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Jagadguru Kripalu Parishad to be honoured with World Icon Award for social works
Lucknow: The organisation Jagadguru Kripalu Parishad (JKP) which is famous throughout the world for doing social works in Uttar Pradesh based Pratapgarh district has been nominated to receive World Icon Award 2018 by a group named M4U in next month on June 9th.
The JKP which use to do notable contribution for doing remarkable social works for poor and needful people in our society is going to add another milestone achievement as a group M4U has decided to give award for their remarkable contribution towards humanity.
A join press conference has been orgaised in Lucknow today in this regards during which this announced was made by M4U that from past several years their group has been honouring people associated with social service, medicine, film, journalism and education and this time the World Icon Award ceremony is being held in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on 9th June during which about 30 devotees will be honoured at the function.
Now, to receive this award for JKP its one of President, Dr Vishakha Tripathi will be receiving on behalf of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishad.
Jagadguru Kripalu Parishad will receive World Icon Award for social welfare works:
This programme will be attended by distinguished people from India and Thailand who will grace the occasion with their present at the ceremony. The secretary of the JKP Trust, Rampuri who was present on the spot, said that his trust is giving free-of-cost education to five thousand poor girls in Pratapgarh’s Mangarh district through the Kripalu Girls Vidyalaya, Kripalu Girls Intermediate College and Kripalu Girls Primary School in Pratapgarh, making the needy girls free from primary to postgraduate, making them self-reliant.
Apart from this, in addition to provide health facilities in rural areas, three charitable hospitals of JKP are providing free-of-cost medical facilities to the patients equipped with the most modern facilities, these hospitals are located in Managad of Pratapgarh, Barsana and Vrindavan in Mathura.
Let us tell you that last year; the Zee-Hindustan television channel had awarded the ‘Jagadguru Kripalu Parishad’ with ‘Healthy Hindustan Conclave Award’ for providing excellent and free health care in the society.
Beside this, ZeeTV Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand has also increased the value of the JKP Education Trust for providing free education to poor girl student in the state. Now, as Jagadguru Kripalu Parishad is going to get another award in the year 2018 by M4U the confident is definitely will likely to grow more to serve society.
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Meghalaya Reserves Legalized Gambling and Sports Betting for Tourists
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.