When it comes to famous food-joints and eateries in the city, the foodies of Noida think they always have fewer options than the Delhiites have. Delhi is destined with Janpath, Khan Market, Pandara Road, Chandni Chowk, Jama Masjid, Safdarjung, Rajouri Garden, Lajpat Nagar, Satya Niketan and Hauz Khas where we get scores of our favorite cuisines. So most of you living in the planned city of Noida take a metro ride towards the walled city of the national capital, Delhi, to your favorite diners. But Noida also has some untapped range of finest restaurants, where you can drop by with your friends and family on weekends.

Nestled at the edge of Noida sector 29, Brahmputra Market colloquially knows as BP market, is one such place waiting for your footfall. Scattered in not more than 70 odd steps, Brahmputra market embraces a dozen plus food-joints, stalls, kiosks and eateries, laden with plenty of street-food options. 

Paradise for carnivores

Kebab: For a non-vegetarian, the main-course is incomplete without Kebabs as starters. If you have a knack for Awadhi non-veg cuisines, this place serves some delectable Lucknowi Galouti Kebab and Shami Kebab. Galouti Kebab is minced meat of lamb ground with onions, tomatoes, gram flour, cloves, cinnamon, and other rich ‘secret’ spices shallow-fried on a Wok vessel.  On the other hand, Shami Kebab also has the same variant but a bit rough in texture than Galouti Kebab. Galouti can be your hot favorite starter at BP. The Kebab is served on disposable leaf plates with Rumali roti, spicy mint-coriander chutney sprinkled with finely chopped ring like onions and slices of lemon. I suggest you order one Shami and Galouti each in one plate so that you can try the variant. It quietly melts in your mouth. The smoky flavor of Kebab teases you to order more but wait for the other regular non-veg items decorated on small kiosk and stalls. 

Mutton Korma

Mutton and Chicken Korma are an all-time favorite for the meat lovers. But is it possible for a Noida resident to visit Al Jawahar or Karim’s at Gali Kababian (Matia Mahal) to satiate their taste buds? I doubt! So why do not drive down 1.3 km from Noida 18 Metro to BP for some delicious Mutton Korma? Served with hot Rumali and salad of mint and onion, Mutton Korma tastes extremely authentic. The rough and thick gravy of with oil floating on its surface is the mark of traditional Mughlai Mutton Korma which any carnivore would love to devour. It’s delicious and appetizing flavor makes you think why didn’t you come to this place earlier? 

Tandoori Chicken

The aroma of smoke and butter roasted chicken can be smelt some distance ahead before you reach the BP market. The love and craving for Tandoori Chicken are unbound so as the Tandoori chicken stall doesn’t disappoint you! The crispy, spicy and succulent taste of chicken is worth coming down to BP. 

What’s there for the vegetarians?

In case you would think that ‘since the start of this article the author has only focused on non-vegetarian cuisines’ and you are making up in your mind to rush to nearest Pind Baluchi then hold it, pal, BP market has everything that a vegetarian loves to have on a dinner date. 

From starters like Ram Laddu, Pani Puri and Dahi Bhalle up to conventional Punjabi Thali, and from veg-kebab to Paranthas and Ram Laddu, BP has it all. There are plenty of small kiosks serving some delectable snacks which you usually get on the streets of Janpath and Connaught Place. 

The main course has all the different variants you want to see in your Thali, like Paneer Butter Masala, Shahi Paneer, Dal Makhni, Aloo Jeera, Butter Nan, Kofta, Kadahi Paneer, Mushroom Masala, Soyachap and etc. 

Chinese   

A Chinese corner at the end of the lane serves some delicious noodles fried with lots of green veggies and pepper. The crispy chilly potato is you cannot miss. Served with spicy red Schezwan Sauce and Mayonnaise. 

There are also Pav Bhaji and Dosa corner where you can have some taste of South and West India at one time. 

Lemonades, Coffee, and Desserts

What do you need after a heavy meal in summers? Probably a lemonade or ice cream or some dessert? To wash down the heavy meal you can try a glass of Arora lemon located in the middle of the market. 

There is also one coffee shop where you can have cold coffee. 

Many foodies can’t do it without dessert at the end of their meal. At the other end of the lane, there is one kiosk that sells Kulfi, Rabri, and Gola which will wrap up your visit to Brahmputra Market. 

BP has variations. Not only this place embraces some finest veg and non-veg cuisines but it also has outdoor shops for girls’ apparels, Henna vendors and jewelry. There is also a book stall where you can find some bestsellers for your metro ride.   

And most importantly, these all can be afforded without burning a hole in your pocket. So when are you coming? 

Reality show contestant Afreen Rahat has become amongst the popular faces in the glamour circuit. Afreen made her debut on the national television with a reality show titled, Date To Remember. She was one of the strong contenders on the show. Later, she was offered many opportunities from the reality show channel, which caters primarily to the youth, to debut on their show, Elevator Pitch. 

Before foraying into acting, Afreen was crowned as Miss Delhi, India finalist in 2017. Apparently, she has been roped in as the lead for a television show by Ekta Kapoor. Talking about it, she said, “I always wanted to be an actor. I remember enjoying watching TV shows with my mother. I think I was just five when I decided that acting would be the only profession I’ll pursue. While I always loved TV shows, now that world is even more special for me, because I’m set to make my debut on the small screen.”

What kind of preparations has Afreen done for the huge opportunity thrown at her, she says, “I will be playing the lead actress and the workshop has already started.” However, she refused to divulge any details about the show. “I can’t reveal much about the show, yet,” said the young actress.

There are many television actors, who, after having a fruitful stint in the television industry have jumped in the world of Bollywood. Ask her if she aspires to be seen on the big screens, Afreen feels that television is a stepping stone to Bollywood. “Yes, it’s true. Though TV and films are very different mediums, TV is the stepping stone for films.”

Riding motorcycle for days and night from one state to another gives increadible satisfaction, a satisfaction that only riders can feel…. It makes you feel free and close to nature. Real adventure is when you ride bikes through high altitude places and move through roads curves and bumps. You can never feel the nature’s beauty in the car, the glimpse of this beauty can only be achieved on bikes…

There is one bike lover who never used the bike in his 36 years of life , and now he is not driving car because of his love for bikes…. One of the most exciting person of our time a real rider who has rode on  his bike to travel every place of India from Kanyakumari to Kashmir he has seen everything with his bike, very well known as “Fakira Riders.” 

Fakira sounds unusual name. Actually, there is a story behind it, the actual name of Mr.Fakirs is “Sanil Tiwari”, he got his name from Osho when he took an ascetic from Osho ashram he got his new name as Swami Anand Fakira. Moreover, to find his name meaning or we can say to justify his name, he started travelling around India.

Fakira has travelled all around India to every state of India Mumbai to Sikkim, Kanyakumari to Sikkim, He has more than 230k subscribers on youtube as his followers and more than 11,281,858 views. He has represented many places and people of India through his videos, which has been loved by everyone till date…

Fakira is a nature lover, heat, rain, cold, smell of soil when raindrop falls, every road, every mountain, rivers, he just loves his life, he feels that  it makes him feel free from tension and he also feels everyone should try riding, it gives you fantastic feeling when you come close to nature you forget everything in life.

His motive of  posting videos is to drive people with his positive thoughts through his videos. Fakira feels that nature teaches you the meaning of lifewhen you get closer to it. 

He has many trademarks first one is Fakira’s salute which he gives to the people who take care of him, give time to him when he visits places and second is “Be Simple & Be Natural “which means don’t try to show off things be normal and natural in life.

Fakira is India’s unique personality, which is rare to find, for him, life is about riding a bike from one place to another, enjoy nature, meet people. 

Running a business is not as easy as you might think. Yes, it might be more lucrative than having a 9 to 5 job and working in the same routine every day but on the other hand, all the responsibility falls on your shoulders. You are the one that has to decide on any risk, figure out marketing strategies and take care that everyone in the team is doing their job. Still, if you think you can manage all of this then there is no reason not to follow your idea and change your life for 360 degrees.

Riccardo Lex, an entrepreneur that was named The Visionary Of Year (2018) by The Global, knows what it means to follow your gut feeling and how important it is to make adequate risks. He started as an average guy who was on an apprenticeship for a car mechanic when he realized his dreams were much bigger than that and it is time to make a life change. He completed his apprenticeship and decided it was now or never to make a twist.

How Did It All Start

After getting done with his car mechanic apprenticeship he started working in Network Marketing and very soon became a successful self-employed person building a network for more than 3000 people. At that time he already knew quite a few successful entrepreneurs and realized that was the path he wanted to continue on. The fact that he could change his life and help other people as well as the thing that drove him through. Soon after he started working at direct sales in three different fields and kept gathering the important knowledge that would later help him start his own business. And all that while he was raising his young daughter – that is now 7 years old and enjoying the occasional free time with his wife. That goes on to show that everything can be done and family time doesn’t have to suffer.

How Did His Business Idea Come To Mind

While he was working in Network Marketing and direct sales he realized that not a lot of European entrepreneurs use the power of social media in their marketing campaigns and self-promotion. In fact, only 30% of highly successful people had social media accounts while in America it was more than 70%. He saw a huge empty space there and decided to find his own Academy of Social Media and Networks in a form of public association. His business became a hit almost instantly and now he has more than 100,000 followers who enjoy his tips on a daily basis and tens of entrepreneurs who asked for his professional help.

The Academy Of Social Media and Networks runs with a goal to educate people on the importance of social media marketing in daily personal and business life. And to be honest we can already see how much of an impact it made – European businesses are now much more present in the social media sphere than they were a few years ago. This is of benefit both to the company owners and customers, as they can educate better on products offered and the quality of services.

We see lots of beauty pageants and shows around India, It might look easy, but it is not, its and hectic thing to do, you have to be expert of many things and excellent communicator who can coordinate with his team and complete every task smoothly. There are many production houses, but very few make their name count.

Sharad Chaudhary, a well-known personality of B-town and the Modelling world, he is known for managing top shows and events. He is a producer and also founder of a fantastic production house called “Dreamz Production”, his production house is a top production house in India.

Life was not easy to start for Sharad Chaudhary, he too has struggled a lot in his early days, but he dreamed it to make it large in his life, and for that he has done lots of  hard work and now results are fantastic, he has managed to build up a superb Production house on his own.

Born an brought in Panipat Haryana, did schools from Meerut, Graduated from Asian Academy of film and television (Noida Film City). Currently, Sharad is managing his Dreamz Production house, and with that, he is a casting director, celebrity manager, models and many more he knows how to make people famous with his work.

Sharad Chaudhary has done many events shows on his own his journey starts from 2012 his first show was Mr. Meerut, and after that, there is no looking back for him, he has done more than 15 events in 7 years.

He is all set to produce new web series with Karan Kundra and Prince Narula. With that, he is also launching new show Mr &Ms India, supermodel hunt with Ranvijay Singh, Karan Kundra, Prince Narula, Priyank Sharma, Zoya Afroz, and other celebrities.

Sharad Chaudhary never thought his Dreamz Entertainment would come this far but as we say hard work always pays you a good dividend. Sharad is a true inspiration for young ones around you can learn many things from Sharad how to grow in life. He defines the meaning of Youth Icon coz; he is uplifting many lives with his Dreamz Production house.

Mayur Gharat is a popular name in the Marathi film industry. To reach the position where he is today, Mayur worked very hard. He has done modeling for a clothing brand in Japan. He is also into the business of construction and hotels. He is a well known Marathi film producer as well.

The talented producer is soon going to take a plunge in his career. Mayur Gharat will soon be producing a Bollywood film. The film is said to be an interesting story that will leave the audience intrigued. 

Mayur is yet to decide on the cast of the film. But he wants talented actors who can very well fit the bill of the characters in his film. About venturing into Bollywood, the producer said, “To step in Bollywood is everyone’s dream, so is mine. After working for the Marathi film industry, I thought it’s the right time that I enter Bollywood.”

About the film, he said, “I was waiting for the right film to get in the Hindi film industry. I can’t reveal much about my project. But once the actors are finalized, I will share more details.”

Mumbai place of dreams, thousands arrives each day in the dream city Mumbai for a good future but is it easy to survive in such competition, well definitely NO. You need something unique and belief to survive, to achieve in a place like Mumbai. And if you are looking to join B-town, then it is the toughest thing you are trying in your life.

But some are born to take challenges and life and achieve prominent with their passion and belief; We are going talk about one passionate young model & actor Deepanshu Goyal, Delhi boy planning to make it big with his looks and acting in B-town.

Born and brought up in Delhi, did schooling and graduation from their only, his life change after he went to one of the famous show called Zindagi ke Cross Road, he was there as an audience in the show, but sometimes as we say you never know when your time change, God gives you platform in his way. As he came to screen in that show, Deepanshu began to obtain proposals for modeling and shows. Now that’s we call a stroke of luck out of millions God chooses you to move forward, and he has taken that opportunity with both hands, and he is working hard to make it larger in Dream city Mumbai.

Deepanshu is getting offers for movies, and modeling shows from top production houses, he is handling his career beautifully as it is starting face of his career and luckily things are going pretty good for him, and we might see him in a proper role in T.V shows or even movies looking to his talent.

To get the role in top production is not an easy thing, you need to be different and also surpassed many top talents to achieve even a small part in a movie, looking to Deepnashu’s ability there is 100% possibility that he will make it big in life.

In yet another landmark achievement, India’s nomination of the Jaipur City, Rajasthan got inscribed today on the World Heritage List of UNESCO during the 43rd Session of the World Heritage Committee held at Baku, Azerbaijan.  

The nomination of Jaipur City has successfully been done by complying with the various UNESCO guidelines of 2017. With Successful inscription of Jaipur City,  India has 38 world heritage sites, that include 30 Cultural properties, 7 Natural properties, and 1 mixed site.

India’s nomination was initially recommended by the ICOMOS (advisory body of World Heritage (WH) Centre for cultural sites) as Deferral, but the 21 nation World Heritage  Committee debated it and after discussion decided to inscribe it on the World Heritage list.

Union Minister for Culture (IC) Prahlad Singh Patel expressed his happiness for the inclusion of Pink City Jaipur in world heritage list and congratulated people of Jaipur for this prestigious tag. The Minister thanked to global community for recognizing the historic and cultural importance of Jaipur.

The excerpts of the proposed statement of the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) before the World Heritage Committee was presented by India as follows:

The City of Jaipur is an exceptional urban example in indigenous city planning and construction in South Asia. Unlike other medieval cities of the region, Jaipur was deliberately planned as a new city on the plains open for trade as opposed to hilly terrain and military cities of past, though it’s planning still ensured a response to the surrounding hilltops in all directions. The site selected within the valley that lay to the south of Amber hills was comparatively flat and unmarred by any previous construction.  Besides exemplary planning, its iconic monuments such as the Govind Dev temple, City Palace, Jantar Mantar, and Hawa Mahal excel in artistic and architectural craftsmanship of the period. Jaipur is an expression of the astronomical skills, living traditions, unique urban form and exemplary foresighted city planning of an 18th-century city from India. Jaipur is an exemplary development in town planning and architecture that demonstrates amalgamation and important interchange of several ideas over the late medieval period.

The countries that supported India’s nomination are as follows:

Brazil, Bahrain, Cuba, Indonesia, Azerbaijan, Kuwait, Kyrghystan, Zimbabwe, China, Guatemala, Uganda, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Bosnia and Hezegovina, Angola, St. Kitts and Nevis. Australia and Norway initially proposed referral but after the debate, they agreed for Inscription of Jaipur city.

With this, India now has 38 World Heritage Sites, that include 30 Cultural properties, 7 Natural properties, and 1 mixed site.

The Budget for each year is essentially a statement of income and expenditure of the Government. However, with the expansion of the Indian economy, it has acquired the role of a policy document. The Budget presented by the Finance Minister, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman,  is a policy document for the medium term. It is a budget of a continuing government, which has to accelerate the direction of the past.  It expands the roadmap on which the Prime Minister has built up India’s growth story from 2014-19. The striking part of this period was that for a five year average, India grew by 7.3%, it’s revenues grew exponentially and it brought macro stability back with both the Current Account Deficit and the Fiscal Deficit being on the glide path downwards. The present Budget maintains that path based on the premise that economies which are fiscally prudent, eventually get rewarded as against those who indulge in fiscal adventurism.

A fundamental question has always been asked as to what would one choose between good economics and clever politics. The choice is unfair because any Government needs both in order to survive and perform. The Prime Minister’s first tenure witnessed this blending of good economics and good politics. The change, which was facilitated by the Jan Dhan Accounts and the AADHAAR, laid the foundation for Direct Benefit Transfer to those who needed State support. Subsidies were no longer an unknown amount of money being distributed to an unidentifiable class of people. Subsidies in the form of transfer of facilities to the poor is an example of the blending of good economics and good politics. The villages get roads, the poor get houses, and every household got a toilet, a gas connection and an electricity connection. Fifty crore people got hospital treatment upto Rs.5 lakh per year. Their lives became liveable with at least these basics. To carry this path forward, completion of the rural housing being constructed and delivered to the poor, and the conclusion of the remaining part of the gas connection programme, the Budget takes upon itself the task of concentrating, in the next five years, on a ‘tap for every home’. For this, it is necessary to clean up our rivers and have an adequate water management.

The last five years had seen a lot of emphasis on infrastructure. The Finance Minister has rightly given top priority to infrastructure. This priority is self-evident in the fact that the rural roads programme connecting every village with a motorable road is nearing completion. The National Highways are moving at a pace faster than ever before. Adequate amount of allocations have been made in the Budget for this. The railways is one of the top priorities of the Government. Besides faster trains, modernised coaches, additional railway safety measures, very soon India will witness the modernisation of its railway stations similar to what today has happened to the airports. Increase in port capacity, further development of inland water transportation and expanding the aviation sector to the remotest corner of the country is the roadmap which the Finance Minister has presented. This will be the India of 2024.

Modernisation of our cities with all-weatherroads, an effective metro system, better urban roads are being given an impetus. The Government is committed to providing housing to the weaker sections in both rural and urban areas. A major tax incentive has been given to those who borrow to buy affordable houses. This move will not merely help the system to utilise the unsold stock of affordable houses but will also be instrumental in injecting liquidity into the real estate market.

The direction of reforms in the banking and financial sector has been maintained. Consolidation of public sector banks is being undertaken so as to have fewer but mega and financially strong banks. A sizeable allocation has been made for recapitalisation of banks so that their capacity to lend for growth improves. The Budget contains concrete proposals about support to the NBFCs whose liquidity, for the last several months, was under strain and had reduced the purchasing power of consumer. The sectors most affected by this were real estate, automobiles and the MSMEs.

While the GST reforms are being carried out by the GST Council, a lot of simplification for direct tax assesses has been proposed. Besides affordable housing, electric vehicles and start-ups are the sectors on which the Budget places an adequate emphasis. In the last two years, when the global crude oil prices had hardened, duties had been cut by the Central Government on at least two occasions in a major way. It is the softening of the crude oil prices which has persuaded the Government to raise the excise duty on petrol and diesel marginally so that this money could be transferred to a special fund meant for infrastructure creation, particularly for the National Highways and the rural roads programme.

The Budget creates a political direction for an aspirational India. The economically weaker sections get the basic amenities of life.  Besides the income-tax exemption limit having been increased to rupees five lakhs in the interim Budget a few months ago, several sectors of interest to the middle class and the neo-middle class have been incentivized. These, in particular, include affordable housing and electric vehicles. Massive infrastructure creation also has the ability to generate employment and attract investment.  So does a boost to the construction and real estate sector. India will continue to be the fastest growing major economy in the world. In the last two to three-quarters growth has seen a moderation. Unquestionably, the Budget as a policy document lays down the roadmap for India to get back on track.

(The article has been taken from Arun Jaitley’s Facebook Post.)

On July 2, the Maharashtra government decided to close private and public schools in Mumbai based on IMD’s rainfall forecast which predicted: “intermittent rain in city and suburbs, with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places for the next 24 hours.” The 24-hour period from 8:30 am of July 1 to July 2 had seen a total of 375 mm of rain and it was obviously ominous to expect that more heavy rain events would follow. 

The 24-hour periods during July 2-3 and July 3-4 received only 34 mm and 4 mm of rain, respectively. IMD was late by a day in calling for an extreme event. Are IMD forecasts of extreme rains later or earlier than actual events on some occasions?  This may be the case as indicated by a 2017 study led by a graduate student at IIT-Bombay, Hiteshri Shastri, who has since completed her Ph.D. The team has developed a method for statistical processing of extreme event forecasts to reduce this shift in time.

Greater precision in forecast of extreme events is critical. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was caught off guard in the deluge of 2005 despite an IMD forecast of heavy rains several days ahead. A post-mortem of that event led to much-improved response in 2017 and rapid draining of flooded areas in 2019 is also commendable. While BMC is learning to respond appropriately to forecasts but forecasts themselves need further improvements.

The Numerical Weather Prediction model (NWP), a computer model that solves complicated equations which determine the evolution of weather for several days is used for forecasting. The IMD employs a numerical model called the Global Ensemble Forecasting System (GEFS) and it has resulted in remarkable improvement in predictions. The prediction of extreme rainfall events, however, remains challenging as by their very nature such events are rare. Work in this area is important, given that India is already experiencing increased heavy and very heavy rainfall events as well a threefold increase in extreme rainfall events.

GEFS does global forecasts at 70 Km resolution – meaning the earth is divided into cubes of 70 Km in the horizontal with 70 layers in the vertical going from the surface to the stratosphere. The capacity of the global version of GEFS for predicting extreme events in India is rather meagre. IMD has, therefore, developed a regional version of the GEFS covering South Asia at a resolution 12 Km to downscale global forecasts and is further downscaling on a short period of a day or two to a few hours at 4 Km and 1.5 Km. 

While the skill of rainfall forecasts at short range (day 1 to 3) and medium range (day 3 to 10) have shown some improvements, the probability of detecting extreme events – say rainfall in the 99^th or 95^th percentile of the expected rain at a given location for a given day – is still very poor. The ‘false alarm ratio’ – predicting extreme events when none occur – is also high. What the IITB study discovered is that the model tends to produce extreme rains 1 to 2 day before or 1-2 days after the event occurs in reality. The July 3 warning following the July 2 heavy rains is a clear example of such shifts in time between forecasts and actual events in the current forecast system.

The IITB study exploits the relation between large-scale circulation features associated with such heavy rain events to statistically process GEFS forecasts to increase the ‘probability of detection’ and reduce the ‘false alarm ratio’. Large-scale features are easier to forecast than local heavy rain events which can be caused by depressions originating in the Arabian Sea or the Bay of Bengal, or with local heating of land, or by westerly disturbances in some parts of the country like the northwest. 

Increasing model resolution may offer further improvements but running such high resolution models is nearly impossible for rapid forecasting of local heavy rain events. Using empirical relations between large-scale features and extreme rain events, statistical forecasts of which quantile the rainfall event may fall into can be performed quickly for up to day 5. 

Combining model forecasts of large-scale features with known past values of temperature, humidity and winds at different pressure levels from the surface to the upper atmosphere, the statistical model can add demonstrable skill to predictions of heavy rain events. These methods are popularly known as ‘quantitative precipitation forecasting’ or QPF and they are computationally very economical compared to running very high-resolution models for particular regions or cities.

Statistical QPF models are trained and validated for a past period based on past forecasts and observations, and then applied to actual forecasting in real time. Forecast experiments by the IITB team for 2006 and 2007 showed that their QPF increased the ‘probability of detection’ using GEFS from 20% to 90% and when a 5-day period was considered, it reduced the ‘false alarm ratio’ by 90%. While GEFS detected only 6 of 29 events during this period, the QPF could identify 17 of 29 events. 

Empirical relations between large-scale circulation and local heavy rains can change because of global warming or other factors such as land use. But QPF could still be very valuable for a country like India which needs to use all the tools available. Besides, the changing relations can be dealt with by training and validating the QPF model each year prior to the monsoon season and keeping it at the current state of statistical relations between the large-scale patterns and extreme events. By adding QPF to IMD forecasts, there can be more reliable extreme event forecasts which can help agencies like BMC making life-saving decisions. (India Science Wire)

[The writer is a professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and Earth System Science at the University of Maryland. He is currently a visiting professor at IIT Bombay.]