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Kangen machine is also gifted to Chopra family

November 22: Surat’s eminent entrepreneur Subhash Dawar is famous for doing what his heart says. Amidst rising fuel prices, on Diwali, Subhash Dawar gifted electric scooters to the employees of his company. His initiative made media headlines across the country. Now in the latest development, Subhash Dawar has invited Olympic gold medalist and Neeraj Chopra, who has become the heartthrob of young hearts across the country, to visit Surat.

While Subhash Dawar had gone to Haryana to attend the wedding ceremony of Neeraj Chopra’s elder sister in the Chopra family, he met Neeraj Chopra. In the meantime, while appreciating the achievements of Neeraj Chopra, he expressed his desire to hold a ceremony honoring him in the textile city of Surat. Subhash Dawar said that Neeraj Chopra had accepted his invitation to come to Surat, saying that at present, he is busy in training, and he will come to Surat as soon as he gets time. He is so excited to come to the beautiful Surat!

Let us tell you that when Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the Olympics, there was a rain of gifts by big industrial groups, central and state governments and government and private institutions. At that time also, Subhash Dawar, the leader of the Alliance group, had gifted the machine of Kangen – Alliance to Neeraj Chopra and met his family. His aim was that with the use of the Kangen machine, the entire Chopra family should consume clean and healthy water and stay healthy always. It has to be seen when the young stars who are being respected across the country become guests of Surat.

New Delhi, November 20: A massive rise in air pollution levels has led to New Delhi’s air pollution levels reaching hazardous new heights. Basant Goel, the owner of Goel Medicos, is carrying forth the legacy of social work by distributing masks to under-served people. The main aim is to protect and safeguard the citizens from breathing in a dangerous amount of polluted air. Additionally, it is crucial not just to preserve but also to educate. It is why they’ve also carried drives to help educate the citizens on the importance of masks during this hour of need. These masks are what will protect people from breathing in low-quality air.

This movement was initiated on November 15, 2021, and since then, the company has distributed roughly 350 masks. In the four days of its operation, the masks have been distributed to rickshaw drivers, street vendors, and so on.

Mr. Basant Goel said, “With winters fast approaching, and as the air turns colder, the air quality goes from bad to worse in Delhi and its adjoining areas. During these trying times, I try to help out those in need and protect them from the toxins in the air, with small initiatives every year. I hope this is their window to education and helps prevent them from breathing in dangerous air. Hence, as a responsible citizen of India, I try to help the under-served people with such initiatives.”

Ahmedabad, Nov 19: Jigar Bhagwanbhai Desai was aware of the perks that the upper-class majority enjoys from an early age, which is why he pledged himself to devote his time to serving people, particularly the farmers of Gujarat’s Banaskantha District. He is currently the vice-chairman of the Banaskantha District Central Co-operative Bank and vice president of the Banaskantha District Bjym Director – APMC Deesa. Jigar Desai, who was only 18 years old at the time, won the Market yard with the most votes in 2012 and became Gujarat’s youngest Director. He was appointed Minister of Youth Front of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in Banaskantha District in the year 2013.

Jigar Desai’s family has been serving the public and farmers for years. Jigar’s grandfather and father were always ready to solve the problems faced by the farmers of Banaskantha district. Jigar’s father passed away in 2011, due to which he understood the responsibilities at a young age and was determined to take care of his father’s work. Jigar Desai is known today as a Young Social Activist in Banaskantha District. The Gujarat government implements farmer-friendly schemes, and Jigar Desai personally visits farmers to explain the benefits of these initiatives. And if a farmer needs a loan to start farming, Jigar promises to assist them as much as possible through his bank.

In the years 2015 and 2017, Gujarat received heavy rainfall. In the Banaskantha district, many were displaced from their homes. Road connectivity became difficult to reach out for food, water, etc. During such a humanitarian crisis, Jigar Desai and a team arranged for food packets, distributed kits along with NDRF and called for helicopters to rescue people. He personally went down to villages to see the conditions of the affected citizens and helped them afterwards.

To understand the agricultural field and farming depth, Jigar Desai has taken training from NABARD – National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in Sikkim and Shimla. His sheer dedication and hard work made him work towards the benefits of society. From this training, he learnt the difficulties of farming and how one can take measures to develop the rural areas.

In the times of the covid-19 pandemic, a lot of people suffered from it. Blood donation camps were organized by Banaskantha District Youth Front, where Jigar Desai participated. This camp took place at Palanpur and Dhanera in the mid of the second wave of Covid19, intending to alleviate the shortage of blood to the needy patients in the district.

Jigar Desai wishes to continue the social work he has been doing for years. He wants to dedicate his time to the betterment of society and the development of the rural areas of his District. If he got the opportunity, he would like to serve the people of his district by entering the hard-core politics of Gujarat in future.

New Delhi (India), November 18: In the backdrop of the existing Covid-19 pandemic, Sesame Workshop India (SWI) has taken its water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) initiatives to the next level. SWI has partnered with Planet Water Foundation and is targeting the diarrheal season (diarrhoea death’s peak in the month of January) to renew and reinforce the need for washing hands and maintaining hygiene as a sure-shot means of avoiding the disease, which is the 8^th-highest cause of deaths globally. Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old and was responsible for the deaths of 370,000  children in 2019 (WHO data).

Safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene are crucial to children’s health and well-being. With the growth in digital communication techniques, SWI has focused on technology and storytelling to bridge the communication gap and reach out to the children and their families to catalyse a paradigm shift in the habits of the masses.

With support from Planet Water Foundation, SWI recently launched a special handwashing song – Chhapa Chhap (available here https://youtu.be/3AQwLslNHqg) featuring children’s favourite muppets Elmo, Cookie Monster and Abby, giving out the message of washing hands using soap to safeguard them against the life-threatening diseases. Additionally, to promote hand hygiene habits amongst children, Sesame Workshop India has been amplifying the message via engaging videos, e-books, and posters that were developed as part of its global initiative –‘Caring for Each Other’, through various social media platforms.

Sesame Workshop India has always focused on visual modes of communication, which create entertainment, virality, enjoyment, recall and bridges the language divide. Its mass-market initiatives – television shows, community radio initiatives focus on building communities of change.

To help children grow smarter, stronger and kinder and create a world of possibilities for them, SWI has been engaging with 216 million children in India below the age of 8 across homes, classrooms and communities with content and programs on early literacy and numeracy, WASH and hygiene, nutrition, and gender equality. Providing home-based education to over ninety thousand children across nine states, SWI is helping children catch up and be ready for school in the next academic year. Sesame Workshop India develops and distributes high-quality and engaging content through television, radio, community radio (CR), digital and on-ground outreach initiatives.

Radio over Telephone has been a very effective technique to ensure that complete households can consume the messages together in communities which have no access to any other form of communication and outreach mediums, making it a unique initiative to influence the hitherto unserved rural population.

Planet Water Foundation is a non-profit organization focused on bringing clean water to the world’s most impoverished communities through the installation of community-based water filtration systems and the deployment of hygiene education programs.Its projects are focused on schools, children, and rural communities. Since 2009, Planet Water has deployed more than 1,500 projects that provide clean water access to more than two million people across 15 countries.

Kristen Steele, Vice President, Education and creator of Planet Water Foundation’s water-health and hygiene education materials and school implementation platform, said that “Handwashing is a cost-effective, healthy hygiene habit that can prevent many diseases amongst people and save lives. While the pandemic has led to an increase in the levels of awareness about handwashing, we aim to continue to emphasize upon the sustenance of this hygiene behaviour with Sesame Workshop India.

Supporting the health and hygiene needs of young children of India, Sonali Khan, Managing Director, Sesame Workshop India, said that “Via our partnership with Planet Water Foundation, we aim to further boost messages on handwashing with Elmo and Chamki to children who are at a higher risk of suffering from the preventable diseases like diarrhoea, any kind of flu, etc. and achieve positive health and hygiene outcomes to meet their developmental needs.”

Expresses Gratitude to Police for their valuable role during Corona Pandemic Period

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November17: Bank of Maharashtra, which works on the principle of “Ek Parivar, Ek Bank”, under the Unique initiative taken by The MD and CEO Mr.A. S Rajeev, Honorable Executive Director Mr. Hemant Tamta & Honorable Executive Director Mr. Vijay Kumar have organized the MahaGrahakParicharcha across its 1999 branches and 40 Zonal Offices on 15/11/2021.

The Bank has invited all the local Police Thana in-charges at their respective branches vicinity to Commemorate & Express their Gratitude to Police department across the country.

On this special occasion, Zonal Manager, Mumbai North Zone, Bank of Maharashtra, Mr. Ramachandra M Ragiri, along with AGM, Lalit Patel & Chief Manager CPC Vasant Thakkar, held the mega customers conference “MahaGrahakParicharcha” on November 15 at the Bank’s Mumbai North Zonal Office at Bandra East, Mumbai.

Bank has invited Dr.Sadanand Date, IPS, as Chief Guest for the event. Dr. Sadanand Date is currently Posted as SP, CBI, Mumbai, Economic Offence Wing. Mr. Ramachandra facilitated Dr.Sadanand Date with flowers and expressed Bank’s gratitude to all the police officers who did their utmost effort to keep the pandemic situation under control and rebuild Nation.

Dr. Sadanand Date inaugurated the customers’ conference, where he guided the audience on safety precautions while performing Digital Transactions, and also shared many real-life incidences of Digital theft done in the last few years and guided how we should keep an eye on digital activities. He has also requested the bank to keep coming up with strong online secure systems to keep account holders wealth secure.

Mr. Ramachandra, Zonal manager, BoM, while addressing the large gathering, said, “BoM has achieved stupendous growth in India’s banking sector in the recent times, and Bank is headed to become a Mid-Sized Bank within a short span.

He also emphasized that this MahaGrahakParicharcha is aimed at further strengthening the Bank-Customer relations and also celebrating the ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mohatsav’ for India’s 75 years of Independence.

Mr. Ramachandra has said that the Bank’s digital banking initiative has made banking services customer-friendly with the Online Savings Account opening, Maha Secure Digital and Door-Step Banking. Clients can also now apply for any type of loan, be it personal or commercial, through an online application facility. Similarly, the Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSME) unit owners can avail of banking loan facilities starting from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 50 crore under the new MahaSwagatamScheme with attractive interest rates.

BoM is also now aggressively offering Gold Loans at very low-interest rates.

To strengthen the bond with their customers, BoM is now focusing on increasing the Customer Product penetration

For more information, kindly visit the website https://www.bankofmaharashtra.in/

Exclusive Human Milk Diet isn’t Just Nutrition-it’s Medicine

 Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 17: Prematurity is one of the most prevalent causes of neonatal mortality worldwide. Since these babies are born before time, premature mortality is primarily related to the immaturity of the vital organs, making them prone to a higher risk of infections.

In an initiative to reduce the premature mortality rate under the ‘Save Babies’ campaign, NeoLacta Lifesciences is bringing together professionals, parents and members of clinical, community health, and family support organizations to spread awareness about the importance of Exclusive Human Milk Diet (EHMD).

According to Dr. Geetika Gangwani, Lactation Consultant, “I believe healthcare professionals should come forward and support the initiative of ensuring access to an exclusive human milk for newborn infants, especially those with a birth weight less than or equal to1,250 grams because of the overwhelming evidence supporting human milk nutrition for these tiny ones”.

Feeding is considered as a nutritional emergency and should therefore be included in NICU protocols related to nutrition and feeding. For EHMD to be ensured, the availability of pasteurized donor human milk must be facilitated by strengthening the human milk donation and awareness measures. Furthermore, human milk nutritional products, such as Human Milk-based Fortifier, have been used in over 200 super speciality hospitals over the last 2 years since it was introduced in India. Developed markets such as the US, UK and Europe have had this concept for over 20 years.

Dr. Vikram Reddy, Chief Scientific Officer at NeoLacta Lifesciences, informs, “In research, it has been found that infants fed with an exclusive human milk diet have a lower incidence of respiratory complications, gastrointestinal infections, and other serious health problems.

An Exclusive Human Milk Diet is a combination of Mother’s Milk, screened pasteurized human milk from a qualified donor, and a human milk-based fortifier when required. This ensures the infant is not exposed to any source of bovine milk components, thereby minimising the risks associated with prematurity.

“EHMD also significantly reduces the risk of life-threatening conditions such as Sepsis and Necrotising Enterocolitis which are common for premature infants, says Dr. Vikram Reddy.

The exclusive Human Milk Diet has immense benefits beyond just nutrition. Immunological and anti-infective components are one of the unique benefits of human milk, which ensure protection against viral, bacterial, and fungal infections in infants. This is even more important for premature babies who have immature organs and immune systems. In spite of recent advancements in dairy sciences, these components have not been replicated in artificial products such as Infant formula, thus making them exclusive for human milk and human milk-derived products.

Overall, there is a direct correlation between the maintenance of an exclusive human milk diet and lower mortality when compared to a bovine milk-based diet derived from dairy products. Since human milk cannot be synthesised in labs, a donation from voluntary mothers remains the only source and thus has been rightly referred to as liquid gold. ‘Save Babies’ initiative aims to dispel myths about breast milk donation and encourage mothers who wish to donate the excess breast milk, which can potentially save thousands of lives in India.

In essence, human milk has evolved over millions of years to be the optimal choice of superfood for infants. Human milk isn’t just nutrition—it’s medicine.

About NeoLacta Lifesciences

 NeoLacta is the 1^st and only company in India and Asia to have developed a state-of-the-art human milk processing facility compliant to pasteurising guidelines of the World Health Organization along with being ISO 22000:2018 certified, GMP compliant, and FSSAI approved. This helps caregivers and decision-makers adhere to a 100% human milk diet without having to rely on bovine milk-based products, which also contain multiple synthetic additives.

All proprietary equipment has been designed & built by an in-house engineering team to ensure the highest level of safety, hygiene and quality. NeoLacta is the only human milk facility in India to have ISO clean rooms, HACCP certified processes, onsite R&D, chemical and microbial labs and walk-in freezers, which distinguishes NeoLacta from any standard human milk bank. Moreover, the proprietary technologies used for processing makes India the 2^nd nation globally after the US to have a facility of this kind.

Continuing the legacy of supporting parents and clinicians by providing 100% human milk-based neonatal products, operations have been recently launched in the United Kingdom under the banner of NeoKare Nutrition. The founders of both the organisations, NeoLacta and NeoKare, have extensive backgrounds in human milk technology since they were instrumental in establishing the 1^st milk bank in Australia at KEM, Perth, WA, in 2000.

New Delhi (India), November 16: Animal cruelty is tremendously dangerous to human civilization. Those who are cruel to animals are frequently cruel to humans as well. For offenses ranging from domestic abuse to cheating to horrendous assault, a statistically significant percentage of people end up in prison. As a result, anyone in your neighbourhood who is aggressive against animals or who promotes violence and breaching the law through social media platforms such as WhatsApp should be kept on the lookout. The number and diversity of cruel and criminal acts perpetrated against animals have increased dramatically. This has risen significantly during the COVID era when people fearful for their futures and irritated at being confined for so long turned their rage on animals and animal feeders. Poisoning, stoning, pursuing, running over, relocating street animals, and harassing, beating, and intimidating animal workers all became commonplace.

Some RWAs make it a rule that pets are not allowed on the premises. Some excellent residents for animal feeding. Some pet owners are charged extra maintenance fees. Some people designate areas where animals are not permitted. Some guards are given orders to hit community animals. Animals are prohibited in some elevators.

The following is a quick reference guide for pet owners and RWAs on the ground laws:

• No RWA has the authority to prohibit people from having animals. This is supported by two High Court decisions as well as society registrars.
• RWAs are unable to impose penalties on people who maintain dogs.
• No RWA has the authority to prohibit pets from using lifts, but, if questioned, owners can use alternate operating lifts if they are conveniently accessible and comfortable.
• No RWA has the authority to ask a resident to give up their pet.
• There may be times when a pet owner’s dog barks, which may be irritating to the neighbours. According to the standards, noise is a form of expression that must be tolerated. However, pet parents are encouraged to assist as much as possible in the circumstances to prevent causing difficulty to their neighbours.

RWA resolutions that may harm animals violate Section 11 (3) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960. It is also against Article 51 A (g) of the Constitution, which provides for protection and improvement of the natural environment, including forests, lakes, rivers, and wildlife, and to have compassion for living creatures. However, maintaining the peace and beauty of your housing society is your responsibility, too. Pet owners should talk to their RWAs on how to dispose of pet faeces and other waste. The RWA can also designate pet corners and spaces for this purpose. It is also stated that pet owners, carers, and dog walkers must ensure that if their pet defecates in public places, the owner is responsible for keeping the area clean. The guidelines state, “It is underlined that each residential community and complex must determine which way works best for them, and solutions cannot be imposed on anyone.” Pets must be vaccinated regularly, and sterilization is recommended to prevent unlawful breeding.

Consider your dog to be a child that expects his loving parents to provide him love, support, protection, and respect. By ignoring his pleas to play, walk, or leave him behind, you will never be able to resist your canine’s need for support and love. Keep in mind that you have family, friends, a career, and a pastime, whereas your dog has no one except you, and you are his top priority.

Visit: https://www.peopleforanimalsbangalore.org/

New Delhi (India), November 16: Buying branded clothes could be cumbersome as certain brands follow the UK size while others follow the USA size as the body frame of Indian men and women vary from their counterparts in the UK and the US. A specific size of one brand could vary from the specific size of the other brand in apparel. Usually, the consumer compromises on the fit of his shirt or a pant while buying the branded clothes.

Among several problems, a common example is that of the size of the neck of Indian males, which vary from their counterparts in the West. Indian males tend to have a slightly thicker neck as compared to the Western male of his category.

This anomaly won’t be experienced by customers anymore as India is poised to come out with its own size chart – INDIA SIZE that will usher in a drastic change in the Indian Garment industry. To counter this problem at the grass-root level, the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), under the aegis of the Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, has initiated a massive national sizing survey to create an anthropometric database of measurements for Indians, which is a true representative of the entire Indian population.

After having completed the sizing process in New Delhi, it is being carried out with full steam now in Mumbai by NIFT, having completed in two malls – Orion mall and Inorbit Mall. Currently, they are rapidly executing the process in R-City Mall, Ghatkopar in this city. INDIA SIZE is expected to roll out sometime later next year.

The survey is being carried since July 2021 by the support of Design Smith Pvt. Ltd. The monumental project approved by the Government of India and supported by industry consortium CMAI entails measuring more than 25000 (Twenty-Five Thousand) people in the age group of 15- 65 years in six different cities located in six regions of India i.e. New Delhi (North), Mumbai (West), Chennai (South), Hyderabad (Centre), Kolkata (East) and Shillong (North-East) using non-contact human safe 3D body scanning technology.

Inauguration of Delhi Leg took place at Select Citywalk in the presence of Secretary Textiles (MoT) Upendra Prasad Singh, DG NIFT Mr Shantmanu and AS & FA (MoT) Shashi Ranjan Kumar.

Junagadh (Gujarat) [India], November 13: Axit Maheta, 19, has become the youngest leader in the history of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to head the party’s social media cell in Gujarat’s Junagadh city.

Junagadh BJP President Punit Sharma and Gujarat BJP President CR Paatil appointed Maheta as the convener of the BJP’s social media wing in Junagadh. He has become the BJP’s youngest leader in history to take on the most important responsibility.

“Axit Maheta has set a record in the BJP party by becoming the convener of the BJP’s social media cell at the very young age of 19 years,” a senior party functionary in Junagadh said.

Maheta is the youngest entrepreneur in Junagadh, the founder of Fwitty India and Ramayana Group of Companies. He is an excellent orator at the public meetings in Junagadh. He is also the owner of thrice business and the youngest leader of his vast Junagadh area in Gujarat.

Following his appointment as the BJP’s Junagadh social media cell leader at the youngest age, Maheta has been receiving numerous greetings from party leaders, friends, and youths from across Gujarat.

New Delhi (India), November 15: Unexpected journeys often lead to adventures beyond our wildest dreams. ”This quote perfectly encapsulates our ongoing journeys in Sai Seva Sansthan Trust. As per Sharad Singh, Founder and President of Sai Seva Sansthan Trust, when I started my journey as a social entrepreneur, it was not my first choice career. However, my unplanned choice has proven to be gratifying beyond measure. It was an unconventional yet momentous start to a new and exciting World of Social entrepreneurship, which I continue to explore over the years. I bear witness to the revolutionary changes that have happened in this field over the past one decade.

Trust’s secy and founder Nikhil Singh, who is not new to the World of Entrepreneurship affirmed, in my initial years of Social entrepreneurship, I was confined to providing and managing food and shelter to the needy section of the society, But after the launch of the trust, we have a plethora of newer ideas. Nikhil consistently strives to make pivotal transformations to the social entrepreneurship sector. With 5 strong years behind him, his peers vouch for his intelligence, integrity and his strong will. The man with a golden heart, as he is popularly known, Nikhil Singh is also at the forefront when it comes to the social well-being of society. Nikhil aims to create a 100-bed hospital and 3 primary schools in Delhi and UP. Nikhil has always believed in helping out the community at every stage of his career as a social entrepreneur. Even as the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, the trust stood strong and ensured food for more than 2000 migrants. From Helping those to stock up on groceries to ensuring people went back safely to their hometowns and to creating awareness for the massive vaccination drive for immigrant workers.

Sai Seva Sansthan Trust made sure everyone around them was being taken care of. During the lockdown, Sai Seva Trust members took it personally upon themselves to help stranded labourers and migrant workers. Sai Seva Sansthan Trust made provisions for meals and stay for migrant workers helping them to stay back during the lockdown period. The trust members distributed food packets per person daily to the needy and poor in and around during that period. Sai Seva Sansthan Trustees have realised that it is not only them, but many other Covid warriors too have contributed during the tough times of lockdown, and now it’s high time to honour such warriors. The first-ever Sai Seva Sansthan Trust Social Service Awards will take place in the month of January 2022. The awards will be given by top celebrities, journalists and politicians.

Sai Seva Sansthan Trust President Sharad Singh said, “Sai Seva Sansthan Trust recognizes these social entrepreneurs and warriors for the outstanding performance and contribution to the society; we want to encourage them by conferring awards to motivate and encourage them. As per Secy Nikhil Singh, This is the opportunity that can bring together Doctors, teachers, Journalists and other sectors where all can share and celebrate the business and brands that work towards positioning India as the top Nation in The World. The Social Service awards provide participants with complete transparency during the judging process, and the only emphasis is merit-based awards. Further, as the number of participants grows, it also paves the way for a highly resourceful business and social community to be built comprising business professionals from diverse sectors. Additionally, the Sai Seva Sansthan trust Social Service Awards provide an opportunity for participants to attain branding and exposure in multiple pre and post events.