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November: See the list of series of festival this month brings 

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November is a month of grand celebration according to the Hindu calendar as many festivals are lined up. 

The month kicked started with Gopashtami, and then there will be Devuthani Gyaras and Dev Deepavali coming.

The last lunar eclipse will be seen on November 8, and Kartik month, according to the Hindu calendar, will end. The will start the Aghan month will start according to the Hindu calendar.  

On the most critical occasion, Tulsi Shaligram’s marriage will take place.

Let’s see the list of festivals in November: 

On November 1, Gopashtami, Lord Krishna, and cows were worshipped on this day. 

On November 2, Amla Navami, the amla tree, is worshipped. Lord Vishnu and goddess Lakhsmi are honoured as well on this auspicious day. Continuing with devuthani Ekadashi, on November 4, Tulsi shalgram’s marriage takes place on this day, and chaturdashi ends on this day. 

Two sacred vrats of the month, Pradosh vrat will be held on November 7, where the Saturday and trayodashi tithi creates a Shani pradosh. 

On this day, Lord Shiva is worshipped. Similarly, on November 8, Baikunth Chaturdashi vrat, deepdan and pilgrimages provide Akshay Punya on this day. Also, this day is the last day of Karthik month, according to the Hindu calendar. 

November 11 is a very holy day as Ganesh Chaturthi becomes a source of joy for all Hindu devotees. 

Kaalbhairavashthami is celebrated on November 16. On this day, bhairav appeared, and according to the Hindu tradition, devotees followed fasting and ritual worshipping the ferocious glorifying form of Lord Shiva. 

On the auspicious day of November 20, as per the Vishnu Dharmottara Mahapuran, Ekadashi manifested. It has the name Utpanna Ekadashi for this reason. This fast has the benefits of several yagyas. On November 21, the Som Pradosh will be celebrated.

Later on November 28, will be celebrated as Vivah Panchami. On this day in Tretayuga, Lord Rama and Sita wed. Worshiping Shri Ram-Sita on this day boosts luck and wealth.

Thus, November becomes an imperative month for all the Hindus as they celebrate all these festivals with love and joy.

AWWA: All committed for welfare of spouses, children and dependents of Army personnel…

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The 60s decade witnessed the war where many soldiers fought bravely and many sacrificed their lives for nation. At that time, gender equality was not much prevalent and women were unaware of their rights. The army wives battled frequent transfers of their husbands serving the nation. The social insecurity was much prevalent and there was not adequate welfare programme for the army wives. 

In order to support Army wives and their children emotionally, economically and morally, an Indian Non profit organisation named AWWA was established in 1966 by Mrs. Shakuntala Bhatia to rehabilitate war widows and battle casualties.

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 ‘Aahwan’ is working towards making war widows self-reliant by providing an opportunity to Veer naris to exhibit and sell their products. 

 AWWA established 36 ASHA schools for children with special needs. 

The Army Skill Training centre (ASTC) run under them helps to empower army spouses and their dependents by undertaking National Skill Qualification Framework accredited certification courses. 

Today, AWWA has 800-strong team members including social workers, therapists, teachers, and management staff. Also it has large pool of volunteers and donors who are constantly working together towards empowering the disadvantaged and identifying and filling key social gaps in the community.

Last year AWWA organised its first ever literature festival – ABHIVYAKTI season 1 in which Union minister for women and child development Smriti Z. Irani was invited as guest.

She shared her experience and journey with her book “Laal Salaam: A Novel” which is inspired by the unfortunate killings of 76 CRPF personnel in Dantewada in 2010.

In 2022, AWWA is coming with Abhivyakti Season-2 to give wings to our literary pursuits writers, poets, storytellers, AWWA Entrepreneurs, Authors, journalists and bloggers. Several activities and events will take place discussing art, interactive sessions, workshops, panel discussions and music of course.

And yes, this event is coming in Pink City which is hub for literature lovers and speaks the story of art craft history and culture. 

The date is November 12-14 and venue is beautiful JKK which will echo with interesting sessions, motivating stories and melodious music too.

So book your date to soak the spirit of women entrepreneurs who will come together with authors, bloggers and other talents.

How are cheetahs doing at Kuno?

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How are the Cheetahs doing at Kuno Palpur? They are still within the quarantine zone which is a large open grassland habitat fenced from all sides where the overseas guests roam around, say officials.

They hunt Spotted Deer released within their precincts. They will enjoy luxury of such wild feed to be bagged by them for couple of more months. It is to enable them acclamatize with the local ecological factors and try to forget the conditions of their native habitat in Namibia. Soon that they will be let loose in open fields of Kuno to roam wherever they like to race to find own feed and start a new wilderness life in India.  

Lauri Marker, founder of Cheetah Conservation Foundation in Namibia, conveyed to her Indian counterparts: we have done our job from Namibia. “If you need more Cheetahs, they will be offered. Try South Africa and other neigbouring countries to receive more Cheetahs.”

She was the one who flew to Gwalior in a specially designed aircraft carrying cheetahs for Kuno. She has been to India several times over past two decades to negotiate on cheetahs entry in to India. She is now happy her objective was fulfilled.

By the time, the present lot of eight Cheetahs assume normalcy in Kuno’s wilderness, a new  momentum for importing more cheetahs from Africa will start gathering speed. The Union Environment Ministry has  an action plan  to introduce 50 more Cheetahs in India in the next five years. Not all will be billed for Kuno. So where else?

The States may put in their requests to allocate their quota of cheetahs for next reintroduction drive. Madhya Pradesh’s quota appears full through Kuno. Next in race has been Rajasthan which missed the bus this time. Its Mukundara Reserve was selected as an ideal grassland habitat. Lauri Marker visited it during July 2022. Will it receive some Cheetahs in the next allotment order of the Union Government?

The Cheetah controversy has not died so far. Eight scientists of international stature have unleashed fiery criticism of Union Government over Cheetahs having been imported in India from Namibia. Arjun M. Gopalaswamy, Femke Broekhuis, Leili Khalatbari, Michael G. L. Mills, Ravi Chellam, David Thuo, Abi Tamim Vanak and K. Ullas Karanth, have  said that India’s plan is based on three unsubstantiated claims — that cheetahs have run out of space in Africa; that India currently has sufficient and suitable space for them; and that conservation translocations have been successful in wild cheetah range restoration efforts.

They have written an article titled “Introducing African cheetahs to India is an ill-advised conservation attempt”, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution,  to highlight that there are “unknown ecological, disease-related and genetic risks involved in replacing Asiatic cheetahs with the larger cheetahs from southern Africa.” They added: “The action plan appears to have substantially overestimated cheetah carrying capacity in the first release site (Kuno National Park), which is unfenced, harbouring about 500 feral cattle and surrounded by a forested landscape with 169 human settlements. Neither Kuno nor the other landscapes considered are of the size and quality to permit self-sustaining and genetically viable cheetah populations.”

How to douse such heat? Political pundits feel the Bhartiya Janta Party Government at the Centre will like to use the Cheetahs  as a new politico-wilderness-model to convince the Indian populace over its uncanny decisive stand and try to receive greater vote-support.  Let the Lion remain at Gir. Cheetahs as a new ploy?

Cheetah’s future at  Kuno Palpur National Park is in their own hands and cannot be forecast by any expert as it is a new species to India and none has any past experience with it. Introduction or re-introduction experiments are need of the day. Wait and watch is the best advice, said Harsh Vardhan, renowned wildlife expert.

(Please see: Feature picture is of Dr. Laurie Marker)

Vedanta chairman credits his success of getting bid for Cairn to Shahrukh’s dialogue

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As Shahrukh Khan celebrated his 57th birthday recently, the most distinguished wish came from Anil Agrawal, Chairman – Vedanta Resources Limited who credited his success to Sharukh’s film dialogue.

“Agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho toh puri kainaat usse tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jati hai…My dream of getting the bid for Cairn became a reality after release of Om Shanti Om…& this dialogue by @iamsrk has stuck with me since, he said in his tweet and wished happy birthday to King Khan.

A very happy birthday to our Badshah, he added.

As king khan turned 57, fans showered their love and support on the celebrity. It is more like an extravaganza for Shahrukh Khan stans. As Shahrukh Khan is a celebrity star, many A-listers shared their heartfelt messages and birthday wishes on their social media platforms.

Shahrukh Khan met his fans who showed up at Mannat, a tradition made for years. 

This year, however, came as a present for the fans from Shahrukh. The teaser for his upcoming anticipated thriller “Pathan” was released, and fans loved every bit of it. The teaser is filled with action sequences and a satisfying ecstasy. The fandom of SRKians trended Sharukh khan’s birthday on Twitter and later trended “Pathan teaser” as pleasingly. 

Not only on Twitter, but Shahrukh Khan was also celebrated all over the social media platform. Instagram users made enchantingly sweet reels and shared them. People on Facebook and other platforms, too, made tons of posts for their favorite. 

Shahrukh Khan made a special appearance to greet his fans and celebrated SRK day by cutting his birthday cake. The crowd was filled with overwhelming sentiments as they sang “happy birthday” altogether. 

 He discussed his life during the pandemic and how the support of his fans was always there for him. He also shared his view on making films in the future, in which he lovingly said that he would be making movies as much as his fans would like to. These words reassured the fans and delivered hope of watching their idol for a long time. 

As Shahrukh Khan celebrated his 57th birthday recently, the most distinguished wish came from Anil Agrawal, Chairman – Vedanta Resources Limited who credited his success to Sharukh’s film dialogue.

“Agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho toh puri kainaat usse tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jati hai…My dream of getting the bid for Cairn became a reality after release of Om Shanti Om…& this dialogue by @iamsrk has stuck with me since, he said in his tweet and wished happy birthday to King Khan.

A very happy birthday to our Badshah, he added.

As king khan turned 57, fans showered their love and support on the celebrity. It is more like an extravaganza for Shahrukh Khan stans. As Shahrukh Khan is a celebrity star, many A-listers shared their heartfelt messages and birthday wishes on their social media platforms.
Shahrukh Khan met his fans who showed up at Mannat, a tradition made for years. 
This year, however, came as a present for the fans from Shahrukh. The teaser for his upcoming anticipated thriller “Pathan” was released, and fans loved every bit of it. The teaser is filled with action sequences and a satisfying ecstasy. The fandom of SRKians trended Sharukh khan’s birthday on Twitter and later trended “Pathan teaser” as pleasingly. 

Not only on Twitter, but Shahrukh Khan was also celebrated all over the social media platform. Instagram users made enchantingly sweet reels and shared them. People on Facebook and other platforms, too, made tons of posts for their favorite. 


Shahrukh Khan made a special appearance to greet his fans and celebrated SRK day by cutting his birthday cake. The crowd was filled with overwhelming sentiments as they sang “happy birthday” altogether. 


 He discussed his life during the pandemic and how the support of his fans was always there for him. He also shared his view on making films in the future, in which he lovingly said that he would be making movies as much as his fans would like to. These words reassured the fans and delivered hope of watching their idol for a long time. 

Now, Rajasthan will also have its own International Expo coming in Jodhpur in March next year

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After scripting a success story of the Investor Rajasthan Summit, the Ashok Gehlot government has started preparing for the first of its kind Rajasthan International Expo in which handicrafts to jewellery, ceramics and other products will be displayed on a wide scale. An important meeting will be held in Jodhpur on 7th November regarding this event.

Rajasthan Export Promotion Council (Rajasthan Export Promotion Council) Chairman Rajiv Arora said that Rajasthan International Expo-2023 will be organized in Jodhpur from March 11 to 13, 2023 to increase exports from the state. Additional Chief Secretary Venu Gupta said that after the Invest Rajasthan Summit, a different image of Rajasthan has emerged across the country.

Also other states are also following the Rajasthan model. Organizing an international level handicraft expo in Jodhpur formed a crucial part of the Chief Minister’s budget announcement. The council was formed only to increase the percentage of exports in the state and to conduct other activities including exports.

Commissioner Mahendra Parakh said that Rajasthan ranks 12th in the country in terms of exports. There is a lot of export potential in the state. The percentage of exports from the state has also increased significantly in the last years. Having an international level expo will not only give better market to the local products but will also create their identity.

In the meeting held at Udyog Bhawan in the capital Jaipur, there was extensive discussion on various topics including setting up of testing lab of products, construction of Center of Excellence, introduction of council membership, become mission exporter. During this, Council Vice President Mahavir Pratap Sharma, Director Anil Bakshi and other officials were present.

Maangarh Dham in Banswara is a witness to brutal genocide of 1500 tribals…

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The Maangadh Dham is located in Banswara district (Rajasthan), Maangarh is a hilly area and this place share its border with Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Recently the PM paid tribute to Govind Guru for his historical, spiritual, and social contribution. 

Maangarh hill is the witness of the battle and the brutal genocide of more than 1500 tribals on 17th November, 1913. .The gathering of tribals and forest dwellers in 1913 in Maangarh against the British Raj was being led by social reformer Govind Guru. He lost his family but he never gave up in his life for struggle.

The unsung heroes of tribal community who never take a minute to dedicate their life for the sake of their motherland, thousands of women freedom fighter who gave courageous introduction in the battle, unfortunately are still unknown for us. The government is continuously making efforts to develop Maangarh as historical place. 

Rajasthan as well as Gujarat share large amount of diversity in tribal communities. Govind guru spent his last days in Gujarat. He was not only a freedom fighter but a philosopher,  spiritual teacher, intelligentsia thinker, social reformer and a public leader.

Importance of tribals:

This was not the only battle in which we can see the dedication of tribals. The Insurgence has already taken place before  1857 revolt in tribal Society.  The list is here:

* 1780 witnessed of “BATTLE of DAMIN” led by Tilka majhi in santhal.

* In 1830 and 1832 Larka movement.

* The vital importance of Birsa Munda in very young age. 

* Alluri sitaramraju -Ramppa revolt (Andhra Pradesh)

The great contribution of tribals with Maharna Pratap in Rajasthan. 

India’s past, history, present and future is incomplete without tribal communities. Unfortunately their contribution is not well mentioned in history. But for this Government led the programme for unsung heroes so that they get respect. 15th November is the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Birsa Munda which is celebrated as “JANJATIYA DIWAS” every year. Various steps have been taken by the Government like special museum of tribals to recall their thoughts, inspiration and social concern.  Various schemes like Van dhan yojana, van bandhu kalyan yojana, eklavya school  have introduced for employment, basic amenities and education respectively. From Rajasthan and Gujarat state , the eastern states and Odisha contribute a vast diversity of tribal communities.

We need to work with dedication to bring those unsung heroes into limelight, to glorify their pride, in order to compensate for the injustice that has been done with them.

Digital currency: Know what it is and more on its features

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What exactly is digital currency?

This must be a question you are searching for since the time Government of India announced the launch of digital currency.

The launching of the Central Bank Digital Currency, a digital form of legal tender, issued by Reserve Bank of India, marks the beginning of digital currency in India.

There are questions doing the round whether the digital currency can be exchanged for fiat currency i.e. the Indian rupee.

And the answer is yes. It can be one-for-one as it is a digital form of Fiat currency.

If you have doubts that will it be available to all, the answer is it will be initially available for the wholesale segment. Also it will be extended to the retail category in a month. RBI experts said that a pilot project for retail e-rupee will start within a month in select locations in closed user groups.

Using the digital rupee in the wholesale segment is expected to make the interbank market more efficient, says RBI.

Is Digital currency different from cryptocurrency?

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CBDC is a digital or virtual currency, however, it is not comparable to any private virtual currencies like cryptocurrency.

This is because private virtual currencies do not represent any person’s debt or liabilities as no issuer exists.

Also, the government has announced that private cryptocurrencies can never be a legal tender. The RBI has been strongly opposing private cryptocurrencies as they could have implications on national security and financial stability. However, this is not the case with digital currency and hence they are different.

Gujarat lions fail to reach Kuno, but cheetahs from Namibia reach this MP National Park…Know history

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Cheetahs from Namibia have reached Kuno National Park in MP and we have celebrated it big…

But do we know that it has been more than three decades since the Government of India sought views of some State Governments to find ways and means for relocating the Asiatic Lions from Gir Reserve in Gujarat to other forest reserves in the country. Reason? All eggs need not be in one basket – entire population of Lions at Gir could face an unforeseen calamity in nature so some Lions be translocated elsewhere at appropriate habitats!

Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan States took lead and identified several alternate habitats to be found suitable to receive the Lions from Gir. Kuno Palpur Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh was adjudged as the most ideal forest  to become second home for Lions in India.

But Gujarat State continued to resist for more than a decade the logical move of reintroduction of Lions considering it would lose its monopoly over the big wild cat.  In April 2013, the Indian Supreme Court ordered Gujarat to send some of their Gir lions to Madhya Pradesh to establish a second population. The court gave wildlife authorities six months to complete the transfer.

Kuno was upgraded to status of a National Park; its protected area was increased to 413 sq., km. About 1,650 inhabitants of 24 villages were resettled to sites outside the protected area. An area of 924 sq., km, surrounding the wildlife sanctuary, was added as a buffer zone to human settlements.

As hopes floated for Lions to reach Kuno, but political thinking underwent certain changes as the then Union Environment Minister, Jairam Ramesh saw new mileage in the Cheetahs  – India’s population had become extinct in early fifties, so fetch them from an African country. In 2009, Kuno was proposed as a possible site for cheetah reintroduction but the passage of arrival took long time as eight cheetahs reached Kuno in mid September 2022, air lifted from Namibia. India hailed it as addition of a wild cat species that had become extinct some seventy years ago!

The call for Lions has not remain unheard. Gujarat’s pride was to be maintained high – for Lions as well. So during January 2022,  the Union Government drafted a 25-year plan for Lions to be relocated within Gujarat state and not in other states. It is on record that the Gujarat Government did not carry out the Supreme Court’s order since 2013. It has been resisting  the relocation of Lions outside Gujarat. According to Bhopal-based environmentalist Ajay Dubey plans to reintroduce African cheetahs in Kuno National Park is another way to escape the transfer of Lions to the Kuno National Park.

CarDekho’s Amit Jain is new shark on Shark Tank India Season 2

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Amit Jain, CEO, and Co-founder of CarDekho Group, will be seen as a new shark on Season 2 of the business reality television show Shark Tank India. The second season of the popular show will soon be premiered on Sony TV.

Amit Jain is the co-founder of Jaipur’s first UNICORN and IPO-bound CarDekho group, India’s leading auto-tech company. The group has revolutionized the consumer experience in fulfilling their mobility dreams on the strength of technology and by digitizing the entire consumer journey in auto ecosystem. 

CarDekho group is the largest consumer-facing digital destination with 55 million+ monthly active users on its group portals – CarDekho.com, BikeDekho.com, ZigWheels.com, Powerdrift.com etc. The company also operates India’s leading insurtech brand – InsuranceDekho and Rupyy, a specialized fintech platform that offers financing options to automobile customers and retailers.

 Amit Jain, CEO and Co-founder of CarDekho group, said: ‘Shark Tank is a phenomenal platform which has propelled entrepreneurial journeys to the hyper growth orbit by providing not only funding but also sponsorship of Sharks. Season 1 of Shark Tank in India fired up the same streak for all Indian startups and has changed the Indian outlook towards entrepreneurship.  I am confident that Season 2 will surely be a bigger, better and more versatile platform for the Indian entrepreneurial dreams.  I am very excited to share my experience of decades with budding entrepreneurs on the show and mentor them to build a new India. We will surely write some defining stories during the course of this journey. I compliment the channel and entire Shark tank team for being the launchpad to the wonder world of building businesses. .”

It has been a long but fundamental driven journey for Amit to make what CarDekho Group is today. Started from his home garage, the group today has its presence in India and 3 South East Asia Countries – Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia. Experimenting, scaling the company with limited resources, profitability, starting from a non-metro city, digitizing a business which is otherwise traditional are a few of many skills that Amit mastered himself on his journey of entrepreneurship.

Shark Tank India season 1 created a buzz and ignited the entire startup ecosystem of the country. It redefined the way entrepreneurship was looked upon and how budding and ambitious entrepreneurs defend their belief in their business. Season 2 is expected to be more charismatic than its previous season. 

The other sharks that Amit will join on the show are – Anupam Mittal (Founder and CEO of Shaadi.com – People Group), Aman Gupta (Co-Founder and CMO of boAt), Namita Thapar (Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals), Vineeta Singh (Co-Founder and CEO of Sugar Cosmetics), Peyush Bansal (Founder & CEO of Lenskart.com).

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