World Food Safety Day is observed annually on June 7 by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness about foodborne hazards and to aid in the prevention, diagnosis, and control of adverse sickness, contributing to long-term human development through decent food security. Following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, which is said to have started spreading among humans two years ago from a ‘wet market’ in Wuhan, China, global food safety watchdogs are emphasizing the dangers of risky eating behaviors this year, on June 7, 2021.

From 2016 forward, the necessity for an international food safety day was addressed at many sessions of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The assembly passed a resolution on December 20, 2018, designating June 7 as a day to “highlight the various benefits of safe food.”

WHO seeks to mainstream food safety in the public agenda and minimize the global burden of foodborne illness through World Food Safety Day. According to the public health agency, “food safety is everyone’s business.”

On August 3, 2020, the World Health Assembly (WHA) passed a resolution designating June 7 as World Food Safety Day to raise awareness about the importance of food safety at all levels, as well as to promote and facilitate actions to prevent foodborne diseases at local, national, regional, and global levels; and to strengthen global efforts for food safety to reduce the burden of famine.

This year’s World Food Safety Day theme is “Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow.” WHO hopes to emphasize that safe food production and consumption offer immediate and long-term advantages for people, the environment, and the economy. “Recognizing the systemic connections between the health of people, animals, plants, the environment, and the economy will help us meet the needs of the future,” WHO stated.

Food safety is critical in ensuring that food remains safe at every stage of the food chain, from production to harvest, processing, storage, distribution, and all the way to preparation and consumption, because foodborne diseases are usually invisible to the naked eye and infectious or toxic in nature. Contamination by bacteria, viruses, parasites, or chemical substances is a major concern.

On World Food Safety Day, it’s important to note that, while there’s no proof that Covid-19 is spread through food, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that basic food safety etiquette be followed in general. This involves washing your hands for 20 seconds with soap and water before preparing or consuming food and keeping a close eye on the danger of food contamination during storage or packing.

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Priyah Prakash Pawani is trying to make her place in the fashion world even stronger. She won La Femme Worldwide title winner 2019, Mrs. India- Empress of the Nation 2nd Runner up 2018, Face of Malabar Gold & Diamonds in Oman, and representative of local brands in Oman.

Not only this she also does a  lot of work like modeling brands she is also a  designer, makeup artist, short film actor, Emcee for events, and social media influencer.

Born in Chennai,  Tamil Nadu on August 18 and her upbringing were done in UAE, Dubai. Priyah always had whatever she wanted but she wants to make a difference and to be known for her talent and she worked hard for it.

Priyah had appeared in some short films and films like  Asiya – Dubai Film Festival,Naval Enna jewel – Malayalam Movie ( guest appearance), Aayudham Palaghu 2 – Tamil Movie, Psycho – Tamil short film, The Broken Nest – English short film, Face of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, Face of Runway Heist 2020, Face of Magazine cover pages in Oman – Al Mará women magazine, Yusrat al youm, Al Maraá Arabic, featured in Storiyaan, Part of Tring, Celebyte and starHouzz, Face of W Hotels, Marcodemello Jewelry collections, Isabelle’s beauty house ( Spanish franchise), etc. She is working consistently day and night and the hard work is paying off well.

She is a fan of Lady Diana and she somehow feels connected to her sayings and follows those. One of her favorite saying of Lady Diana is:

I do things differently, I don’t go by the rule book.  I lead from the heart.

This saying always inspired Priyah as she also believes in following her heart.

Priyah is married but it never came in the way of her dreams. Her family supported her at each and step of her.

Priyah mentioned that her family is very supportive,  some people do judge her for leaving her family behind and going out that did hurt her but her family motivated her and encouraged her to keep her focus on her goals and to neglect every other thing acting as a hurdle. She believes her family as her pillar of strength.

She has her goals set: she wants to help the women around the world and to bring them forward. Especially the unprivileged one and to help them grow their small business. She wants women to come at par with men in the world of patriarchy.

Priyah is the kind of person who cherishes each and everyone who helps in her growth directly or indirectly.  She really feels enshrined; it’s one of the best things in her profession to meet people of so many different mentalities and knowledge and to take good from it. But everything has two sides. Sometimes people offer things that are not appropriate and one can’t accept. She has to maintain her calm and decline politely. She says it’s just once ethics and lines that one makes and doesn’t want to cross.

Alpesh Shah owns a talent and advertising agency as the name suggests they manage the work of newcomers in the glamour industry. They even manage the work of brands and other companies too. They also hunt for new talent who want to grow in the industry. They manage their work and hunt for the opportunities which are suitable for them.

His agency is named Dreams Chaser Media. They have managed projects of some FMCG brands branding and launching their products. Alpesh even managed and choreographed video shoots for some textile companies and even for some jewelry outlets as well. He was also an official groomer in some pageants.

His agency masters the work of finding the projects according to the talent of an individual. They do a full follow-up on the work and then recommend it to an individual suitable for it.

The CEO of Dreams Chaser Media was born on April 5, 1985. Alpesh is highly committed to his work. He is always ready for challenges that come his way and faces them with ease. He has that belief in him nothing comes without struggle and struggle makes one stronger and adds to the experience.

He takes every step calculatingly. He has the opinion that every work should be done perfectly and within the given deadline. He is always up for working.

Alpesh has done his schooling and college in Maharashtra. After completing college he further did a course in fashion choreography. He loves to do fashion photography. Other than this he is fond of listening to music and going on drives that are his window through his work and this is how he feels relaxed.

Alpesh is undoubtedly an amazing entrepreneur but along with that is a wonderful human too. He saw the crisis going all around him and couldn’t resist his desire and came forward to help the needy.

The situation around us is deteriorating day by day due to the outbreak of the second wave of coronavirus. Every passing second we hear something that makes our hearts start to wrench. The cases are elevating every day and the number of deaths is horrifying, the virus is showing its effect on everyone no one is left behind. The scarcity of resources to fight against the virus resulted in the destruction of a huge number of people’s lives. The fear of the virus has reached a level where the youngsters are putting away their old-aged parents. We saw many cases where senior citizens are found homeless and the COVID warriors help them further. Just like that, the number of deaths has made many kids homeless. Those kids whose parents died have no one to look upon or go to at this time. Dream Chaser Media team comes forward to provide a helping hand to such people as this is the time when humanity needs the support of each other. The team of Dream Chaser Media is helping them by providing senior citizens and children food packets, grocery kits, the necessary and basic medicines, and clothes. They also requested people to feel free and come forward to volunteer if they desire so that they can reach a large number of people and help them.

 He has a strong belief in God. He trusts in God and believes everything happens for reason and ultimately for good. He considers his parents as his mentor and one who helps him to be a little stronger every day.  He

People know Alpesh for his hard work and dedication in the industry.  They want you to work with him as his main priority is his client’s satisfaction. He thinks discipline, hard work and dedication is the key to success. One just has to follow this and will walk ahead in the path of achieving his goals.

For every new project, he sees this as a challenge, a challenge to outpace himself. To do better than what he did previously.  To work even harder and to come out with something amazing all over again.

FilmmakerAbhijit Adhya was named one of the jury members at the 2021Little Miss & Mr. Planet& Galaxy. The finals of the pageant showcased talents from 26 countries and were held in Dubai on the 27th of May. Abhijitshared the judge’s podium along with other eminent fashion personalities and National Fashion Directors from various countries such as Catalina Buzden (Romania), Artem Timichenko (Russia), Irina Papazova (Bulgaria), Eka Mgaloblishvili (Georgia), Miki Crnokrah (Macedonia), Angela Andreevskiaia (Ukraine), Marine Nikoleta (Fashion Designer & Brand owner Two kids Clothing)to name a few.

This unique pageant is an annual event for kids & teens, from the age group o 4 to 17. “This is the 16^th year of the pageant and we have bigger plans scheduled for next year where we are looking at inviting more countries including US, India, Japan to name a few. We just hope we are Covid free by then.” said the pageant owner Irina Papazova. “It is a great pleasure to have Abhijit as one of the Jury members. He is well known in the international circuit for his award-winning films and has worked with many of our fellow member countries fashion designers and models as a fashion photographer. Hence, he was a natural choice for us for being a part of the jury and we are glad he accepted the offer” commented Irina.

Some of the winners of Little Miss & Mr. Planet 2021 in various categories are Miya Ross (Dubai), Arina Gavrilova (Russia), Maria Onik (Bulgaria) and Mia Petrovic (North Macedonia) to name a few. The winners for Little Miss & Mr. Galaxy 2021 in various categories are Bozhana Atanasova (Bulgaria), Julia Hanyk (Ukraine), Alexandra Mazare (Romania), Bozhidara Hristeva (Bulgaria), Raymond Dinu (Romania) to name a few.

Abhijit is currently co-producing a Spanish film that is currently being shot in Venezuela and directed by Edsel Sierralta. He is also working on his feature film (Espanol-English) which will also be his directorial debut expected to go on floors in 2022.

(Being Awarded for the initiatives Michael has undertaken)

Michael Dabhi is a renowned young social entrepreneur. He was born on the 2nd Of January 1995 in Sadarpur. He is an Indian activist, President of BJYM Youth Wing of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Shahpur Ward, and also the Founder of Dabhi Packers and Movers. His journey is among those few who made it startling in the arenas of social activism, entrepreneurship and service to the common man.

He walked on the footsteps of his grandfather Hiraji Bhikhaji Dabhi who was just 22 years old when he left his village and came to Ahmedabad with a passionate dream and took the contract of Machinery shifting at Bombay Textile Mill. Taking help of only 2 people and transporting huge and heavy machinery was a great challenge at that time when the transportation system was ancient and was limited only to Ahmedabad. 

With time he reached heights with the logistics business and left Ahmedabad and went to Deesa Palanpur where he started his work with Building Demolishing. He gave that a work a standard where there was no looking back and took it to heights. 

Michael had this talent running in his blood which couldn’t stop him from taking his business to greater levels so he just asked his dad if he could accompany him with the Packers and Movers and bring it more into light. Starting from just local shifting of home stuff to office shifting to industrial machinery shifting he came out with flying colours and impressed everyone. He further filled the tender of ONGC and on passing the tender he started machinery shifting there too and overcame the challenges with his passionate attitude and hard work. 

Work demands labour so he got himself filled with a hardworking team along with his father Jivanbhai Dabhi who supported and guided him throughout. Michael before doing any challenging deal consults his father and pays a visit to the site and thereafter adds his smart way of doing it and the deal gets a success. Moreover he is a nature lover and makes sure to plant trees before the rains and spreads this awareness among the youth ,motivating them to plant tress as well. This idea came from when he collaborated with BJP and Shree Bharat bhai Barot who too was a profound nature lover and working under him taught that Trees are the Root of our existence. 

Michael took his degree from C.U. Shah college of commerce. So at that time he joint hands with Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha.

His achievements were a bang on from donating blood to motivating Our nation’s Youth , to giving the nature a life , to Saving water campaigns. His youthful energy was also channelised in holding blood donation camps and himself donated blood in every 3 months.

Michael believes in being on his toes. On the 14 th of August 2017 by his great works and passion and hard work pushed him to become the President at  Shahpur ward.  His work was not restricted to campaigns, but he worked with a placement company and helped people fetch jobs there and looking at the happiness when people finally got job made Michael more motivated into this work. And started establishing direct contacts with the HR and company Head helped the youth get a decent job.

According to Covid Update from the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW), which was updated at 8 a.m. on Friday, India registered 132,364 instances of coronavirus sickness in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 28,574,350. In the same time span, 2713 people died from Covid-19, bringing the total death toll to 340,702, according to the report.

For the first time in two days, India’s daily new instances of viral sickness have decreased marginally. Since registering 127,510 new infections in the 24 hours leading up to June 1 — the lowest single-day increase in more than two months — the country has reported 132,788 and 134,154 cases in the following two days.

The national recovery rate has increased to 93.80 percent, according to Friday’s figures, after 207,071 people were discharged in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total recovered cases to 26,597,655. Active cases have decreased to 1,635,993, representing 5.72 percent of the national caseload, a decrease of 77,420 infections over the previous 24-hour bulletin.
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On Friday morning, the government-run Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) announced that 2,075,428 tests were conducted on June 3. While this is a decrease from the 2,159,873 tests completed on June 2, the ICMR numbers reveal that 357,433,846 tests have been conducted to date.

The decrease in daily cases has coincided with containment measures implemented by state and union territory governments. Several state governments, including Delhi and Maharashtra, have declared plans to “unlock” or depart from lockdown or lockdown-like constraints, while others have announced an extension of limitations to further disrupt the chain of transmission of telecommunications.

However, because daily instances continue to exceed 100,000, the federal government stated on June 1 that the Central Board of Secondary Education’s class 12th board exams will be canceled (CBSE). Within hours, the Council of Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (CISCE) also declared that its class 12th exams would be canceled. When the second round of tests was announced in April, the class 10th tests were canceled.

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In an era where content creation is leading the digital world, ‘Oyster’ by ‘App n Tap‘ is a creative one-stop solution for all content help. The idea of Oyster is to make content development easier for content writers, digital marketers, students, and advertising firms. The platform will cater to every need for a content creator. Instead of multiple platforms, it intends to bring everything under one roof titled ‘Oyster’. The idea was developed by the founder amidst the lockdown and put into action at the same time. The platform intends to help with SEO, Plagiarism checking, and Grammar evaluation of the content. This super-tool is quite promising. Content empowers Advertising, Content empowers Marketing, and Content empowers the Product, but what empowers the Content? ‘Oyster’ by ‘App N Tap’, in the coming years, will be the strongest weapon in the arsenal of Content creators and Developers.

Content has been a key element in reaching people in the present day and is one of the most reliable methods of marketing & advertising. It is an invaluable way to connect brands with their audiences, and Oyster intends to make it easier for the writers to write and proofread their content. Prakhar (Founder) and Abhijeet (Co-Founder) developed the idea and built their research around the platforms that exist in the market today. Only to conclude that several platforms provide certain services but no platform accumulates all the services under one single dashboard. The founding team is currently looking to raise funds for the development of their AI-powered SAAS product.

Oyster is a promising application that can be the ideal app for many working sectors. Prakhar believes that the technology of the future is going to change everything and is going to take the content industry by storm. Prakhar is 25 years old and the youngest entrepreneur in India to hold under 50 Crunchbase rank from New Delhi. Prakhar’s goal is to make Eunoia and ‘App n Tap’ a one-stop solution for clients and content writers so that they can both be saved from predatory pricing and exploitation without any compromise in the quality of work. He wants to be a part of the change and empower it with the introduction of ‘Oyster’ in the content industry.

Abhijeet believes that just like how the internet changed the world forever when it came in 1995, Artificial Intelligence is going to do the same. He has been in the content industry for almost 4 years and has a dedicated interest in SAAS-based sales and desires to be an Entrepreneur with ‘Oyster’ being his first venture. Abhijeet believes that with ‘Oyster’, he would also contribute to the artificial intelligence transformation of this world. The content, marketing, and advertising industries are highly competitive, and Oyster can be a bridge among the three. Oyster will be launching their MVP soon. Currently, the team is looking for investor funding to upscale their market.

Help during this period in any form is a welcome addition- Nabhit Kapur

The times we are living in right now are times we never imagined a year back. Things have definitely changed profoundly across business industries, sectors and most importantly, in our lives. Today, we are more aware of how important it is to prioritize health, not just physical, but mental, emotional, psychological as well. The pandemic has taught us many things and has made us understand the true value of life. Amidst these, we see how doctors, medical professionals and other generous beings have been working hard each day to make a difference in people’s lives who are suffering. Aiming to do the same is Peacfulmind Foundation led by psychologist Nabhit Kapur, who is more than what meets the eyes.

Peacfulmind Foundation (PMF), a global organization, registered with the United Nations (UN) Global Compact which aims to promote mental health reforms and advocating for mental well-being.

Today, when people are suffering from a monster of a virus called Coronavirus, a pandemic that has taken many lives over the world, PMF has come forward to make a difference, which so far has handled more than 1000 counselling sessions, pro bono basis working with Delhi Police and citizens as well. For all counselling services, they can contact Peacfulmind Foundation with their name and number and their volunteers would be more than happy to help them out and it is absolutely free. When asked about this initiative Nabhit kapur , founder of peacfulmind foundation said “ Mental health has always been an important part of one’s life and now it’s more than required seeing the conditions. Even when the cases subsides, mental health issues like stress, trauma, anxiety, fear would come to the surface”.

Nabhit Kapur throws light on how he has read reports where 284 million people in the world get affected by anxiety, 264 million from depression, 107 million people from alcohol use disorder, 46 million people from Bipolar disorder, 20 million from Schizophrenia and the list goes on. Also, the World Health Organization (WHO) had estimated that the incidence of mental health disorders in India was 7.5% of the total population. He can’t emphasize taking mental wellbeing as a priority. Hence, Nabhit Kapur says that countries must start focusing on well-being diplomacy

The pandemic has only added fuel to the fire and has left many with feelings of despair and helplessness. This led Nabhit Kapur to make significant efforts through PeacefulMind Foundation and help individuals to address their mental health issues. He suggests that instead of getting busy doing politics, people and nations must leave behind the negativity and work collectively on the right path to serve the globe in the best possible manner.

To find out more, follow Peacfulmind foundation on Instagram @peacfulmind_pmf or visit the website, www.peacfulmind.org.

While it seems perfectly alright for men to borrow skincare products from mothers, sisters, girlfriends and friends, it is better to accommodate a skincare range dedicatedly designed for them. e’clat, driven to bring innovation in the formulation of skincare products, launches its High Profile Men’s Skincare range, effortless skin care for the most amazing man. The Products a combination of simple yet effective products exclusively for men.

Men tend to face as many skin concerns as women, but fail to find the right products due to the dearth of awareness and non- availability of suitable options. Normalizing men’s skincare, e’clat has brought a luxury range to promote a healthy skin care regime for men.

The range consists of a hydrating cleanser, a skin rejuvenating serum, glowing essence and hydrating sunscreen with pollushield, each made to fulfill its purpose to Rinse, Restore, Revive and Restrict. The four steps indicate the sequence to apply the products so as to rinse the impurities, restore the moisture, revive the glow and restrict the harmful UV-rays and pollution.

As an innovative skincare brand, e’clat formulates all their products with ingredients that are specifically combined together to provide visible results. Discussing the same, Founder and CEO of e’clat, Mr. Sandeep Gupta, says “Due to less awareness and low focus on men’s skincare, most of the men do not follow any skincare regime for the concerns they face. And with the general notion that it is only for women, it further affects their ability to develop a routine. With our range of products, we not only wish to introduce them to a simple and effective regime but also normalize the practice of skincare in men”.

The products will be made available on the website of e’clat superior- www.eclatofficial.com  and are available for sale pan-India.

E’clat, a luxury skincare brand, stands firmly on the principles of benefitting all with a result-driven approach and aims to introduce convincing solutions to help their customers achieve their skincare goals, promoting a sense of confidence and beauty for all.

About e’clat:

e’clat is one of the most fast-growing skincare brands in India, driven to bring in innovation and design in the field of skincare. They are focused on bringing in solutions that are specifically created to target the common and recurring skin concerns. Under the expertise of their CEO, Mr. Sandeep Gupta, the aim of the brand is to instill a sense of confidence in their customers and focus on creating products suitable to all skin types, promoting the message that “Everyone is different and beautiful in their own way”. e’clat envisions becoming the pioneer in skin-care innovation and is striving to do so by breaking barriers in the skin-care industry with its unique and thoroughly formulated products.

Sikander Behl is an accomplished and renowned social entrepreneur, who is determined to bring positive changes in society through his noble initiatives. Sikander, from an early age, had a vision of giving back to the underprivileged. His passion towards the problem-solving and innate endowment of generosity and humility has helped him find creative solutions to transform lives for the collective good of society. He is a self-driven individual, who questions the status quo, never gives up, and is committed to social changes.

His dedication and pursuits towards assisting the underprivileged section of Indian society have catapulted him to the forefront of social change. Due to his strong belief that one’s life is enriched when they help others, the good Samaritan regularly distributes food and water to the homeless and destitute. His altruistic acts during the turbulent times of covid speak volumes of his contribution. In addition to arranging for food packets and health kits for migrant workers, he has given away oxygen cylinders, concentrators, masks, and sanitizers to the poor and needy. He also reached out to the rural India by providing them home isolation kits.

A firm believer of the saying ‘youth is the future of India’; Sikander has taken several initiatives for youth empowerment schemes which have been met with great enthusiasm and appreciation. Owing to his oratory skills and fearless attitude, the young and determined man has led a youth crusade against many issues pertaining to the youth. Sikander, who is a strong reflection of the saying,” we carry within ourselves all the mystical powers we need to transform the world,” intends to continue his noble endeavours and work towards making the country a better place.