Archive: December 7, 2022

Get ready to celebrate Christmas & New Year with the exclusive programming lineup of Comedy Central for December 2022!

7th December 2022: As the year is all set to end, India’s most-preferred stop for English entertainment, Viacom 18’s Comedy Central exclusively brings Christmas & New Year Marathon. Under the same, the channel is decked up with a special programming line-up for the month of December 2022. In this line-up, Comedy Central will premiere the most popular shows, keeping in mind the preferred entertainment needs of its audience. Under its Happiness Buffet – New Comedies, Served Fresh programming block, the channel will showcase some of the best comedy shows for its viewers for the entire month of December which will begin in the first week.

Let us have a look into the special programming line-up that Comedy Central has for its viewers for December 2022!

Christmas & New Year Marathon

Enjoy this season of year-ending festivity with Comedy Central, where the channel will be airing all seasons of F.R.I.E.N.D.S, The Middle, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and The Office back-to-back in the special 14-day-long Christmas & New Year Marathon that will begin on 20th December, 6 AM onwards till 2nd January, 7 PM.

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

An American sitcom that follows the life story of six best friends who come across each other’s paths in a completely unexpected manner. The show focuses on the personal and professional lives of these 30-something people living in Manhattan. The show highlights how these friends make it through the ups and downs and go on to build a life together. Watch F.R.I.E.N.D.S Season 1 to 10 on Comedy Central every Monday to Friday at 7 pm, all through December!

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Set in the fictional 99th Precinct of the New York Police Department, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, follows the immature yet brilliant Detective Jake Peralta and the other squad members as they go about with their shenanigans and solve cases. The show stars Golden Globe winner Andy Samberg and Emmy Award winner Andre Braugher along with many other talented actors. Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 1 to 8 is exclusively available on Comedy Central Monday to Friday at 8 pm.

The Office

One of the best and most high-rated mockumentary sitcoms ever created in history is all set to feature its episodes on Comedy Central. The show depicts the everyday work lives of office employees at the Scranton branch of the fictional Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company. Watch the award-winning show The Office Season 1 to 9 exclusively on Comedy Central Monday to Friday at 9 pm.

One Day At A Time

An award-winning and critically acclaimed show, One Day At A Time is coming back on Comedy Central this December. The show revolves around Penelope, a newly single Army veteran, and her Cuban American family. It’s all about how Penelope’s family deals with the peaks and valleys of life while they settle down after her retirement. To know more about how they make it through thick and thin, tune into Comedy Central this December from Monday to Friday at 10 pm.

The Graham Norton Show Season 30

Season 30 of the popular The Graham Norton Show will be on Comedy Central all through December! In this show, you’ll see how Graham gets up close with the celebrity guests about all things trending, celebrity culture, people, and other aspects of the industry that interests him. Stay tuned with Comedy Central every Sunday at 9 PM to witness Graham get personal with celebrities on his big red sofa!

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah is a sharp, reality-based television show that has won Emmy and Peabody Awards. It examines the day’s major headlines as the host Trevor Noah provides amusing news about foreign and American political issues. It will keep you entertained during this festive month by airing on Comedy Central every week. The Daily Show frequently employs self-referential humor and takes its comedy and satire from current events as well as political leaders and media outlets. Make sure you enjoy this show on Comedy Central from Monday to Friday at 11 pm.

Four Season Hotel Bengaluru – An evening of Christmas Cheer Of Ballet, Jazz, Giving And Celebrating

Bengaluru, December 2022: As the year winds down to a close it’s time to slow down, pause and revel in the bounty of the season. Four Seasons Hotel Bengaluru has curated a special evening of Jazz, Ballet, and the traditional Tree Lighting Ceremony on Thursday, 8th of December 2022 with the spirit of giving as its cornerstone.

The evening opens with the traditional tree lighting ceremony at CUR8, ceremonial ushers of the festive season. The Grand Ballroom then becomes the venue for a scintillating evening of ballet by Love Kotiya, an exceptional 17-year-old talent from Faridabad, India, who has trained in classical ballet at the Imperial Fernando Ballet Company (IFBC) in New Delhi under the Argentine Maestro, Fernando Aguilera and Penelope Scarian, an Italian dancer and graduate of ENBS, from Imperial Fernando Ballet Company.

Interspersed with the ballet performances, there will be soulful music by MoonArra Jazz Trio followed by a celebration of food and beverage curated by the chefs and mixologists of Four Seasons.
‘Four Seasons Hotel Bengaluru is delighted to be showcasing an evening of culture and art for a noble cause. Our traditional tree lighting ceremony will open an elegant evening of festive celebrations with a befitting signing off on the culinary side, by our team of talented chefs. It is our constant endeavor to create memorable experiences for our guests and this evening will be the perfect way to draw a curtain on this year.’ summed up Reuben Kataria, General Manager.

Comment by Mr Rohan Pawar, CEO of Pinnacle Group on RBI MPC’s announcement to hike the repo rate by 35 bps to 6.25%

“The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI increased the repo rate by 35 basis points, bringing it up to 6.25%. This is part of an ongoing effort to bring under control the high level of retail (CPI) inflation, which is currently between 6% and 6.5%. In this cycle of rate increases, the repo rate has increased by 225 basis points (bps) after the most recent increase. Even though the projection for GDP has been scaled back, the central bank has signalled that it does not intend to hurt the growth sentiment by hiking interest rate too much. In general, the increase in the repo rate represents measured steps that are commensurate with the changing economic conditions. The increase may have a temporary effect but will be of no influence on the housing market in the medium to long term as the demand for housing remains robust.”

-Mr Rohan Pawar, CEO of Pinnacle Group

Mindler and IRM India Affiliate Collaborate to develop risk-literate Children through the Enterprise Risk Career Program

National,  December 2022: In a bid to bolster risk literacy and risk awareness among India’s school students right from an early age, the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), India Affiliate, has partnered with Mindler to launch the Virtual Internship Program (VIP) on Enterprise Risk Management.

IRM is the world’s leading professional body for ERM qualifications and offers professional qualifications across 140 countries, Mindler is one of India’s most advanced career planning platforms for schools. Specially tailored for 8th to 12th graders, the VIP is an extremely affordable simulated experiential learning initiative that will give young students a glimpse into the world of ERM, helping them to understand what it means to be a certified Enterprise Risk Manager and introducing them to a career in risk management.

The world today is more complex than ever before. Fast-evolving global developments and events like the financial crisis, pandemic, war, cyber-attacks, geopolitics, linked inflation, and climate change have proven that the future is going to be challenging for both businesses and countries across the globe, including India. With Aatmanirbhar Bharat, it is also important for India’s youth to be risk-intelligent and well-equipped with the knowledge to solve any type of risk using problem-solving and analytical thinking skills.

The VIP will aim to create an interest in risk-thinking and urge students to consider ERM not only as a career path to becoming a Risk Manager or Chief Risk Officer but also as a must-have global skill for any job role, a family business, or entrepreneurial venture, as risk is universal.

The VIP will include a simulated internship with role play and experiential learning anchored by senior industry expert Mr. Rajeev Tanna who is a Certified Fellow of the IRM (Level 5) and Head of Risk Management and Compliance at Tata Consulting Engineers.

Hersh Shah, CEO of IRM India Affiliate, commented on the virtual internship program:

“We are delighted to partner with Mindler to develop this one-of-a-kind virtual internship program. As we march towards emerging as an economic powerhouse, India is going to need a generation of capable, creative, and risk-intelligent problem solvers and crisis managers who have the acumen to develop solutions to the world’s most complex problems.

ERM is no longer a career but a must-have global life skill. As the leading global body for ERM examinations, we are committed to developing a generation of risk-intelligent leaders who can enhance organizational success and help build sustainable, environmentally conscious, and governance-focused enterprises in a world where ESG has taken center stage.”

“ERM and risk management is also one of the fastest-growing domains with an average 30% increase in job opportunities each year. The role of the CRO has also been in demand and IRM through its 5-level certificate track (Fellowship at Level 5) has developed many qualified CROs across the globe.

Furthermore, a joint report by IRM and national statutory body AICTE revealed that 96% of organizations believe that risk literacy is important for success. The IRM India Affiliate and Mindler collaboration assumes even more significance keeping these factors in mind. We hope that this VIP will contribute positively to the education ecosystem and become a platform for young school students to actively consider adding ERM as a global skill,” added Shah.

Also commenting on the collaboration, Mindler’s Pratham Sutaria, Head of Mindler Immerse and New Initiatives, said:

“Mindler has been at the forefront in helping students make the right career choices. In the past six years, we have helped 2.5 million students find the right career path. The Virtual Internship Program has thirty-six career options and now, we have added the ERM program. The program is very much in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. We are delighted to collaborate with the leading global body for ERM qualifications for this program. We want to create an ecosystem where students get opportunities to understand how different careers function. This program provides an opportunity to enter a simulated world and try out ERM as a career option. We are positive that this collaboration will benefit millions of students.”

Watch The City Glow: 10th Annual Illuminate SF Festival of Light Brightens the Longest Nights of the Year with Luminous Light Art

San Francisco’s neighborhoods will transform into a luminous gallery of art at night during the holiday season for the 10th annual Illuminate SF™ Festival of Light. Presented by San Francisco Travel Association and 5M in collaboration with local civic, arts, and cultural partners, 2022/2023 Illuminate SF festival runs from Nov. 9 through the end of January and celebrates San Francisco’s vibrant art scene.

Inspired by the debut of Leo Villareal’s The Bay Lights, San Francisco Travel launched the festival in 2013 to brighten the longest nights of the year. Illuminate SF has grown since its inception from six to 62 temporary and permanent eco-friendly light art installations created by a diverse array of acclaimed international and local artists, including Olafur Eliasson, Jenny Holzer, Daniel Libeskind, Jorge Pardo, and Jerry van Eyck, along with San Francisco Bay-based Jim Campbell, Johanna Grawunder, Dorka Keehn and Brian Goggins.

Illuminate SF light art installations can be experienced across the city from the Embarcadero to the Inner Sunset, North Beach to Bayview, and while flying in or out of San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The works come to life at dusk, turning evenings into an illuminating adventure, especially when combined with exploring San Francisco’s world-class restaurants, nightlife, cultural events, and holiday activations.

“There is nothing like celebrating the festive season in San Francisco’s captivating glow,” said San Francisco Travel President and CEO Joe D’Alessandro. “The city has one of the country’s most extensive collections of light art, and this holiday season Illuminate SF will be even bigger and brighter. And in keeping with San Francisco’s ethos of inclusivity and accessibility, nearly 80% of the light art installations are free for visitors and residents to enjoy.”

“We are thrilled to be the presenting sponsor for this year’s Illuminate SF and to showcase our majestic wind baffles that light The Parks at 5M,” said Christie Donnelly, Director of Development for Brookfield Properties. “The Illuminate SF lighted art tour starts at 5M and is quintessentially San Francisco, uniting the community through arts, culture, and experience.”

Spectacular New Additions to the Illuminate SF Festival of Light

The Wind-Baffles: The iconic wind baffle structures that anchor The Parks at 5M, a new, vibrant community connected to the surrounding fabric of San Francisco’s SOMA District by a cohesive network of public spaces, are the brainchild of Jerry van Eyck, founder of! Melk is an award-winning urban design and landscape architecture firm. Built to mitigate wind, the baffles or “windbreakers” are artfully illuminated from the outside and complemented with a soft glow that radiates through the perforations in the upper zones. Though made from steel, a material associated with heaviness and industry, the baffles are often referred to as “flowers” for their stem and leaf-like design elements. Come nightfall they transform into breathtaking sculptures and suddenly seem to float.

Helical Trace: A permanent installation inside the new LUMA Hotel in Mission Bay, Helical Trace is local artist Jim Campbell’s newest contribution to San Francisco’s Light Art Trail. The dynamic light installation can be seen from the street through the lobby’s floor-to-ceiling three-story windows. The prolific artist who installed Day for Night atop the Salesforce Tower created this striking installation that looks different from every angle and uses the reflection of the windows to amplify its movement. At a distance, the helix form gives the illusion of water across the light. The figures within climb an infinite stretch of the waterfall, allowing Campbell to create delight out of physical struggle.

Franchise Freedom: Immersive Arts Alliance will bring the acclaimed aerial light performance Franchise Freedom to San Francisco for five nights beginning Jan. 12. Created by internationally renowned Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta of DRIFT, Franchise Freedom is comprised of 600 illuminated drones that will fly from Treasure Island over the San Francisco Bay towards the Embarcadero, allowing visibility along the shorelines in San Francisco, Sausalito, Emeryville, and Berkeley. Based on a biological algorithm from over 10 years of research into starlings’ flight behavior, Franchise Freedom stretches the boundaries between nature and technology and generates an impactful social connection.

Lucy in the Sky: One of two new light art installations joining the City’s extensive Civic Arts Collection, Erwin Redl’s Lucy in the Sky is a landmark artwork in the city’s new Central Subway (first opening for weekend service on Nov. 19). Located in the Union Square/Market Street Station, the immersive installation is comprised of over 500 translucent 10 x 10-inch light panels, each containing an array of color LEDs. The panels are suspended along the entire length of the concourse level’s ceiling, spanning nearly 670 feet. Installed in a diamond-shaped pattern, the light panels are computer programmed to slowly change color and display simple patterns, creating a kaleidoscopic experience.

Untitled: Along the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit (VN-BRT) Geary Street Station’s north and southbound boarding platforms, Jorge Pardo’s lighting sculpture brings a pop of whimsical light and color. Comprised of painted steel, fiberglass, acrylic, and LED light fixtures, Untitled is playful and sophisticated with engaging use of color, form, movement, space, and light.

Peace in the Middle East: Taravat Talepasand’s Peace in the Middle East returns as a permanent installation in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Grand Lobby. Hung from the ceiling, this intricate neon artwork (featuring the word “peace” in Farsi “صلح”) explores the cultural taboos that reflect on gender and political authority through Talepasand’s lens as an Iranian-American woman.

Lantern Stories: San Francisco: This public art installation of 29 illustrated lanterns by award-winning interdisciplinary artist Yu-Wen Wu illuminates San Francisco Chinatown’s history, culture, and community. Creating a luminous canopy on the 600 block of Grant Avenue, the lanterns relate the long and fraught history and legacy of Chinese immigration in the U.S. They feature images of Bruce Lee, Amy Tan, journalist Helen Zia, pioneer restaurateur Cecilia Chang and others. Many highlight the arts, calligraphy, music, and performance, as well as the community’s strong commitment to education, entrepreneurship, and social justice.

GLOW: Discover the Art of Light: The Exploratorium is bringing back its popularity – GLOW: Discover the Art of Light from Nov. 17 through Jan. 29, 2023, with six artists illuminating Pier 15 with light sculptures big and small. Five of the seven installations are new. In Gallery 3, Jen Lewin’s The Last Ocean is an expansive landscape of interactive platforms that illuminate to resemble a glowing ice field. Created from reclaimed ocean plastic, the platform’s five-sided pieces form a beautiful geometric tessellation — a repeating pattern of flat shapes with no gaps.

In the Black Box, Anila Quayyam Agha’s All the Flowers are For Me is inspired by Islamic textiles, architecture, and floral motifs. A single beacon of light glows from within a suspended steel cube, producing immersive patterns that ripple and change as visitors move through the space. Similarly, Agha’s Teardrop (after Robert Irwin) interweaves delicate, traditional Islamic decorative geometric patterns and architecture with modern materials. The work is inspired by jaalis (intricate, carved screens), which cast moving shadows as the sun rises and falls.

Entangled Attraction and Ray lights, a pair of installations by Resonance Studio artists Sally Weber and Craig Newswanger, immerse visitors in trails of light in motion. Entangled Attraction features 100 pinpoints of light that appear to orbit around each other when viewed from afar, while Ray lights produce ever-changing, mandala-like light patterns synchronized to ambient sounds.

Let’s Glow SF: Downtown San Francisco will again boast the largest holiday projecting mapping event in the U.S. with the return of Let’s Glow SF. Running Dec. 2 to 11, the nightly journey of light and color will feature stunning whimsical, abstract, and naturalistic winter-themed works by local and international artists projected onto four iconic buildings.

Ondc Will Be A Gamechanger For The Fmcg Say Experts At The Cii Fmcg Summit

Mumbai, December 2022: Open Network for Digital (ONDC) is an open network for different entities with different products that will come together, stated Mr. T Koshy, CEO, of ONDC.

Speaking at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) FMCG National Summit 2022, Mr. Koshy explained that anyone with a product or service to sell can make it available in the open network and can access the platform. “ONDC has a set of specifications that will assist sellers in making their catalog visible to buyers,” he said.

Mr. Koshy also stated that there are numerous opportunities for local producers to make their products visible through ONDC. “You don’t have that option in today’s market. It will be prohibitively expensive to establish an alternative e-commerce operation in India. It can only be done by one or two people. However, through ONDC, the seller will be able to do so easily,” he said.

Mr. B Sumant, Executive Director of ITC, stated that a strong supply chain serves as a backbone for a company like ITC, which has multiple brands. “Strong supply chain helps to grow the brand as it connects end to end users,” he said

Mr. Sumant also informed me that the next big challenge in e-commerce will be to figure out a way to reduce customer acquisition and make them viable. He said, “ONDC protocols would standardize processes such as cataloging, inventory management, order management, and order fulfillment.”

Mr. Ambarish Kenghe, VP-Product Development, Google Pay informed us that ONDC will create economic growth and will help in improving all kinds of industries. “ONDC will create an opportunity for the society along with the sellers and buyers to come together.”

Mr. Kenghe also stated that ONDC will encourage easy adoption of digital means, as not many small businesses are currently connected to digital commerce networks. “ONDC will give small businesses a variety of ways to be discovered and conduct business over the network,” he said.

Sterlite Power acquires Kishtwar Transmission Project in J&K from PFC

Hyderabad,  December 2022: Sterlite Power, a leading power transmission developer and solutions provider in India and Brazil, announced the acquisition of Kishtwar Transmission Limited, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) from PFC Consulting Limited (PFCCL). PFCCL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC), a Maharatna Public Sector Enterprise. The project was awarded to Sterlite Power through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) process in March 2022. Through the Kishtwar Transmission Limited SPV, the company will build, own, operate, and maintain a critical transmission project in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) for a period of 35 years.

The project will comprise a 400/132kV GIS substation at Kishtwar and a 400 kV Kishenpur-Dulhasti LILO (Line in Line out) transmission line. The transmission system will be used for the evacuation of 1000MW of power from the Pakaldul Hydro Electric Project to the Kishtwar substation.

Mr. Manish Agarwal, Director & CEO – of India Transmission Business, Sterlite Power, said, “We, at Sterlite Power, are committed to empowering humanity by ensuring power connectivity through our power transmission projects. With the Kishtwar transmission project, we aim to further strengthen the power infrastructure and usher economic development in the J&K region.”

This will be Sterlite Power’s 17th power transmission project in India under the Tariff-Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) mode.