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Mar 2022

Sep 21, 2022

Lava International Signs Actor Kartik Aaryan Brand Ambassador

Domestic handset maker Lava International signed Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan as its brand ambassador. Aaryan would endorse Lava's smartphones category. The home-grown brand would launch a 360-degree marketing campaign with the actor soon.
Apart from the new marketing campaign featuring the Bollywood actror, Lava is also set to launch its new range of smartphones.

Comedian Raju Srivastava Dies

Comedian Raju Srivastava died in September 2022 at the age of 58, after 41 days of hospitalisation.
Raju was in the entertainment industry since the 1980s and shot to fame after participating in the first season of the reality stand-up comedy show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge in 2005.
He has also appeared in supporting roles in Hindi films such as Maine Pyar Kiya, Baazigar, the remake of Bombay to Goa and Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiya. He was the chairman of the Film Development Council Uttar Pradesh.

Soviet Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov Passes Away

Valery Polyakov, the Soviet cosmonaut who set the record for the longest single stay in space, died at age 80. Polyakov's record of 437 days in space began Jan. 8, 1994, when he and two others blasted off on a two-day flight to the Soviet space station Mir.
While aboard Mir, he orbited the Earth more than 7,000 times, before returning March 22, 1995.
Polyakov previously had spent 288 days in space on a mission in 1988-89.

Sep 19, 2022

Former Union Minister Manikrao Gavit Dies

Former Union Minister and Congress leader Manikrao Gavit died in Maharashtra's Nashik. Gavit was 87.
A nine-time Lok Sabha MP, Gavit represented the tribal-dominated Nandurbar constituency from 1980 to 2009 and lost the election in 2014.
Gavit's son Bharat joined the BJP after he was denied a ticket by the Congress in 2019, while daughter Nirmala, a two-time Congress MLA from Igatpuri, joined the Shiv Sena and lost her seat.
Gavit served as the Union Minister of state home in the Manmohan Singh government in 2004 and minister of state social justice in 2013.

Climate Activist Vanessa Nakate Appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

U.N. children's agency UNICEF named Vanessa Nakate, a 25-year-old Ugandan climate activist as goodwill ambassador.
Inspired by Sweden's Greta Thunberg, Nakate began her climate action in 2019 and has since founded the Rise up Movement and addressed global climate summits.
Globally half the world's 2.2 billion children live in one of the 33 countries, classified by UNICEF's Children's Climate Risk Index as "extremely highrisk" of the impacts of climate change. According to UNICEF, the top 10 countries are all in Africa.

Sep 12, 2022

Archaeologist B. B. Lal Passes Away

Veteran archaeologist and Padma Vibhushan awardee BB Lal died aged 101. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid rich tributes, saying that he will be remembered as a great intellectual who "deepened our connect with our rich past".
Mr. Lal served as the director general of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1968 to 1972. He had reportedly found temple-like pillars during excavation at the Ayodhya site in the mid-70s, where the Ram temple is now being built.

Pintola Names Sunil Chhetri as Brand Ambassador

Pintola, the homegrown food brand, got onboard the skipper of the Indian national football team, Sunil Chhetri, as brand ambassador.
The renowned Indian football player would be the face of the entity's nut butter brand in a multi-year deal. With this collaboration, Chhetri marked his first collaboration with an FMCG brand in the country.
Pintola was launched in 2012, and since then it has been helmed as one of the leading brands in India in its respective category. It is also one of the major brands in online sales across e-commerce mediums.

Sep 09, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II Passes Away

Queen Elizabeth II, the U.K.'s longest-serving monarch, died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier.
The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change.
With her death, her eldest son Charles, the former Prince of Wales, will lead the country in mourning as the new King and head of state for 14 Commonwealth realms.
The impact of her loss will be huge and unpredictable, both for the nation and for the monarchy, an institution she helped stabilise and modernise across decades of huge social change and family scandals.

Legendary Artist Ramchandra Manjhi Passes Away

Padma Shri awardee Ramchandra Manjhi, whose performance in Bhojpuri folk dance 'Naach' for eight decades helped the preservation of the ailing art form died at the age of 97.
Manjhi was a famous performer of 'Launda Naach', a sub-set of 'Naach', in which men crossdress as women. His passion for the dance form even in old age has brought him several honours, including Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2017) and Padma Shri (2021).
Born in Saran district in Bihar in 1925, Manjhi was the last scion of the legendary Bhikhari Thakur's 'Naach' form of folk dance. He was one of the members of the original troupe of Bhikhari Thakur, known as Shakespeare of Bhojpuri language.

Sep 08, 2022

Indian Boxer Birju Sah Passes Away

Indian boxer, Birju Sah passed away at the age of 48. He was the first Indian boxer to win medals at both the Asian and Commonwealth Games. Birju Sah won bronze medals at both the Commonwealth & Asian Games in 1994 and also won bronze in the light flyweight (45-48kg) division.
Birju Sah, though once ranked seventh in the world rankings, struggled to make ends meet after his retirement. He worked as a security guard in the Tatanagar area in Jamshedpur but stayed connected with his sport by coaching underprivileged kids from nearby areas for free.

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