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Uttar Pradesh’s first Zonal journalist conference will held in Lucknow on May 30th
Lucknow: This is for the first time in the history of city of nawabs that a mega event is going to organise by the National Media Club with the name of Uttar Pradesh’s first Zonal journalist conference at City Montessori School auditorium in posh Gomtinagar locality on May 30th.
The May 30th day was chosen for this program as on this day ‘Hindi Journalism Day’ was marked and in this function near about 800 journalists from different parts of Uttar Pradesh will become part of this great historic fair of journalists. Not only this apart from journalists many other famous personalities will also participate in this program.
The chief guest of the program will be Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik who will preside over this mega event. Apart from this, Speaker of UP Assembly, Hriday Narayan Dixit along with Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dr. Dinesh Sharma will also be present in the program.
The main objective of this conference is to discuss the challenges faced by regional journalists and dealing with them. All the journalists will get a forum from where they will be able to communicate directly with the editors and senior journalists who make their impact on the policymakers by doing journalism.
First Uttar Pradesh Zonal journalist conference will held on May 30th in history of Lucknow:
The program will commence at 10 o’clock in the morning. From 10 am to 6 pm a regional journalism conference will be held. After that, cultural events will be organized from six to ten o’clock. Beisde this a program will held Today’s Draupadi’ which will be staged by Surabhi Singh while poetry will be published by Indian poet Kavita Tiwari.
What kind of work can be done from the day of Hindi journalism day for such a program in which the journalists give a platform of self respect? On this day i.e. 30th May, Pandit Yugul Kishore Shukla started publication of the first Hindi newspaper Udan Martand in 1826. Since then, this day is celebrated as the day for the Hindi letter.
The National Media Club is organizing this event. The initiative being done by Ramesh Awasthi, founder of National Media Club, is commendable. It is appreciated that from the slogan of this program, ‘I am not’.
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The State Scores Extra High on Gaming-Friendly Industry Index
Meghalaya scored 92.85 out of 100 possible points in a Gaming Industry Index and proved to be India’s most gaming-friendly state following its recent profound legislation changes over the field allowing land-based and online gaming, including games of chance, under a licensing regime.
The index by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to measure the level of legalisation on gambling and betting achieved by a state based on the scores over a set of seven different games – lottery, horse racing, betting on sports, poker, rummy, casino and fantasy sports
Starting from February last year, Meghalaya became the third state in India’s northeast to legalise gambling and betting after Sikkim and Nagaland. After consultations with the UKIBC, the state proceeded with the adoption of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 and the nullification of the Meghalaya Prevention of Gambling Act, 1970. Subsequently in December, the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021 were notified and came into force.
All for the Tourists
The move to legalise and license various forms of offline and online betting and gambling in Meghalaya is aimed at boosting tourism and creating jobs, and altogether raising taxation revenues for the northeastern state. At the same time, the opportunities to bet and gamble legally will be reserved only for tourists and visitors.
“We came out with a Gaming Act and subsequently framed the Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021. The government will accordingly issue licenses to operate games of skill and chance, both online and offline,” said James P. K. Sangma, Meghalaya State Law and Taxation Minister speaking in the capital city of Shillong. “But the legalized gambling and gaming will only be for tourists and not residents of Meghalaya,” he continued.
To be allowed to play, tourists and people visiting the state for work or business purposes will have to prove their non-resident status by presenting appropriate documents, in a process similar to a bank KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure.
Meghalaya Reaches Out to a Vast Market
With 140 millions of people in India estimated to bet regularly on sports, and a total of 370 million desi bettors around prominent sporting events, as per data from one of the latest reports by Esse N Videri, Meghalaya is set to reach out and take a piece of a vast market.
Estimates on the financial value of India’s sports betting market, combined across all types of offline channels and online sports and cricket predictions and betting platforms, speak about amounts between $130 and $150 billion (roughly between ₹9.7 and ₹11.5 lakh crore).
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi are shown to deliver the highest number of bettors and Meghalaya can count on substantial tourists flow from their betting circles. The sports betting communities of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also not to be underestimated.
Among the sports, cricket is most popular, registering 68 percent of the total bet count analyzed by Esse N Videri. Football takes second position with 11 percent of the bets, followed by betting on FIFA at 7 percent and on eCricket at 5 percent. The last position in the Top 5 of popular sports for betting in India is taken by tennis with 3 percent of the bet count.
Local Citizens will Still have Their Teer Betting
Meghalaya residents will still be permitted to participate in teer betting over arrow-shooting results. Teer is a traditional method of gambling, somewhat similar to a lottery draw, and held under the rules of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018.
Teer includes bettors wagering on the number of arrows that reach the target which is placed about 50 meters away from a team of 20 archers positioned in a semicircle.
The archers shoot volleys of arrows at the target for ten minutes, and players place their bets choosing a number between 0 and 99 trying to guess the last two digits of the number of arrows that successfully pierce the target.
If, for example, the number of hits is 256, anyone who has bet on 56 wins an amount eight times bigger than their wager.
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