वर सिंह, विष्णु शंकर बेलू, धर्मेंद्र सिंह, भोजपुरिया काका अरुण सिंह , पप्पू यादव, संतोष पहलवान, वैभव राय, जसवंत जैस, असगर खान, बबलू खान , अखिल तिवारी सोनू पांडे, जस्सी सिंह  सहित सभी एंटी हीरोज ने एक मत से स्वीकारा की भोजपुरी से ही उन्हें नाम , दाम और शोहरत मिली है  ।  मौके पर आगामी 23 अप्रेल को एंटी हीरोज ग्रुप की स्थापना दिवस धूमधाम से मनाने का फैसला लिया गया ।

आम्रपाली दुबे को मिला जन्मदिन का अनूठा तोहफा ...

भोजपुरी फिल्मो की सुपर अदाकारा आम्रपाली दुबे के लिए इस साल का जन्मदिन काफी अनूठा रहा क्योंकि उन्हें एक ऐसा तोहफा मिला जिसे पाने की चाहत हर कलाकार को होती है । अक्टूबर में रिलीज़ हुई उनकी फिल्म मोकामा 0 किलोमीटर ने बॉक्स ऑफिस पर धूम तो मचाई ही थी साथ ही इस फिल्म के दो गानो ने यु ट्यूब पर धमाल मचाते हुए एक करोड़ से ज्यादा लोगो द्वारा देखे जाने का रिकॉर्ड बनाया है । मोकामा 0 किलोमीटर का संगीत रिलीज़ करने वाली कंपनी वर्ल्ड वाइड रिकॉर्ड्स के रत्नाकर कुमार ने बताया कि मोकामा 0 किलोमीटर के दो गाने – सौतिनिया के चक्कर में और खोला ना किवारिया , दोनों को एक एक करोड़ से ज्यादा की व्यूअर शिप मिली है । संभवतः मोकामा 0 किलोमीटर पहली भोजपुरी फिल्म है जिसके दो गानो का व्यूअर शिप एक करोड़ को पार किया है ।

सौतिनिया के चक्कर वाले गाने में आम्रपाली दुबे के साथ अंजना सिंह ने जम कर ठुमका लगाया है जबकि खोला ना किवारिया में भोजपुरी की सुपर हिट जोड़ी निरहुआ के साथ आम्रपाली दुबे हैं । उल्लेखनीय है कि मोकामा 0 किलोमीटर का निर्माण सी पी आई मूवीज के बैनर तले सुजीत तिवारी ने किया है जिसके लेखक निर्देशक है संतोष मिश्रा । फिल्म में निरहुआ , आम्रपाली दुबे , अंजना सिंह और सुशील सिंह आदि मुख्य भूमिका में हैं । फिल्म के संगीतकार हैं रजनीश मिश्रा , कार्यकारी निर्माता है इंद्रजीत शर्मा और प्रचारक हैं उदय भगत ।