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New Delhi (India), December 8: Noted social activist and entrepreneur Dr. Ratna Raju has bagged another honour. Dr. Ratna Raju has been awarded the prestigious “Inspiring Social Activist of the Year 2021” award by the NationWide Awards.

The award, which was given at the hands of Tech Mahindra vice president Rajesh Dhuddu and GMR Cargo CEO Saurabh Kumar at a well-attended award function, is a recognition of Dr. Ratna Raju’s contribution to various social causes over the years.

The awards were presented in association with the Government Blockchain Association, international nonprofit helping governments, professionals, and organisations understand, implement, and benefit from blockchain-related technologies and capabilities.

“It is an honour and a privilege to be selected for the Inspiring Social Activist of the Year award. I am thankful for NationWide awards and Government Blockchain Association for the honour. The award will motivate me to work harder and make a bigger contribution to various social causes,” said Dr. Ratna Raju, who has been engaged in social service since a very young age.

The award comes just days after Dr. Ratna Raju was awarded a doctorate by the World Human Rights Protection Commission in November. The Commission recognised his services and contribution to society to award him the Doctorate for Social Service and Technological Innovation.

Dr. Ratna Raju, in association with the Life Foundation, Supar Foundation, and Loyola Old Age Home, has been involved in several social initiatives, including providing free food to orphan children during the Covid-19 pandemic, carrying out relief works during and after the lockdown, among others. He served as a frontline warrior during the pandemic.

Dr. Ratna Raju, or Raju Annaya as he is fondly called, has also created employment opportunities for thousands of people with his technology innovation service orientation. He is the marketing chief for Dart Blockchain, the world’s fastest blockchain ecosystem, and is also the brain behind RR Team Freedom, which works for self-employment initiatives.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 04: Filaantro is an online crowdfunding platform helping individuals and organisations to raise funds by collecting donations. Founded in 2019 by Mr Jiji John, Mr Sunil Varghese, Mr Jugender Singh and Mr Rajendra Pathak, Filaantro is leading with the vision of connecting individuals and communities through their platform and inspiring them to raise funds for the greater good.

Filaantro works on a Pan India basis to help and guide those who need monetary support for personal and social causes that are legal in nature. Filaantro offers a unique approach to closely monitor each campaign on its platform and help the campaigner adopt the best crowdfunding practices.

Filaantro helps the campaigner to strengthen their online presence by offering value-added services like website development, website up-gradation, creation and maintenance of social media handles and campaign support on social media platforms.

Talking about Filaantro and its working, Spokesperson, Co-Founder and CEO of Mr. Jiji John said, “We at Filaantro, verify and make sure all of the campaigns are genuine!  It is a priority and vital to us that our crowdfunding platform is safe for both campaigners and donors. We would like our audience to know that we are establishing ourselves to become India’s largest hassle-free crowdfunding platform to raise funds for the causes that one believes in. We support the vision of the campaigner and guide them to make it a reality.”

He further said, “Our mission is to help the campaigners achieve their goals through trust, transparency and simplicity. We firmly believe that to raise funds from donors; one needs to provide transparency, trust and integrity. Together is how we can grow and build a better community.”

Registration and publishing campaigns on Filaantro is free of charge. They also provide 24*7 support to the campaigners and donors. Raising funds on Filaantro is a four-step easy process.

• Register on their Online Crowdfunding Website
• Start a fundraiser
• Share your fundraiser
• Withdraw your funds

They help raise funds for multiple causes such as for Animals, Arts & Media, Children, Community, Education, Elderly, Emergencies, Environment, Human Rights, Medical, Memorials, Rural Development, Social Entrepreneurship, Sports, Technology, Women, Covid19 Relief, Personal Causes, Individual, Alliances, and Religion.

Filaantro, during Covid19, through various online campaigns, successfully raised funds online to help the frontline workers with PPE kits and safety gear. They helped underprivileged people with ration kits, cooked meals and medical kits during the lockdown.

Filaantro has supported more than 100 medical campaigns for multiple partner NGOs.

Many stray animals found it difficult to sustain themselves amidst the lockdown due to the lack of food availability in public spaces. Filaantro, through various campaigns, successfully raised funds to support the voiceless animals.

Calamity relief organisations have also successfully raised funds through Filaantro to help people stuck in natural calamities like floods, cyclones and landslides. Filaantro has successfully raised funds to support children’s education and provide more than 2000 meals daily to the underprivileged.

Filaantro acts as a helping hand for the campaigners by providing fundraising mentorship, tele campaigning support and training & capacity-building support to organisations. They also offer consultancy to Non-Government Organizations on effective social media strategies to run successful fundraising campaigns on their crowdfunding platform.

Filaantro’s campaigns have been supported and endorsed by celebrities like Raveena Tandon and Manish Paul. One can reach out for their crowd-funding needs to Filaantro through Social media, WhatsApp, emails, and calls. Filaantro also receives references from successful campaigners. They have a support team that responds to all the Filaantro related queries.

Please visit us https://filaantro.org/home

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 7: In an important development that will greatly benefit travellers from the eastern states of India, The Bangladesh Deputy High Commission based in Kolkata has announced it will soon be opening their visa application centre in Kolkata.

Applicants will be able to submit their applications at the first official visa application centre located at the 1^st Floor of Infinium Digispace, CP Block, Block No 15, Salt Lake Sector V, Kolkata 700091 between 9:00 am &3 pm and collect their passport from 1 pm to 6 pm, Monday to Friday, every week. The new visa application centre (VAC), which is spread over 13,000 sq ft and is the largest single country visa application facility in Kolkata, will ensure applicants a seamless experience in acquiring their visas to travel to Bangladesh. The processing fee for all categories of visas is Rs 826, including GST per application and no additional visa fee is applicable for Indians applying for the visas to Bangladesh.

The brand new, state of the art Bangladesh VAC has 10 counters for accepting all categories of visas for Bangladesh, including investor, intern, tourist, diplomatic, research student, NGO, government delegate, journalist, business, employment and work permit, and tourist family. The centre also has three-screening desks and two form filling desks along with two passport return counters. The VAC shall also provide a free self-help desk to applicants to fill up the visa form and a photo desk, photocopier services, private lounge and courier services etc. at nominal charges. Additionally, there are ample parking spaces for both cars and two-wheelers.

The new arrangements will ensure an enhanced applicant-friendly experience compared to the earlier system under which applicants had to submit their applications and documents directly at the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission, which was open only from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and had only 3 counters. It was not uncommon to see long queues on the street outside the Deputy High Commission premises, with people sometimes waiting all night to ensure a place in the line-up. Also, brokers and agents used to charge as much as Rs 12,500 for a VISA fee which will now be reduced to only Rs 826, and the people will have the ability to walk in and send their application for processing. The facility is also equipped to follow all COVID protocols for the safety of visitors.

New Delhi (India), December 07: The current situation of the Soya Meal crisis is very unfortunate and has become a serious issue again for the Livestock sector. Today India’s Livestock Farmers, which includes Fish, Shrimp, Cattle (Dairy) and Poultry, are in acute misery due to high feed costs and a surge in the Soya Meal prices.

According to AIPBA, in context to SOPA’s letter to Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Govt. of India, the figures communicated related to the Supply, Demand and Projections of Soybean and Soybean Meal for 2021-22 along with its Prices, seems have a disconnect and the figures are somehow not in line with the current market situation.

Bahadur Ali, Chairman, All India Poultry Breeder Association, said, “In SOPA’s letter, the figures for Soyabean Meal required for Livestock Farmers (Dairy, Aqua & Poultry) states 45 Lakh MT, which is actually far from reality. As in the present situation, our Livestock Farmers require 90 Lakh MT of Soya Meal per annum. These disconnected figures communicated to the Govt. authorities are very detrimental to the Livestock Farmer and to our Soya Industry which was against the objective of SOPA.”

With the requirement of Livestock Farmers of 90 Lakh MT of Soya Meal per annum which has been growing and projected to grow with a CAGR of 10% annually, however, the reported growth of agriculture crop of Soyabean has been only 1-2% from the last 3-4 years which shows that there is a huge gap now and will be in future if the right measures are not taken to fulfil this growing demand of the Livestock Industry.

As AIPBA has written to the concerned Ministries and Department representing the Livestock Farmers to collectively fight the wrong speculation and the unwanted price rises, which will be detrimental to Aatma-Nirbhar-Bharat.

Fifty prominent persons from UAE, Thailand and other countries felicitated with international awards

Meri Pehchaan Trust hosts the “Meri Identity” programme

Apanita Cheena of Bangkok was the chief guest at the occasion

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 7: Noted personalities from six countries, including India, participated in an international award function organised by Meri Pehchaan Trust in Jaipur over the weekend.

According to information, around 80 people were felicitated with international awards at the Meri Identity International Award Function at Hotel Clarks Amer on December 4. The programme began with the traditional lighting of the lamp and Ganesh Vandana, which was followed by the launch of the Meri Identity book.

The biographies of IPS BL Soni, IAS Shankar Dutt Sharma, IAS Abhishek Surana, RPS Sunita Meena, RPS Sunil Sharma, Padma Shri Gulabo Sapera, Dr. Shikha Meel, advocate Sunil Sharma, cyber expert Jaideep Sharma, Dr. Uttam Kumar Sharma, Vikram Singh Baghela, Mohammed Nagman Latif (from Dubai), Chitra Kumar (from Nepal), Jessica Spoke, and others have been published in the Meri Identity book.

Besides the dignitaries featured in the book, 30 other persons were also felicitated at the award function. Speaking with media persons, Meri Pehchaan Sahayata Trust director Dr. Sher Singh Baghela said this was the first international-level programme organised by the organisation.

“Many of the participants in our programme who are their nation’s pride. We have felicitated prominent personalities who have made invaluable contributions to their areas of work,” he said.

 UNPKFC to support education of 1,000 children

Apanita Cheena, the president of the UN Peacekeepers Federal Council (UNPKFC) said in her address that the organisation would support the education of 1,000 children. The announcement was welcomed by thunderous applause. Dr. Sher Singh said the Meri Pehchaan Trust would continue to work for the uplift of needy persons.

Itanagar (AP), December 07: The truth in the mark-sheet tampering case in the examination conducted by the Arunachal Pradesh Staff Selection Board (APSSB) last year is different from what has been claimed until now.

The APSSB conducted exams for the posts of lower division clerk and junior secretariat assistants on February 2, 2020. Mark sheets were tampered with in the exams, and the Board’s secretary and IAS officer SK Jain was suspended on charges of negligence. A probe revealed the malpractices were perpetrated by some lower-ranking staff on the board, and Jain was later on found to be innocent, but who is responsible for the social and mental harassment Jain had to undergo in the interim. A look at how the scam was carried out reveals the whole truth.

On February 14, 2020, a case was registered in connection to malpractices in the exam. The Special Investigation Cell (SIC) carried out a detailed investigation, which revealed an undersecretary and some other employees tampered with the OMR sheets. The SIC report showed that no senior officers of the Board were involved.

Main accused Kapter Ringu

The person who perpetrated the whole scam was Kapter Ringu, the daughter of Arunachal Pradesh’s former chief secretary T Ringu, and APSSB under secretary Kapter Ringu. The scam came to light in February 2020, which led to the arrest of Kapter Ringu and two computer operators. Kapter Ringu’s immediate reporting authority at the time was joint secretary and deputy controller of examinations, but he did not share any information about Kapter Ringu’s dubious activities with either Jain or any other senior officer.

The Board’s President, Member Secretary, joint secretary and deputy controller were transferred on February 18, 2020, and other officers were posted in their place. Following negative reporting in the press, and under growing public pressure, the Arunachal Pradesh government was forced to act against senior officers.

When will action be taken against the local accused?

As secretary of APSSB, Jain had discharged his duties in a dedicated and honest manner. He was, however, suspended without even a preliminary enquiry on March 3, 2020. It is said that the suspension was due to the pressure of some student unions.

Surprisingly, no action was taken against officers who were directly responsible for the security of OMR sheets. If sources are to be believed, the responsibility lay with the joint secretary, undersecretary Kapter Ringu, and room officers, but for some reason, no action was taken against them.

Jain is known as one of the most committed officers in Arunachal Pradesh. He worked in a disciplined manner wherever he was posted in the last two years. He filed cases against people engaging in illegal practices. It is believed that the anger of such persons was also a factor in the action against Jain.

The need to enhance APSSB staff strength

The APSSB is already facing many challenges. The board is understaffed. There is only one undersecretary, room officers, and two clerks, who work full-time. This affects the Board’s work. In comparison, the Delhi Board has a staff strength of more than 100. Considering the topography of Arunachal Pradesh, the Board is highly understaffed.

Strict rules for exams

To maintain the secrecy of the examinations, the Board has framed many rules. The safety of exam papers is given top importance. Strong rooms have been set up in different places in the state for the safety of exam papers. The papers are removed from the strong room only at a pre-decided time and delivered to the examination centres. The papers are brought back to the strong room after the exams and are later shifted to the Board’s strong room.

Kapter Ringu tampered with mark sheets in the strong room

The Arunachal government formed a committee to investigate the matter on March 3, 2020. On the other, Jain was suspended without any report. Jain had already given up the charge of the post, and there was no way he could have influenced the committee’s probe. The committee and police submitted their report to the government. Both reports clarified that undersecretary Kapter Ringu had gone to the Board’s strong room after work hours on February 4, 2020, and tampered with the OMR sheets. The probe panel also stated in its report that there were supervisory lapses by the Board and joint secretary.

Kapter Ringu confesses

Undersecretary Kapter Ringu confessed her involvement in the mark sheet tampering. In December 2020, the SIC filed a charge sheet in court. The charge sheet also made it clear that no senior officer of the board was involved in the scam. Undersecretary Kapter Ringu was the senior-most, regular gazetted officer, and was also the in-charge of the strong room in the Board’s headquarters. She was the only officer who could have tampered with the OMR sheets, which was not expected of such a senior officer. The police and probe committee found that Jain or any other senior officer of the Board had no direct role in the scam.

Who will compensate for the loss of prestige and mental harassment suffered by Jain?

Jain was suspended without any basis. The revocation of his suspension made it clear that the suspension was a reaction to the scam. Jain was reinstated with retrospective effect and he was also given all the benefits he was eligible for. But, it is also true that Jain has had to bear the ignominy of suspension without any mistake. He has had to suffer a loss of prestige and suffered mental harassment for no reason.

Mumbai, December 06: Dadi Dada Foundation organized a discussion at the Press Club of Mumbai in the presence of experts to create awareness among the elderly to avoid fake news and misleading information. The esteemed guest who had graced the event was Shailesh Mishra (Founder of Silver Innings, Mumbai), Sandip Soparrkar (Bollywood Actor), Kritika Mahajan (Senior Campaigner), and Mahesh Thakkar (General Secretary, FIDC) was present. The event was in collaboration with Verified, a campaign run in association with the United Nations. The event had organized panel discussions on spreading awareness about the spread of misinformation and fake news among the elderly, especially during the coronavirus pandemic.

In the midst of the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, this program of the Dadi Dada Foundation will be very meaningful in creating awareness about the spread of misinformation and fake news among the elderly. The founder of the Dada Dadi foundation, Muni Shankar, explained the initiatives they had taken at the times of the coronavirus pandemic. He said the elderly section had suffered due to fake news and misinformation. The people of Mumbai know about financial fraud, and the easiest victims of financial fraud are the elderly. Dadi Dada Foundation is working to make the elderly aware by running awareness campaigns continuously across the country.

Dadi dada Foundation has joined hands with Misinformation Combat Alliance and FORCE, intending to stop the spread of misinformation by encouraging people to pause before sharing information about COVID-19 and vaccines.
On this occasion, Sandeep Soparkar said that it is very important that we should first investigate any news, see how old the video or picture is; without verification, any news should not be forwarded.

Shailesh Mishra (Founder, Silver Inning) said that due to misleading information, many people are not being vaccinated against coronavirus today. In such difficult times when we should be most aware, then a large group is circulating misleading information, thus weakening our fight against the deadly virus.

Kritika Mahajan (Verified Campaign) says that it is most important to verify any news or information.

Muni Shankar, the founder and director of Dadi Dada Foundation, says that the mission of our foundation is to alert common citizens, especially senior citizens, from misleading information and fake news. We are constantly working in this direction in collaboration with many organizations. I would like to thank all the guests and panelists for sharing their thoughts and suggestions for a fruitful discussion on the awareness of fake news and misleading information.

About Dadi Dada Foundation

Dadi Dada Foundation has been actively running elaborate programs that are aimed at solving issues faced by the elderly. During the COVID -19 pandemic, their volunteers reached out and helped many senior citizens that faced adversities during the pandemic. They also organized the first national conference on geriatric healthcare and Dadi Dada Gaurav Samman 2021.

This foundation ventured intending to unfold and understand the pain and injustice old-aged people face and how there’s an immediate need for their redemption from their misery. The idea is to put an end to this gloom by giving the highest priority to ensuring their ‘Healthy Ageing’ and supporting them to create for themselves an optimistic and meaningful life.

After scaling Siachen Glacier, Divyangjan to create New SCUBA Diving World Record in Lakshadweep

The world record is part of ‘Operation Blue Freedom – Triple World Records’ in Land, Air and Water

On the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), Team CLAW embarks on the next mission on the journey to catalyse true freedom for people with disabilities worldwide

New World Record for the largest team of people with disabilities to SCUBA Dive independently in open seas

 Auroville December 04:

Team CLAW is a team of Special Forces Veterans from the Indian Armed Forces creating specialised ecosystems for empowering people with disabilities under their flagship initiative ‘Operation Blue Freedom’.

Operation Blue Freedom – Triple World Record Series is a series of three new world records in Land, Air and Water by a global team of People with disabilities trained by Special Forces Veterans (Team CLAW – Conquer Land Air Water)

• Land – Siachen Glacier – Largest Team of Divyangjan to scale the world’s highest battlefield – Completed in Sept 2021.
• Air – Largest team of people with disabilities to Skydive independently in a single event – To be executed in 2022
• Water – Largest Team of People with Disabilities to SCUBA Dive independently in open seas – Scheduled in Lakshadweep Islands in Feb 2022

Recently the ‘Team CLAW’ has received in-principle approval from the Lakshadweep Administration to execute the Operation Blue Freedom – Water World Record‘, in Lakshadweep Islands by a Global Team of People with Disabilities from 20 different countries. The New World Record for the largest team of people with disabilities to SCUBA dive independently will be attempted in the month of February in Lakshadweep Islands.

Operation Blue Freedom synergises the skillsets of retiring Special Forces veterans for the rehabilitation and reskilling of people with disabilities through therapeutic adaptive adventure sports, all-terrain extreme survival skills and emergency medical skills.

Operation Blue Freedom was launched by the then Sports Minister of India Shri. Kiren Rijiju in 2019 at New Delhi, when ‘Team CLAW’ trained several war veterans on wheelchairs in ‘therapeutic adaptive SCUBA Diving’.

Recently, the team had successfully created the world record for the largest team of people with disabilities to scale the world’s highest battlefield, which was the first of the three world records under the ‘Operation Blue Freedom – Triple World Record’ series. This was even lauded by Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi as signifying ‘Can do’ attitude of Indians in his address to the nation on 26^th Sept 2021.

https://twitter.com/PMOIndia/status/1442004064082939906

“The larger vision behind the creation of the World Records is to set up the World’s first Human Ability Biome – an empowering ecosystem for Divyangjan worldwide”, says Major. Vivek Jacob (Retd), Founder of ‘Team CLAW’ and ‘Operation Blue Freedom’.

At Siachen Glacier, Team CLAW created the world record for ‘largest number of people with disabilities to scale the world’s highest battlefield (Siachen Glacier)’ by scaling up to Kumar Post at an altitude of 15,632 ft. They were trained and led by Team CLAW and were strongly backed by the Indian Army.

Major. Jacob also thanked all the stakeholders and patrons, who’s collective, collaborative spirits and timely supports has aided the grand and successful completion of the world record seamlessly, particularly The Indian Army, The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Exxon-Mobil, Team Mahindra and Car India.

“The Team CLAW and the people with disabilities trained by them personify Farak Laakar Dekhiye, which is what Exxon Mobil stands for in India through expertise, innovation and performance”, and it gives us immense pride in supporting the team in re-defining new frontiers of mobility for people with disabilities worldwide, said Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed, GM (Marketing Deployment, Consumer Marketing), ExxonMobil Lubricants.

Unlike the Land World Record, where the participation of PWDs were limited to people from India, the Water World Record, on the other hand, will be a global event where PWDs from across the world can sign up and participate, says Major. Arun Ambathy, Director – Team CLAW and Operation Blue Freedom. On the occasion of International Day of People with Disabilities, ‘Team CLAW’ has invited the global community of people with disabilities to sign-up for the Water World Record in a virtual event.

Youtube Video – https://youtu.be/RWirSqVr07E

People with disabilities can sign-up to be part of the SCUBA Diving world record at the following website – https://claw.global/

5th Edition of Pinnacle Fame Awards curated by Maa2Mom was a prestigious award ceremony that celebrates everything around Womanhood and the way they Change the Convention

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 02: Leading the light for womanhood Maa2Mom, one of the most trusted & fastest growing communities of mothers, organised 5th edition of PIFA Awards. This year the theme was “Be the Change”. PIFA 5.0 glorified and honoured women who were extraordinary and who have carved their own path – those who lead by example and inspire others in their respective fields. These women believe in the motto ‘Be the Change’ and make a positive impact on society. PIFA 5.0 is associated with Jaikara, UK, to create awareness about domestic violence. This campaign is UN’s Orange the World Campaign, dedicated to ending violence against women. Namrata Thakker, the renowned Business Evangelist, has actively supported this event.

The awards spread across 20+ categories for women across the globe. The jury consisted of eminent pinnacle personalities who are experts in their own fields.

Jury Panelists for PIFA 5.0 were Tamanna Dhamija, Dr Zinal Shah, Rinku Shah, Mrunalini Deshmukh, Nivedita Basu, Zenobia Khodaiji & Radha Shah.

The glittering ceremony witnessed many celebrated guests and pinnacle personalities, including Bollywood and TV stars, performing some electric performances during the prestigious award ceremony.

Socialist Shweta Shalini, Business Evangelist  Namrata Thakker, Journalist Rekha Khan, Aashish Rego, actress Pratima Kannan, Karuna Verma (Actress), Utkarsha Naik (Actress), Filmmaker Lakshmi R Iyer, Krishna Beuraa (Playback Singer) , Pamela Jain (Singer), Avantika Bahuguna (from Momspresso), Chef Shailendra Kekade & Dr Ronak Shah.

Rashidaa Shaikh and Komal Goenka were the hosts for the award show.

Creative & Brilliant designers from the Maa2Mom community presented their upcoming line of sustainable fashion at the PIFA Grand fashion Show and set the stage on fire under the guidance of the best Runway Coach – Payal Pokarna. Bhavini Parikh (Bunko Junko) and Sonita Beura (Sonita Beura Collection) showcased their designer collections, while Rashmi Malik (Meraki) showcased handmade jewellery. Make-up and Hair for the models was done by Preeti Ashiwal and her team. The Fashion Show Models were additionally supported and groomed by Motivational Coach Zenobia Khodaiji.

PIFA also witnessed enthralling Dance Performances by Rituu Maneek and Troupe, who fascinated the audience & Adishakti to the Closing Ceremony’s Power Packed Performance by Sneha Shah & Troupe, which was highly applauded by the audience.

“Who doesn’t like being recognized for a job well done? Recognizing women for their efforts and accomplishments is important. We at PIFA awards curated by Maa2Mom aim to bring women of different fields under one roof & award them for their contribution in their respective areas of work. We were glad to have them & felicitate them for their work.”, said Jyoti Agarwal, Founder Maa2Mom.

68 awardees were selected from the 1000 nominations received across the globe. More power to Mothers and women who be the Change.

List of Awardees for the PIFA 5th edition curated by Maa2Mom are – Neha Mahindroo, Prof. Kavleen Kaur Bhasin, Bhairavi Amit Mamania, Dr. Kinjal Shah Anandpara & Karena Wu, Garima Manohar Sadhwani,​ Aishwarya Sandeep, Seema Kabra, Mamta Sharma, Dr. Deepti Chopra, Prachi S Vaish, Anindita Chaudhuri, Nammrata Rohit Sharma, Gauri Godbole, Neetu Sanjay, Vandana Joshil, Miti Randeri, Harshada Abhyankar, Dr Milan Khanna, Afshan Ali Shaikh, Binal Soni, Sunita Mundra, Ruchi Tiberwal, Neelu  Kumaar, Shalini Jain, Rashmi Malik, Tanvi Mathur, Apoorva Mairal, Sanskruti Pandya, Padma Rewari, Shweta Sandhu, AvsarD Event Designer LLP, Tejaswee Rajendra Paygude, Smrithy Rajesh, Preeti Ashiwal, Sonita Beura, Poorva Dubey, Brinda Rana, Neha Bagrodia, Rituu Maneek, Indic Society For Education And Development, Vanitaa Rawat, Street Konnect, Pooja Amit Jambotkar, Komal Goenka, Sneha Mehta, Rashidaa Shaikh, Payal Pokarna, Radha Panchariya, Samiya Shaikh, Shamim Dhamasker, Rachna Kacker, Preeti Misra, Pragati Gupta, Ashi Doshi & Pragati Agarwal, Shradhha Agarwal, Anubha Goyal, Anupama Padhi, Gurvinder Kaur, Ruchi Srivastava, Riddhi Sharma, Pooja A Panday, Renuka Kad, Manisha Shekhar Asthana, Kusum Harsora, Dietitian –  Supriya, Parul Chawla, Venugopal Iyer and The Kidzpreneur

PIFA 5.0 was Co-powered by Karma Terra, Luxury Automobile Partner – Autohangar Mercedes Benz, Wellness Partner – Fruik, Social Cause Partner – Jaikara, Community Partner – Momz of India, Décor Partner – AvsarD, Supporting Partner – The Kidzpreneur & Sustainable Fashion Partner (Kids)- Dumbledo.

Post their fifth edition PIFA Awards are touted to be the most coveted and credible awards recognizing innovation and accomplishment of women in various fields.

December 02: Employers have always been taking advantage and mistreating the people who serve them with their hard work and loyalty. But the exploitation of workers has been an epidemic during the Covid-19 pandemic. We may be forced into lockdown, as the latest COVID strain, Omicron, is at our doorstep. This has raised concerns that workers may be further exploited as businesses are likely to take undue advantage of the situation. The Founder & General Secretary of Dhadak Kamgar Union, Prominent Labour Leader Abhijeet Rane, has hence taken the initiative to protect the rights of workers and issue a warning cum appeal to industrialists, businessmen, entrepreneurs, and business owners to be compassionate towards their employees and refrain from exploiting them.

Abhijeet Rane has issued the warning cum appeal in a letter to business people in an effort to safeguard, protect, and maintain the rights, duties and justice of workers, laborers and employees.

The letter reads, “In accordance with Central and State Governments Directives for fair and just treatment of permanent and contract laborers and employees, I Abhijeet Rane General Secretary, Dhadak Kamgar Union, hereby issue a warning cum appeal to all industrialists, businessmen, entrepreneurs and business owners not to indulge in unjustified, illegal, immoral, and inhuman malpractices of dismissing, suspending, terminating services of permanent, contract and casual laborers and staffers, as well as taking undue advantage of the situation created by Corona crisis and lockdown.

I, as Union Leader and myself a Businessman, am fully aware of difficulties and problems you are also facing. But please have sympathy, gratitude and compassion for the people who served you through your ups and downs and are in dire need of your help, support, and humanitarian approach to survive and revive their lives. We, on their behalf soon would be approaching you with a practical and viable solution formula which would be a win-win situation for both you and your workers.

Thousands of workers from hundreds of establishments are approaching our union. We are determined to get them their jobs, dues and justified financial packages through negotiations. If not, then by agitation.

We hope, wish, and pray that wisdom and compassion would prevail upon you, and you would cooperate with your own people.”

Dhadak Kamgar Union has always worked for the welfare and betterment of all laborers, workers and employees under the leadership of Abhijeet Rane, who is not only a prominent labour leader but also a senior journalist. The major goal of the union is to improve the lives of all laborers, workers and employees by giving a place for them to voice their problems and resolve them.

It is noteworthy that the union has always aimed to peacefully resolve problems faced by laborers, workers and employees through negotiations rather than agitations and intends to do the same in the current Covid-19 pandemic and anticipated lockdown situation. https://www.dhadakkamgarunion.com/