“Band Master” staged at NCZCC
PRAYAGRAJ : Vinod Rastogi Smriti Sansthan once again staged its one-of-the-most praised theatre productions “Band Master” at NCZCC auditorium, on Saturday evening. Band Master, penned by Parimal Dutta was staged under the direction of Ajay Mukherjee, and the lead role was played by Abhilash Narain who is still active at the age of 68. There is no short cut in performing the message that the old band master tries to convey to the younger generation who keep distance from hard work and practice, but believe in glitters of modernisation. Performers on the stage included Abhilash Narain, Saurabh Shukla, Akshat Agarwal, Rohit Yadav, Rajat Kushwaha, Upasana Devanshi, Ashish Yadav, Krishna Pratap Singh Himanshu Tiwari, Digvijay Singh and Ajay Mukherjee. Off the stage support was provided by Sujoy Ghoshal (light design and operation), Shubham Verma (music operation), Alok Rastogi (production) and Ajay Mukherjee
(music, design and direction).
Talk on cybercrime at UGI
PRAYAGRAJ: Cyber security expert Rakshit Tandon on Saturday said it has been observed that youngsters are mostly involved in committing cybercrimes which are taking place at present and ironically a large number of these criminals are also the young. To put an effective check on the same is a big challenge for government, he added. Tandon said this while delivering a talk on ‘Digital Footprint and Cyber Security’ organised by United Group of Institutions (UGI) at UCEM auditorium. Pro-vice chancellor, United University Prof AM Agarwal welcomed the guest speaker t while principal, United College of Engineering and
Management (UCEM), Prof KS Dubey presented him a memento and a shawl as a token of honour.
Mortein re-launches ‘Louie’
PRAYAGRAJ: Mortein, one of the world’s leading pest control brands, has relaunched its age-old nemesis— Louie, in its new avatar as “Louie the mosquito”. The new and more powerful brand mascot- Louie has been reintroduced to the people after a gap of five years. Mortein launched Louie the mosquito in India in 2004 to spread awareness around pest and mosquitoborne diseases and is an adaptation of Louie the Fly, drawn and animated by Geoffrey Morgan Pike having appeared in many animated TV commercials, informed Saurabh Jain, regional marketing director (Hygiene), Reckitt- South Asia.
Over 97% Covid claims settled PRAYAGRAJ: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance’s claim settlement ratio stood at 97.9% during FY 2021 and the company took 1.4 days, on an average, to settle noninvestigated death claims. For the 9 months-ended FY 2022, the company has settled Rs 982 crore worth of Covid-19 related claims, informed Ashish Rao, EVP and Chief (Customer Experience and Operations), ICICI Prudential Life Insurance.
Campaign for waste segregation PRAYAGRAJ: : Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has launched a campaign to inspire individuals to segregate household waste at source . The ‘BinBoy’ campaign through its child protagonist ‘Appu’ aims to drive behaviour change among citizens and urge them to segregate waste at homes and residential societies, informed Sanjiv Mehta, chairman and managing director, HUL.