Manolo Marquez’s men aim to build on

 Hyderabad kick-off December with Jamshedpur challenge

Manolo Marquez’s men aim to build on the Mumbai City result

 

Goa: After a memorable victory over defending champions Mumbai City FC, Hyderabad FC are back in action on Thursday when they take on one of the in-form teams in the league in Jamshedpur FC in an away game at Bambolim.

The game will be the first of six for Manolo Marquez’s men in a hectic month of December, incidentally, all of them scheduled to be played at the same venue.

Currently in fourth, Owen Coyle’s Red Miners are fresh off a 3-1 victory over FC Goa and will be high on confidence going into this game.

However, HFC Head Coach Manolo Marquez believes his team is ready for the game but also knows that it will not be an easy one for his side. “For me, Owen Coyle’s team are always tough to face. Last season, both games were very equal and ended in a draw,” said Manolo.

“This season, they have players who are comfortable playing different styles of football and are happy to play with more possession. They also have a similar squad from last season and for me, they will surely fight for the top-4,” he added.

In attack, Jamshedpur have Nerijus Valskis and Jordan Murray, both of who were on the scoresheet in the last game. The likes of Alex Lima and Greg Stewart also bring in the experience.

Speaking about the opponents, Manolo Marquez said, “Jamshedpur is a really strong side. Valskis and Murray are there to finish chances but I think they have high quality all around the pitch. Fast wingers, technically good midfielders and experienced defenders; Jamshedpur have a strong squad, a compact team and we will have to work really hard to win this game.”

Hyderabad FC beat Mumbai City in the last game and will look to carry this momentum to the clash on Thursday. The likes of Joao Victor, Akash Mishra, Asish Rai, Mohammad Yasir and Hitesh Sharma have all been consistently effective and Coach Manolo has his plans set for Thursday’s clash.

“Irrespective of the results in the last game, I think the plans will be the same for both sides. We will stick to our style and so will Jamshedpur and I have no doubt that is going to be another close game in the ISL,” the Spaniard said, speaking about HFC’s approach to their next encounter.

On the team news front, HFC will continue to miss the services of Halicharan Narzary and Sahil Tavora.

The game kicks off at 7:30 pm on Thursday and will be telecasted live on the Star Sports Network with live streaming on Disney+ Hotstar and JioTV. 

Josh launches 'CreatorThon' – an exclusive event for

                Josh launches 'CreatorThon' – an exclusive event for creators                                                           across Pondicherry, Maldives, Jaisalmer and Goa

Heads out with top creators to exotic locations across India and overseas

 

Josh, India’s fastest growing and most-engaged short video app, today announced the launch of Josh ‘CreatorThon’ – a content creation marathon crafted exclusively for Josh creators, to be held between April 12 to May 5 across beautiful locales. Launched as a multi-city campaign, Josh ‘CreatorThon’ kicks off in Pondicherry today and will travel to four exotic locations across India and overseas with unique creators to give them a flavor of the dynamism and energy of the short video ecosystem.

‘CreatorThon’, envisioned as a 24-day jazzed up event, is a one-of-a-kind opportunity where creators have been handpicked amongst a million and given an exclusive platform which would help them create unique, engaging content across all these beautiful locations. Landed today in India's Tiny Little France – Pondicherry, ‘CreatorThon’ would then move on to the island nation – Maldives (from April 17 to April 20) followed by Jaisalmer (from April 22 to April 25) before hitting the home stretch in Goa (from May 1 to May 5).

With this campaign, Josh aims to raise the bar for content creation in India as creators would be engaging in some never seen before, joshiley performances over the next few weeks. The on-ground activations would witness the creators’ josh all pumped up as they indulge in a variety of innovative and exciting activities named as – ‘Style in the City’, ‘Scary Boo’, ‘Reality Bites’ among others, and take the excitement and oomph factor through the roof. A team of professional stylists, make-up artists and photographers will be accompanying these content creators to cater to their fashion and styling needs.

Hailing the Josh creator community, Seher Bedi, Head of Josh Studios said, “Josh ‘CreatorThon’ is an opportunity for creators to travel with Josh as part of the Josh family. Our community gives creators tools to make their content as exciting as they want with all the resources, we offer them. Traveling to these destinations with the Josh team gives creators an opportunity not only to express their creativity but bond with the Josh community and feel pampered. Many exciting activities will give them fuel to explore content in new ways. We are excited to give new and thrilling experiences to our creators and CreatorThon will do just that!”

Josh is a made-in-India, short-video app launched in September 2020 by VerSe Innovation. It represents a confluence of India’s top 200+ best creators, the 10 biggest music labels, 15+ million UGC creators, best in class content creation tools, the hottest entertainment formats, and formidable user demographics. Josh has been consistently rated as the leading Indian short-video app in India on the Play store. Currently, Josh is the fastest growing and most engaged short-video app in India with over 88 million MAUs (Monthly Active Users), 42 million DAUs (Daily Active Users) and 1.75+ billion video plays per day. Josh Studios was unveiled in March 2021 to scale the short-video platform’s capabilities to create a cutting-edge content and talent hub.

Siddharth Malhotra shares his clean shaven look with a

 Sidharth Malhotra shares his clean shaven look with a catchy caption!

Sidharth Malhotra who recently shooting in Goa has been sharing some drool-worthy images of himself on his social media.

The actor took to his social media to share a sleek clean-shaven image of himself from Goa talking about his hard day of work, adding the new tagline of popular shaving brand's (Gillette) campaign, and making a quirky caption!

Is Sid the new brand face from India?

Catch the post here -  https://www.instagram.com/p/CIBbDN2L6c8/?igshid=1d8um2ja2kzjo

This December, IndiGo marks 1500 daily departures

This December, IndiGo marks 1500 daily departures

The airline aims to promote international trade, tourism and economic growth by increasing mobility through its extensive network

 

 In line with its expansion strategy, IndiGo - India’s leading airline - has achieved the milestone of 1500 daily departures across its network of 83 domestic and international destinations. IndiGo expanded its operations to 11 domestic and 8 international new destinations inclusive of multiple exclusive and virgin routes, increasing its portfolio by 22 percent, between January to December 2019.

 

Stations launched in 2019
1.       Jeddha 2.       Shillong 3.       Gaya 4.       Jodhpur 5.       Belgaum 6.       Chengdu 7.       Yangon 8.       Silchar 9.       Hanoi 10.   Riyadh 11.   Ho Chi Minh City 12.   Guangzhou 13.   Shirdi 14.   Mysore

The airline was the first Indian carrier to connect India to Istanbul in Turkey, Chengdu in China and Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam while foraying into countries like Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) and Myanmar (Yangon). IndiGo further enhanced point to point connectivity through the length and breadth of the country by announcing multiple domestic connections. Kannur was connected to Bengaluru, Kochi, Goa, Hubli, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram; Kolhapur was connected to Hyderabad and Tirupati; and Bhopal was connected to four metro cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, amongst other destinations.

 

IndiGo’s expansion in domestic and international skies has enabled Indian travellers to not only travel affordably within India, but also to new exotic destinations like Vietnam, Myanmar and China. The airline established a robust network connecting the Buddhist circuit in India with key Buddhist communities in China, Vietnam and Myanmar, creating a South Asian Buddhist circuit with Kolkata as the gateway city. These new flights will enhance point-to-point connectivity as well as growth of domestic, inbound and outbound air traffic, promoting economic growth and social cohesion. 

 

Speaking on the subject, Mr. Ronojoy Dutta, CEO, IndiGo said, “We are very pleased to be the first Indian airline to touch 1500 daily departures, with one flight taking off every minute. The simple philosophy of offering low fares and on-time, courteous, hassle-free service has been the foundation of IndiGo’s growth and unparalleled network in India. Flying over 2,50,000 customers every day, we are on a mission to promote trade, tourism and economic growth by increasing mobility and accessibility across the length and breadth of the country”.

 

Mr. Dutta further added, “2019 has been an eventful year with many new partnerships, orders and milestones. We are optimistic about 2020, and our endeavour will be to build focus cities and traffic corridors that connect India to the world”.

 

The year witnessed many more historic moments including IndiGo’s entry into Europe through a direct connection to Istanbul and the codeshare with Turkish Airlines, another codeshare agreement with Qatar Airways, mega orders of 280 CFM engines and 300 Airbus aircraft to fuel the airline’s growth in the 2020s, joining IATA as a member, receipt of the first A321neo, celebrating IndiGo’s 13th anniversary and introduction of new in-flight services to enrich customer experience.