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Archie Comics is soon to be launched in India in Hindi and Malayalam languages. Archie debuted in 1941 and is all about to go wear desi kurtas and jughead to get mad over samosas instead of hamburgers. There is much big commercial potential as mentioned by Archie Comics CEO and a long queue of running franchises for opportunities of reinvention and expansion. The Archie comics will see its main hero Archie and his pal Betty and Veronica to be filmed in Bollywood style with song credits like 'Kankariya maar ke jagaya.' - so mentiones media on its launch news of Archie coming with Indian flavor.

- Archie Day in Swagat Children Library

Emirates Summer surprize for Children  
(News courtesy: Shreya Naik, Management Associate, Hanmer MSL

Emirates Airline, the Dubai based International airline, has launched its summer bonanza offer "Summer Smiles in Dubai" offering families with children under 12 years an incredible offer while they visit Dubai this summer. Passengers who book a three-night package with select hotels in Dubai between 14th May and 30th September 2011 can have up to two children under the age of 12 years to fly at 50% off the adult fare while their stay, meals and play in Dubai is absolutely free when travelling with two paying adults. The Summer Smiles in Dubai package begins at INR 65,000, which comprises a three-night stay for two adults and two children which includes the visa cost for the children. The visa costs for the two adults are not a part of the package. Moreover, the two children will have free entry to a wide range of Dubai’s most exciting attractions and free rides on the Dubai Metro, ensuring an action packed family vacation.
This offer also comprises Meet & Assist at Dubai International Airport, return airport transfers (seat in coach), as well as hotel taxes and service charges. Summer Smiles in Dubai is valid for all passengers flying on Emirates to Dubai or beyond. Speaking on the occasion Mr. Orhan Abbas, Vice President India & Nepal, said, “Emirates has always tried to design innovative travel opportunities to encourage our passengers to explore the wonderful city of Dubai. With it being summer vacation in India, we are encouraging Gujarati families to visit Dubai. Our packages are a huge success and we receive an overwhelming response from our passengers each year.”The package includes incredible discounts throughout the city, including the world’s largest shopping mall, The Dubai Mall, which will help ensure families make good use of the increased Emirates free baggage allowance. Overall this package provides families an opportunity to take an exciting break, in a unique destination, without breaking the bank. 
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Vishwanatha Reddi Sales Manager- Gujarat, said, “A large number of hotels in Dubai are participating in the promotion with a hotel to suit every family’s budget – from two to five stars, city and beach hotels, and from Standard to Deluxe Hotel Apartments to choose from.”
Emirates operate 10 weekly flights to Ahmedabad and a total of 185 weekly flights to 10 Indian destinations including Ahmedabad.

CIIE (Center for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship at IIM aims to help school children analyse and understand theories and concepts better, thereby encouraging them to think out of the box. 'My Thinking Programme' is aimed to develop HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) among Grade I to Grade V students. This Programme will be launched in December by Ashutosh and Sangeeta Khurana who are currently working with more than 30 schools across India. The basic aim of the programme is to provide the children of primary classes, a structural programme to develop cognitive, emotional and social thinking skills. The Program is based on four fundamentals - thinking skills, thinking conepts, thinking processes and thinking models. The programme involves conducting classes during the school hours to develop thinking abilities in children. The facilitators who are trained to work on 'thinking' development train the students. The kids are taught to use 17 different 'thinking tools' in a year. These tools invoke the conscious and subconscious knowledge, understanding and experiences of the child. A detailed periodic assessment of each child is conducted to draw a 'thinking skills development path' for the child.

A scottish government research has revealed that rich children have far superior vocabularies and problem solving skills than the poorer peers by the age of five. The study found that at the age of five, youngsters with wealthier parents educated to degree level are on average 18 months ahead of their less well off peers with their vocabulary. They are also 13 months ahead on problem solving ability. The study found the gap in vocabulary ability widened between the ages of three and five.

A shocking study reveals that by age of five, almost half of the children who use the internet each week spend at least part of everyday online. What is more noteworthy is that the study reports that such is the rise in digital media that even kids aged three years are going online every week.   By eight years, children regularly play with gadgets such as iPods, iPads and video games taking their total daily exposure to digital media to about eight hours. Rosalie O-Neale of the Australian Communications and Media Authority says, As things like the iPad become ubiquitous, you'll see little kids who aren't even walking using them for game playing.

A study conducted by Dettol and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine reveals that people with good manners at work and at home are more than twice as likely to be in good health. People tend to have more hygiene routines in place and take better care of their health and well being, suffer less from colds and cases of diarrhea are two and half times more likely to be in good health than those with poor manners. It is observed, older people care more for their health and also have better manners. Home makers have the highest levels of personal and household hygiene while office workers and students have the worst. Women also tend to be more hygienic than men.

Promising to be the biggest and the best with a big vision, the 5th Vibrant Gujarat Investors' Summit 2011 is held with Inaugural Programme on 10th January 2011 at Seminar Room No.5 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar. The Global summit will be held on 12th January with Validictory Function to be held on 13th January 2011.

Special Invitation passes has been issued by the Government and the visitors need to carry their photo identity card with them an retain the card with the envelope throughout the inaugural programme. Over 20,000 delegates from all over the world will preside the function and Consulate, leaders and those associated to Industries from over 60 countries will remain present.

Watch Vibrant Gujarat events live on Gujarat State Portal or CM Narendra Modi's website | http://vggis11.vmukti.com/ | Vibrant Gujarat
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Kite Festival

Three-day Vibrant Gujarat international kite festival saw colorful beginning on 9th January 2011. Kite-flying enthusiasts from 36 countries are participating in the event - As many as 93 people from foreign countries such as the US, UK and Spain, among others, and 150 kite-flyers from 10 Indian states, including Karnataka, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, are participating in the event. This year's festival is the 21st in a row to be organised jointly by the state tourism corporation.Five different kinds of competition had been introduced this year and on Tuesday, chief minister Narendra Modi will announce the winners. According to officials, the kite festival will also be held in Kutch and Mandvi on January 12 and 13. Invitees and kite-lovers will fly kites in the heritage pols of Ahmedabad on January 14 during 9:30 morning to 3:00 afternoon. Theme pavilion based on adventure sports, food-court, craft-bazaar and kite workshop – all on the show to entertain kite-lovers.

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