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Watch movies for just Rs. 75 on September 16 in honour of National Cinema Day

/ Media Entertainment & Art Community

On September 16, moviegoers will have the opportunity to see a film for only Rs. 75 at cinema halls and movie theatres. This is due to a special discount offered to all cinephiles in honour of National Cinema Day by the Multiplex Association of India (MAI). The MAI stated that Rs. 75 tickets were given out as a “thank you” to moviegoers who helped the cinemas successfully reopen following the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. However, 4,000 theatres throughout India, including well-known chains like PVR and Cinepolis, will abide by the ticket pricing. The Rs. 75-ticket offer is exclusive to theatres, according to the movie association. Customers who buy tickets through booking apps can be charged extra fees. Movie theatre owners and operators claim that the one-day discount will increase audience turnout because they are finding it difficult to compete with OTT platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. According to the Multiplex Association, KFG: Chapter 2, RRR, Bhool Bhulaiya 2, and Hollywood blockbusters like Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness are largely responsible for the Indian film industry’s quick rebound. Meanwhile, on the strength of a series of successful box office performances, the trade experts claim that the South Indian film industry has rebounded to 80% of its pre-covid business. A recent research from the media consulting firm Ormax and the investment firm GroupM indicates that Telugu movies have seen a large increase in box office revenue. 60% of Hindi box office revenues from January to April came from dubbed versions of south Indian movies like K.G.F: Chapter 2 and RRR. Telugu movies made up 27% of overall revenue during this time, up from 12% in 2019, while Hindi movies’ proportion decreased from 43% in 2018 to 38% in 2022. Bollywood films are suffering from the displeasure of viewers due to their poor content. Big The box office collections for big-budget films like “Laal Singh Chaddha,” starring Aamir Khan, and “Raksha Bandhan,” starring Akshay Kumar, was less than anticipated.

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Rajasthan approves an EV Purchase Grant of Rs. 40 crores

/ Governance Community

A new electric vehicle policy that offers financial advantages to EV owners in the state has been enacted by the Rajasthan government. The government has granted a total contribution of Rs 40 crore towards the purchase of electric vehicles under the new Rajasthan Electric Vehicle Policy (REVP). The five-year-long policy’s objective is to promote the use of electric vehicles throughout the state. The pollution that diesel and petrol vehicles produce in the state will decrease as the number of electric vehicles rises. The policy was unveiled by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in the 2019–20 budget. Later, in May of this year, the draft policy was approved. The government agreed to the suggested one-time payment for the purchase of electric vehicles as well as an additional budgetary provision of Rs 40 crore for the reimbursement of State Goods and Services Tax (SGST). For two-wheelers, the state government would pay compensation in the range of Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 for SGST. Depending on the vehicle’s battery capacity, a reimbursement of Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 will be given for the purchase of three-wheelers. A sum of Rs 40 crore has also been given to the transport department to settle any outstanding grants for the purchase of electric vehicles. A grant of Rs 5 crore from the total amount of Rs 40 crore will shortly be given to 3,000 vehicle owners in the state who bought their automobiles during the current fiscal year.

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Experts dwell on NEP provisions at a Seminar on Quality Assurance in Higher Education “QAHE-2022” organised at Chitkara University

/ Education Community

Accreditation and Quality Assurance Cell at Chitkara University, Punjab organised a National Seminar on Quality Assurance in Higher Education “QAHE-2022”. In this two days event, Education Experts deliberated on National Education Policy with a special focus on Quality Assurance in Higher Education. The event was organised in association with National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and Tata Tele Business Services. Eminent speakers in the seminar included Dr. R. K. Goel, Director-IQAC, Punjabi University, Patiala, Prof. (Retd.) L. N. Mittal, Formerly Professor at NITTTR, Chandigarh, Dr. Kawaljeet Singh, Director, University Computer Centre, Punjabi University, Patiala, Dr. Sandhir Sharma, Dean, Chitkara Business School; and Dr. V. K. Jadon, Dean-Academics, CUIET (Applied Engineering), Chitkara University, Punjab. On the occasion a souvenir with 91 research articles received from research scholars and faculty members on the topic “Quality Assurance in Higher Education” was also launched. In total 122 research articles were received and best were shortlisted for publication in this souvenir which will be scrutinised further for publication in the Scopus database. Sharing her views Dr Madhu Chitkara, Pro-Chancellor Chitkara University said that we at Chitkara are always focused on the implementation of the NEP into the modern education system to meet the Industry 5.0 requirements. She gave her valuable insights about quality in higher education. She said that the most effective factor is human capital, expressed in the knowledge, skills, creative abilities, and moral qualities of individuals in society. Higher education institutions are increasingly viewed as economic engines by policy makers and seen as essential for ensuring knowledge production through research and innovation. She also shared her views about quality in higher education. She said that education is now considered as instrument of change, as change is happening quicker than in older times. Chitkara university is always focused on the multidisciplinary research and consultancy and so far university has published 4000+ Scopus articles which have more than 14000 citations. 1800 patents have been applied so far out of 300 patents have been published and 150 granted. On the occasion Dr. Goel discussed the role of accreditation agencies in improving the education system in higher educational institutes and how rankings contribute to imparting quality education and institutional growth. Dr. L.N. Mittal emphasised the role of teachers in improving the teaching-learning process. He suggested ways in which teachers could improve themselves and give their contributions to improving students by encouraging themselves for their career progression. Prof. Jadon discussed the importance of outcome-based education and further he elaborated on the concepts of PO and CO attainment and their importance in today’s education system. Dr. Sandhir Sharma enlightened us on curriculum-aspects, teaching-learning-evaluation, and teaching competency. Dr. Sharma’s explores the role of dialogue during the classroom. Dr. Sharma also explores the linkage between curriculum and accreditation as well as rankings. Dr. Kawaljeet Singh discussed the issues concerning e-Content Development in Online Learning Mode in the context of NEP 2020. All the presentations delivered by the candidates in the seminar were focused on the impact of accreditation agencies on the education system, how the education system transitioned itself to an online education system during COVID ’19, what are the after effects, and how NEP can contribute to strengthening the Indian education system. Chitkara University has been established and managed by passionate academicians with the sole mission of making each and every student “industry ready”. With more than 25,000 students and 1,700 staff from over 100 different countries, the university is proud of the impact that its graduates, life-changing research, and innovative campuses and industry developments have made – both in India and around the world. Chitkara University has been awarded the rating of A+ by the prestigious National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), which places it among the 5% of higher education institutions (HEIs) in India to be granted such a coveted grade.    

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Prasar Bharati News Services chooses AWS to expand its digital news service

/ Media Entertainment & Art Community

Prasar Bharati News Services (PBNS) has chosen Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host and extend its vast network, which includes over 240 live radio channels, including live news and entertainment programmes. By switching to AWS, PBNS will have the compute power, dependability, and scalability to deliver news to more than 894 million viewers and listeners in more than 190 countries with ease. The goal of PBNS’s digital transformation is to better engage its target audience, particularly younger viewers and listeners, by offering cutting-edge digital content formats. “At Prasar Bharati News Services, we have a responsibility to provide timely and accurate news. We inform and educate the public about India’s development and cultural diversity.” According to Samir Kumar, Head of PBNS and Digital Platform at Prasar Bharati, “AWS is instrumental to PBNS’s digital transformation roadmap, helping us reach existing and new audiences, who consume content digitally,” “With AWS, we have the reliability and scalability to distribute news across the nation at speed, constantly updating our growing audience with trusted information, even during peak periods. We are confident that our cloud-first approach to creating, transforming, and delivering digital content quickly, enabled by AWS, will help us continue to make information more accessible and relevant to the growing requirements of our audience. Using the cloud, PBNS drives its mission to be a trusted public broadcaster by innovating our operations, driving content reforms, and delivery.” As more people watch and listen to podcasts and other digital news items online and on mobile apps, India’s media sector is changing quickly. AWS is honoured to support Prasar Bharati News Services’ mission to be a leader in delivering trustworthy news and information across India in the digital age, according to Pankaj Gupta, Leader – Public Sector Enterprises and Government, Healthcare, AISPL, AWS India and South Asia. Media and entertainment companies are among the major users of cloud services. “With AWS, Prasar Bharati can change the way it creates, manages, and distributes content to audiences—both old and new—locally and globally,” he added. Before switching to AWS, PBNS hosted its applications with a co-location IT service provider and experienced high latency, which led to performance and availability problems, including website outages and jerky video streaming. The dissemination of news and the viewing experience were both substantially impacted by this. To transform the way it delivers content, such as live-streaming it and distributing it across platforms like YouTube, PBNS required a broad set of cloud capabilities, from scalable compute and storage resources to content development, administration, and archiving.

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Unemployment rate rises in India, declines in the US

/ Human Resource Community

Data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) show that in August, with a two million decline in employment, India’s unemployment rate increased to a one-year high of 8.3%. On the other hand, since late last year, the number of open positions in the US has surprisingly surpassed 11 million. Therefore, employment growth has exceeded all forecasts, and the unemployment rate has decreased by 3.5%. In India, there were 397 million people employed in July, with a 6.8% unemployment rate. The unemployment rates in metropolitan areas are often greater than those in rural areas, hovering around 8% and 7%, respectively. However, in August, India’s urban unemployment rate increased to 9.6% while the country’s rural unemployment rate increased to 7.7%. In rural India, the employment rate dropped from 37.6 percent in July to 37.3 percent in August. Unpredictable rains that have an impact on sowing are to blame for this decline. In the US, employers recruited more people than anticipated in July, resulting in a decrease in the unemployment rate to 3.5%. This has caused people to think that the recession has been averted. About 398,000 new jobs were generated in June. Given the tight labour market, the US private sector added about 132,000 jobs in August, indicating that there has been growth, albeit slowly.

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Delhi University to offer paid internships to UG, PG students

/ Education Community

According to officials, the Delhi University will launch a paid internship programme for undergraduate and graduate students this academic year in an effort to deliver a comprehensive education in line with the National Education Policy (NEP). According to VC Yogesh Singh, the goal of the Vice Chancellor Internship Scheme (VCIS) is to provide training in both soft and hard skills by combining cognitive knowledge with experiential learning. All University of Delhi regular full-time students enrolled in any undergraduate or graduate course are eligible to apply for VCIS. According to an official document, the internship would be offered all year round based on the needs of the Delhi University’s departments, centres, and institutes. “The scheme is a unique experience in helping students broaden their mental faculties by learning skills and inculcating a sense of responsibility towards the university system. “It is a method to intertwine holistic knowledge with the innovative avenues of earning while learning the nitty gritty of academics and administration,” Singh added. The total intended number of interns in both categories is 200, and students will be chosen based on an interview. VCIS facilitation at Delhi University falls within the purview of the Dean of Students’ Welfare’s office. According to officials, the Vice Chancellor’s approval will be required before the number of interns may be reevaluated and recommended by DSW. There would be a regular internship and a summer internship under VCIS. A summer internship will be available throughout the eight-week break. It might be flexible for 15-20 hours a week. In the meantime, it said that a (regular) internship during the academic term may include flexible hours of 8 to 10 per week. The summer intern will receive Rs. 10,000 per month in contrast to the normal intern’s striped of 5,000. Each fiscal year, the stipend will increase by 5%, it stated. At the conclusion of the internship, the DSW will issue a certificate, along with an evaluation report from the relevant employing department, centres, and institutes. According to the document, those who are interested must register online, and a properly submitted application will only be valid for six months. The exact topics and areas of interest must be stated and indicated by interested students. “Applicants may indicate three preferences of specific domain/areas of interest while applying for VCIS. The applicants must upload a letter of recommendation (LOR) and no objection certificate (NOC) from their head of the department of the college while applying for the internship,” the document mentioned.

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Cost of cervical cancer vaccine set to be Rs 200-400

/ Health & Wellness Community

Scientific completion suggests that the vaccine’s R&D efforts are finished, and that the next step would be to make the vaccine accessible to the general population. According to Union minister of science and technology Jitendra Singh, Covid has increased public knowledge of preventative healthcare, which has facilitated the creation of vaccinations such as the one against cervical cancer. “The schemes like Ayushman Bharat have made us think about preventive healthcare and we can now afford it. The Department of Biotechnology has taken a lead in the matter and are in collaborative mode,” he said. “Scientific efforts at times do not get the scale of recognition they deserve. So this event is to celebrate that scientific completion,” he said. Outside of the occasion, Poonawalla met with reporters and stated, “The cost of the cervical cancer vaccine, which will range between Rs 200 to 400, will be reasonable. However, the exact cost will only be determined following thorough negotiations with the government “. In comparison to existing cervical cancer vaccinations, he said, “the vaccine would be much, much less expensive.” Poonawalla anticipated that the vaccine might go on sale by the year’s end. He stated that the vaccine will first be made available through the government channel, then starting the next year, certain private partners would also be involved. Poonawalla added that a plan to produce 200 million doses is in place. The vaccine will initially be administered in India, and only when the demands of the country have been met, will it be exported to other countries. In order to test this vaccination, 2000 people from all over the nation participated, according to Rajesh Gokhale, secretary of the department of biotechnology. Source: PTI

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Government to achieve $300 billion in electronic production by 2026

/ Governance Community

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, stated that the government is committed to boosting domestic manufacturing to make India more robust to supply chain disruptions in order to meet the aim of $300 billion in electronic production by 2026. He added that it is very timely and will assist the government in determining the obstacles to be addressed and the approaches to take in order to meet this goal. He stated that the goal of the government is to become a reliable and trusted partner in global value chains. According to the minister, India has been successful in methodically constructing a structure and plan that clearly define the objectives of a $300 billion electronics manufacturing ecosystem with $120 billion in exports by 2026. He claimed that this report’s description of the government’s strategy for the upcoming years is both very significant and fascinating. Chandrasekhar went on to say that the analysis implies that in order for India to compete in the electronics manufacturing industry, it will need to export aggressively.

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PwC plans to hire 10,000 more people in India in the next four years

/ Human Resource Community

PwC has announced plans to grow its team over the next five years or less in honour of the 150th anniversary of the company in India. With an emphasis on diversity, skill development, and equal growth opportunities, the company keeps working to ensure that its employees have a challenging and all-encompassing work environment. In less than five years, the company wants to hire 10,000 individuals throughout its network of companies as part of its growth plans. Emerging technologies, including cloud, digital, analytics, and cyber technologies, will be given priority in the hiring process. According to Sanjeev Krishnan, chairman of PwC India, the company has learned a lot over the past 150 years and has “taken those learnings to become stronger, more focused and better positioned to deliver on our purpose of solving important problems and building a strong culture of respect, inclusion and transparency.” PwC India has offices all over the country today and provides a variety of professional services to its clients. After reporting a 22% YoY increase in revenue in the previous fiscal year, it has been investing in technology and management consulting, risk, and deals, as well as making organic acquisitions to scale up and enhance current problem-solving skills. In an effort to increase its reach and access the talent pool in India, it has built three new offices this year. With our new strategy in place, we are still steadfastly committed to doing our part to help India achieve its goal of being a $5 trillion economy, according to Krishnan. “We look forward to collaborating with our clients, our people and the larger stakeholder ecosystem to create the virtuous cycle between earning trust and delivering sustained outcomes necessary for our country to emerge as a global leader,” he continued.

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Reliance Industries’ media business saw its biggest growth last year, says Mukesh Ambani at Reliance AGM 2022

/ Media Entertainment & Art Community

Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, stated in his speech to the shareholders on Monday that the company’s media division, which includes Viacom18 and Network18, achieved its highest growth last year as a consequence of strong engagement that led to record subscriptions and advertising revenues. “Our national channels CNN, News18, CNBC TV18, and News 18 India are consistently ranked number one. Moneycontrol is amongst the world’s most popular subscription products. Our news brands are innovating with storytelling methods across platforms building deeper relationships with audiences wherever they are and whatever device they use,” he added at the 45th annual general meeting (AGM) of Reliance Industries. The chairman also mentioned how Viacom18, the company’s entertainment division, strengthened its position as a market leader by forging a path into sports and winning the digital rights to the Indian Premier League (IPL) for a period of five years. “Along with key sporting rights in football, badminton, basketball, tennis and now cricket, Viacom18 is also investing in movie rights and original content for OTT. In news, entertainment and sports, digital is core and fast growing theme as we prepare to embrace the 5G revolution,” Ambani said.  He continued by saying that the collaboration with Bodhi Tree, James Murdoch, Uday Shankar, and Paramount Global will give Viacom18 access to more talent and help it become a world-class media and entertainment business. Ambani also praised the Reliance Retail leadership team at the AGM for attaining a turnover of Rs 2 lakh crore and earnings before interest, taxes, and depreciation (EBIDTA) of Rs 12,000 crore. He said, “Today, Reliance Retail is among the top ten retailers in Asia.” Isha Ambani, director of Reliance Retail, has stated that the company will begin selling FMCG products this year. She remarked in her speech to the Reliance Industries AGM, “The objective of this business will be to develop and deliver products and solve every Indian’s daily needs, with high quality products at affordable pricing,”

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