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Punjab Kings, Gujarat Titans & other teams face music on copyright issue

Preity Zinta (Punjab Kings) New Delhi:  The Recorded Music Performance Ltd (RMPL) the sole Copyright Society registered by the Government of India for managing Sound Recordings, has filed a suit for copyright infringement for songs played at the Gujarat Titans games played at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on behalf of one of its members. It is to be noted that a police complaint for copyright infringement of a song against Punjab Kings (PBKS) has been filed by RMPL in Mohali near  Chandigarh. A police complaint has also been made in Lucknow against Lucknow Supergiants (LSG). Mr. Sowmya Chowdhury, CEO of RMPL stated that RMPL is on its way to creating a platform in India where all Music Labels registered with RMPL, will get their rightful dues. “We ensure that the users of the music belonging to our members are provided due information about the Copyright Act well in advance. But if they still choose to ignore and willfully commit a cognizable offense, then we ...

Abhilasha and Aaina win the drawing competition

  Chandigarh : The ‘Har Ghar Trianga’ campaign of the State Bank of India (SBI) started here today with a Cyclothon and Inter School Drawing Competition with the message to host the National Flag at every house. The winners of the drawing competition were - Abhilasha (junior group), and Aaina (senior group), both from Ankur Public School .  The Inaugural lamp lighting was done by Vinod Jaiswal, Chief General Manager (CGM), State Bank of India , Chandigarh Circle . More than 200 students from different schools in Chandigarh participated in the event. The winners were given trophies and participation certificates by Ms Priti Jaiswal, President, SBI Ladies Club, Chandigarh . The SBI drawing competition titled as ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’, celebrating colours of happiness and prosperity of 75th Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, in which students from Chandigarh participated in two categories - junior group (6th to 8th), and senior group (9th to 12th). Vinod Jaiswal, CGM, SBI Chandigarh...

HEC is one of North India’s largest education conclaves: Almasto Kapoor, Silver Fern Education Consultants

Chandigarh : The second Higher Education Conclave, being organized by Silver Fern Education Consultants on August 13, at Hyatt Regency Chandigarh, will see the participation of a large number of top foreign universities. To be held from 10am to 5pm, the conclave will offer students multiple options for admission to universities of their choice and opportunities for overseas education scholarships.       Almasto Kapoor, CEO (Founder & Partner), Silver Fern Education Consultants said, “Many universities and college delegates from countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the United States, and New Zealand have already confirmed to attend the conclave to ensure that students have the best guidance in their journey towards tertiary education overseas.” He revealed that top ranking institutes such as Queen Mary University London,  McMaster   University ,  University  of  Sydney ,  University  of  California ,...

PU Chandigarh alumnus Dr Hemant Garg says FinTech is Future!

Chandigarh : The use of technology and digital transactions will grow rapidly this year, but the financial institutions will have to ensure to protect people from online frauds. Panjab University (PU) alumnus Dr Hemant Garg gave this opinion while commenting on the future trends of fintech in 2022. He recently made India proud by successfully managing the Infinity Forum, a global FinTech event, inaugurated by PM Modi and addressed by business leaders like Reliance MD Mukesh Ambani, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, Soft Bank CEO Masayashi Son and others. Dr Garg has done LLM from PU, Chandigarh . Dr Hemant Garg Dr. Garg, Nodal Officer (Social Media) at the International Financial Services Centers Authority (IFSCA), believes that Crypto assets powered by blockchain technology will evolve and become popular in the same way as social media evolved from what it was in 2015. However, the RBI is in the process of releasing Blockchain CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) as the only lega...