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Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), March 12: To provide world-class cricket coaching and to promote young talent in the northeastern region of India, the Cricket Academy of Pathans (CAP) today announced the grand launch of its centre in Itanagar in the august presence of ace cricketer Mr. Yusuf Pathan and Mr. Managing Director (CAP). With a solid on-ground curriculum and a team of experts providing high-level cricket coaching, the academy will employ state-of-the-art coaching techniques to teach and develop budding cricketers in the region. Taking forward the passion and vision of the Pathan brothers and expanding its presence throughout India, this is the 28th centre of the Cricket Academy of Pathans (CAP).

Yusuf Pathan, Director, CAP, said, “We are providing every possible assistance to the aspiring cricketers and expect to become the first preference for all the ambitious and aspirant cricketers in Itanagar and the surrounding region. Through our world-class coaching, our students are now getting selected for the district and state level matches. We have plans to open more academies in tier 2 and tier 3 cities which will assist the budding cricketers in getting trained in the right manner.”

Across India, 80+ students have already been selected and represented at various state and district levels from CAP centres. In the ongoing Ranji Trophy, one of our players, Yashasvi Rishav from CAP Patna, who is representing the Bihar State team, has scored a brilliant hundred. More than six players from CAP Patna were selected to represent the Bihar state team in Cooch Behar Trophy and C K Nayudu Trophy last year. Seven players from CAP Jaipur represented their district team in Rajasthan. CAP is proud that an increasing number of students are being selected for various district and state level camps. These success stories are indeed an indication of our commitment to helping our students realise their potential”.

Managing Director, Mr. Harmeet Vasdev, explained the training process and highlighted the strong points which have helped CAP become one of the leading cricket academies in the country. He said, “To record and track the progress of CAP students, an in-house ‘CAP App’ is developed. It also helps coaches to organise training and coaching sessions with the students. We will soon be organising an interactive session with the Pathan brothers for our students on the app. We want to help as many cricket aspirants as possible to give them an opportunity who love the sport and need access to world-class coaching infrastructure.”

He further added, “Moving forward, we are planning tours of other countries for giving match exposure under different environments to the young buds. We are also planning to organize an all India CAP tournament where every CAP centre will participate. The academy also focuses on nutrition, psychology and the overall physical development of the students. We aim to launch 20 more academies in the cities of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Srinagar, Visakhapatnam, Coimbatore, Agra, Salem, Guntur, Malihabad, Gulbarga, and Berhampur and have pledged to invest INR 2 crores towards this goal. We hope to become the preferred academy for cricket coaching across the country, and we are committed to it.”

Enhancing Training Strategy using Technology

CAP uses state-of-the-art technology tools to help leverage the performances of all the students. Cricket Academy of Pathans (CAP) has tied up with the UK based cricket technology partner- Pitch Vision to track students’ performance in real-time, which also bridges the gap between the Pathan brothers, coaches and the students.

A recent addition has been of CAP-StanceBeam, a smart cricket bat sensor that gives shot analysis and instant 360-degree batting performance data analytics to players and coaches. With real-time collaboration with the coaches, this tool keeps track of the practice sessions, enabling the coaches in providing instant correction to players.

Praveen Kumar, Founder & CEO of Belfrics Group signing the MoU with Kenya’s Red Cross Society

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 11: Belfrics Group, one of India’s early adopters of blockchain and cryptocurrency, today announced that it has signed an exclusive MoU with Kenya’s Red Cross Society to deploy its blockchain solutions across the country’s Health & Education sectors. The company’s subsidiary BelfricsBT would deploy its Belriumblockchain based Belyo platform to provide a system to maintain and disseminate health data in real-time for its hospital in Dadaab, Kenya.

“Belfrics will be deploying our blockchain solutions at the IFO 2 hospital in Dadaab, Garissa County, which is a 100-bed referral hospital serving between 200 and 300 outpatients a day,” said Praveen Kumar, Founder & CEO of Belfrics Group. “The IFO 2 hospital serves the 232,903 refugees who reside in Kenya and is the only major hospital providing medical care to this underserved community. BelfricsBT will provide a customized hospital management system that will automate the IFO 2 hospital. Our Belyo platform will capture, store, streamline, analyze and effectively communicate patient health data to caregivers. A collaboration with KRC gives us an immense opportunity to innovate for the humanitarian sector. We will be working on health, education and the aid distribution segments initially and will keep exploring various other avenues for blockchain implementations.”, said Praveen

Kenya Red Cross Society is one of the many International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement societies worldwide. The patron of the Kenya Red Cross is Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya. KRCS has remained the leading humanitarian agency and the strongest humanitarian brand in Kenya, the East Africa region and Africa. In 2016 KRCS launched the Kenya Red Cross App, the world’s first humanitarian smartphone app, allowing users to receive timely and life-saving information during emergencies. Some of the projects either run by or assisted by the Kenya Red Cross are famine, blood services, first aid projects, education services, and disaster and emergency services.

Dr. Asha Mohammed, Kenya Red Cross Secretary-General, said, “This signing is another demonstration of our commitment to work with private sector players to explore and incorporate in our work innovations that can improve service delivery to communities.”

Speaking on the blockchain deployment, Mr. Satish Shekar, Director of Operations BelfricsBTsaid, “The BelYo platform allows the seamless interoperability of healthcare data while protecting individuals from surveillance, discrimination, fraud and exclusion, where the data created is secure, accessible and private. The data will be encrypted, and only the necessary information will be shared through the Belriumblockchain network, where the only authorized recipient can access the information. BelYo’sDApp is built over Belrium network, a patented KYC compliant hybrid blockchain.”

“Having been part of the first open loop blockchain pilot in the world that was conducted by KRCS, it is good to witness KRCS and BelfricsBT joining forces again to be part of another history-making blockchain program. Belyo is an all-rounded, interoperable, and KYC-enabled system that will ensure better management, surveillance, communication, authentication, and verification of health data in a remote setting,” said Jackline Gachiri, Lead Researcher at BelfricsBT.

Robert Grinberg, CEO of Life Clips, said, “This MoU with The Kenya Red Cross Society is another example of the leadership Belfrics is taking with its blockchain solutions.” Mr. Grinberg continued, “The Belfricsblockchainhas the ability to improve the quality of healthcare and education for millions of people by providing new solutions to augment the security and protection of personal health data.”

Timely medical help and rehabilitation can give survivors the opportunity to reclaim their lives

 March 11: ACID attacks against women are a blot on the face of a civilized society. But many women and girls in India continue to fall victim to this most despicable crime. While many fight back against their perpetrators and also succeed in life, others need help in the form of medical and rehabilitation support. 

Anshu Rajput was just 15 when she was attacked by a 55-year-old sexual predator. She is a great example of how a survivor not only ensured that the perpetrator got convicted, but she also went on to become an inspiration to hundreds of other acid attack survivors. 

“Acid attackers target the face of their victims in a bid to isolate them from society, and sadly, society reacts exactly as they expect,” says Alok Dixit, Founder, Chhanv Foundation. This Noida-based NGO played an important role in shaping Anshu’s life by not only funding multiple surgeries and other forms of medical support but also helping her with rehabilitation by employing her at Sheroes Hangout, a cafe run by survivors of acid attacks in Agra. 

India had almost 200 reported acid attacks, mostly against women, in 2020 alone. The chemicals used in the acid can be so toxic that the women are left with third and fourth-degree burns on their face, throat, and arms. Many often have impaired eyesight after an acid attack. Not to speak of psychological, social, economic and opportunity costs they pay throughout their lives. 

Over the years, the Chhanv Foundation has supported hundreds of acid attack survivors by providing them legal assistance, medical aid, higher education and even employment through its cafes – Sheroes Hangout in Agra and Lucknow. However, scores of acid attack victims who have approached Chhanv for help still await essential medical treatment. 

“The last two years have been very difficult for us due to a crisis in funds. We have not been able to support even the critical surgeries and other forms of treatment. There are too many survivors whose urgent treatment is awaited,” says Alok Dixit. 

GiveIndia, India’s largest giving platform and Chhanv Foundation have come together to raise ₹ one crore to provide medical aid and other forms of support for acid attack survivors. 

Talking about the fundraiser, Sumit Tayal, COO, GiveIndia, said, “As the world recognises and acknowledges the importance of breaking harmful biases against women, we hope that our fundraiser brings a change in the lives of acid attack survivors across the country. Through our joint campaign, we hope to channel the generous support of women and men against biases of all kinds and help acid attack survivors reclaim their lives and inspire many others.”

March 10: The Russia-Ukraine war has left the whole world in a state of shock. While expressing his deep concern for those affected by the battle and conveying condolences to bereaved families, Pujya Morari Bapu has taken the initiative of donating Rs 1.25 crore as a means to extend help.  Pujya Bapu made the statement during his Ram Katha in Lonavala, where he expressed his intent to make a constructive contribution.

While lauding government’s effective rescue operation, Pujya Morari Bapu said, “Under ‘Mission Ganga’, Shri Narendrabhai Modi and the government are doing excellent work in rescuing students stuck in war-torn Ukraine.”

It may be recalled that following Pujya Morari Bapu’s worldwide appeal for a generous contribution to construct Shri Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, his trust received had staggering amount of Rs. 19 crore, of which Rs 9 crore was donated by the foreign devotees and philanthropists. This amount of Rs 9 crores has not been remitted to India as yet, as some clearances are awaited on foreign contributions. Thus, Rs 1.25 crore from this amount will now be used to help those impacted by war.

As a means to facilitate the work, devotees Lord Mr Dolar Bhai Popat and his son Mr Pavan Popat will be directing this amount of Rs. 1.25 crore to various organizations that are actively working across Poland, Slovakia and Romania to evacuate Ukrainian war victims, providing them with the shelter and food, and medical facilities etc.

In the spirit of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, the amount is being used for Indian victims, and also for other needy irrespective of religion, caste or nationality. Bapu had indicated that helping those in need and giving shelter to the homeless was akin to constructing a home for God.

Pujya Morari Bapu prayed for those who have lost their lives during the conflict and hopes that war between Russia and Ukraine comes to an end soon.

Surat (Gujarat) [India], March 09: To commemorate the International Women’s Day, over 650+ women from the cross-sections of the society underwent Pap Smear test or Pap screening test organised by the Surat-based Candor IVF center, a leading center for IVF, for detecting cervical cancer on March 8.

Candor IVF center took an initiative to inspire women on International Women’s Day and bring awareness about the critical complications faced by scores of women across the country due to cervical cancer.

According to a report of the World Health Organization (WHO), every 1 out of 70 women in India is suffering from a severe disorder of cervical cancer. The WHO has also launched a Cervical Cancer Elimination Initiative for mass screening of every woman within a maximum age of 35 years.

The Papanicolaou test is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially precancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix or colon.

Candor IVF center’s team designed a procedure to welcome every participating woman and acknowledge the importance of good reproductive health in their lives. Further, with the help of the entire staff of untiring nurses and diligent doctors successfully conducted a Pap Smear test of around 650 women for their possibility of Cervical Cancer.

“The Candor IVF center is proud to have contributed to this effort with an arrangement of a medical camp that invited every woman for their participation. Candor IVF center has always considered the reproductive health of every lady as an important factor impacting their lives” said the spokesperson of Candor IVF.

“The health of a woman is her capital.” As such, we feel that by acknowledging them with vital statistics and health suggestions, we can help as many women as possible manage and enhance their lifestyles to become even more dynamically inspirational for everyone” he added.

March 10: Dr Masooma is one of the most reputed Physiotherapist in Mumbai who has improved patients’ lives through her extraordinary care, empathy, dedication and personal commitment. Her exemplary knowledge, passion, and dedication to work have earned her this year’s Women Iconza 2022 award. The Women Iconza award function, held on 3rd March 2022, is an annual event organised by TIMES Applaud to felicitate today’s women for their brilliance and efficiency to lead, inspire, and motivate greatness in multiple fields. Dr Masooma was conferred with the award by famous Television Actress Pooja Gor.

This is not the first time Dr Masooma has been bestowed with such honours. The skilled healthcare professional has bagged many awards and accolades for her outstanding contribution in physiotherapy. She has won the “Best Physiotherapist in Mumbai” award at Women Iconza second time in a row. Last year she was felicitated by Vinayak Rahut (Member of Parliament).

As an internationally known physiotherapist, Dr Masooma’s unique treatment style kept her up in dealing with cases. She graduated from Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences as a University Topper and established her clinic under the name of Dr Masooma’s Advanced Physiorehab in Mumbai in 2013 where she aims to turn “Pain into Comfort” and help her patients restart their life in a better and healthy way. Her advanced and specially equipped Physiorehab centre pays special attention to every patient with utmost care and concern. Each patient undergoes a detailed assessment and a strong hands-on approach by the medical professional to achieve optimum results. The clinic delivers quality and excellent services.

While speaking at the event, Dr Masooma said, “I feel extremely blessed to receive all the love and blessing from one and all and promise to continue my journey with absolute sincerity and ensure each patient who comes to me walks back pain-free and happy. Many challenges accompany my long journey of success. However, what motivates me is Turning Setbacks into Comebacks.” She believes that there is no force equal to a woman who is determined to rise. She further gave a message to all young aspiring Physiotherapists, “Each day is a new chapter in the book of your life journey, so make each moment worthwhile. People should remember that success is not a destination; it’s a journey. Always think that your journey has just begun.”

Dr. Masooma’s passion for her profession has constantly kept her in touch with the recent advances in her field. Tracing it back to the days when Physiotherapy was not well known than today, it was a roller coaster ride. During her initial career days, it was a daunting task for her to make people understand the importance of Physiotherapy. Today people consider a good physiotherapist their first point of contact for any aches and pains and believe that they can surely help. Trust in the eyes of her patients makes her journey worthwhile. The contentment of gifting thousands of people their normal lives back is what keeps the doctor motivated.

Dr. Masooma has been working since mid 2012 and this year marks a decade into the profession for her. She is a perfect example of an empowered woman. Along with being a successful physiotherapist, Dr Masooma is a responsible mother and a good daughter. Being a single parent, she fulfils her responsibilities towards her daughter and her family with complete dedication. She is bringing up her daughter to be an independent woman of tomorrow.

She acknowledges that behind her effective professional life is a helpful family who let her be herself and follow her dreams.

Dr. Masooma says that she would like to thank the strong women in her life who have been an example for her. My mom – who has taught me what dedication is all about. She has been the perfect mother, wife, daughter and grand mother. She has always kept her family as her priority. She has supported me at every juncture of life and it’s only because of her I am where I am today.

My Nani who taught me about being disciplined in life. My Dadi who was an extremely strong woman with a strong point of view. My Masi who has always taught me what independence is all about. I have seen her start her life independently and realised if a woman wants she can do anything in life. My sisters who have been by my side through all ups and downs. They are career oriented and hard working girls and that’s what motivates me to keep working hard too.

And lastly MY DAUGHTER who I can’t thank enough. As a parent we feel kids should learn from us but trust me I have learnt so much from her. She has been my constant support system. Without her support and understanding nature I wouldn’t have been able to achieve even a little of what I have. She is my driving force, my strength, my oxygen.

Dr Masooma is a role model physiotherapist. what sets the woman apart is her zeal to excel and pick up a career that is a revolution in itself. Through her hard work and dedictaion, Dr. Masooma has a long list of successfully treated patients including many Celebrities like Manoj Bajpayee, Ekta Kapoor, Javed Akhtar, Parineeti Chopra, Alka Yagnik, Neha Kakkar, Maniesh Paul, Johnny Lever, Pooja Bhatt, Vidyut Jamwal, Karan Wahi, Rohit Saraf, Siddharth Shukla, Shehnaaz Gill, Asim Riaz, Karanvir Bohra, Karan Tacker, Javed Ali, Aakriti Kakkar, Abbas-Mastan, Mustafa Burmawala, Annu Kapoor, Tamanna Bhatia, Bani J, Nandita Mahtani, Sharad Kelkar, Sonu Nigam to name a few…. She is extremely well known in the Movie and Television Fraternity.

She is indeed an inspiration for aspiring women and a true influencer.

March 10: VRaz Academy once again has proved its mark by securing an award in a recently hosted award ceremony by Times Applaud @ Raj Bhavan on 24^th Feb 2022 under the presence of Honourable Governor Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Padma Shri Kumar Sanu & Managing Director of Liveshaala Education Pvt Lt, and Mr Sarit Agarwal.

VRaZ is an educational institute for IIT-JEE and NEET founded in 2020 by Ramswaroop Choudhary and Vikas Mahajan, both alumni of IIT ISM Dhanbad. After being in this field for more than 5 years they understood the need of building an organisation which not only provides genuine help to students to achieve their goals but also gives parents an idea and clarity of what these competitive exams are, so that they can take decisions for their child wisely.

The team endeavours to bring an environment for students which not only helps them in their overall development but also motivates them to achieve their full potential. It is a student centric establishment which also focuses on creating a team which resonates with our vision so that we can reach more students in need of quality education.

Despite of being established during the pandemic, their focused vision and sheer hard work delivered excellent results and also became an organisation that was trusted by many parents and students. Along with guiding students for JEE and NEET it also motivated students and made them believe that no matter how worse the situations are VRaZ will always stand by them.

In the span of 2 years VRaZ has emerged out as one of the best institute for IIT/JEE and NEET with the key highlight being it’s experienced and dedicated mentors.

Along with IIT-JEE and NEET, they also focus on Pre-foundation students because it nurtures their mind and also gives them a clear idea about the various Olympiads and competitive exams so that they can explore themselves in this direction. VRaZ ensures their batch strength is limited and every student get the required attention.

Experiences of few students, about Impact of Lockdown / Pandemic on education 

Harsh Salunkhe from DAV Public School, Airoliwho has recently joined VRaZ, said that they had tough time studying during Covid lockdown, as they had to adapt to technology very quickly and also get adjusted to home routine and parallel focus on studies.

Harshita Nere from DAV Public School, Thanecurrently preparing for JEE from VRaZ says Interaction between classmates and teachers was the most affected which made understanding concepts a bit slower than that of offline classes. Concepts took a bit more time to study clearly than what it used to take earlier. Moreover Atmosphere was also a hindrance in studies but study hours increased as compared to what it would have been in offline classes.

Ashank Vermani, from Singhania School, Thane, who has joined VRaZ, missed the sports period during lockdown, also felt just being at home and studying was kind of boring with no friends around.

Parth Bagwe Billabong High International School, who joined VRaZ says, pandemic was a blessing and a curse for me. It was fatiguing at first, but later, waking up 5 minutes before the class started and hastily turning on my laptop became routine. The pandemic opened doors to many new ways of educating ourselves. Although we lost physical touch with our teachers, it gave us the time to pursue our hobbies, it made us tech-savvy.

New Delhi (India), March 10: During the uncertainty and volatility in the market, R K Mohapatra’s books help investors (irrespective of age) construct a good and balanced investment portfolio, provide self-help techniques and tips for wealth creation in the long run, and enable them to achieve their financial goals in life.

Literary Stalwart Mohapatra published books including “Retirement Planning: A simple guide for Individuals,” “Investment Risk & Growth: A Guide for Investors about Investment Vehicles,” “Sahi Nivesh Se Ameer Banen(Hindi Edition)” and “Mutual Funds: A Powerful Investment Avenue for Individuals.” Mohapatra’s 5th book, “Relationship: A motley of love, trust, and emotions,” is ready for publishing.

Mohapatra’s book, “Investment Risk and Growth: A Guide for Investors About Investment Vehicles” won the prestigious book award for the 2020 Reader’s Favourite – Gold Medal, and “Mutual funds: A powerful investment Avenue for Individuals” won the Literary Titan Gold Book Award 2020.

R K Mohapatra’s honest and striking portrayals of the corporate world earned him numerous national and international awards, including two prestigious international awards -Exemplary leader award 2019 and Asian Leadership – Hall of Fame award 2021 for his excellent and enormous contributions to IRCON and exceptional caliber to the world of Finance.

R K Mohapatra (1963) is General Manager, Finance, in IRCON, and an “Eminent Author” Awardee; he has 28 years of rich experience in Finance and Account in India and abroad and is known for his literary work on various investment avenues: equity, mutual funds, debt funds, bonds, Gold & Gold ETF, and cash & wealth management, portfolio analysis, financial planning, and retirement planning.

March 9: Entrepreneurial Development Council is a Non-Profit Organisation that aims for creating an entrepreneurs vision into billion dollar company. We believe that every individual from tier two and tier three cities and rural areas should be given equal opportunity, resources, and support to turn their dreams of being an entrepreneur in to reality. We have a vision of developing entrepreneurial ecosystem for the the individual where they can network with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, marketers, service providers, and others.

At EDC India, we have our special diploma program for the school and college students where they can learn everything about entrepreneurship and also managing their work space. Our Diploma in Entrepreneurship and Diploma in Office Management has been the first choice for the students. During the six months of the course the students learn different values and skills that an entrepreneur has and also, how they can manage their workspace smoothly. During these courses students get 30 days of internship for practical learning and along with this they get 100% job assistance. We have our record of 85% of job placements for the students who pursue our course.

Till date we have created more than 856 jobs and internships. Additionally, the students who wish to start their own startup after completing the course and wish to get incubated then EDC’s incubation centre helps them in starting their own startup and having a scalable growth. Along with these, we also support our startups through incubation support where they get all the necessary resources for having the scalable growth along with funding assurance and marketing allowances. We support every innovative idea and we are trusted by more than 250 startups and 18750 entrepreneurs.

Website: https://edcindia.in/

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New Delhi (India), March 9: Avalipt, a custom fashion startup led by women entrepreneur  Shomby Goswami came with this unapologetic idea this International Women’s Day to normalise the stigma about period blood amongst men and society at large with the campaign – IT’S JUST BLOOD in association with@storysellercomics (Author, CAT India Topper, IIT B, IIM C).

Men wore avalipt’s blood theme designed handpainted shirts on the streets of Bangalore holding placards stating- it’s just blood, everyone bleeds, disrupt the disgust and its bloody time that we break the stigma. Period.

The highlight of the campaign was men coming up together in a circular formation around a woman debunking the myth and promoting – PERIOD BLOOD IS NORMAL. 

This came as a thought-provoking idea to ensure that Avalipt won’t stay as a brand that sells clothes but also use the platform and the team associated with smashing social stigma. The existence of the brand revolves around the pursuit of identity, and that’s what they are promoting.

The men marched on MG Road, Brigade Road, and Church Street, Bangalore, an entire day to promote a simple yet strong message, i.e. IT’S JUST BLOOD! AND EVERYONE BLEEDS! They also stood on the road on a busy traffic day to ensure the message stayed loud and clear.

In their words- We are marching towards a transparent and accepting society where we are standing with women.

Avalipt is a power-wear brand that offers premium hand-painted clothing helmed by a woman entrepreneur ‘Shomby Goswami’, wherein it voices out to create and establish clothing with the pursuit of identity for men.

With this initiative and collection alongside, Avalipt wishes to build a concept culture of clothing for men who want to make a difference in society. With iBleed collection, we wish to make sure the men around the world can convey a simple message – it’s just blood! And everyone bleeds. Then why is it so shocking, taboo, or seen as disgusting when it’s menstrual blood? All the sales proceeds will go to an NGO supporting women’s rights.