Trump's visit to India

Approximately Seven million people will greet President Donald Trump on his visit to India on his arrival and drive to Motera stadium in Ahmedabad. He is going to be in India for about 36 hours with a trip to Ahmedabad and Taj Mahal at Agra on 24th Feb'20 and official engagements at New Delhi on 25th Feb.

He is coming to India alongwith his Wife, and his Daughter and Son in law. He has clearly said before coming that there will be no signing of Trade deal with India in near future. However keeping his policy of USA First, he will be signing an agreement worth $ 2.4 billion for supply of Helicopters to India.

He seems like coming on family vacation and still doing some business for his country.

Indian Govt is spending around Rs 1200 million for making his visit successful. If we convert this in US $ terms it makes it to $17 million. I dont think USA will ever spend this kind of money on any state heads visit.

Hope he has a successful trip to India and he and his family enjoys this trip.

How well can your HR systems paint a vivid picture about the person behind the professional? Truth be told, not very well! Remember the analytics firm that allegedly influenced election results for a superpower? They did it largely through fun to fill quizzes on facebook. And here we are, spending hours and millions on analytics and action planning based on people data that is increasingly becoming irrelevant and was always marred by idiosyncratic rater bias! - Gaurav Chaubey, Director - Organisation Design and Strategy Execution, Grant Thornton India

Assembly Elections 2019

Election Commission announced elctions for Haryana and Maharashtra Assemblies to be held on 21st October'19 and Counting of Votes will take place on 24th  October'19.

Maharshtra has 288 seats in assembly and in this elections BJP and Shivsena will contest as a Team unlike previous election where they contested separately. Same is case with Congress and NCP who will also contest as a Team unlike previous elections. However Small Parties like Prakash Ambedkar's Party and Mohd Owaisi's party couldn't reach an understanding and will contest separately.

With lot of Local Leaders of Congress and NCP has defected to BJP which strengthens BJP a lot and makes INC and NCP weak. In fact this time its a question of survivor for NCO and INC whereas BJP- ShivSena combine will have  a Cakewalk. In BJP & Shiv Sena alliance it will be final in couple if days that who will contest how many Seats but one thing is certain that Devendra Fadanvis will be the leader of this alliance. One thing is very important to note that Aditya Thackeray, son of Uddhav Thackeray, will create history by being the first member of Thackeray family to contest an elction.

Haryana has 90 seats in assembly and BJP has won 47 seats in last elections. However in LokSabha elections BJP made a clean sweep by winning all 10 seats and secured about 58.4% votes. Congress is the only party which has some presence. One thing is very interesting to note that all regional opposition parties are in disarray with most of their local leaders have joined BJP.

BJP is working on a target of 75+ seats out of  Total 90  Seats and it seems that it can achieve that and which will be a big thumbs up for Mr Manohar Lal Khattar.

Cricket - India Vs South Africa  2^nd T20 International

2^nd T20 I between India Vs South Africa was played on 18^th Sept’19 at Mohali in which India won by 7 wickets with 1 Over spare.

India’s Captain Virat Kohli won the Toss and decided to field. South Africa scored 149/5 in 20 overs. South Africa’s captain Quinton de Cock           scored 52 runs in 37 balls whereas T Bavuma, who was playing his First T20, scored 49 runs in 43 balls.Among Indian bowlers Deepak Chahar was very impressive and has taken 2 wicket giving 22 runs. Navdeep Saini, Ravinder Jadeja and Hardik Pandya have taken One wicket each.

India  have scored 33 runs in 3.5 overs when they lost first wicket of Rohit Sharma who scored 12 runs with 2 sixes before being lbw on Phehlukwayo. Then came Virat Kohli who added 61 runs alonwith Shikhar Dhawan. Shikhar couldn’t complete his half century and was out after scoring 40 Runs. Rishabh Pant’s poor form with Bat continued and he scored only 4 runs. However Virat Kohli continued with his excellent form and added 47 runs with SS Iyer for 4^th wicket. Iyer’s boundary was the winning run . Virat scored 72 runs in 52 balls. He hit 4 fours and 3 Sixes. Phhlukwayo, Shamsi and Fortuin were wicke takers foe SA with One Wicket each.

India won the match with 7 wickets and lead the series by 1-0 with 3^rd T20 I scheduled for 22^nd Sept at Bangaluru.

Like it or not, the days of 'management' being a role or a function are long gone. Even with the best intentions, the very design causes silos and organisational drag. Today, 'management' ought to be a behaviour. And roles, well, we all know that those change everyday. Your organisation today needs to be a living organism that responds to stimuli, not a well oiled machine built for consistency. The only 'management' that matters any more is the 'self management' ability (behaviour and enabling structures and processes) of your people, their many teams and eventually the organisation. - Gaurav Chaubey, Director-Organisation Effectiveness & Growth Advisory, Grant Thornton India

 ASIAN GAMES 2018     DAY 10

Rich haul of Medals by Indians  on Day 10 of Asian Games as India won today One Gold, Six Silver and Two Bronze taking India's Medal tally to Fifty as :

Gold           - 9
Silver          - 19
Bronze        - 22

India has a Double delight of Gold and Silver in 800 m  race as Manjit Singh won Gold and Jinson Johnson got Silver.

First time in Asian Games India's Table Tennis Mens Team won a Bronze Medal which is India's First ever medal in Table Tennis.

PV Sindhu won a Silver in Badminton in addition to Bronze won by Saina Nehwal yesterday. India won Medals in Badminton after 36 years as prev winner was Syed Modi who got Bronze in 1982 Asian Games.

Men's and Women's Teams in Archery - Both have won Silver Medals.

India has won Silver and Bronze in Kurash (Women -52 Kg).

Boxers has given been a very poor show as they have not won a Single Medal in this edition.

India 's Medal Tally in Previous Editions of Asian Games was as under :

2014 - 57 Medals (Gold -11, Silver - 9, Bronze - 37)
2010 - 65 Medals (Gold - 14,Silver - 17, Bronze - 34)

ASIAN GAMES 2018


Fifteen Years Old  Shooter Shardul Vihan wins a Silver Medal in Asiad in his maiden appearnce. He is the youngest Indian to win a medal in Asian Games.

On Day 5 India won 3 medals ie. One Silver and Two Bronze Medals. Besides Silver medal won't by Shardul, Ankita Raina won't Bronze in Tennis and fancied Kabaddi team have lost to Iran and had to content with Bronze.
Thus Day 5 concluded and Indian Medal Tally till date in Asiad 2018 is 18 medals :
Gold -   4
Silver - 4
Bronze - 10

                               Common Wealth Games 2018

                                       India wins Gold and Silver on First Day

• Gururaj became the first medal winner for India in CWG 2018 at Gold Coast. He won a Silver in 56 Kg Weightlifting category.

• Mirabai Chanu became the first Gold Medal winner for India in CWG 2018. She won the Gold in 48 Kg category of Weightlifting. She created a new CWG record.

• India won its both the matches in Badminton by defeating Sri Lanka & Pakistan.

• India lost its first match in Women's hockey.

• Indian Men's and Women's Teams have their respective matches in Table Tennis. 

• India suffered a setback in Squash when its medal hope Sourav Ghoshal lost in his first match.

INDIA WON THIRD TEST AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA BY 63 RUNS

India has beaten South Africa in Third Test by 63 Runs. The match was played at Johannesburg where the pitch was called one of the worst pitches with cracks. In the Final innings South Africa were to score 241 runs to win but their whole team could score only 177 runs. Elgar and Amla scored half centuries for South Africa with Elgar carried the bat thru the full innings and score 86 n.o. From India most shining bowler was Mohd.Shami who took 5 wickets and he was fully supported by Ishant and Bumrah with 2 wickets each.

Bhuvnesh Kumar was judged Man of the Match for his 30+ scores in both innings and 4 wickets in the match.

However India Lost the series by 2-1.

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2018 FINAL RESULTS :

1.Roger Federer is Men's Singles Champion.

Federer beats M.Cilic 6-2,6-7,6-3,3-6,6-1.

This is 20th Grand Slam Singles Title for Roger Federer.

2. C. Wozniacki wins Women's Singles Title

Wozniacki wins 7-6,3-6,6-4 against S.Halep in Final.

3. In Women's Doubles T.Babos and K.Mladenovic beat E.Vesnina & E.Makarova by 6-4, 6-3 in final to win the championship.

4. O.Marah & M.Pavic are Men's Doubles Champion by beating R.Farah & J.Cabal in straight sets.

5. M.Pavic won his 2nd Title in this tournament by winning Mixed Doubles Final. He was partnering Dabrowaski and beat R.Bopanna and T.Babos by 2-6,6-4,11-9.