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Oct 04, 2021

Kangana Ranaut is Brand Ambassador of U.P.'s 'One District-One Product' Scheme

The Uttar Pradesh government named actress Kangana Ranaut as the brand ambassador of its ambitious 'one district-one product' programme.
The actor met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at his official residence in Lucknow.
The U.P. government has launched the ODOP programme with the aim to create product-specific traditional industrial hubs across 75 districts of the State.

Oct 03, 2021

Ranveer Singh is India's NBA Brand Ambassador

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has named Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh as its brand ambassador for India. He will work with the NBA to help grow the league's profile in India throughout its landmark 75th anniversary season in 2021-22. For the 2021-22 season, Singh will participate in a number of league initiatives that will be featured on NBA India's and his personal social media accounts.
The NBA is a global sports and media business built around four professional sports leagues: the National Basketball Association, Women's National Basketball Association, the NBA G League and the NBA 2K League. The NBA games and programming is available in 215 countries and territories and merchandise for sale in more than 100,000 stores in 100 countries.

Sep 29, 2021

Mastercard Ropes Magnus Carlsen as its Global Ambassador

The financial services company, Mastercard Inc. named Magnus Carlsen, the highest-rated chess player of all time, as its global brand ambassador. This step is part of a move by Mastercard for adding chess in its coveted list of sports sponsorship. It has joined the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour as an official partner, in its first sponsorship move into chess.
The Norwegian chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen joined the like of other competitive players' line-up of ambassadors like Lionel Messi, Naomi Osaka, Crystal Dunn and Dan Carter.

Padma Shri Recipient Bala Balachandran Passes Away

Bala V. Balachandran, founder chairman and dean (emeritus) of Great Lakes Institute of Management passed away at Chicago.
He was also a J L Kellogg distinguished professor of accounting and information management (emeritus in service), Northwestern University.
He helped recruit the first set of faculty members to IIM Bangalore in the late 1960s and also set up the management department at the MDI at Gurgaon through a joint collaboration with UNDP, Wharton and Kellogg. Working closely with N Chandrababu Naidu, his vision for a one-year-fast-track MBA program for working professionals was realized with the ISB in 2000 where he was on the Dean-search, faculty and curriculum committees.
In 2004, he trained his sights on his native Tamil Nadu to set up Great Lakes Institute of Management which today has another campus at Gurgaon and is considered as one of the top B-schools in the country. He received Padma Shri in 2001 for his contribution to education.

Sep 27, 2021

Golgo 13: Manga Creator Takao Saito Passes Away

Manga artist Takao Saito, who created the longest-running Japanese comic book series of all time, died aged 84.
Saito's best-known work was Golgo 13, the tale of a professional hitman, first published in 1968 and later adapted into games and films.
Its 201st edition came out in July 2021, breaking the Guinness world record for the most volumes ever published of a single manga series.
Born in western Japan in 1936, Saito had his first manga cartoon published in 1955, while he was working as a barber.
The success of another of his works, 1960's Typhoon Goro, led him to move from Osaka to Tokyo and launch his own production company.

Women's Rights Activist Kamla Bhasin Passes Away

Eminent women's rights activist, poet and author Kamla Bhasin passed away. She was 75.
Bhasin has been a prominent voice in the women's movement in India and other South Asian countries.
Kamla Bhasin's death is a big setback for the women's movement in India and the South Asian region.

Sep 26, 2021

Manika Sheokand is Haryana's Ambassador for Save Water Campaign

The Haryana Government appointed Femina Miss Grand India-2021 Manika Sheokand as the goodwill ambassador for Water Conservation Campaign.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar handed over appointment letter and an agreement to Manika at a programme organised at Haryana Niwas.

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