As Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor are now proud parents to a baby girl, twitterati is now buzzing with so many doubts pertaining to pregnancy of Alia posing a question that was pregnant before marriage. However, grandmother Neetu Singh is too happy. Watch this video where her smile speaks volumes..
This one tweet explains a a lot…
Varanasi, the city older then time known as one of the holiest cities, is all set to celebrate Dev Deepawali on November 7 this year.
Dev Diwali is celebrated her with lights and diyas and religious offering. Ususally, the festival coincides with Kartik Purnima while the festivities start from Ekadashi tithi of Kartik shukla Paksh.
Dev Deepwali is celebration of Lord Shiva’s victory over Tripurasura.
Dev Deepawali : History
The festival is known as Dev Deepawali as Gods marked Deepawali/Diwali on this day after Lord Shiva defeated the demon Tripurasura. On Dev Diwali, Hindus wake up early to take a bath in the holy water of the river Ganga, light diyas in the evening and pray to Lord Shiva.
Diwali, on October 25, saw one of the most peculiar astronomical happenings. However, there will be another lunar eclipse coming on Dev Diwali too. November’s cosmic events include:
On November 8, the Lunar eclipse will be witnessed. Experts and many scientists have given the Lunar eclipse phenomenon this year as a “blood moon.” NASA had claimed that the lunar eclipse would most notably be seen in eastern India, such as Kolkata, Patna, Ranchi, and Guwahati.
The experts have stated that this specific astronomical event can be seen with the naked eye. Those who wish to study can use a tool like binoculars or a telescope. As the reports surfaced, the lunar eclipse will be visible in Delhi but partly. The astronomical event is predicted to occur on November 8 from 5:32 PM to 6:18 PM. According to the Indian Hindu Calendar, the Hindu festivals are primarily marked in the Karthik Poornima. Thus, the coincidence of the Blood moon lunar eclipse and Dev Diwali is no surprise.
On the occasion of dev Deepawali, many devotees take the ritual Ganga bath to cleanse their sins and deepdan. Especially on dev Diwali, Varanasi gradually becomes a glorious palace for Gods under the shine of all the lights. Enchanting prayers and holy hymns are performed with many traditional rituals. The festival becomes no less than any astronomical event.
At a time when Rishi Sunak has become the PM of the UK, all eyes are set on the family of Narayanmurthy as Sunak is husband of his daughter Akshata Murty.
When world is discussing about Akshata and her husband Sunak, let’s focus on Akshata’s brother Rohan Murthy who is the son of Narayan Murthy, the Infosys co-founder.
Rohan is a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, founder of the Murthy Classical Library of India and founder and chief technical officer of the digital transformation company Soroco, which specialises in automation using artificial intelligence sources.
His mother is Sudha Murty, who is known as a best-selling novelist, philanthropist, and engineer. Sudha Murty was one of the first few women engineers in Tata Motors.
Rohan has a stake worth billions. He is one of the biggest individual stakeholders in the company.
Murty is now running a start-up called Soroco.
His company analyses the use of the software in teams and brings out solutions to boost productivity and reduce costs.
Rohan finished his former education at Bengaluru and graduated from Cornell University in the United States of America. He post-graduated from Harvard University. Later, he proposed for Ph.D. Rohan Murthy was backed by a Siebel scholars fellowship and a Microsoft research fellowship. His Ph.D. work was “the uses of white space (spectrum) .”His thesis is counted as one of the essential studies and also path-breaking. His work has promoted a lot of classified usage in computer science engineering.
His contribution was to white space, and he was the founder of “The Murty classical library of India” in 2010. The initiative entrusted the literary part of Indian heritage to the new generation and created relatability. Rohan Murthy has become an excellent face for entrepreneurship in young India, becoming a great inspiration.
He has been very dedicated to his work with the Catamaran venture. The venture on its own is $127 million. In June 2013, Rohan Murthy started working as an executive assistant with his father. Later, he was promoted to vice president of Infosys.
It is interesting to know that the Murty siblings used to travel in an autorickshaw to school like other students. Both of them were meritorious and were raised with austerity being the guiding principle.
Now, however, both live a lavish lifestyle.
Akshata Murty’s stake in Infosys is worth $700 million, which was more than the late Queen Elizabeth II estimated wealth.
Rohan has a stake worth billions. He is one of the biggest individual stakeholders in the company.
Twitter is a social platform that is an excellent source of feeding onto information and quick rants. It creates a space for people to share their honest opinion and experience. Thus, many people use Twitter with a blue tick, representing they are verified authentic users of Twitter. However, Sriram Krishnan gave the Idea, suggesting Elon Musk make money from the blue tick verified user for proper growth.
Sriram Krishnan has been a considerable part of the tech industry for a very long time. The Indian-origin Sriram Krishnan was an ex-employee at Twitter, presently working as a general partner at the venture capital of Silicon Valley, Andreessen Horowitz (also known as 16z).
The company is said to have some investment in the buyout of Musk on Twitter. The highly claimed technologist and engineer Sriram Krishnan was born in Chennai. He later graduated with B.Tech in Information technology from the renowned SRM engineering college, Anna university. According to many sources, Sriram Krishnan comes from a middle class family background, his father used to work in the insurance sector, and his mother was a housemaker.
Sriram Krishnan’s tech world started when he was 21 and moved to the United States in 2005. He worked at Microsoft, where his forte was in the Microsoft Azure division. Later, he worked at Twitter, where he worked on different projects, such as ensuring growth and developing UI design for the platform search. His work profile goes a long way, as he was involved in the mobile ad product of Facebook and Snap.
According to Sriram Krishnan’s LinkedIn profile, he started working at Andreessen Horowitz in 2021. Apart from having a website of his own, Sriram Krishnan also hosts a podcast with his wife, Aarti Ramamurthy, The excellent time show.
Thus, the highly claimed technologist has grabbed another opportunity to showcase his skills, as he claimed that making money out of blue tick users will eventually benefit twitter.
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.
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.
AWWA Supports :
‘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 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)
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.
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.
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.
