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Baton Transport A/S, Hungary In Association with The Vega Group Announces Initiative to Support and Empower Women Drivers in India and Provide them with employment opportunities in Eastern European Countries

Posted on February 21, 2023 by City Today News (City today.media)

To Partner with NGOS-Azad Foundation, Taxshe and WICCI For Their Training and Career Development

Bengaluru, Tuesday, February 21, 2023: In an effort to empower women drivers in India and support them in finding employment opportunities overseas, the CEO of Baton Transport A/S, Hungary, Mr. Claus Normann Hansen, today announced their CSR initiative in partnership with the Vega Group, India. Vega Management Consultancy (OPC) Pvt. Ltd and Vera Skills Training Pvt. Ltd, part of the Vega Group, India, are formally associated with Baton Transport A/S in Hungary through their consulting partner- BÁNYAI & PARTNERS CONSULTING, Hungary for the identification of Indian truck and trailer drivers for eastern European countries.

As part of their focus on UN SDG 5 on gender equality, Baton Transport A/S Hungary is focussed on increasing gender diversity in the trucking industry and has identified training and recruiting of women drivers as their key focus. In India, they propose to train and develop identified women drivers through NGOS and at the next level provide selected women drivers with jobs in Hungary and neighbouring countries in their fleet operations.

The NGOs and Forums that Baton Transport and Bányai & Partners Consulting are in discussion with for the training, skill and career development of the women drivers include the following:

Azad Foundation with strategic partner Sakha which actively promotes opportunities and markets for women drivers in transport and e-commerce industry. Taxshe: Bangalore-based NGO working to help provide safe mobility solutions for women and kids

Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (WICCI) with Skill & Career Development partner SAATHIYA with a larger goal of increasing the presence of women in the hospitality and tourism industry

Speaking at the Press Conference held to announce their CSR initiative, Mr. Claus Normann Hansen, CEO BATON TRANSPORT A/S shared, “Women represent a far lesser percentage of the total number of truck drivers globally. We need to highlight the importance of increasing diversity in the trucking industry and to focus on training, recruiting and skilling female truck drivers. To this effect, we at Baton Transport have chosen to focus on UN SDG 5 on gender equality and India is an important market for us. Our vision is also to support and empower the women to build better lives for themselves by opening up opportunities.”

Mr. Tibor Bányai, Managing Director, Bányai & Partners Consulting, Hungary, shared, “India has been a big market for us for recruiting drivers to Hungary and other European Countries. Through this new initiative, we look forward to engaging with more women drivers to empower and train them so that they get to explore opportunities overseas and earn a better living.”

Sharing his thoughts, Mr. Poornesh MH, Director, Vega Group, India, shared, “We at Vega Group is pleased to partner with Baton Transport to empower and support women drivers in India and help them get better employment opportunities. This association will also help support the work done by the Directorate of Women & Child Development, Government of Karnataka, toward helping women from economically backward societies to develop and enhance their skills and get employment both within the country and overseas.”

Mr. Poornesh further added, “Currently there is a very small community of women drivers, making their living driving taxis, semi-trailer trucks and buses. We would, on a step-by-step approach, increase the impact on women drivers of Karnataka.”

Speaking at the announcement, Ritu Chawla, National Vice-President, Hospitality and Tourism Council, WICCI, shared, “Thank you for the invite and giving us a platform to present what WICCI – Hospitality & Tourism is doing in India to empower women in the hospitality sector. We already work on a Skill Development Program with our Skill & Career Development partner SAATHIYA a Shibulal – Philanthropic initiative, with a larger goal of increasing the presence of women in the Industry, by giving the under-served and aspiring youth and opportunity to come within a respectable fold of employment in Hotels & QSRS. We believe that this association is in are synergies in the work WICCI would like to invite Skill Development Partners – SAATHIYA for this event and see if there are any synergies in the future, from this association with Vega & Baton.”

Meenu Vadera, Founder, Azad Foundation & Sakha Consulting Wings shared, “When we started Azad Foundation in 2008, there were few women chauffeurs in India. Azad set out to address the structural barriers that prevented women from joining the workforce including mobility restrictions, violence at home and in public places and the burden of unpaid care work. Today, we humbly share that Azad has successfully trained over 3500 resource-poor women as professional chauffeurs through its transformative skill-building Women with Wheels program. More than 2000 of these women are currently employed as professional chauffeurs and riders and are claiming their space in industries like e-commerce delivery and public transport, which have traditionally been closed for women.”

Azad’s strategic partner Sakha actively promotes opportunities and markets for women drivers in transport and e-commerce industry. More than 2000 women drivers have become chief wage earners in their families, provided 1.8m+ safe rides and earned a cumulative income of over $2.4 Million. These women have built assets, repaid debts, invested in the education of the next generation and challenged violence in their homes, communities and on the road. In 2022, the revision in the criteria for the entry of women in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) was a landmark victory for women drivers, a result of Azad & Sakha’s close engagement with the Transport Ministry for gender inclusive public transport. Tens of women are now plying public buses and this number will only go up, breaking a glass ceiling in an occupation that has been dominated by only men.

Sharing her views, Vandana Suri, Founder, Taxshe, shared, “Taxshe is a World Bank Award winning organisation focussing on safe mobility solutions for women and kids. One of our business model is that we run women cabs exclusively for women and kids. We are alternate moms dropping kids to schools and tuitions, cab is just the logistics. On the other hand, we run ‘Taxshe Breakfree’ where we have women teaching women how to drive, their own cars at their own pace. We believe that if we have more women on the roads, safer is our ecosystem.”

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ನುಡಿದಂತೆ ನಡೆದ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ಬಸವರಾಜ ಬೊಮ್ಮಾಯಿರವರಿಗೆ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಗಾಣಿಗ ಸಮುದಾಯ ಪರವಾಗಿ ಹೃತ್ತೂರ್ವಕ ಧನ್ಯವಾದ

Posted on February 21, 2023 by City Today News (City today.media)

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಹಿಂದುಳಿದ ವರ್ಗವಾದ ಗಾಣಿಗ ಜನಾಂಗದ ಸರ್ವಾಂಗೀಣ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗಾಗಿ “ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಗಾಣಿಗ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ನಿಗಮ” ವನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿ ಸರ್ಕಾರವು ಆದೇಶ ಹೊರಡಿಸಿದ್ದು, ನುಡಿದಂತೆ ನಡೆದ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ಬಸವರಾಜ ಬೊಮ್ಮಾಯಿರವರಿಗೆ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಗಾಣಿಗ ಸಮುದಾಯದ ಪರವಾಗಿ ಹೃತ್ತೂರ್ವಕ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳನ್ನು ಕೃತಜ್ಞತಾಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಬಯಸಿದೆ.

ಮುಂಬರುವ ಅವಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸರ್ಕಾರವು ಗಾಣಿಗ ಜನಾಂಗದ ಪುರೋಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಅನುದಾನ ನೀಡಿ ತನ್ಮೂಲಕ ಜನಾಂಗದ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ, ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ ಮತ್ತು ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಅನುವು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಡುವುದೆಂಬ ಆಶಯವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು (ಎಂ.ಆರ್.ರಾಜಶೇಖರ್-ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ಪತ್ರಿಕಾ ಗೋಷ್ಠಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು

ಸಂಘದ ಮುನಿಶೆಟ್ಟಿ, ಅಮರ್ ನಾಥ್, ರಂಗರಾಜ್, ಮಲ್ಲೇಶ್, ನರಸಿಂಹಯ್ಯ,ಲೋಕೇಶ್,ಸಧಾಶಿವ ಮತ್ತು ಗಾಯತ್ರಿ ಮುನಿರಾಜು ಪತ್ರಿಕಾ ಗೋಷ್ಠಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪಸ್ತಿತರಿದ್ದರು.

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NoMoreMissingMeat says Vir Das in the latest campaign with UnCrave

Posted on February 20, 2023 by City Today News (City today.media)

The comedian and actor is the face of the brand introducing the country to plant-based meats

February 14th, 2023: UnCrave, the plant-based meat brand by Licious, unveiled popular comic, actor and musician Vir Das as its Brand Ambassador. UnCrave understands how meat-lovers feel without meat and fulfills this gap with the most meat-like, vegetarian solution through its plant protein-based meat products. With the launch of the third product by the brand – the UnCrave Mutt~n Galouti Kebab – UnCrave is strengthening the present seekh kebab range that includes Chick~n and Mutt~n seekh kebabs.

Telling us more about the collaboration, Simeran Bhasin, Business Head, UnCrave said, “Two years of R&D into the space, combined with a deep understanding of meat-lovers’ preferences have resulted in UnCrave – the meatiest, tastiest and the most wholesome plant-based meat alternative. UnCrave is a light-hearted, animated, and highly expressive brand, much like Vir’s brand of humour; hence this collaboration was meant to be. We are very excited to introduce the category to the country and provide another way to satiate their meaty cravings.”

Talking about his association with UnCrave, a much-enthused Vir Das said, “I am a hardcore meat-lover and the very idea of no meat on some days is not an idea in my head. So, the association between UnCrave and me is like… like me and funny – it’s simply meant to be! I am all for the idea of having meat whenever one craves it, and if, for any reason you can’t eat meat then there’s always UnCrave – the answer to your cravings, the closest alternative possible, and yet the tastiest and meatiest!”

UnCrave offers a meaty and delicious experience synonymous with its watchword – #NoMoreMissingMeat; aptly brought alive by Vir Das in the new campaign. Meat-lovers would never have to live through tough moments of craving for meat on meatless days, as now they can simply give in to their cravings – or UnCrave; by digging into delectable Chick~n and Mutt~n Seekh Kebabs, and Mutt~n Galouti Kebabs. #NoMoreMissingMeat is indeed a reality, and a tasty, juicy one at that! The delicious UnCrave range offers ready-to-cook, plant-based meat dishes, which have high protein, dietary fibers, no trans-fat, or other artificial preservatives.
Watch the first film of the campaign on the UnCrave Insta page here (https://www.instagram.com/p/CoWbI2kpZWI/); and get a fix for your meatless cravings here (https://www.licious.in/).

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CONCERT FOR CANCER FREE SOCIETY-26TH FEBRUARY

Posted on February 20, 2023February 23, 2023 by City Today News (City today.media)

The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, based on the recommendations of the University Grants Commission granted recognition to Yenepoya University Trust, A Deemed to be University status under Section 3A of the UGC Act, 1956 in the year 2008 with Yenepoya Dental College as its constituent college. Over a span of 15 years, the University has now grown to include 10 constituent units with nearly 7000 students pursuing various courses related to health and general education. Currently the university is accredited by NAAC with A+ Grade (second cycle) and it is constantly within top 100 universities of the country as per NIRF rankings published by the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. The university offers more than 100 UG, PG, PhD, super speciality and fellowship programmes. Currently the university is functioning from 5 different campuses covering a total area of nearly 100 acres in Mangalore. In addition to Academics, the university also offers excellent services related to research through state of the art research centre and Incubation Centre. For skill development of the students highly sophisticated skill lab and surgical training labs are also available.

Yenepoya Medical College hospital is a teaching hospital attached to the medical college with more than 1100 beds offers free and highly subsidised speciality and superspeciality services to the needy. The hospital is empanelled under most of the Government Insurance Schemes and the patients covered by these schemes are treated totally free of cost. Apart from the general services, the hospital also offers premium services including Robotic Surgery, Renal Transplant, Cardiac Procedures and IVF facilities to name a few.

The hospital has been serving cancer patients since the last decade at very affordable costs, with its expert team and highly advanced equipments. Looking at our achievements, TATA Trusts Mumbai came forward to support us to establish Zulekha Yenepoya Institute of Oncology, a comprehensive centre for the treatment and care of cancer patients. The facility has a built in area of 36000 sq.ft. The Centre has a state of the art true beam

Radiotherapy machine for targeted and precise approach to cancer and a brachytherapy machine. The building also has a nuclear medicine facility including PET, CT scan, SPECT, day care chemotherapy facility and dedicated area for pain and palliative services. The Centre also has a dedicated mobile wellness clinic supported by Rotary International for preventive oncology and early detection of non communicable diseases including cancer.

We at Zulekha Yenepoya Institute of Oncology believe in leaving no stone unturned when it comes to cancer care. The university has initiated many activities as a part of making Cancer Care affordable to the patients. As a part of this initiative, a musical concert has been proposed in Dr.Ambedkar Bhavan, Millers Road, Bangalore, on Sunday, 26th February 2023 from 4pm to 8pm as a fund raising activity. Many dignitaries and officials will be part of this event and invites have been sent to like minded people, who want to be the part of this noble initiative to support patients suffering from cancer. The entire amount raised through this activity will be used to develop a corpus fund to the support and care of cancer patients. The university requests everyone to support this noble cause by actively taking part in this event and help us to serve the society better.

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ಅಣುವೃತ ಸಮಿತಿ: “ಅಮೃತ ಮಹೋತ್ಸವ ಆಚರಣೆ

Posted on February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 by City Today News (City today.media)

ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಅಣುವೃತ ಸಮಿತಿಯು ತನ್ನ 75 ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತಿರು ಈ ವರ್ಷವನ್ನು “ಅಮೃತ ಮಹೋತ್ಸವ ಆಚರಣೆಯನ್ನು ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಮತ್ತು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಅಣುವೃತ ಸಮಿತಿಗಳು ಫೆಬ್ರವರಿ 21ರಂದು 75ನೇ ವರ್ಷಾಚರಣೆಯ ಲಾಂಚನ, ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಲಾಗುವುದು. ಈ ಅಣುವೃತ ಸಮಿತಿಯು ಈಗ ನೂತನ ಹೆಸರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅಣು ವಿಭ ಎಂಬ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಾಗಿ ಮುಂದುವರಿಯಲಿದೆ.

2023-24 ನೇ ವರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಸಮಾಜ ವರ್ಗದ ಯುವಕರು, ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಉನ್ನತಿಗಾಗಿ, ಉತ್ತರು ನಾಗರೀಕರವಾಗಿ ರೂಪಿಸುವ ರಚನಾತ್ಮಕ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳು, ನಕಾಮುಕ್ತಿ, ಸದ್ಭಾವನೆ, ನೈತಿಕತೆ ಕುರಿತ ಜಾಗೃತಿ ಲ್ಯಾರಿ, ಚರ್ಚಾ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆ, ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸ, ವಿಚಾರ ಸಂಕಿರಣ, ಚಿತ್ರಕಲೆ, ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳನ್ನು ಆಯೋಜಿಲಾಗುವುದು.

ಅಣುವೃತ ಸಮಿತಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರುನಿಂದ 75ನೇ ವರ್ಷದ ಸಂಭ್ರಮದ ಆಚರಣೆಯನ್ನು ದಿನಂಕ: 21-2-223 ರಂದು ಮಂಗಳವಾರ: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಚಂದ್ರಾ ಲೇಔಟ್‌ ನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಡಾ। ಶ್ರೀ ಶಿವಕುಮಾರ ಮಹಾಸ್ವಾಮಿಗಳವರ ಶ್ರೀ ಸಿದ್ಧಗಳು ವಿದ್ಯಾತ ಟ್ರಸ್ಟ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ 75ನೇ ವಷಾಚರಣೆಯ ಲಾಂಚನ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅಣುವೃತ ಸಮಿತಿಯ ನೂತನ ಹೆಸರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅದು ವಿಷ’ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗೆ ಚಾಲನೆ ನೀಡಲಾಗುವುದು, ಸಾವಿರಾರು ಶಾಲಾ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ನಶಾಮುಕ್ತಿ, ಸದ್ಭಾವನೆ, ನೈತಿಕತೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅರಿವ ಮೂಡಿಸಲಾಗುವುದು ಎಂದು ಅಣುವೃತ ಸಮಿತಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರಾದ ಶಾಂತಿಲಾಲ್ ಪೌರ್ವಾಲ್ ಅವರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರದ ನಂತರ ಭಾರತೀಯರಿಗಾಗಿ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಅಣುವ್ರತ ಸಮಿತಿ ರುವಾರಿಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ಸಂತ ಜೈನಾಚಾರ್ಯ ಆಚಾರ್ಯ ಶ್ರೀ ತುಳಸಿಯವರು ಜೈನ ಸಮಾಜದ ಅಗ್ರಮಾನ್ಯ ಮಹಾಗುರುಗಳು ನೈತಿಕ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣವನ್ನು ಅನುವೃತ’ ಜನಾಂದೋಳನ ಎಂಟು ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸಿ ದೇಶಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಸಮರ್ಪಣೆ ಮಾಡಿದರು. ಇಂದಿನ ಜೈನಾಚಾರ್ಯರಾದ ಆಚಾರ್ಯ ಮಹಾಶಮನದ ಅವರ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನದಲ್ಲಿ “ಅಮೃತ ಮಹೋತ್ಸವ ಆಚರಣೆ ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳು ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿವೆ. ಅಂದಿನ ಪ್ರಥಮ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಪತಿಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದ ಡಾ. ಬಾಬು ರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ ಪ್ರಸಾದ್ ಅಂದಿನ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ನಾಯಕರುಗಳಿಗೆ ಈ ಆಣುವೃತ ಜನಾಂದೋಳನದ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸಿ ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸಿದರು.

ಪತ್ರಿಕಾ ಗೋಷ್ಠಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಣುವೃತ ಸಮಿತಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಕಾರ್ಯದರ್ಶಿ ಮಾಣಿಕ್ ಚಂದ್ ಸಂಚೇತಿ, ಸಂಘಟನಾ ಕಾರ್ಯದರ್ಶಿ ನಿರ್ಮಲ್ ಜೈನ್,ಧರ್ಮೇಂದ್ರ ಜೈನ್,ರೂಪ್ ಚಂದ್ ಜೈನ್ & ಸಂಯೋಜಕ ಬಿ.ವಿ.ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರಯ್ಯ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದ್ದರು.

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