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Experienced raider Nitin Tomar, who has played 86 matches in the vivo Pro Kabaddi League, is all set to turn up for UP Yoddhas in the upcoming season, starting on October 7 in Bengaluru. Tomar made a vital contribution to Uttar Pradesh's 43-27 victory against Services in the Semi-Final of the 36th National Games Gujarat 2022 on Friday. Speaking about the match, the raider said, "We played the match very well. The Services team is a good one. They have a lot of good players. The match could have gone either way, but we stayed patient, which helped us win the match." Tomar also expressed, "Reaching the final has given us a lot of confidence and it is great that this has happened just before the next season of vivo Pro Kabaddi League."The raider added that the UP team will need to play the Final with patience, "Our coach told us to not take any pressure and play our own game. Everyone played their part very well. We are very excited to play the Final of the ...

    Hockey India on Saturday named a 33-member core probable group for the National Coaching camp starting on 3 rd  October 2022 to prepare for the FIH Hockey Pro League 2022-2023 season opener in Bhubaneswar. The Indian team will take on New Zealand and Spain in double header matches to be played at the iconic Kalinga hockey Stadium.  The core group for the national camp includes experienced goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, Krishan B Pathak and Pawan. Defenders Jarmanpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Mandeep Mor, Yashdeep Siwach, Dipsan Tirkey, Sanjay, Manjeet and Sumit have been included in the list along with midfielders Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh, Shamsher Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Rajkumar Pal and Pawan Rajbhar.  Forwards Akashdeep Singh,...

vivo Pro Kabaddi League stars Nitin Tomar and Abhishek Singh made a substantial performance to help Uttar Pradesh book a place in the final of the men's kabaddi competition at the 36th National Games in Ahmedabad on Friday. Uttar Pradesh completely dominated the second half and registered a 43-27 victory in the last four game. The two teams fought toe-to-toe in the opening five minutes of the match as Services led by just one point at 3-2. In the 7th minute, vivo Pro Kabaddi League superstar Naveen Kumar pulled off a brilliant raid to help Services extend their lead at 4-2. However, the Uttar Pradesh defence unit stood tall and helped their team level the score at 5-5 in the 11th minute. But, the fourth highest raid points scorer in the last season of vivo PKL, Naveen Kumar got on a roll and carried out several fantastic raids to help his team take a comfortable four-point lead. Moments later, the Services inflicted an All Out and stamped their authority on the match at 13-7. T...

  National Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (NFSSM) Alliance, a collaborative body that drives the discourse on Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM) forward in India, announced the launch of the second edition of ‘ Frontline Stories of Resilience’ – a platform featuring Government officials as India's Sanitation Champions. This platform is hosted as a website, and amplifies the crucial role and efforts local city and state leaders play in ensuring service delivery and safety of sanitation workers and vulnerable communities. This platform showcases the leadership of government officials in ensuring public service delivery, enabling cross-learning of leadership best practices and will act as an agent to inspire sector practitioners, organizations, and leaders from other cities and states to act towards achieving inclusive and sustainable sanitation outcomes.   Effective sanitation service delivery is crucial to move towards achieving SGD 6 and the role played b...

Thiru M.K.Stalin, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu inaugurated the green Tamil Nadu mission in Vandalur by planting the first tree in zoo campus. The scheme is to plant 2.80crores of saplings in government, public, private properties and educational institutions all over the State for which nurseries were raised by forest department for the past 6 months.   Public, NGOs and Eco club/NGC students from various schools/colleges participated in the 500 trees plantations on the first day.   The NGC students from Vidya matric school, Medavakkam and eco club students from Annai Veilankanni's College & Vivekananda College also planted trees. NGC District coordinator Thangaraj, Rotarian Siva Chandran, Arivukkan magazine Akila coordinated the eco club students.

ASCENT Foundation , a not-for-profit, peer-to-peer learning platform founded by Harsh Mariwala, Chairman, Marico Ltd has registered over 25% increase in members for the Chennai chapter. ASCENT had started its Chennai Chapter in 2018 with 25 members and currently consists of 103 members. The trust groups allow like-minded, growth-oriented entrepreneurs to learn and unlearn through peer learning and support. A recent event hosted by ASCENT in Chennai on September 29, 2022 with Harsh Mariwala, Chairperson, Marico, and Founder ASCENT, Archanna Das, CEO, ASCENT and its cohort members from Chennai Gayathri Viswanathan, Director, Maarga Systems Pvt Ltd., and Mahimm Gupta, Managing Director, PPMS Field Marketing Pvt. Ltd discussed the importance of peer learning and support to build resilient leaders of tomorrow. ASCENT has been actively reaching out to growth-oriented entrepreneurs from Chennai requiring peer support since the past four years. In 2018, the Chennai Chapter started with 25 ...

Dabur India Ltd., India's most trusted natural personal care company, very recently launched all New Vatika Neelibhringa21 Hair Growth Oil, further strengthening its presence in the hair oil market. It is an Ayurvedic medicinal hair oil clinically tested to reduce hairfall and grow new hair in 2 months. Mr. Abhishek Jugran, Vice President-Marketing, Dabur India Ltd said, "Vatika is the flagship hair care brand from the House of Dabur and has evolved as the preferred hair oil of millions of consumers over the years. Taking the Vatika’s equity of solving key hair problems further, we have expanded the portfolio with the launch of Vatika Neelibhringa21ayurvedic medicinal Hair Growth Oil. Mr. Ankur Kumar, GM Hair Care,Dabur India Ltd. said, “To drive awareness around Neelibhringa21, we will be using multimedia approach, where we will educate consumers about the science of Ayurveda, breaking myths around hairfall. We will be driving conversations through communities, doing sampli...