Kumar Anshuman, Author at MediaCatalyst : News - Opinion - Analysis

18 Sep

Artemis Hospital in Association with KIMS Launches North India’s First Dedicated Heart & Lung Transplant Centre

Kumar AnshumanHealth

Gurgaon: Patients in North India battling end-stage heart and lung diseases will now have access to advanced transplant care closer to home. Artemis Hospital on Thursday inaugurated its new Heart & Lung Transplant Centre, which it claims is the first comprehensive facility of its kind in North India.The centre will be chaired by Dr. Sandeep Attawar, one of India’s leading thoracic transplant surgeons, who currently heads the transplant programme at KIMS Hospitals, Hyderabad. Dr. Attawar has been instrumental in building transplant programmes across the country, and his team has performed more than 650 thoracic organ transplants to date, including 479…

17 Sep

Amit Shah Arrives in Patna Tonight, to Lead Key BJP Strategy Meetings Ahead of Bihar Polls

Kumar AnshumanNews, Politics

Patna: Union Home Minister and senior BJP strategist Amit Shah will reach Patna late tonight as part of a crucial two-day visit aimed at energising the party’s preparations for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. Shah, who was earlier scheduled to land around 7 p.m., is now expected to arrive at 8:45 p.m. at Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport, before moving to Hotel Maurya, where he will hold a closed-door meeting with top state BJP leaders. The late-night huddle is expected to focus on poll preparedness, coordination with grassroots workers, and fine-tuning the party’s messaging in the run-up to the elections.…

17 Sep

CMD, IREDA Highlights Green Education and Skilling as Key to India’s Renewable Goals

Kumar AnshumanEnergy, News

Mumbai: Shri Pradip Kumar Das, Chairman & Managing Director of Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA), stressed the urgent need for dedicated green skilling centers of excellence to prepare India’s workforce for the nearly 3 million green jobs expected by 2030. Addressing the 7th International Conference on Sustainability Education (ICSE), organized by the Mobius Foundation at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, Shri Das underlined that India’s clean energy transition hinges not only on technology and capital but also on a skilled workforce. Highlighting IREDA’s initiatives, Shri Das noted that the organization has become a fully paperless institution and is…

17 Sep

Abhishek Kar Calls Content the New Porn of Modern Youth, on Abhishek Vyas’s Podcast

Kumar AnshumanEntertainment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S30BalEeyAY The latest episode of The Powerful Humans Podcast, hosted by entrepreneur Abhishek Vyas, featured a striking statement from finance educator and motivational speaker Abhishek Kar. In a candid exchange, Kar argued that content has overtaken pornography as the biggest addiction among today’s youth. Calling it a dangerous yet overlooked reality, Kar said, “The biggest addiction today isn’t porn; it’s content. The endless scrolling, reels, and meaningless consumption on social media are silently killing focus, productivity, and creativity.” He explained how the constant flood of digital content has become normalized, masking its harmful effects. Kar added, “When a young person…

17 Sep

ISRO Chairman Dr. V. Narayanan Inaugurates Space Tech Startup OrbitAID’s New R&D Facility in Bengaluru

Kumar AnshumanStartup, Technology

Bengaluru: OrbitAID Aerospace, a space-tech sartup in the field of On-Orbit Servicing and Refueling (OOSR), today inaugurated its state-of-the-art Research and Development (R&D) facility spanning 6500 sq.ft in Bengaluru with an investment of over $2 million to extend the lifetime refueling services to current and upcoming satellites. The R&D facility was officially opened by Dr. V. Narayanan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), who unveiled OrbitAID’s next chapter of innovation and growth in the upcoming years. This facility is India’s largest commercial and one of the world’s biggest for Rendezvous Proximity Operations & Docking (RPOD) infrastructure, for servicing…

17 Sep

Celebrating a Decade, Cashfree Payments Launches 1.6% Gateway Offer to Empower Startups

Kumar AnshumanBusiness

To celebrate its 10-year anniversary, fintech player Cashfree Payments has announced a special campaign for online merchants across India. Businesses that get onboarded on Cashfree Payments by 31st December 2025 will be able to access its payment gateway solutions at 1.6%, the best payment gateway rate ever offered for startups in India, valid for the next one full year. By lowering payment costs, the initiative aims to directly improve margins for startups, D2C brands, MSMEs, and e-commerce businesses, enabling them to grow faster in India’s booming digital economy. Launched ahead of the festive season, when online demand typically peaks, the…

16 Sep

Transmission Lines: Myths, Facts, and Why They Matter for Powering India’s Future: Saddaf Alam

Kumar AnshumanEnergy

As India moves rapidly toward energy security and a greener future, transmission lines have quietly become one of the country’s most important assets. These steel structures stretching across deserts, rivers, towns, and forests are doing much more than carrying electricity — they’re powering progress and fundamentally electrifying our nation. For landowners, understanding these vital arteries is key, as they represent not just infrastructure, but often, potential land use considerations and opportunities that contribute to this grand narrative of nation-building. From harnessing solar energy in Rajasthan to lighting up remote villages in the Northeast, transmission lines are the invisible backbone of…

16 Sep

“Vijay Ke 60 Saal”: Western Command Releases Film Celebrating Heroes of the 1965 Indo-Pak War

Kumar AnshumanNews

To mark the 60th anniversary of India’s triumph in the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War, the Western Command of the Indian Army has released a short film titled “Vijay Ke 60 Saal”, honouring the courage, sacrifice, and enduring spirit of its soldiers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKzfvqn1cqw The film is part of a commemoration drive by the Army to remember those who fought on the frontlines and in supporting roles during the conflict. The 1965 War, which lasted from August to September, involved significant operations along India’s western frontier—including in regions like Punjab and Kashmir—and was a defining moment in South Asia’s mid-20th century history.

15 Sep

SC Stays Key Provisions of Waqf Amendment Act, Muslim Bodies Hail Relief

Kumar AnshumanNews

The Supreme Court of India on Monday stayed two provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, while ruling that the entire law can be suspended only in “rarest of rare” cases. The bench put on hold the clause requiring a person to be a Muslim for five years to create a Waqf, and capped non-Muslim members in Waqf boards and the Central Waqf Council at three. Muslim bodies, including AIMPLB and AISPLB, welcomed the order as “significant relief” but said they still expect complete justice in the final judgment.

15 Sep

Kantar Insights and Bharti Airtel Ltd Announced as Winner at MRSI’s 33rd Annual Market Research Seminar

Kumar AnshumanBusiness

Mumbai: The Market Research Society of India (MRSI) announces Kantar Insights and Bharti Airtel Ltd as the winner for their original research paper titled, ‘Reconstructing Bharat: A Scientific Approach to Estimating India's Population Demographics at a District Level’ at its 33rd Annual Market Research Seminar. Knowledge Excel’s ‘Guardians of the Survey: Fighting Fraud to Protect Research Integrity and Data Quality Benchmarking’ and Zee Entertainment Enterprises and Third Eye Integrated Services’ ‘Streaming the Paradox – Gen Z and the Intergenerational Remix’ were announced as the runner-up at the seminar. The Seminar spotlighted ‘The Power of And’ with 22 shortlists from over 100 submissions, who presented their original research papers. The Seminar kickstarted with a keynote address by Dr. Saurabh…