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मनोज बंजारा के जूनून ने जीती 72 घंटे की जंग

पैसो के पेड़ विजेता को मिले 2 लाख रुपये

गुरूवार शाम 7 बजे शुरू हुई  72 घंटो की जंग पर आखिरकार रविवार शाम 7 बजे विराम लगा जब 94.3 MYFM को इंडिया के पहले रेडियो रियलिटी शो पैसो के पेड़ का विजेता मिला।

मनोज बंजारा ने पूरे 2 लाख रुपये जीत कर पैसों का पेड़ अपने नाम कर लिया। दुसरे स्थान पर रहे धर्मेन्द्र पालीवाल ने 42 इंच का TV जीता और तीसरे स्थान पर रहने वाली सहिस्ता मंसूरी को Justa SajjanGarh की तरफ से फॅमिली हॉलिडे वाउचर मिला।

अंतिम क्षणों में जब फाइनल 2 कंटेस्टेंट को उनका फाइनल मूव होल्ड करने के लिए दिया गया तब आखिरी वक्त तक दिल की धड़कन थामे दोनों प्रतिभागी किसी भी स्तिथि में हार स्वीकार करने को तैयार नहीं थे। पैसों के पेड़ की शाखा को पकडे और 2 लाख का सपना संजोये मनोज और धर्मेन्द्र के बीच फाइनल टास्क 50 मिनट से भी ज्यादा देर तक चला। लेकिन अंत में धर्मेन्द्र पालीवाल ने अपनी एडी टिका दी। और इसी के साथ मनोज बंजारा ने पैसों का पेड़ जीत लिया।

फोरम सेलिब्रेशन मॉल में 94.3 MYFM और फेविकोल प्रेजेंट्स ‘पैसों का पेड़’ के फाइनल राउंड में रविवार को प्रतिभागियों के बीच ऐसा ही देखने को मिला। ‘पैसों के पेड़’ के अंतिम पड़ाव यानी रविवार तक 30 में से 15 प्रतिभागी इस जंग को लड़ रहे थे। 72 घंटों की इस जंग में रियल हीरो के चुनाव के लिए RJ’s द्वारा कई मुश्किल टास्क दिए गए।

इंडिया का पहला रेडियो रियलिटी शो ‘पैसों का पेड़ सीजन – 1’ के स्पोंसोर्स थे फेविकोल, संचालित द्वारा नीलकंठ फर्टिलिटी हॉस्पिटल और इन्वेस्टमेंट पार्टनर थे एकमे फिन्त्रदे इंडिया लिमिटेड। इसके सहयोगी प्रायोजक थे सीडलिंग द वर्ल्ड स्कूल, अर्थ डायग्नोस्टिक सेंटर, जयपुर जंगल, वॉयेज मोटर्स और नेचुरल्स लाउन्ज।

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Now You Can Zip-line in Udaipur @Rs200!

Image Courtesy: Pramod Soni for Patrika

Udaipur has so much to give to its visitors and residents!!! On 3rd August 2018, Home Minister Kataria inaugurated the “Valley of Flowers” at Chirwa, in Udaipur. 80 hectares of the Ghat section is now covered with different flowering plants sanctioned by the Ministry of Forest and Environment under the CAMPA Yojana. For all those who love that adrenaline rush can enjoy the newly constructed Zip-line in the same area.

Image Courtesy: Pramod Soni for Patrika

It is quite evident that Udaipur has seen a lot of development in tourism in the recent times and ziplining is one of them. After the formation of the four-lane and Chirwa tunnel on the Udaipur-Nathdwara highway, the route of the Chirwa ‘Ghata’ was less traveled.  The route once gave the best view of the dense thicket spreading from Amberi to Chirwa. The locals, as well as tourists, were deprived of this beautiful view of the forest post construction of the tunnel.

This valley has been developed by the forest department in the form of a flowering valley, which has been the entrance of Udaipur for years. Here, you can watch birds and animals in their natural habitats from the respective viewing points, which are created with flowering plants on either side of the serpentine road.

The Home Minister has reportedly spoken about making the place a center of interest for activities like Horse Safari, study centers, floriculture and conservation of various species. Carving figures on rocks will also be seen.  Nature trails, cycling rides, cafeteria, nature view points at the four places, Interpretation Center will also be deployed.

Image Courtesy: Pramod Soni for Patrika

Also, apparently there will be golf carts in the area too for sightseeing until then visitors will have to walk and enjoy the beauteous nature.

Entry fee for adults will be available at 30 rupees for adults, Rs 10 for students, 100 rupees for foreign nationals, Rs. 50 for video capturing, Video camera will be charged at Rs. 100, Hill cycle 50 rupees per hour and Zip line will be charged at Rs. 200.

 

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Udaipur-Based Online Furniture Platform raises $1 Million Funding

Udaipur-based online custom-furniture platform, WoodenStreet, has raised $1 Million in Series-A funding. The round was led by RVCF (Rajasthan Venture Capital Funds) and the investment was overseen by Growth India Fund.

WoodenStreet was founded in May 2015 by two brothers from Udaipur, Mr. Lokendra Ranawat and Mr. Virendra Ranawat, along with their friends, Mr. Dinesh Pratap Singh and Mr. Vikas Baheti.

At WoodenStreet, customers can either select from an existing catalog of pre-made designs, requesting modifications as per their requirements, or directly interact with highly specialized designers, who can understand their needs and ideas, to have something built entirely unique for them.

“Due to widespread diversity, every single home is different which is why we believe custom made & space saving furniture was just not a trend but the future, we wanted every customer to own furniture of their choice being in the most compact manner”- says, Lokendra Ranawat, Co-Founder Woodenstreet.com

With more than 200 employees and three years of functioning, the company has seen a profitable traction of 10,000 new visitors per day on their website. Delivering across 30 major cities in India, they have served more than 20,000 happy customers.

Through this round of investment, the company gets an opportunity to expand in new business verticals, such as Interior Designing services. This will enable them in modernizing and digitizing every space by providing an end-to-end e-commerce platform that will not only facilitate custom-made furniture but also cover the interior design sector.

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Is Son of Mukesh Ambani Getting Married in Udaipur?

Source: hamaraphotos

Udaipur is the most preferred destination for celebrities when it comes to a grand royal wedding. The statement is clearly justified if we look back in time when Famous royal weddings such as Raveena Tandon’s, Sanjay Hinduja’s and the most recent Neil Nitin Mukesh’s wedding took place in Udaipur.

Source: hamaraphotos

Well, the time is not far when another name will be added to this list. Famous businessman Mukesh Ambani’s son, Akash Ambani is planning to get married in the city of Lakes, Udaipur. Although it is not finalized yet, the news says that the lovebirds along with their family are going to land in Udaipur soon to finalize the destination. Along with that, a programme might be held in Nathdwara too.

The engagement ceremony of Mukesh Ambani’s son, Akash took place recently in March 2018 after he proposed to his longtime girlfriend and childhood friend, Shloka Mehta. Shloka Mehta is the daughter of Russel Mehta, owner, and CEO of Rosy Blue Diamonds. Shloka is originally based from Gujarat and has a deep interest in social work which is why she co-founded the company ConnectFor that deals with the NGO’s and provide them volunteers in terms of donation as well as manpower.

Source: Wikibio

The wedding is said to be conducted in the first week of December 2018 but whether it is going to take place in Udaipur or not, that will be known once the family lands in Udaipur.

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‘वन्दे उदयपुर’ – स्वतंत्रता दिवस पर प्रवीण रतलिया द्वारा 51000 घरों में तिरंगा फहराने की पहल!

स्वतंत्रता दिवस भारत वर्ष में उत्साह, देशभक्ति एवं स्वाभिमान की भावना से मनाया जाता है। इसी भावना को और भी बलवती करने हेतु ‘वन्दे उदयपुर’ – एक पहल जिसके अंतर्गत उदयपुर संभाग के 51,000 घरों में तिरंगा फहराने का लक्ष्य रखा गया है। नमो विचार मंच द्वारा इस पहल का नेतृत्व प्रवीण रतलिया ने किया है।

इस पहल का कार्यचालन चार दिवस तक रहेगा (12 अगस्त से 15 अगस्त)। इस चार दिवसीय कार्यक्रम की रूपरेखा कुछ इस प्रकार है:

12 अगस्त:

इस दिनांक को उदयपुर संभाग के 6 जिलों की 28 विधानसभाओं के बूथ स्तर पर नमो विचार मंच के कार्यकर्ताओं द्वारा घरों में लकड़ी के तिरंगे दिए जायेंगे जिन्हें लोग 15 अगस्त को अपने घरों में फहराएंगे।

यही नहीं, तिरंगे के साथ ही हर घर में राष्ट्रगीत ‘वन्दे मातरम्’ का एक बड़ा स्टीकर भी लगाया जायेगा, जो कि नमो विचार मंच द्वारा दिए जायेंगे।

13 अगस्त:

जिन घरों में 12 अगस्त को तिरंगे दिए गये थे, उन्हीं घरों से एक – एक मुट्ठी आटा एकत्रित किया जायेगा और इसको 15000 आदिवासी बंधुओं के भोजन में प्रयोग किया जाएगा। इसके साथ ही पिछड़े क्षेत्र के आदिवासियों को ‘चरण कमल’ योजना के अंतर्गत जूते, चप्पल और कपडे भी वितरित किये जाएंगे एवं 1500 स्कूली बच्चों को बस्ते दिए जायेंगे।

14 अगस्त:

यह दिन शहीदों के परिवारों और सैनिकों के लिए रहेगा। इस दिन इन परिवारों के साथ एक संध्या ‘आज़ादी के नाम’ मनाई जाएगी और वीर रस कवि सम्मलेन का भी आयोजन किया जाएगा।

15 अगस्त:

15 अगस्त को सुबह 9:15 बजे 51,000 घरों में एक साथ, एक समय पर तिरंगे फहराने के उद्देश्य को सम्पूर्ण किया जाएगा। इसके साथ ही सुबह 10 बजे, फ़तेह स्कूल के सामने से विशाल तिरंगा वाहन रैली निकाली जाएगी जो की सूरज पोल से होते हुए उदयपुर शहर के भीतरी इलाको से होते हुए टाउन हॉल स्थित शहीद स्मारक पर पूर्ण होगी । और इसी के साथ इस क्रांतिकारी पहल को अंजाम दिया जायेगा।

युवा प्रवीण रतलिया द्वारा यह पहल क्रांतिकारी व देशहित में अग्रसारित पहल है। उदयपुर के लोगों को बहुमत में इस पहल का साथ देना चाहिए एवं इस तरह की सोच को बढ़ावा देना चाहिए।

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Techno NJR Students win Rajasthan Digifest 5.0 Green-A-Thon

Techno NJR students have made the City proud again! Student’s Team Slick comprising of Kamlesh Kumar, Sachin Goyal, and Harshit Jaroli have won the first prize of Rs. 15 lacs in the event Green-A-Thon organized during Rajasthan Digifest 5.0 held at Bikaner from 25th to 27th July 2018.

Hon’ble Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje gave the prizes to winners.

Rajasthan Digifest 5.0

A technology carnival saw the desert city of Bikaner come alive with over 5,000 people that included students, developers, tech enthusiasts, employers, and startups participate in Rajasthan’s fifth edition of DigiFest. A highlight of the three-day event was Hackathon 5.0 and Green-A-Thon which saw 3,500 participants from not just the state but all over India. 

The 36-hour coding and designing marathon witness over 800 teams from 20 cities, helped by 15 mentors. At the end of the first round of evaluation, 14 teams made it to the final and were then evaluated by a jury led by Mohandas Pai, Chairman of Manipal Global Education and Aarin Capital, and Nakul Saxena, Director of Public Policy at iSPIRIT.

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First Mewari Dictionary Launched by Nirmaan Society

Nirmaan Society from Chittorgarh with the support of MMCF took a great initiative to preserve and promote the mother tongue of Mewar. A brand new Mewari word dictionary has been launched by Nirmaan Society. This is the first Mewari dictionary ever. This dictionary will help tourists as well as locals to understand the roots of the language and understand the culture of Mewar.

Nowadays, people of Mewar has forgotten about Mewari completely. Instead of that, they prefer Hindi or English. It’s not that using a certain language is wrong but one should know the regional language of the place they belong to.

Source: Eternal Mewar

This dictionary consists of Mewari songs, Mewari alphabets, a map of Mewar, process of using Mewari dictionary, abbreviations and word meanings. Most of the words gathered in the dictionary are taken from a village near Khapan tehsil. The words used in it has got checked by people from various areas in Mewar.

The Mewari dictionary is equipped with approx. 6406 words of Mewari language. Not just this but every Mewari word is combined with its English and Hindi meaning, its pronunciation, grammar related to it and the sentence constructed from the particular word in Mewari.

This Mewari dictionary has two editions one of which was published in April 2017 and the second edition was published in January 2018. The launching of the second edition of the Mewari dictionary was attended by respected Arvind Singh Mewar.

This is a beautiful initiative taken to preserve the beautiful diminishing Mewari language.  It will help all the people who are interested in the culture of Mewar and its language and through this, the culture and language of Mewar would be eternal forever. Find the soft copy of the dictionary here – https://bit.ly/2mmvQZk.

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Udaipur’s new SP – Kunwar Rashtradeep

Rajendra Prasad Goyal, current SP of Udaipur, has been replaced by the new Superintendent of Police, Kunwar Rashtradeep. The orders were released late last night by the State Government.

Before the forthcoming assembly elections, transfer orders of 75 officers across the state were released by the Rajasthan Government. After which, Kunwar Rashtradeep has been appointed as the new Superintendent of Police, Udaipur. Rajendra Prasad Goyal, the current SP of Udaipur, is transferred as the SP, Crime Branch in Jaipur.

Before this, Kunwar Rashtradeep was serving as the DCP (Deputy Commissioner of Police) in Jaipur. In the advisory of the election commission, it has been mentioned that people who have spent a long time at one location should be transferred. IPS officers’ posting of batch 201 was also awaiting, hence the move was mandatory. In the same concern, Rajendra Prasad Goyal has been serving as the SP of Udaipur for 3 years now.

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मिठाइयाँ बांटो – दुनिया के सबसे अच्छे शहरों में उदयपुर को तीसरा स्थान

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अब तो ऐसी ख़बरों की उदयपुर वालों को आदत हो गयी है। फिर भी बधाइयाँ तो बनती है। इसके हक़दार हैं हम सभी उदयपुरवाले। Travel & Leisure, एक ट्रेवल मैगज़ीन है जो हर साल दुनिया भर के शहरों का सर्वे करती है और उनमें से चुनिन्दा शहरों की रैंकिंग हम तक पहुँचाती है। इस बार T+L (Travel & Leisure) ने दुनिया के टॉप 15 शहरों की रैंकिंग निकली है। इसमें उस शहर का कल्चर, आसपास की स्थिति, खाने-पीने से लेकर शौपिंग तक यानि की ओवरआल वैल्यू को परखा जाता है। ये सभी 15 शहर दुनिया भर से उठाये हैं जिसमें उदयपुर ने बाजी मारकर 3rd रैंक हासिल की है. यह मैगज़ीन अपने रीडर्स से वोटिंग करवाती है।

ये वही मैगज़ीन जिसनें उदयपुर को 2009 में दुनिया का सबसे बेहतरीन शहर घोषित किया था। इस बार भी टॉप फिफ्टीन में इंडिया से सिर्फ़ उदयपुर का ही नाम आया है। दिल्ली और मुंबई जैसे टूरिस्ट डेस्टिनेशन भी पीछे छूट गए हैं।

Sheesh Mahal overlooking Lake Pichola
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उदयपुर न सिर्फ़ यहाँ पर बने पैलेस, होटल्स, म्यूजियम और आर्किटेक्चर की वजह से फेमस है इन सबके अलावा प्राकृतिक रूप से भी उदयपुर धनवान है।

MMCF के चेयरमैन और मैनेजिंग ट्रस्टी, श्रीजी अरविन्द सिंह जी मेवाड़ का कहना है कि, “ये सभी शहरवासियों के लिए गर्व की बात है। मैं सभी गवर्मेंट एजेंसी और टूरिज्म डिपार्टमेंट को बधाई देना चाहता हूँ जिनके लगातार प्रयासों से उदयपुर इस मुकाम को हासिल कर पाया है।”

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हर साल बढ़ते टूरिस्ट इस बात की गवाही देते है कि वाक़ई उदयपुर ये मुकाम हासिल करने योग्य है। उदयपुर न सिर्फ़ देसी यहाँ तक की विदेशी पर्यटकों की पहली चॉइस बनता जा रहा है। इस बात का सबूत  है ये आंकड़े :-

सन् 2017 में मई  महीने तक कुल देसी पर्यटकों की संख्या 2,74,742 थी वहीँ 2018 में बढ़कर 3,11,442 हो गई। अगर विदेशी पर्यटकों की बात की जाए तो लगभग 89,000 के मुकाबले सन् 2018 में लगभग 96,000 विदेशी पर्यटक अब तक उदयपुर घूमने आ चुके हैं।

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इनके पीछे कई कारण है जैसे झीलों का भरे रहना, टूरिस्ट डिपार्टमेंट और गवर्मेंट का लगातार इस सेक्शन पर फोकस्ड रहना। सिटी पैलेस म्यूजियम का खुद आगे चल कर इनिशिएटिव लेना, म्यूजियम कल्चर को बढ़ावा देना वगैरा-वगैरा।

लेकिन अब जिम्मेदारी बढ़ जाती है। इतने से खुश होने वाली बात नहीं है। सुधार की गुंजाइश हमेशा बनी रहती है। हमारी और आपकी कोशिश यही रहेगी कि सन् 2009 का इतिहास दुबारा दोहराया जाए। 🙂

T+L की रैंकिंग देखने के लिए इस लिंक को क्लिक कर सकते है :- https://www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best/cities#palace-and-lake-pichola-udaipur-rajasthan-india-03

 News Courtesy: NDTV Beeps

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Are We Easily Accepting the Insane Decisions of Government? | Internet Ban in Udaipur

Rajasthan is witnessing an action that is unprecedented in the history of a democracy anywhere in this world. Rajasthan officials enforced a two-day statewide internet ban with arbitrary geographical boundaries. The reason for this was to deter cheating at the Rajasthan State Constable Examination.

Administrators in each district had to pass orders to shut down the cellular internet (and home broadband services too maybe) on the last weekend from 8AM-5PM in the day [copy of an order from Divisional Commissioner, Udaipur]. This is the first time something of this scale happened but Rajasthan is no stranger to regional internet bans. We are being normalized for what is an extreme action. This time the reason for the shutdown was to deter cheating at a government examination. Shutdown internet for the whole state to stop cheating at an exam makes perfect sense.

Folks at Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) have been tracking the Internet Shutdowns across India for last four years. According to InternetShutdowns.in, state of Rajasthan has seen 25 shutdowns in this duration which is second highest for any state in India after J&K! SFLC’s handbook on Internet Shutdowns in India is fairly useful policy primer on the issue.

This meant a loss of livelihood to many (cab drivers, mobile recharge shops, food delivery businesses, remote employees, freelancers, the list goes on). Approximately, the transaction of around 20 crores was interrupted, 14,000 e-tickets were not booked, roadways tickets suffered a loss of 5% and similarly, numerous people suffered from the ban. This directly negated the whole idea of digital India and the push to digital payment that came after demonetization. This is probably harmful in a hundred more ways. None of these shutdowns are properly communicated. The government simply is not even interested to gauge in the economic and other losses as a result of these bans to a state of 6.89 Crore people!

It is even more important that you make yourself heard because there is no framework or metric right now that the Office of District Magistrate or any official higher in the ladder uses to decide what events/occasions duly require a blanket ban (if any at all!). By not speaking, you are surrendering your rights to access the internet which is equivalent only to let the government decide when you get to be online and when not.

I am not sure if you or your friends are directly affected but we still need to hold our administration accountable at this moment. Only because this is an immense power exercise!

We need our government to answer a few really basic questions:

  • What is the process of arriving at the conclusion of such a blanket ban?
  • How are geographical boundaries in ban enforced? Who is enforcing these boundaries?
  • What all exams in the future will require a blanket ban?
  • What is significantly different about these exams that we have to resort to an action of this scale? An order like this is unprecedented in the history of our country (or any country probably)

To put things in perspective, internet bans are used around the world even by authoritarian regimes only in dire needs and at times of revolt (think Arab spring). We are a liberal democracy seeing this enforced so casually. This is normalization!