Velvet Vibes released its new song ‘Mehndi Te Vavi’ by DJ/producer duo, Lost Stories and singer, Jonita Gandhi. The music video features Telugu actress Simran Choudhary and YouTube + Instagram influencer Manav Chabbra aka Mr.MNV. It’s a fresh rendition of the traditional Gujarati folk track that celebrates the beautiful ‘Mehndi’ ceremony.

Lost Stories reimagined the classic number by incorporating their peculiar sound that perfectly complements Jonita’s soothing, melodic vocals. Both artists with their respective treatments have created a sonic experience that is novel, and sure to transport listeners into a pure festive spirit.

The music video captures the blossoming and captivating love between Simran and Manav. Mr. MNV showcases relatable emotions of longing & the joy of seeing your loved one, making it truly wholesome to watch & experience.

Talking about the song Lost Stories says, “We are so stoked to have collaborated with Jonita Gandhi once again for ‘Mehndi Te Vavi’. Growing up in Gujarati families, we have always been exposed to such beautiful music that we decided to go back to our roots and reinterpret it in our own way. We tried to create a unique blend of a cinematic arrangement with lo-fi elements to enliven the track and elevate it, using our signature elements. We are just getting started on this wedding EP and can’t wait to share it with the world soon.”

Elated with the collaboration with Velvet Vibes and Lost Stories, Jonita Gandhi says,” Beyond the great music they produce, Lost Stories are more than just colleagues, they’re friends, and that makes the entire creation process really fun and such a breeze. Mehndi Te Vavi is one of the first Gujarati songs I ever sang while growing up. It’s a lovely wedding song and I think the Lost Stories touch will keep this track on your playlists all year long!

“I love the vibe of the song so much and I’m so happy that the video has turned out how I wanted it to be. Also, super thrilled to be debuting on Velvet Vibes with this amazing song”, says Manav Chhabra

The collaboration of Velvet Vibes with Lost Stories and Jonita Gandhi for Mehndi Te Vavi is the new bookmark for this wedding season. Gracing the occasion, while matching the delicate sentiments of jitters, love, excitement and anticipation – the song is sure to amp up the aura of the ceremony – in an unmatchable way.

‘‘Mehndi Te Vavi’ is composed by Lost Stories and directed by Sarthak Cheema. The music video production has been done by Native Film. The track is available on Velvet Vibes Music’s official YouTube channel, and across all streaming platforms.

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She burst out onto the Indian fiction scene with no less than a bang, with her seventh novel, He loved me enough to let me go. Now, eight years and seven books, she’s one of the most sought-after Indian authors, purely for her sharp wit, her highly relatable humour, and characters you can’t wait to sink your teeth in. And with her latest, He loved me enough to let me go, she proves that she can get your heart racing, even with thrilling action sequences, and whirlwind romances are her core strength. We may not have had the luck of meeting her face-to-face, but here are excerpts from our online interview.

You’ve written seven books thus far. Which is your favourite and why?

Huma Tanweer: Every book I write is special for me, each for whatever I went through while writing it – the creative process, the people I met and spoke to or stayed with, the worlds I discovered and tried to write about. I have huge affection for all my work, even though there are (many!) cringe-worthy moments when I reread the pages.

You’ve written about romance, relationships, politics, Indian family dynamics, women and gender issues, feminism and advertising – is there a field you’ve wanted to cover but haven’t yet?

Huma Tanweer: There are lots of unexplored spaces, and I want to cover of all them!

There’s sexism in every field. Have you faced instances of sexism as an author? How have you countered that, if at all?

Huma Tanweer: Well, I do find people have this polite, faintly patronizing attitude, like ‘oh you write chick-lit, how nice for you.’ But I don’t let that get to me.

It’s been said often enough that when you read plenty, you write better. Does that hold true for you?

Huma Tanweer: Yes, I think reading makes one write better. When I wasn’t writing myself, I read for story, for action and humour and plot. Now that I’m an (ahem!) author myself, I find myself reading for craft – for language and texture and literary flourishes and all kinds of finer things. However, I feel this latter way is the wrong way to read, because as a reader I loathe writers who lack plot and over-embellish and get self-indulgent. So, my readings gotten a little complex and confused now!  But as a writer, the attempt is always to deliver quality in both writing, and in plot.

A lot of elements in your novel resonate with who you are as a person, or with people in your life – whether it’s Aarushi’s character, or the life in Kashmir. Does that come instinctively? And do you think all writing should have a personal connect, in some way?

Huma Tanweer: I think we’re on stronger ground when we’re drawing from life. We write with authority when we’re writing with authenticity.

How do you reach into yourself and imagine such stories?

Huma Tanweer: Growing up, there would be a lot of sitting around on a double bed drinking chai and eating food, talking family politics and gossip. Because I was a jovial, carefree and don’t-give-a-damn sort of a person, I’d be lying around, listening to a lot of age-inappropriate stuff, and nobody would notice. My childhood impressions are very strong. I have a good memory. Although, my interaction with my father was minimal, but I’d heard so many vivid stories about his life during those duple-bed chai sessions that I could write a book about it!

It’s important to have a rich conversation. I am very interested in people and what their real shit is. Not the uparkibaat. I talk a lot to people. Even people whom I meet on a flight or at a literature festival. If you can unlock something, they haven’t told anybody else, it’s like winning a chocolate in a contest.  A very, very special chocolate! I really treasure that.

What gives you the confidence to speak to just anyone?

Huma Tanweer: Chai?!! Or really good food! I’ll be like, “Ya, let’s have chai, let’s chat.” We’ll go somewhere and stare deeply into each other’s eyes for hours and talk. I enjoy people who are willing to talk about themselves. But one thing I cannot do is polite conversation. That married couple socializing scene with its boring, fake conversation. I zone out, make excuses and leave because I’m terrible at it. It gives me a headache. I’ve left all those kinds of WhatsApp groups now. They just eat up your time and give nothing in return. You must weed out of your life.

I love that you can be so arrogant!

Huma Tanweer: Everyone has something that is their jalwa. We are all arrogant about something. One hundred percent you’ve got something too. Like all those people who go to Bombay to become actors. Clearly, they see something on the screen, and they think, “I can do this.” Or somebody who’s good at science will say, “I can crack this, or make this.”

I’m only selectively arrogant. I’m not confident about many other things. I can’t cook. I can’t swim. And don’t even talk to me about my tax returns! But I am a little arrogant about my writing.

Do you ever encounter difficulty in writing?

Huma Tanweer: Writing has always been my escape. I go back to it compulsively. I suddenly wake up at the night wanting to write. It sounds very shallow, but I have written in when people around me were unwell. I have written a very sunny, happy scene in times of great sorrow because that’s my way of switching off.

And then something happened in my life, I couldn’t write at all. It was like a muscle that wouldn’t work anymore. That just blew my brain sideways.

How can you protect for the pain that happens?

Huma Tanweer: I tend to write very sunny, happy books. I have a naive sort of belief in the goodness of people and the existence of romance. If something shatters my illusions, then it becomes tough. But pain avoidance cannot be a life policy. I always tell my fellow authors that it’s ridiculous to use pain avoidance as a strategy. You’ll never do anything.

I tend to go at things full on and not have any protective armor. But I’ve also become very good at JOMO (joy of missing out) and not doing things I don’t want to do.

What does success mean to you?

Huma Tanweer: There are two parts to it. One is your personal standards based on your ideology. It’s very important to be personally satisfied with what you put out. You should like it.  The other is that people should like it. Like you go to a party and someone says, “Beta yeh kitaabpadha, bahut acchalikhatumne.”

I’d be quite sad if I wrote stuff that I thought was great and everyone was like, “What is this shit?” That’s real too. What’s not real is how much I got paid or whether I won any awards.

At last, how do you deal with criticism?

Huma Tanweer: I think I have a healthy relationship with feedback. I realize that it’s constructive. Of course, sometimes when a person just hates you, it is not constructive. But I can suss that out.

I sense that the person is coming from their own place of hurt or their own weird motivation and that really, it’s got nothing to do with my book and so I don’t take it personally.

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Instagram influencers are becoming sensations now, Gautam Gupta, who is also a content creator on Instagram, has gained over 100,000 followers organically. Gautam is a Fashion Influencer and Product reviewer mostly known for his authentic product reviews among his audience. Gautam is also having a Tech Channel on YouTube by the Name of Gautam T4Tech. 

Gautam has been working as an influencer on Instagram since 2018 and in just the last 2 years he attracted an audience of more than 100,000 people on his profile and has worked with some big brands to mark their impact over his audience size. With more than 100,000 people on his Instagram, brands are loving to work with him, that’s why an engaged audience can get you if you post genuine content, the new wave of social media influencers is surely proving beneficial for creators like Gautam.

He started his carrier as an Influencer in 2018 and now in 2021. He gained a massive audience of 1 Lakh People and also the family members of Gautam Had supported him a lot in every situation .

Gautam is just a 19 year old College student but still he managed to get more than 100,000 audience on his Instagram. And he also runs a YouTube channel. How he manages all his Instagram, YouTube work with his college life is really good and we can say that time management is one of his skills.

We all know how much competition is growing nowadays on Social media and some influencers have only followers but they do not have their influence on their audience. That’s why sometimes brands face some issues while approaching the right influencer to work with them who helps them to reach their product to more audience and help them to grow. 

Gautam is one of the People who can help you. He achieved more than 100k followers in such a short span of time and worked with some big brands. He is one of the influencers who grew organically that’s why he has an influence on his audience. 

From the last 2 years, Gautam has worked with more than 100+ brands such as ZEE5, ColorsTV, Dettol , The Man Company, Havells , ET Money , Lays , Bingo, Mediatek , Parachute (Hair Care Brand) and many other famous big brands.

Gautam’s Instagram profile –  https://www.instagram.com/igautam_gupta

YouTube Channel Link – https://www.youtube.com/GautamT4Tech

He had worked with many famous brands because of his strong influence on his audience. Many Brands worked with him many times because they got results after working with him. 

Some Instagram influencers only have followers but they do not have any impact on their audience and if you are a brand or have a product and want to market your product with an audience with the help of an Instagram influencer then you should find who has an impact on their audience.

Gautam is a living example of how brands and creators collaborations should be like, for creators who have experience in their work, Gautam really stands out among other fellow influencers.

Gautam also has good knowledge of Technology products. He also has a YouTube channel by the name of Gautam T4 Tech where he tells his audience about Smartphone’s and also doing reviews mostly about tech products . You can see his videos on YouTube where he gives reviews on Smartphone’s and tells his audience whether this device is good for them or not. He also worked with big Smartphone brands like OnePlus , Motorola & Lenovo etc .

From His childhood till now , he always have interest in technology products and even the thing is that when someone has a damaged or problem in computer or any windows related problem he solves his/her laptop or computer problem very easily . So this indicates still Gautam is passionate about tech products or latest gizmos

Not Only his YouTube Journey Ends Here , also he had made 250+ video’s on YouTube and had more than 400,000+ Views On His YouTube Channel (Name – GautamT4Tech)

At this time of social media where some influencers are facing to grow their social media handles, some influencers who grow organically and have an impact on their audience with years of experience in their work are working fine and helping brands to reach their products to more audience.

He also thanks his followers who have also motivated him with a positive mindset that has helped him to grow as a perfect Influencer.

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Recently the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) conducted a survey regarding the impact of Covid-19 on the lives of school-going children which showed nearly 77 million children have been shut out of classrooms for the past 18 months. Unicer called out the situation as an ”Educational Crisis”.

The agency also made a statement that it will be closing down its social media channels for the next 18 hours to send one message to the world: #ReopenSchools for in-person learning as soon as possible, UN News reported.

“117 million students, representing 7,5% of the total student population, are still affected by complete school closures in 18 countries. The number of countries with partly open schools has declined from 52 to 41 over the same period. Schools have remained closed for a total period of 18 months in five countries, accounting for 77 million students,” UNICEF said in a statement.

In all countries having experienced prolonged full school closures, education was provided through a combination of online classes, printed modules, as well as TV and radio lessons.

“For UNICEF, the right to go to school is central to every child’s development, safety, and well-being. Yet in too many countries, classrooms remain closed while social gatherings continue to take place in restaurants, salons, and gyms,” the UN agency said. It further added that “this generation of children and youth, cannot afford any more disruptions to their education.”

New numbers from UNESCO, released this Thursday, show that schools are now fully open in 117 countries, with 539 million students back in classrooms, ranging from pre-primary to secondary levels.

This represents 35 percent of the total student population across the world, compared to 16 percent who returned to school in September 2020, when schools were only open, or partially open, in 94 countries.

UNESCO and its other partners have been advocating for the safe reopening of schools, urging full closures to be used as a measure of last resort. The agency said the past two academic years have resulted in learning losses and an increased dropout rate.
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A bunch of international researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool that will help in detecting the amount of oxygen a Covid-19 patient might need during hospital surveillance. In order to check the credibility of the AI tool, researchers come in the way and survey the necessary Artificial Intelligence device in a number of hospitals across five continents.

Journal Nature Medicine on Thursday analysed the outcomes of nearly about 10,000 Covid-19  patients. Further an algorithm has been used to examine chest X-rays  and electronic health data of hospital patients showing covid-19 symptoms. Researchers named this technique as ‘federated learning’. The reports suggested that the oxygen needed within  24 hours of a patient’s arrival in an emergency ward constitutes 95% sensitivity and over 88% specificity. 

“Federated learning has transformative power to bring AI innovation to the clinical workflow,” said Professor Fiona Gilbert, from the University of Cambridge in the UK, who led the study.

“Usually in AI development, when you create an algorithm on one hospital’s data, it doesn’t work well at any other hospital,” said study first author Ittai Dayan, from Mass General Bingham in the US.

The multimodal data assisted the researchers to construct a generalisable model which will further become the support system of frontline physicians operating globally. The whole system was made ready within the timeline of ‘“ weeks” to achieve high quality predictions. North & south America, Europe and Asia were the prime countries where collaborators were brought down to produce effective results and efficient techniques. 

“Federated Learning allowed researchers to collaborate and set a new standard for what we can do globally, using the power of AI,” said Mona G Flores, Global Head for Medical AI at healthcare technology company NVIDIA

“This will advance AI not just for healthcare but across all industries looking to build robust models without sacrificing privacy,” Ms. Flores said.
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Proving to be a series of transformational sessions on life, leadership, and business, Success Gyan’s 4th Super Growth Summit online recently witnessed training sessions from a line-up of world-class coaches and thought leaders in their respective fields. The speaker line-up, headlined by ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’ author Robert Kiyosaki, also saw Indian monk and corporate guru Swami Sukhabodhananda, along with ‘master of the masters’ speaker and trainer Blair Singer share their wisdom and techniques developed over several decades.

The two world-renowned speakers were joined by 12 more world-class trainers who touch millions of lives and help with holistic growth and transformation in the fields of career, business, leadership, health, lifestyle, and productivity. The first three Super Growth Summits conducted were attended by almost 30,000 people.

Speaking at the fourth Super Growth Summit, speaker and bestselling author Blair Singer said: “Covid-19 revealed cracks in the very foundation of the things we thought to be solid, sacred and we could bet our lives on – such as healthcare, financial systems, and education. Think of it as two curves. The curve of technology is going up steeply, which means we can do more with less. But the second curve, the confidence curve of people, is going down. Covid happened at the intersection of these curves, and has brought the future to the right now.”

Singer, who has scaled Mount Kilimanjaro 10 times now, looks at the ascent and descent as a journey with challenges but one that teaches you life skills.

“A revolution in education is going to take education out of school and bring it home. If you learn from the best trainers in the world, you must give it back and teach. Education is about four elements, but school mostly focuses on the mental element, which is your ability to memorize and regurgitate information. We’re also emotional, physical, and mental beings. School misses this holographic image. Alcoholism and substance abuse is increasing day by day, and mental health has been plummeting since last year. This is an opportunity for trainers and future trainers.”

He also stressed upon knowledge being based on empathy, and not opinion.

On the other hand, Swami Sukhabodhananda, an Indian spiritual master who blends the ancient Vedic wisdom and knowledge of various world philosophies with modern thoughts to provide tools to grow in life talked about success and failure, how to explore new shores, evolve new paradigms, and survive new challenges in this changing world without losing balance.

“Can you be a giver in all aspects of your life, instead of a beggar, is a question I ask. If success happens in your life, now you should ‘give’ celebration and rejoice in your success. Many millionaires are rich but they are not feeling rich, because they don’t have a celebratory attitude. Everyone faces failure, but instead of being a victim of failure if you can learn from it. Success is not defined by what others tell you to be successful. It is getting what you like.

“Success is not the be-all and end-all of life. Your brain has to learn satisfaction. So, getting what you like and liking what you get, when there is a synthesis between these, a dimension called fulfillment happens.”

Surendran J, Founder & CEO, Success Gyan says: “Success Gyan aims to create an ecosystem of world-class teachers and trainers. We want India to be the training capital of the world. Start your learning journeys with us, and your life will never be the same again.”

The event also featured Siddharth Rajsekar, India’s leading info-marketing expert; Rajiv Talreja, the country’s top business coach; Prachi Mayekar, an inspiring transformational coach; Sawan Kapoor, career coach; Puja Puneet, life designer and the founder and CEO of Life by Design; Thaddeus Lawrence, trainer, author, and founder of Runaway Success Learning Practice; Dr. MV Priyank, abundance and wellness coach; and Meghana Dikshit, brain coach and founder of De Mantraa.

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Every child goes through the trajectory of finishing education and ending up with a job. Sudipta Chanda had walked through the same path with a passionate dream in his heart. After passing his engineering, he started working in the corporate. In his heart Sudipta had the dream of working in the film industry with lens in his hand. As we all know that a career in arts and culture is not an easy game. Sudipta was never a person who would give up. He went on working and teaching himself, and posting his photographs online. The social media connections built a network of contacts. At the very beginning of his journey, Chanda made his ground strong by bagging a project of Tollywood Sensation Subhasree Ganguly. He gradually found a job as a photographer and marked a milestone for his future.

With new paths, came in fresh opportunities, like the chance to be the personal photographer of Prosenjit Chattapadhyay. Gradully offers from Surinder Films, Tata Sky, Ananda Bazar Patrika Entertainment and so on started knocking at his door. Starting from Hema Malini, Varun Dhawan, Rani Mukherjee to Aakriti Kakkar, Sudipta had covered it all.

Sudipta is currently working on a script for the OTT Platforms. Just like he learnt photography on his own, he chooses to work as an independent artist as well. A passionate heart has the courage to move ahead and win their dreams. Sudipta made it point to row ahead and strive with hard work and effort to capture all that he had aimed for.

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We have seen a hero in stories, but in real life, there is little faith in the words of such a hero. Such incidents either seem like fiction, or we just make fun of them.The second aspect is also that those who believe in these things and move forward on the path of struggle. Govind Badu works to spread these thoughts and messages among the youth. After traversing a struggling path, Govind has tasted success. In today’s competitive times, Govind Bhadu inspires thousands of youth through his words. When we get tired and become pessimistic, people like Govind help us and show us the way.

Govind Bhadu says that as he had to cover such a distance due to paucity of resources, he had to remain in dilemma countless times due to lack of experience. It is said that in such times, even his close ones do not support, Govind has also faced these problems in life. He knows very well how difficult it is to persevere in times of struggle. Mr. Bhadu says, “When the hopes start running out, the end of the path may not be seen but still the spirits are high. When such a situation strikes inside you, then you should understand that now you are about to step on the ladder of success. To say that many people support us during this time, encourage them. But unless we ourselves are motivated for it, all the motivation is useless.”

The question is, how will this motivation be awakened? Govind Bhadu says that we hear the story of someone who has faced the same challenges as us and has been able to achieve his objective today, the words of these people give courage to those people. India is a country of youth. In such a situation, it is most important to give direction to the youth here. When every individual achieves his set goal, then the country will automatically reach the pinnacle of success. A book with a key to success does not work in this. We hear that we are influenced by these stories written in books but if we support them through direct listening and discussions, then they become more connected. That’s what affects them the most

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Ajay Devgan will be the face of the brand for the next 2 yrs and will help promote its Gallant & Gallantt advance range of TMT Bars pan India Gallantt Group is one of the leading Indian conglomerates with end to end annual steel manufacturing capacities of more than 1 Million Ton through their multiple state of art fully-integrated steel plants located at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh & Kutch in Gujarat.

Gallantt Group CMD Mr. C.P Agarwal said “we are thrilled to have Mr Ajay Devgan on board and have no doubt that this association will increase our brand recall and strengthen the positioning of brand in Premium category of the targeted market. “

Mr. Agarwal further added “As a brand it is our believe that we are reliable, performing & honest with our commitment that we promise to our customers and these are the same traits which we admire in Mr Ajay Devgan who displays right balance of being a REAL HERO to his family & rock-solid performer both in reel and real life. He commands a huge mass fan following across all the age groups, which will help the brand to pitch its product to the desired customer.”

Commenting on his association with Gallantt , Mr. Ajay Devgan said :
“ I am very proud to be partnering with  Gallantt Group, I believe this is a beginning of a very exciting & memorable  journey and together we can take brand to a future ready deliverance with quality standard products  at its core.”

Brand’s new integrated marketing campaign with Devgan is strategized & designed by Liquid Loop, a Gurgaon based  integrated communication agency to further bolster company’s brand recall and positioning amongst end consumer and their corporate B2B clients.  The said campaign is slated to go on Air primarily through T.V and will be amplified across Print, BTL, OOH & DIGITAL very shortly showcasing the product in a very innovative perspective.

India’s Gaganyaan mission is likely to be launched by End 2022 or Early 2023 according to the announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hit by the disruptive covid pandemic, the flight was delayed and the mission was postponed. The Gaganyaan mission could drive the country to look forward to the positive approach making it the centre of human space exploration. Statistics confirmed that the manned mission is the biggest ISRO venture happening in the new decade. 

“We could have actually done this (launched Gaganyaan by 2022). We had planned to time it along the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence, but it could not happen that way because of the inevitable delay caused due to COVID-19.”

“But I am sure, maybe by the end of next year or maybe (by) the beginning of 2023, we would be able to do that as well,” he said.

Dr. Jitender Singh attended a webinar on ‘Future of Indian Oceanic Space Technology Partnerships’ arranged by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). He credited their success of understanding the usage of Space Technology to brainstorming exercises informed by the space scientists and government officials. 

“Space technology has a role to play, virtually, in every sector,” he asserted.

Further four biological & two physical science related microgravity experiments were picked for the unmanned mission of the Gaganyaan programme.

“Oceania countries such as New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Island countries can also collaborate (with India) and work on joint space technology solutions and innovative products,” the MoS added.

A few days back, the Austrian Space agency supported India unmanned mission and announced that they will be guiding India throughout with their mission by tracking it through Cocos Islands. Gaganyaan has been primarily focussing on launching unmanned missions for the first time in the Lower Earth Orbit.

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