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  • Natasha Poonawalla attends Met Gala 2022 in Sabyasachi sari 

    By PTI

    NEW YORK: Entrepreneur-philanthropist Natasha Poonawalla made an appearance at the Met Gala 2022 wearing a gold handcrafted printed tulle sari and trail by celebrity designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee.

    Poonawalla, executive director of the Serum Institute of India (SII), was the sole Indian presence at the gala, organised by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Monday evening.

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    The theme of the Met Gala was ‘In America: An Anthology of Fashion’, the second part of the Costume Institute’s exhibition, which opened on September 18.

    The first part of the exhibition was reflected in last year’s theme, ‘In America: A Lexicon of Fashion’, which was in celebration of all things American Fashion.

    The official Instagram page of Sabyasachi shared a series of pictures of Poonawalla wearing his creation teamed up with a Sciaparelli hand-forged metal bustier.

    The design was part of the Indian label’s association with Maison Schiaparelli, an Italian brand known for its surrealist work.

    Sabyasachi said his wish to see the sari at international fashion events has come true this year.

    “For me the sari is a truly unique and versatile garment that owns its identity even as it transcends boundaries and geographies.

    Back when I was a young fashion student, I often wondered when I would see the sari at big global events like the Met Gala,” the designer said in a statement shared on Instagram.

    According to the label, Poonawalla’s vision was to interpret the dress code ‘gilded glamour’ with “an Indian gaze that revels in its multi-culturalism and authenticity”.

    Poonawalla, 40, wore a gold handcrafted printed tulle sari and trail embroidered with silk floss thread and embellished with bevel beads, semi-precious stones, crystals, sequins and appliqued printed velvet.

    The jewellery was a curation of custom pieces from Sabyasachi Fine Jewellery and limited edition collectibles from Sabyasachi’s Curiosity Art & Antiquity Project — crafted using traditional techniques with precious and semi-precious stones, the label further added.

    Poonawalla previously attended the Met in 2019 for its ‘Camp’ theme when she wore a custom-made Dundas dress.

  • Rains lash parts of Rajasthan, MeT Department issues orange alert

    By PTI

    JAIPUR: Rains continued to lash several parts of Rajasthan for the second day in a row on Friday, with Mount Abu tehsil recording 117 mm rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am, the MeT Department here said.

    Sedwa in Barmer district, Udaipur and Chittorgarh recorded 65 mm, 25.3 mm and 32 mm rainfall respectively, it said.

    According to the MeT Department, monsoon will remain active in most parts of east Rajasthan for the next three-four days, while conditions are favourable for active monsoon at some places in the western part of the state.

    The weather office has issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rains, along with thunder lightning, in Sirohi, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Dungarpur and Banswara districts in the next 24 to 48 hours.

    A yellow alert has been issued for heavy rains in Jalore, Pali, Nagaur, Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur, Jaipur, Ajmer, Tonk, Bundi, Kota, Jhalawar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh and Pratapgarh, etc.

  • Naina Singh Dhakad, daughter of Chhattisgarh who conquered Everest, met the Chief Minister

    Bhupesh Baghel has said that mountaineering academy will soon be started in Chhattisgarh to promote adventure sports in the state. This academy will start in Bastar. Chief Minister Shri Baghel made this announcement during his meeting with Naina Singh Dhakad, a young mountaineer of Chhattisgarh at his residence office here today. Naina Singh told the Chief Minister that he had succeeded in scaling the world’s highest peak Mount Everest on June 1. The Chief Minister congratulated Naina Singh for this splendid achievement. He said that this achievement has increased the pride of Chhattisgarh. Shri Baghel wished Naina Singh for her bright future.
    During meeting with Chief Minister Mr. Baghel, mountaineer Naina Singh Dhakad told that she hails from Takaraguda village, 17 km from Jagdalpur district headquarter, she is associated with mountaineering since 2010. It started through NSS. He told that before conquering the world’s highest peak Mount Everest on June 1, he also successfully climbed 8 thousand 516 meters high Mount Lohtse on 23 May. She is the second woman mountaineer in the country to scale both these peaks. She told that she is the second woman from the state to conquer Everest. Earlier in 1993, Savita Dhapwal of Bhilai reached Everest with Bachendri Pal.
    On this occasion, Home Minister Shri Tamradhwaj Sahu, Agriculture Minister Shri Ravindra Choubey, Education Minister Dr. Premsai Singh Tekam, Public Health Engineering Minister Guru Rudra Kumar, Food Minister Shri Amarjit Bhagat, Urban Administration and Development Minister Dr. Shiv Kumar Dahria, Bastar Additional Collector Shri Arvind Ekka, Sports Officer Shri Rajendra Dekate were present.
    It is noteworthy that in the year 2018, Rahul Gupta, a resident of Ambikapur city of Surguja division of Tribal Zone, had achieved the distinction of being the first mountaineer of the state by conquering Mount Everest.

  • CM Baghel to meet Delhi minister Ravindra Chaubey and Amarjeet Bhagat today, will meet Piyush Goyal

    Bhupesh Baghel will leave for Delhi in a special flight at 1 pm today, accompanied by Agriculture Minister Ravindra Chaubey and Food Minister Amarjeet Bhagat. The Chief Minister will meet Union Food Minister Piyush Goyal in Delhi.
    During this time, increasing the quota of Chhattisgarh in FCI, they will demand 60 lakh metric tonnes of rice. Explain that the Central Government had given in-principle consent to purchase 60 lakh metric tonnes of rice for the year 2020-21, but till now only 24 lakh metric tonnes of rice has been allowed.
    Similarly, in view of shortage of gunny bags, the Center had allowed the purchase of paddy from the old gunny bags, but now the central government is saying that the new gunny bags for custom milling. To resolve these issues, CM Baghel has already met the Union Food Minister twice, but no satisfactory response has been received from the Center. State ministers say that no solution will be found after meeting with the food minister, then they will call for a meeting with the Prime Minister and discuss it.