Malini Banerjee a very talented singer who has rendered playback for popular tv shows, nisha aur uske cousins, teri meri love story & also feature film gangs of ghosts and four songs in two bengali films has launched her new song "Aami Haarte Raaji Noi" on 7th August 2019 at topcat ccu. The launch was witnessed by eminent guests such as Chaitali Das; a jute revivalist and mrs. international classic, Amyt Datta ;a guitarist, composer and mentor. And musicians /band members Bodisatwa Ghosh, Gaurav Chatterjee, Akash Ganguly & Sudipta Paul.

PhonePe clocks 335 Million transactions in July

 

PhonePe, announced that it has achieved an annual TPV (Total payment volume) run-rate of $95 billion while clocking 335 Million transactions in July. PhonePe’s TPV run-rate has grown nearly 5X in the past year, since crossing the $20Bn mark in June 2018. This phenomenal growth has come on the back of the exponential expansion of PhonePe’s merchant network, both online and offline.

PhonePe has invested aggressively on its marketing activities this year and was the official co-presenting sponsor for the TV broadcast of VIVO IPL 2019 and the Official co-presenting sponsor for the TV broadcast of ICC World Cup 2019.

Sameer Nigam, CEO and Founder PhonePe said, "We are thrilled by the rapid adoption of PhonePe services across India. Last month alone, the PhonePe app was used by 60 million users. This means one out of every 15 Indian adults used the PhonePe app in July. This is both very exciting and very humbling for our company which launched less than 3 years ago.”

Talent Round of "India's Best Face1" at 'Hello Kolkata Studio'

    Mrs. Bindiya Bhattacharjee, Founder & Owner Of India's Best Face1 conducted 1st "Talent Round" of IBF1 on 4th August at 'Hello Kolkata Studio', IA-60, Sec-3, Salt Lake.

    About 20 talented youngsters put forth their talent in acting, singing and dancing.

    The versatile Jury Members included Mrs. Bindiya Bhattacharjee, Om Prakash Ladha (Veteran Actor), Sam Kapoor (Producer) and  Asish Basak (Writer & Film-maker, Editor-Director - 'Hello Kolkata').  

      The esteemed Guests of Honour were Kinkar Banerjee (Founder of Bengal Art Factory & Art Exhibitor), Farooque Mallik (Human Rights Gen. Secretary), Md Ehteshamul Haq, (WBTMC Minority Cell, Gen. Secy.), Dr. Suresh Kumar Agarwal (President of The Global Academy) and Mrs. Irani Mitra (Fashion Designer).
      Sponsors of  'India's Best Face1' "Talent Round" are from Guwahati Assam:-  Mrs. Kiran Thakuria (Hawain Guitar Player), Mrs. Malinapriya Das (Samaj Sevika), entrepreneurs Bandana Das and Vikas Kukreja (Owner of KID'S GURUKUL PRE-SCHOOL).

IBF1 Members are Amir Khan, Ksd Das, Sufal Roy, Speaker Md. Ishtiaque Alam.

On 4th of August a successful rally was held near Dumdum Sithir Mor at 5 pm in evening organised by Kolkata Alor Disha Social Welfare. This rally was smoothly conducted by the members present in the this organization and many people also supported this rally which highlights on the simple cohesive step "Save Water, Save Life” to spread awareness of the environment among the peoples. This initiative was taken only to support conservation of water and the main reason of this rally was to list the ways of saving water to support life and the possible ways to reserve water saving methods.

The honoured guests  were present as the great supporting hand were felicitated with prizes and without their cooperation this wouldn't be possible were-Babu Manna(Founder of World Rabindrik Foundation and Researcher at Rabindrabharti University and General Secretary of North Kolkata Jai Hind Bahini), Amartya Dey( Advocate at Sealdah Court and legal cell advisor North kolkata Jai Hind Bahini), Subrata Lahiri (honourable film director and editor), Gopal Bose( well-known tabla player in India), Diptyajit Bose( a visual artist and Researcher at World Rabindrik Foundation ), Saikat Neogi(Officer-in-charge of Sinthee police station).

This rally was magnificently organized by Amit Bas Roy Chowdhury-the welfare Secretary of the Kolkata Alor Disha, who started the main motive to established the idea of saving water in different parts of India to save life.

On 4th of August a successful rally was held near Dumdum Sithir Mor at 5 pm in evening organised by Kolkata Alor Disha Social Welfare. This rally was smoothly conducted by the members present in the this organization and many people also supported this rally which highlights on the simple cohesive step "Save Water, Save Life” to spread awareness of the environment among the peoples. This initiative was taken only to support conservation of water and the main reason of this rally was to list the ways of saving water to support life and the possible ways to reserve water saving methods.

The honoured guests  were present as the great supporting hand were felicitated with prizes and without their cooperation this wouldn't be possible were-Babu Manna(Founder of World Rabindrik Foundation and Researcher at Rabindrabharti University and General Secretary of North Kolkata Jai Hind Bahini), Amartya Dey( Advocate at Sealdah Court and legal cell advisor North kolkata Jai Hind Bahini), Subrata Lahiri (honourable film director and editor), Gopal Bose( well-known tabla player in India), Diptyajit Bose( a visual artist and Researcher at World Rabindrik Foundation ), Saikat Neogi(Officer-in-charge of Sinthee police station).



This rally was magnificently organized by Amit Basu Roy Chowdhury-the welfare Secretary of the Kolkata Alor Disha, who started the main motive to established the idea of saving water in different parts of India to save life.

FedEx announces 'FedEx Cares 50 by 50'

  

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) is proud to announce the next stage of its global community engagement program–FedEx Cares 50 by 50,a new journey to deliver hope, change and new possibilities for 50 million people by the company’s 50^th anniversary in 2023. FedEx launched the new strategy after exceeding its goal to invest $200 million in 200 global communities by 2020 six months early.

      “At FedEx, we believe that when we connect people and possibilities, we can change the world,” said Raj Subramaniam, President and COO, FedEx Corporation. “FedEx Cares 50 by 50 will allow us to continue to work with some of the world’s top nonprofits to support the change in social challenges like sustainable transportation, road safety and youth unemployment. We will also focus on the unique needs of local communities where we live and operate by creating connections with community leaders and supporting nonprofits. In short, we are delivering hope, change and new possibilities for 50 million people.”

FedEx Cares 50 by 50 launched last week at the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational hosted at TPC Southwind in the U.S., Memphis, Tenn.

The Third Edition of Dance Bridges Festival Explores Intimate Stories from Around the World

Thursday August 1: Dance Bridges Festival has become a much awaited encounter for performing arts aficionados, placing Kolkata firmly on the map of international arts festivals. This dance biennale founded in 2015 by Vanessa Maria Mirza supported by an international team based in the U.K, Taiwan and France has grown from strength to strength. Now in its third edition, there will be no less than 40 artists hailing from 15 countries to take part in this 5 day art extravaganza working around the theme of “The Sense of Intimacy” from August 1 to 5, 2019. Apart from Vanessa, associate director Dam Van Huynh from UK and artistic programmer Pierre Palluet were also present for the curtain raiser.
The opening day performances took place at ICCR featuring Asomates Dynameis Dance Company (Cypress), Tijmur Dance Theatre (Taiwan), Gabrielle Revlock (USA) a piece by Vanessa Maria Mirza and Martin Piliponsky Braier (Argentina). The festival saw participation from other renowned dance groups and artists like Massala Dance Company, Florent Schwartz, Harm Weistra, Julianna Ottlick, Compagnie Humaine, Dadans, Papia Chakraborty, Buoyant Performing Arts, Syimah Sabtu, Subhajit Khush Das, Stefano Fardelli, Parth Bharadwaj, Pintu Das, Van Huyhn Company, Pietro Marullo, Casey Avaunt, Diya Naidu, Purnendra Meshram and Vanessa Maria Mirza.

Talking about her experience, Vanessa said, “I was inspired in the beginning in 2014 to try to create a small onetime event in Calcutta for artists to meet and share their work, which developed into a festival in 2015. It had an amazing response from artists, audiences and participants. And so I dared to dream to create an organization to support the Festival as an International Dance Biennale with smaller events in between for years. I was lucky to be able to have an international team to support this as well as Indian based advisers and board members. I think it's important as artists not to be too easily satisfied with what we are creating and where we are at, and to be aware of what is happening in other parts of our country and around the world.”
Making this event extra special is the ambition of Vanessa to ensure the Festival is open to all by offering most events free of charge – apart from workshops requiring a participation fee. Performances and showcases will take place across Kolkata inviting the national and international audience to discover our unique city whilst watching some of the finest contemporary dance made today. Dance Bridges Festival has at heart to engage with local artists and connect them with artists from around the world. For this edition, 3 international choreographers have been offered the opportunity to spend a few days in Kolkata to create new dance pieces with local performers, which will then be presented during the Festival. The various venues of DBF includes ICCR Kolkata, Alka Jalan Foundation (Ballyngunge), Alliance Française du Bengale, International Management Institute (Alipore), Kolkata Centre for Creativity (E.M. Bypass), American Center and Quest Mall.
This year's theme “The Sense of Intimacy” reflects a wide range of shows connecting audiences to personal stories of artists from around the world. “We will explore performances in unconventional settings and bring the viewers closer to the performers to create a space for unique and personal encounters. We will look at how turning our focus towards deeper human connections may help us to cope with our changing world and society,” signed off Vanessa.