Page 46

Doonite Abhimanyu Easwaran in Indian cricket team against England

By
Tania Saili Bakshi
-
0

Dehradun: 25 year old, Dehradun born Abhimanyu Easwaran, makes it to the BCCI India squad as a standby for the first two test matches against England starting 5th February at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai. 

Abhimanyu Easwaran a star in Bengal cricket has represented the country in the Under 19 team as well. A top order batman, a right hand leg spinner and googly bowler, Abhimanyu has worked his way up the success ladder. He has represented Bengal in Ranji Trophy matches, and is based out of Kolkatta.

On making it as a standby in the team, Abhimanyu tells us, “It is a very good feeling being selected in the Indian Test Team standbys, it is a step closer to the dream for which I started playing cricket.” 

Abhimanyu has a lot of ‘firsts’ under his belt when it comes to cricket. He has played 64 first class matches, 57 List A matches and 19 T20s.  He  broke Saurav Ganguly’s record of being the youngest player to score centuries at both the innings of the Ranji Trophy tournament for the Bengal team while playing against Uttar Pradesh.

So what is his game plan for the days ahead, he replies, “Now is the time to play harder and improve my game more and get those performances so that I can make it into the main Indian Team and represent my country, that’s been my dream since I started playing cricket.” 

The India Vs EnglandTest Match will also mark the return of skipper Virat Kohli post his paternity leave along with Hardik Pandya and Ishant Sharma.

TEAM- Openers: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal. Middle-order: Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Wriddhiman Saha, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul (subject to fitness after first Test). Fast bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur.

Spinners: R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel. Standbys: KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rahul Chahar. Net bowlers: Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Warrier, K Gowtham and Saurabh Kumar.Doon 

Uttarakhand hills awash with sunshine

By
Dr. Tania Saili Bakshi
-
0

Dateline Mussoorie: Snug as a bug in the rug! Perfectly describes the weather conditions in the hill state of Uttarakhand these days. Over the next few days, we will be seeing a two to three degree rise in the maximum temperature, even as the plains will continue to reel under dense fog and smog, bringing the minimum and maximum temperatures plummeting.

Director Met Department, Vikram Bakshi spoke to Newspost, “The fog will continue to cover the plains of Uttarakhand especially in the districts of Haridwar and UdhamSingh Nagar. The hills will continue to have clear, bright sunshine. Post the 17th of January, there is possibility of the fog lifting and improvement in the maximum and minimum temperatures in the plains too.”

As the plains continue to be shrouded in a thick blanket of fog and mercury dipping, the hills bask in sunshine under a blue sky. All around, it is hard to believe that this is the very depth of winter. From residents to tourists, everyone seems to be enjoying the bonanza of a toasty winter sun. Of course, there are some who are disappointed. They came looking for snow and ended up with sunshine. Shakti from Bangalore, who is visiting friends in Mussoorie says: “It is most disappointing. Last year around this time it has snowed and I travelled all this way hoping that there would be lots of snow.”

Last year, in January, the hill station witnessed its first heavy snowfall and was covered under a thick blanket of white, but this year it is awash with sunshine and there is no sight of snow or rain, anyway not just yet.

“If it’s not snow, then it is the stunning winter-line along with the snow covered mountain-ranges that weave a magic all of their own. The hill-station never disappoints,” says Hotelier Prateek Karanwal as one witnesses a stream of vehicles making their way up the hill, come snow or sunshine!

Uttarakhand Tableau to be part of Republic Day Parade.

By
Dr. Tania Saili Bakshi
-
0

Dateline Dehradun: Good news! This Republic Day Parade at Rajpath, New Delhi will once again witness a tableau: Kedarkhand,  from the hill-state of Uttarakhand, one amongst seventeen states to make it to the grand parade.

Confirming the news, Director General, Information Dr. Mehrban Singh Bisht said, “Orders for this were issued by the Government of India on 5th January 2020.” After five-rounds of detailed meeting with the Ministry of Defense, the tableau of the hill state was given a ‘thumbs-up.’

This year, the theme of the tableau display is entitled ‘Kedarkhand‘. While the frontal part of the tableau will display the state animal ‘Kasturi Deer‘, the state bird ‘Monal‘ and the state flower ‘Brahmakamal‘, the magnificent Kedarnath temple complex complete with the nandi and pilgrims will form the background of this colourful tableau.

The tableau’s theme, design, model and music were hand-picked and successfully projected by Deputy Director, Information Department, KS Chauhan who explained, “the process for the selection of tableau design is a very complex one. Thirty two States including Union Territories participated in the selection arena, out of which seventeen states were finalized, with Uttarakhand being one of them.”

Over the years, various tableaus from the hill-state have been a permanent fixture making their way down the Rajpath on the occasion of Republic day. ‘Phuldei’ in 2003, ‘Nandrajajat’ in 2005, ‘Valley of Flowers’ in 2006, ‘Corbett National Park’ in 2007, ‘Adventure Tourism’ in 2009, ‘Kumbh’ in 2010, ‘Herbs’ in the year 2014, ‘Kedarnath’ in 2015, ‘Rammana’ in the year 2016, ‘Rural Tourism’ in 2018 and ‘Annashakti Ashram (Kausani Migration and Anashakti)’ in 2019 gave a glimpse of the richness of Uttarakhand’s diverse heritage and culture to the world.

Last year, a lot was spoken and written about the missing Uttarakhand tableau from the 71st Republic Day Parade held in New Delhi, but all that is now a thing of the past as 2021 has definitely started off on a good note for Uttarakhand.

Pet Dog License mandatory in Dehradun

By
Dr. Tania Saili Bakshi
-
0

Dateline Dehradun: Next time you take your four-legged friend for a stroll in public places in the city, it would be a good idea to carry a ‘Valid pet dog license’ issued by Nagar Nigam, Dehradun.

Dr. Dinesh Chandra Tiwari, Senior Veterinary Officer, Nagar Nigam Dehradun tells us, “Under the Municipal bylaws there is provision to issue licenses for pet canines,” adding, “Over the months, we got complaints were pets had rabies like symptoms and on checking, to our surprise these pets had not been vaccinated for various ailments including serious disease such as rabies. Current vaccination against Rabies is pre-requisite to obtain the dog-license, and is part of the supporting documents needed to apply for a fresh license or its renewal. This is in interest of public and animal health both.”

Last year alone some five hundred and thirty six pet licenses were issued in Dehradun district. While the cost of the pet license, valid for twelve months, is priced at a nominal two hundred rupees, those with ‘no-license’ can be fined up to rupees five hundred.

Keeping pandemic restrictions in place, especially for senior citizens, the Veterinary Department has a 24×7 email facility in place for those who cannot physically be present to apply for the license. In the near future, Dr. Tiwari assures us, “we are planning to put up camps in various wards to make it easier for people to apply for licenses for their pet. But until such date, they will have to make do with whatever is available and we will send our teams to assist.”

Revival of ‘Dog licensing’ serves as a great check and balance system that ensures that within their municipal limits, pet owners are doing their bit to keep the community and their own pets safe.

For further assistance, write in to : [email protected] 

World Wisdom Map: Life lessons from 2020

By
newspost
-
0

Dehradun: Project FUEL, India, in association with the Singapore International Foundation’s (SIF) Arts for Good (A4G) Projects, recently launched a one of its kind digital World Wisdom Map.

This unique project features life lessons and stories of people from hundred and ninety five countries across the globe. The collation and exhibition of human wisdom is showcased on an artistic and interactive digital world map. It combines visual and wisdom anthropology that people of this diverse world have to offer each other, promoting cross-cultural understanding and creating social impact.

“I wanted to give the world a hopeful and fitting gift to end this tough year. A world map full of perspective and stories seems like a good effort in assisting people to create a life of purpose and power.’ adding, “using the tool of technology, it is easier to connect and exchange information to ignite hope and global participation in an unbiased and creative way,” said Deepak Ramola, the Founder & Artistic Director of Project FUEL. Apoorva Bakshi led as the Head for Strategy and Business while Ayushi Jaiswal helmed the role of Program Manager.

It took the team close to a year to document one story each for every country. In collaboration with ten talented Southeast Asian artists, thirty original pieces have been inspired by life lessons. Additionally, more than fifty students, five Indian and four Singaporean academic and non-academic institutions present a rare collection.

The World Wisdom Map has exclusively curated life lessons from Singapore, transgender women of India, voice of influence from across the world including Nobel laureate Jody Williams, Bollywood actors and actresses Abhay Deol, Sonakshi Sinha, Dia Mirza et al., popular Latvian musician Māra Upmane-Holšteine, Madame Sophie Trudeau (wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau), amongst others.

Please contribute your life lessons to The World Wisdom Map at https://worldwisdommap.com/

No new year’s day to celebrate: Uttarakhand

By
Tania Saili Bakshi
-
0

Dateline Mussoorie: 90% occupancy during the festive weekend in hotels across the hill station was reason enough for hoteliers and businessmen to look forward to the year-end on a festive note. But that too was cut short when the State Government sent out an SOP stating that there would be restrictions on Christmas and New Year parties in hotels, bars, and public places in view of the pandemic.

Opposed tooth and nail by hoteliers, businessmen and restaurant owners across the hill-state, politicians too joined the bandwagon. Talking on behalf of the hoteliers Congress leader Harish Rawat stated, “Hoteliers in the hill state look forward to certain occasions to welcome tourists during winters such as snowfall, Winterline, Carnivals, festive-seasons to sustain them through the harsh winter season. For starters, the pandemic has already broken the back of the industry. Add to these the kneejerk restrictions on Christmas and New Year. This will only do more harm than good.”

“If the government had to do something they should have come out with guidelines well in advance. When social gatherings, political gatherings, marriages are allowed then why have restrictions on New year’s and Christmas celebrations?” says Sandeep Sahni, President, Uttarakhand Hoteliers Association, adding, “The honorable Prime Minister had mentioned that we have to save both lives and livelihoods. In Uttarakhand, tourism is our livelihood and it will affect us all, adversely.”

Earlier in the day, ignoring all dissent, BJP Spokesperson Madan Kaushik made a statement clearing the stand of the government in the Assembly stating that ‘the restrictions would not affect tourism adversely, and would remain in place.’

With Mahakumbh slated from February next year, looms large on the horizon, perhaps its high time that the government comes up with clear-cut guidelines and SOPs for all tourism related activities. These last minutes ‘dos’ and ‘don’t’ will have far reaching repercussions that Uttarakhand can ill afford.

‘Peshawar’: Making waves online

By
Tania Saili Bakshi
-
0

Dateline Dehradun: One would wonder what the gruesome terrorist attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan on 16th December 2014 had in common with Uttarakhand?

Well, a four episode web-series based on the dastardly act, which made international headlines, was released on 16th of December 2020 on Ullu Original App, shot exclusively in and around the state capital of Dehradun.

The entire web-series is based on events that unfolded when a gruesome terrorist attack took place on an Army Public School in Peshawar Pakistan. A large number of innocent students and school staff lost their life in the terrorist attack.

Recreating the series of events, the web-series was shot on location in Dehradun, Mussoorie and ground zero recreated at Sai Grace Academy, Raipur. Jehangir Irroni donned the Director’s hat for ‘Peshawar’.

Satish Sharma portraying the role of an ISI chief

A stellar cast with Rakshanda Khan, Aadarsh Balakrishna, Aashmit Patel, Rushad Rana, Amitriyan and child actor Sejal Gupta brought alive characters on the screen. Doon residents, Satish Sharma acts as the ISI chief and Anjali Nauriyal as the school principal while Abhinav Chauhan as Junaid, a schoolteacher in the series, belongs to Uttarakhand. The web-series Peshawar is also the digital debut for Sushmita Sen’s younger brother, Rajeev Sen who portrays the role of an Army Officer.

Praising Satish and Anjali for their role, Jehangir Irroni said, “Two experienced actors from Dehradun Satish Sharma, who played the role of an ISI Chief, and Anjali Nauriyal, who played the role of the Principal were bang on in their performances. Could not imagine anyone else performing these roles the way they did.”

About his experience, Director Jehangir Irroni states, “It was a wonderful experience working with the local young talent in Dehradun. They are full of energy and have good knowledge about Cinema.”

‘Oho’ Radio – Uttarakhand’s First Digital Radio Coming Soon

By
Tania Saili Bakshi
-
0

Dateline Dehradun: Starting anything new demands a lot of preparations, dedication and sacrifice, qualities that RJ Kaavya (Kavindra Singh) popularly known as ‘Uttar ka Puttar’ is no stranger to.

Very soon under his direction, the hill state will have its first Digital Radio Station/ Internet radio or an app based Hindi Radio Station named ‘Oho’ Radio.

“The idea behind the initiative is to reach pan Uttarakhand and change the game of how entertainment and information reaches individuals.”  Adding further, founder & director of Oho Radio, RJ Kaavya says, “Frequency radio stations limit our exposure especially in a hill-state like Uttarakhand. But with the spur in digital connectivity in Uttarakhand, our reach via digital radio station is phenomenal. We made the most of mobile phone and internet facility available even in the remotest of villages and started digital radio.”

‘Oho’ focuses on bringing a revolution in infotainment and education through digital radio. It aims at covering a broad range of content ranging from education to jobs, farming, culture, tourism, health with the dual purpose of promoting the state’s folk music, folk dance, and other cultural aspects of Uttarakhand, with some regional content thrown in as well.

“Oho’s motive is to connect people with the right information at the right time so that they can avail possible job openings, be updated about government schemes no matter where they are, across the globe,” he adds.

Along with his baritone booming over the radio, Kaavya with a handful of Radio Jockeys, will bring with him years of experience of being an RJ. Having worked in different parts of the country, from Jaipur to Kanpur, Kolkatta to New Delhi, Kaavya finally made his ghar-wapsi two years ago with  “Ek Pahadi Esa Bhi”and soon became a household name. 

The countdown has already begun and Team ‘Oho’ Team will soon go ‘On-Air’ in January 2021.

Do stay tuned for further updates.

When Anupam Kher met Ruskin Bond

By
Tania Saili Bakshi
-
0
Caption: Rakesh Bond

Dateline Mussoorie: Two grandmasters of their trade met and exchanged notes in Landour, Mussoorie last evening. Actor Anupam Kher who is in town for a film shoot, had his ‘fan’ moment when he met up with legendary author Ruskin Bond at Ivy Cottage, the writer’s home in the hills.

‘Fan’ Moment

Anupam Kher took time off to go and see Bond and present the author with his latest book, ‘Your Best Day Today.’ In the short video clip one can see how an elated Anupam calls it ‘a pleasure and an absolute honour’ to having met Bond. “Such an honour to be with Ruskin Bond and present my book ‘Your Best Day Today’ to him and as you can see, it is certainly the best day for me,” quips Anupam Kher. Shared on social media, the clip went viral.

This is not the first time that the two met. Anupam Kher, in the past too, made it a point to meet the author whenever he finds himself in Mussoorie, be it work or be it for pleasure.

Ruskin Bond also presented his autobiography, ‘Lone Fox Dancing’ to the actor and thanked him for dropping by. “Anupam, its wonderful seeing you after two-three years and look forward to seeing you more often in the future,” said Ruskin Bond.

In a brief informal meeting that lasted for ten minutes the duo spoke about their mutual love and admiration for the hill-station that Anupam Kher called ‘heaven’ and Bond wished Anupam ‘all the very best’ for the coming year and hoped that the present pandemic would be a thing of the past, soon.

NAFED retail outlet launched in Mussoorie

By
newspost
-
0

Dateline Mussoorie: A NAFED retail outlet, “NAFED Bazaar” was inaugurated today i.e. 12th December, 2020 in the campus of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie by Shri Bijender Singh (Ex-MLA), Chairman, NAFED and Guest of Honour, Dr. Sanjeev Chopra, Director, LBSNAA in the presence of Shri Sanjeev Kumar Chadha, IFoS, MD, NAFED.

The store aims to provide the best quality goods at the cheapest price to the consumer. NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd) being a cooperative body, procures the raw material directly from the farmers after paying them the best price for their produce. It then provides the finished product to the consumer, achieving its aim “Kisaan se… Kitchen tak”.

On the occasion, Dr. Sanjeev Chopra, Director, LBSNAA also launched milled spices range called NAFED Spices and NAFED Egg Powder that will be readily available at all the outlets  at affordable prices.

Established in 1958,National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd a.k.a. NAFED, a Multi-State Federal Cooperative Society was launched with the overall aim of providing a ready market for farmers and preventing their exploitation at the hands of private trade. The core competence of the cooperative remains to be the procurement of agricultural commodities directly from the farmers through cooperative network spread all across the country.

In recent years National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd has diversified into various businesses like creation of buffer stock of pulses and onion on the direction of Government of India. Processing and Supply of pulses to Army, Para Military Forces, various States of India etc., Organic Farming, Seed Production and Marketing, Production of BIO CNG through agri waste (Nascent stage). Supply of food and other aid to various countries, NAFED has reached to the remotest of places in all States and Union Territories of India through the vast network of Cooperative Federations and Societies of the Country.

1...454647...933Page 46 of 933

Editor's Choice

Popular Posts

©