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‘MasterChef India 4’ jets off to Dubai
New Delhi: Cooking-based reality TV show “MasterChef India 4” is heading to Dubai with the contestants in search of Middle Eastern flavours. Celebrity chef Vikas Khanna, a judge on the show, says they will explore the rich cuisine with a focus on local delicacies and its original flavour.
“We plan to introduce the flavours of Middle East and their local delicacies through the show. We have a conception that people in Dubai are hardcore meat eaters, but they have a very rich vegetarian cuisine too,” Khanna told before leaving for Dubai from here.
The show has come up with a unique format of presenting an array of innovative vegetarian dishes this season. Khanna adds that it is “fun to explore new things about a place and bring it onto the table”.
“You will be surprised by the vegetarian cuisine we have shortlisted for the show,” he added.
The celebrity chef, who has won millions of heart with his cooking skills and beaming smile, also pointed out that Dubai is an upcoming food destination.
“We plan to explore a major Indian destination from the food point of view. Dubai is like a melting pot like India right now. Dubai has become very international centric, while retaining the essence of Middle East. I have just opened a restaurant in Middle East and the diversity of food is very large,” Khanna said.
The contestants travelling to Dubai are Bhakti Arora, Karishma Sakhrani, Vijay Sharma, Pratibha Kocher, Neha Shah, Nikita Gandhi, Meenu Dham and Ashish Singh.
The chef, who has even hosted a dinner at the White House, also feels that “Dubai will provide exposure to the contestants”.
Meanwhile, shooting for the Dubai special week will start on Wednesday and will wrap up on March 8. The show’s makers have shortlisted around 12 locations for the shoot, including Atlantis and Dubai Creek.
The current season has already showcased the flavours of Kerala and now they are headed to Dubai. Khanna feels that travelling with the Star Plus show is not only helping them bring out local flavours, but is even taking viewers on a food discovery journey.
“A lot of things like the mood, momentum and energy change with the background. We thought that the platform is so large that we can bring local cuisines into attention rather than focusing on the regular.
“I love how the canvas is changing this season. People think they are travelling with us and they know the contestants well,” said Khanna, who is joined on the judges panel by culinary experts Sanjeev Kapoor and Ranveer Brar.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
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The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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