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Go on a culinary world tour at Ghatkopar

The World Food Festival will feature all the cuisines in the world at one spot – R City Mall in Ghatkopar. On till February 15, 2015.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

If you’re a fan of world cuisine, you should be making your way to Ghatkopar this week.

R City Mall in Ghatkopar is hosting the World Food Festival from February 7 to 15, 2015, with a delicious and diverse food menu. Visitors to the venue will get the chance to not just sample food from around the world, but also interact with famous chefs.

Apart from the array of food items, there will be also be fun activities to keep visitors occupied, of which the most popular one is learning to cook various dishes at live cooking sessions arranged in the fest.

Vvikas Aroraa, Director Sales and Marketing, Runwal Group said, “At our malls, we constantly endeavour to provide the best experience to our customers with innovative initiatives. Customers at our malls come for world class shopping and entertainment experiences. This Food Festival is a unique way of offering a wide array of cuisines under a single roof.”

Noted food companies are expected to showcase their most popular dishes at the event, and even reveal a few secret recipes. Retailers like Indigo Deli, Punjab Grill, Bowl House, Rajdhani, Banana Leaf, Taco Bell, Yokos, Zaffran and many more are participating in the food festival and offering discounts on their food menu. Few restaurants will set up their live cooking counters, such as Salad and Tiramisu dessert from Sbarro, Malbar curry and appam from Banana Leaf, Thai lemon grass prawns and Burmese Khowsuey from The Bowl House, Mughlai dishes from Zaffran, and Microwave cooking from E-Zone, among others.

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Mumbai’s suburbs have better sex ratio than island city

This, and other important Mumbai-specific snapshots, emerged from the Economic Survey 2012-2013, released in ongoing Maharashtra State Legislature Session today.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in

At a time when crimes against women rise in Mumbai, and the question of how we treat our girls and women becomes increasingly significant – especially in the context of how many girls are allowed to be born – the Maharashtra State Economic Survey 2012-2013 throws light on the subject of sex ratios recorded for Mumbai.

As per the Survey, released today while the State Legislature continues to be in session, and prior to the presentation of the State’s Budget tomorrow, the sex ratio recorded for the Mumbai suburban region is a robust 910 (that is, 910 girls to every 1,000 boys born). However, the sex ratio for Mumbai city is 874; this means that the suburbs exhibit a healthier sex ratio as compared to the island city. The figures arise from Census 2011.

Meanwhile, the Survey points out other statistics for Mumbai:

– 67 per cent people in Mumbai city have latrines within their houses, while only 54.7 per cent of the suburbs have latrines inside their homes.

– Also, 90 per cent of city homes have bathrooms inside the house. The figure is 87.2 per cent for the suburbs.

– The Mumbai/Thane rationing area has the largest numbers for rationing cards issued in the State, at 40,76,000. A total of 7,31,413 are White Ration Card holders in Mumbai, also the highest number in the State

– Phase I of the Mumbai Metro Rail Project (Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar), a total of 14 km, will be completed this year. 95 per cent of this phase is already complete.

– 85 per cent of Phase I of the Mumbai Monorail Project (Wadala-Chembur) is complete.

– A multimodal corridor from Virar to Alibaug will be completed in 2016. This corridor consists of freeways having eight lanes for vehicles besides dedicated lanes (spanning 140 km) for buses.

– Of all the vehicles in the State, about 21.60 lakh vehicles (10.4 per cent) are in the Brihanmumbai region.

– 210.44 lakh domestic passengers travelled by the Mumbai domestic airport in 2012, while the figures for the international airport are 94.93 lakh passengers.

– There are 61.2 per cent houses in Mumbai city with mobile-only phone connectivity, while for the suburbs, this number is 63.6 per cent.

– The most pollution in Maharashtra was seen in Mumbai, at Sion. The measured levels of Respirable Soluble Particulate Matter (RSPM) at Sion recorded from December 2011 to January 2012 were 124.49 µg/m3; the permitted level is 100 µg/m3.

(Picture courtesy indianmuslimobserver.com)

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Event

Fastest runner first!

Talent hunt to identify fastest youngster in the Under-12, 14 and -16 age groups was held in the city today. PT Usha judged the event.

The finale of ‘Speedstar’, a first-of-its-kind talent hunt to identify the fastest running sensation in India, was held at Ghatkopar today. The enterprise is the brainchild of KOOH Sports’, under the aegis of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). A total of 76 finalists were selected to participate from amongst 12 cities in the country in three age categories –  Under 12, 14 and 16 – in a 100 meter sprint.

Six participants were adjudged the winners by legendary sprint queen PT Usha. (See names of winners below)

The finale was held at the Ghatkopar-based KJ Somaiya Sports Complex. The contest had been spread over a period of two months, with nationwide participation from around 800 schools and over 10,000 children.

The six winners of the grand finale will now head for a week-long intensive training in Australia (courtesy Griffith University), the official academy partner. Under the guidance of Sharon Hannan (the noted Australian athletics coach who trained Sally Pearson, gold medallist at the London Olympics, 2012), the winners will have an opportunity to gather insights of the professional athletic circuit.

“Initiatives like these will go a long way in cultivating the next generation of athletes in India. I am extremely delighted to be associated with this initiative and being instrumental in creating awareness on the importance of athletics to young Indians,” PT  Usha said during the event.

Adille Sumariwalla, President, AFI said, “The Speedstar initiative is indeed a commendable programme and it is heartening to see the private participation in the sector. We are confident that India will get the much-needed thrust at the grass roots level to create a pool of athletes while generating an attitudinal shift to pursue sports as a career.”

Winners:

Under 12: Girls – Shabnam Naik, New Delhi; Boys – Nilesh Batre, Mumbai

Under 14: Girls – Siddhi Hiray, Pune; Boys – P Siva (Hyderabad)

Under 16: Girls – Anita Das (Kolkata); Boys – MS Arun (Chennai)

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