India beat New Zealand placed third U-21 Eve's hockey tournament

India beat New Zealand  placed  third U-21 Eve's hockey tournament

22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri Under-21 Women's hockey tournament, India defeated Australia 3-2 in the third-fourth place classification match in New Delhi today. Eve India Hockey , the hosts ended third in the tournament.

India had crashed out of the title race, producing a lackluster display and losing to Germany 1-2 in their last round-robin match yesterday.

The final match of the tournament between Germany and New Zealand..

Germany beat India : Shastri U-21 Four Nation Eve Hockey

12.11.2011 07:45:51 - Nksagar-Sagar Media Inc:India go down fighting spirited game lost to Germany 2-1 thus ended its race to play for the title in the 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri Under-21 Four Nation Hockey Tournament at Major Dhyanchand Stadium,New Delhi on Friday.Germany enters final take-on New Zealand in the title clash on Saturday as New Zealand beat Australia 3-1 in League match.

(live-PR.com) - India played aggressive first half scoring in 12 th minute through Jasjeet Kaur. Later Indian attack made valiant efforts but luck eluded Team India , Germany encountered their first penalty corner in the nineteenth minute. and save by Indian goalkeeper Sukhmani Virk kept Indian fans hope alive.

At the 35th minute,Germany converted short corner scoring a goal
through Laura Saenger just before the last minute of half time equalized for the Germans Team . India needed a draw to make the summit clash. Germans team thus kept their aggression just after three minutes propel another penalty corner though Laura Saebger score a goal thus giving lead to German a 2-1.

India with lady luck not favouring got chances but failed to gain their efforts in vain, in last 15 mintues with India got three penalty corners missed goalpost.

Indian coach BK Subramani said, “Equalizer goal was important . In 2nd half we missed open chances. We missed penalty corners as well. As compared to Germany, we are weak on penalty corner. We were playing very defensive because we were trying to keep the points. Tomorrow we will play with better game plan . We will be prepared mentally and motivate the girls for tomorrow’s match.

”German coach Herbert Marc said, “Indians were playing very safe game with defense as their forte but we were able to put pressure on them. After the 2-1 lead in 38th minute we were trying to get more and more goals. He further added Indian girls are technically very strong. He said tomorrow’s match we will play aggressive hockey.
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Tourist Visa on arrival scheme in October 2011

During the month of October 2011,  Total of 1234 Visa on Arrival (VoAs) were issued to foreign tourists .  The number of VoAs issued during the month of September 2011 were 991.  During the period January-October 2011, a total number of 9739 VoAs were issued.  The number of VoAs issued under this scheme, during October, 2011 were New Zealand (274), Japan (224), Indonesia (205), Phillippines (186), Singapore (140), Finland (134), Cambodia (27), Vietnam (15), Luxemburg (14) Laos (10) and Myanmar (5).  The number of VoAs issued under this scheme during January-October 2011 were New Zealand (1950), Japan (1899), Indonesia (1652), Phillipines (1576), Singapore (1448), Finland (886), Cambodia (123), Vietnam (100), Myanmar (56), Luxemburg (63) and Laos (13).  During the period January-October 2011, the maximum number of VoAs were issued at Delhi airport ( 5622), followed by Mumbai (2062), Chennai (1561) and Kolkata (494).   As a facilitative measure to attract more foreign tourists to India, The Government launched a Scheme of “Visa on Arrival” (VoA) in January,2010 for citizens of five countries, viz Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Singapore, visiting India for tourism purposes.  This scheme was further extended for the citizens of six more countries, namely, Combodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos and Myanmar from January, 2011.

New Notification for Movies, TV Programmes

New Notification for Movies, TV Programmes, Displaying Tobacco Products Comes into Effect from 14.11.2011-The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has notified the rules for Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) [second amendment rules] 2011. These rules will be implemented from 14^th November, 2011. The rules have been notified after consultation and taking into account the views of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to make is more practical and implementable. 

As per the Rules all the old movies and TV programmes i.e. produced before the 14^th November displaying tobacco products or its use shall have to mandatorily display:-

(a) anti-tobacco health spots or messages of minimum thirty seconds duration each at the beginning and middle of the film or the television programme.

(b) anti-tobacco health warning as a prominent scroll at the bottom of the screen during the period of such display.

And such programmes will be telecasted at such timings that are likely to have least viewership of minors.

For new films and TV programme a strong editorial justification for display of tobacco products or their use shall be given to Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)  along with UA certification, and it will be accompanied by the following:

a)      a disclaimer, of minimum twenty seconds duration, by the concerned actor regarding the ill effects of the use of such products, in the beginning and middle of the film or television programme;

b)      anti-tobacco health spots or messages, of minimum thirty-second duration each at the beginning and middle of the film or the television programme;

c)      anti-tobacco health warning as a prominent scroll at the bottom of the screen during the period of such display:

There will be a representative of MoHFW in the CBFC.

In order to restrict blatant display of tobacco brands in old films  and TV programmes  these rules  make it mandatory to crop /mask display of brands of cigarettes or any other tobacco product or any forms of product placement, closeups  and for new films and TV programmes  such scenes shall be edited/blurred by the producer prior to screening. The ban on display of tobacco product or its usage also extends to promotional materials and posters as well.

India has the largest film producing industry and films have played a key role in process of social change and  in  influencing the Indian culture. Thus, for the tobacco industry, films provide an opportunity to convert a deadly product into a status symbol or token of independence. The role of movies as vehicles for promoting tobacco use has become even more important as other forms of tobacco promotion are constrained. This investment is part of a wider and more complex marketing strategy to support pro-tobacco social norms, including product placement in mass media, sponsorship and other modalities.

There are experimental and observational studies to show that tobacco use  in films influences young people’s beliefs about social norms for smoking, as well as their beliefs about the function and consequences of smoking and their personal intention to use tobacco. Consistent with the findings of these epidemiological studies, a number of experimental studies have confirmed that seeing tobacco usage in  film shifts attitude in favour of tobacco use , and that an anti-tobacco  advertisement shown prior to a film with tobacco use blunts the effect of smoking imagery.

The Government of India had enacted the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, in 2003 with the objective to protect the present and future generation from the adverse harm effects of tobacco usage and second hand smoke, through imposing progressive restriction.

As per Section - 5 of the Act, all forms of advertisement (direct, indirect/surrogate) promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products is prohibited. However, it was observed that when the advertising, promotion and sponsorship ban went into force, tobacco companies developed new marketing strategies to circumvent the law through depiction of tobacco use scenes and brand placement of tobacco products in movies.

In 2003, WHO conducted a study on the portrayal of tobacco in Indian cinema and its impact on youth audience before the passage of the COTPA. Further in 2004 (post COTPA ), a second study titled on “Tobacco In Movies and Impact on Youth” documented changes in Bollywood’s tobacco imagery. This research found the following:

Key Findings	WHO study (2003)	Study by Burning Brain Society supported by WHO/MoH (2005)
Total tobacco containing movies	76%	89% .
Lead character smoking	40.9%	75.5%
Tobacco brands/product  placement and visibility	15.7%	41.0%

More details _: http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2011/nov/d2011111102.pdf

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Celebration on 150th anniversary unification of Italy : Embassy of Italy in India

Celebration on 150th anniversary unification of Italy : Embassy of Italy in India

 Celebration on 150 th anniversary unification of Itlay in India organized by Embassy of Italy in India  find right time for Fusion of Indian -Italian young musicians and artistes from India are collaborating with Italian musicians for the opera that is part of celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy organissed by the Embassy of Italy along with the Indian Council of Cultural Relations."It is a big opportunity for Italy and India to allow their artistes to get acquainted with both the cultures and this will bring people together through art," Ambassador of Italy to India, Giacomo Sanfelice di Monteforte told official media .

A forceful libretto and enhralling musical score ,make Cavalleria Rusticana an unforgettable operatic experience for the Indian audience, as one of the classis of ''verismo'' (realism) in opera style, the story Cavalleria Rusticano by Pietro when first performed in Rome in 1890, was an immediate success.

This show is based on a play by Giovanni Verga, the opera potrays love and jealousy in Sicily at the end of the 19th century and is  grand Italian opera with participation from Indian artistes is set to regale audiences here..

The orchestra conducted by Indian Maestro Vijay Upadhyaya includes 70 musicians and a choir of 50 artistes from the Neemrana Music Foundation.

Opera is scheduled to be performed on November 15 at Siri Fort Auditorium here as part of the closing gala for the fifth Delhi International Arts Festival (DIAF).

SAB TV launches ‘SAB Ka Evening Shows’

11.11.2011 04:28:18 - Nksagar-Sagar Media inc: New Delhi:Comedy concept of airing different comedy shows on every Saturday is very new, the channel is expecting fresh audience.Anooj Kapoor added, “The concept is very new and we are not only expecting new audience but all those audience who watch daily soaps from Monday-Friday but can get to watch comedy shows”.

(live-PR.com) - SAB TV will add fresh comedy entertainment with the launch of ‘SAB Ka Evening Show’ that will feature a one-and-a-half-hour long Maha-episode of family comedy every Saturday from 9 pm onwards.

With this unique programming initiative, the channel promises to offer a new story every week that has fresh, innovative and entertaining storyline and has varied flavours of comedy i.e. romantic
comedy, family comedy, satire, comedy thriller etc with fresh cast. The channel has plans to air 20 different shows in the coming months.

Commenting on the launch, Anooj Kapoor, Executive VP & Business Head SAB TV said, “We wanted to offer viewer’s alternative entertainment platform on a Saturday evening. Never before have had viewers got an opportunity to sample a new comedy story every Saturday; something that would impart a unique entertaining experience to their weekend family viewing”.

SAB TV seems to follow is like of the theater plays where every weekend, the audience gets to watch a new comedy play.The first three shows to go on air would be ‘Oye Bunty Babloo Oye’ followed by ‘Kya Hoga Is Desh Ka’ and ‘Gaadi Bula Rahi Hai.’

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