GERMANY VS BRAZIL U-17 WORLD CUP QUARTER FINAL

The Quarter Final between Brazil and Germany will remain one of the most thrilling game in the U-17 World Cup, where the team scoring first and maintaining that lead in almost the entire game ended on the losing side. Three-time champion, Brazil won the match 2-1 against European heavyweight Germany in Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, where more than 66000 people cheered for their favourite team and scripted a memorable victory for them. 

Germany scored their first and only goal of the match in the 21st minute through penalty which was shot by Jann-Fiete Arp. In the first half of the match, the Brazilians didn't look to play up to the mark but things changed when they came to play the second half and Weverson was brought in as substitution for Candido. 

A wave of attack was carried out by Weverson in the second half, the pressure piled up by successive attacks ultimately resulted in Weverson scoring the equalizer in the 71st minute providing much sought relief to the Brazilian side. But what changed the look of the match completely was Paulinho's goal in the 77th minute. Within a span of 6 minutes the Brazilians scored their second goal. They celebrated the goal with the fans in the gallery which the fans would remember for a long time. The goal in the 77th minute ensured that they are through to the Semi Final where they will meet England on 25th October. 

After the second goal by Brazil, Germany tried everything they could but to no avail and the scoreboard remained 2-1 when the final whistle was blown by match referee Jair Marrufo. The Brazilian coach Amadeu looked happy and everyone in the dugout celebrated the win with great joy as at one time it seemed that their chance of winning is very low. 

HAPPY DIWALI

Happy Diwali to all of you. On this auspicious occasion, Joy, Prosperity and happiness Illuminate you life and home. 

       This Diwali :

Don't burn crackers, burn your egos, they don't even pollute the environment.

Don't buy Present, Be Present.

Don't wrap gifts, wrap someone in a hug.

Don't send gifts, send peace.

Don't shop for food, donate food.

Don't give sweets, give love.

Don't see the lights, be light.

     Our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, celebrated Diwali in his usual manner with Jawans of Indian Army BSF in Gurez Valley near Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu & Kashmir. He celebrates Diwali every year with the Army. We all should give respect to the real heros of our Country, the Indian Army, who tirelessly protect us throughout the year no matter what the circumstance. 

      In the end, celebrate Diwali peacefully with your near and dear ones. Stay Safe, Stay Happy.

WORLD FOOD DAY

Every year on 16th October, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nation celebrates World Food Day to commemorate the founding of the organisation, which was founded in 1945. The main objective to celebrate this day is to promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger. Every year a theme is selected, this year's theme is "Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development". Theme is being selected since 1981. Many organisation across the globe celebrate this day to spread awareness about food security.

This day is celebrated to make progress to achieve the goal of #zerohunger by 2030. Despite so much effort in spreading #zerohunger awareness, it's a bad statistics that India is ranked 100th out of 119 country in Global Hunger Index (GHI). India scored 31.4 score out of 100 and are placed in high end of "serious" category. More than 20% of Indian Children under the age of five have lower height in relation to their height and about 33% are too short in relation to their age. India, being a developing country, has developed a lot in many areas but this is something which has to improve. Despite, India being world's second largest food producer it also has second highest under nourished population in the world.

Reaching #zerohunger is a difficult task but not impossible and can be achieved with proper planning. Out of the 129 countries monitored by FAO, 72 countries have already achieved the target of halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger in 2015. This shows that achieving #zerohunger by 2030 is very much possible. FAO is tirelessly working in rural areas of 130 countries to achieve the goal of #zerohunger.

We all should celebrate World Hunger Day and spread the message of #zerohunger. We should try not to waste our food as someone is striving for it and also if possible try to make sure that no one in your surrounding sleep hungry. 

CELEBRITY CLASICO 2017

      The Celebrity Clasico is back with it's third edition on 15th October. It's time for the Cricket players to switch their sports and show their Football skills against the Bollywood Stars. The match will be held between "All Heart Football Club" led by Indian Cricket Team skipper Virat Kohli and "All Stars Football Club" led by Bollywood Star Abhishek Bachchan. 

  There will be a great mix of sporting action and entertainment as the Cricket players and Bollywood celebs will take the football field on 15th October at Andheri Sports Complex at 6:30 PM (IST). If you can't find a place there, don't be upset, watch the match live on Star Sports or Hotstar. A sea of Stars will be seen playing in the field as both sides has announced their squad.

ALL HEART FOOTBALL CLUB	ALL STAR FOOTBALL CLUB
VIRAT KOHLI (C)	ABHISHEK BACHCHAN (C)
MS DHONI	RANBIR KAPOOR
SHIKHAR DHAWAN	SIDHARTH MALHOTRA
KL RAHUL	ADITYA ROY KAPOOR
PR SREEJESH	ARJUN KAPOOR
SHREYAS IYER	DINO MOREA
MANISH PANDEY	SHOOJIT SIRCAR
ROHAN BOPANNA	KARTIK AARYAN
ANUP SRIDHAR	ARMAAN JIN
YUZVENDRA CHAHAL	SHABIR AHLUWALIA
B MANGALDAS	SACHIN JOSHI
ANIRUDH SRIKANTH	NISHANT MEHRA
BHUVNESHWAR KUMAR	APARSHAKTI KHURANA
KEDAR JADHAV	JIM SARBH
S BADRINATH	VIVIAN DSENA
HARDIK PANDYA	KARAN VEER MEHRA
AJINKYA RAHANE	RAJ KUNDRA
PAWAN NEGI	AADAR JAIN
DIGVIJAY	VIKRAM THAPA
ROHIT SHARMA	ROHAN SHRESTHA
ZAHEER KHAN	MARC ROBINSON
JASPRIT BUMRAH	HARPREET BAWEJA
ASHISH NEHRA	SHASHANK KHAITAN
JONTY RHODES
UMESH YADAV

      It is an initiative by Cornorstone Sport and GS Entertainment where the money from the match will go to a Charity. Last year, the match ended in a draw with score of 2-2. Yuvraj Singh and KL Rahul scored the goal for the All Heart FC. 

      This year the excitement is even more and it is expected to be more entertaining than last year. Let's have a look at the couple of tweets to show you the excitement of this match. 

100% CASHBACK ON JIO RECHARGE OF RS.399

Jio has launched a new Diwali offer 'Jio Diwali Dhan Dhana Dhan Offer' where it's customer will get 100% cashback on recharge of Rs.399. The offer is valid from from 12th October to 18th October. Any person who recharges his/her number within this period will get 100% cashback in the form of 8 voucher of Rs.50 each, totaling Rs.400. These 8 vouchers can be redeemed only on recharge after 15th November. You can use only one voucher per recharge.

Suppose a person recharge his number for Rs.399 and uses this voucher so he will get a discount of Rs.50 and will have to pay Rs.349. Don't worry if you already have an active Jio pack in your number, the recharge which you will do now during the offer period will come into effect only after your ongoing pack ends. The offer is valid only for Jio Prime Customers.

This offer can be availed from MyJio App, Jio.com, Jio store, Reliance Digital, Partner Retail Store and Digital Partners (JioMoney, PayTM, AmazonPay, PhonePe, Mobikwik) 

Reliance Jio will change it's tariff plan from 19th October so it is giving it's Prime Customers an oppurtunity to keep their existing plan in future by recharging now and also getting 100% cashback. There is no information as to what will be the tariff plan or recharge validity from 19th October so it's better to recharge now and get Rs.399 benefit which is by far the best Jio plan. You can even do multiple recharge of Rs.399 so that you can avail this offer for a longer time and also you will get 8 vouchers per recharge which can be used one by one in future recharges. 

Conclusively, I will say that this is a must not miss offer as there is no certainty what will be the future tariff. So, go get the recharge done today and enjoy the benefit.

FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP : HOST ENDED THEIR CAMPAIGN

India ended their FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign with huge disappointment after getting thrashed by Ghana 0-4. It was not an end which India would have wanted given the opportunity they got by playing as a host nation. The team played with their full potential but could survive the tough competition of World Cup. Inexperience to play big tournament like World Cup was clearly visible. In their first game, they lost to USA 0-3 then in the second game they lost 1-2 to Colombia. Although they showed a lot more maturity and skill against Colombia and also India registered their first goal in World Cup, the team could not cross the line and ended up on the losing side. Today, a better performance was expected from the host but they couldn't deliver it and lost to Ghana 0-4, their worst performance in the tournament. 

Though India is now out of the tournament but their are a lot of positive which they will take. It was the first time India got to play FIFA U-17 World Cup. The goal which Jeakson Thounaojam scored against Colombia in the 82nd minute was the first goal scored by India in the history of Indian Football in the World Cup. 

It is still early days for the Indian Football and this tournament will give Indian team more confident and exposure to International scenario which will help them to improve and become a better team for the coming World Cups. The three matches that India played in the tournament will help them to prepare for the future and will enable them to fulfill the shortcomings in the team. 

It was a dream of 1.25 Billion people in India to see their country play football World Cup, that dream came true after so many years of wait in this tournament It is not the end of India's World Cup campaign, it is just the beginning of a new era of Indian Football. Wishing the Indian Team best of luck for the future, I end my post. Thank You all for reading, Stay Blessed Stay Safe.

100 DAYS OF GST

     

Today 10th October marked 100 days of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India. The transition was fairly smooth with a few exceptions and some industry getting hit hard, while changes like this is bound to bring disruption but the long term benefit might overshadow short term hassles.

       The GST has brought a whole lot of changes in the Indian Society where a lot of people are non-tax compliant. But this has changed ever since GST is implemented. People are now trying to bring their business under tax compliance and this has resulted in a huge increase in Income Tax Return this year, where the growth rate of Income Tax Return this year is 24.7% compared to 9.9% in the previous year. As on 05.08.2017, 2.82 crore people filed Income Tax Return as against 2.26 crore previous year. There has been a huge crackdown on black money too, the IT department has detected unaccounted income of Rs. 9334 crore as on 28.02.2017.

       The primary aim of the Government, by implementing GST, was to widen the tax base and bring more and more people under tax bracket. In the 100 days of GST, this objective of the Central Government seemed to be fulfiled to a good extent. With the increase in tax base, the Government's revenue also seem to improve in the days to come. Although 40% people have filled nil return in the first month, as businesses were hit hard in the initial days, the revenue is expected to up as things are getting settled now. Everyday many people are registering under GST and so return and revenue both will go up in days to come. 

   Demonetisation on 8th November 2016, then "Operation Clean Money" and then the implementation of GST on 1st July 2017 has changed the look of Indian economy completely. India has now become a better place to do business. People are getting tax compliant and the IT department too is carrying out huge crackdown on black money which is forcing more people to come under tax bracket and is discouraging people to earn black money. 

    Things are getting digitalised and almost 99% of tax queries are now addressed online. People need to understand that such huge change in taxation system will create disruption. Everyone should adjust themselves to the new system instead of complaining. The Government is trying to reduce the stress of common man but such widespread change needs time to get settled and used to. 

TENSION ESCALATING BETWEEN US AND NORTH KOREA

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said "only one thing will work" in regards to North Korea. This clearly shows the state of tension that have built up between the two countries in recent time. Let's have a look at the timeline between two countries since President Trump took over :

FEBRUARY 11, 2017
North Korea fired a ballistic missile in the Sea of Japan. It was the first such fire since US President Trump took over. It was not the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) but a medium or intermediate range of missile. The Trump administration was expecting this provocation.

MARCH 6, 2017
North Korea launched four Missiles in the sea of Japan, the fifth Missile failed to launch. After flying about 1000km, three of them fell into Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Days later the US, Japan and South Korea sent high tech missile defense ships in the place where missile has landed. To that North Korea reacted by testing rocket engine and missile later in the month.

APRIL 6, 2017
Trump launches an attack on Syria with 59 Tomahawk Missile in a show of strength to North Korea. He ordered missile strike on Syria during his meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi.

APRIL 13, 2017
The US dropped the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan to target ISIS. The Bomb which was dropped was GBU-43, Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB) which became famous by the name 'Mother Of All Bomb (MOAB)'. This was planned by US to continue their show of military strength.
Later during the annual parade in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, demonstrated the Country's military strength, it's new missile and weapons.

APRIL 20, 2017
The members of UN Security Council demanded that North Korea should immediately stop Country's missile launch and should comply fully with the resolution of the Security Council.

MAY 14, 2017
North Korea again launched a missile attack and this time it fell more close to Russia than Japan. It was the first strike since South Korea President Moon took over the office.

JUNE 2, 2017
The UN decides to take action against North Korea for its continuous missile strikes by introducing additional sanctions that would target the nuclear and missile programs of North Korea. But it hardly had any effect on North Korea, it again fired four anti ship missiles into the sea few days later.

JULY 4, 2017
When the entire US was celebrating July 4, North Korea successfully test fired its first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) that could reach anywhere in the world. After successful ICBM test, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said it was a "gift" to "American Bastards" on their Independence Day.

JULY 28, 2017
North Korea again tested an ICBM that appeared capable of hitting the west coast of US. In 24 days, it was the second time North Korea tested the ICBM. It was more advanced than the one tested on 4th July.

AUGUST 28, 2017
North Korea again launched a missile over Japan. The missile flew over the northern Japanese Island of Hokkaido. It was the most serious and grave threat to Japan as it passed over their airspace. President Trump said that he would unleash "fire and fury" if it continue to threaten US.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017
North Korea tested it's most powerful missile escalating tension between the two countries. A 6.3 magnitude registered at testing site indicating that Pyongyang detonated a hydrogen bomb with a 100 kiloton yield. It would make the device seven times stronger than the bomb dropped by America in Hiroshima in 1945.

There were numerous events, apart from the above mentioned, which has heightened the tension between US and North Korea. The tension has escalated higher ever since September 3 hydrogen bomb test. Both the country is trying to show their military might which is leading to increasing tension between the two.

FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP

The fever of football is going to grip the entire nation as the FIFA U-17 World Cup will kick start today in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi at 17:00 IST. It is the first time that an Asian team is playing in FIFA World Cup as a Host Nation and it is a very proud moment for India. The 23 days tournament beginning today will end on 28^th October with the final being played at Vivekananda Yuba Bharti Krirangan, Kolkata. I would like all the participating team all the best.May the best team win. 

There are 24 teams divided in four group as follows :

GROUP A	GROUP B	GROUP C
INDIA (H)	PARAGUAY	IRAN
UNITED STATES	MALI	GUINEA
COLOMBIA	NEW ZEALAND	GERMANY
GHANA	TURKEY	COSTA RICA

GROUP D	GROUP E	GROUP F
NORTH KOREA	HONDURAS	IRAQ
NIGER	JAPAN	MEXICO
BRAZIL	NEW CALEDONIA	CHILE
SPAIN	FRANCE	ENGLAND

As it is a big tournament, it has a long schedule :

DATE	TEAMS	VENUE
Oct 06, 2017 17.00 IST	Colombia vs Ghana Group A	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Oct 06, 2017 17.00 IST	New Zealand vs Turkey Group B	Dr DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Oct 06, 2017 20.00 IST	India vs USA Group A	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Oct 06, 2017 20.00 IST	Paraguay vs Mali Group B	Dr DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Oct 07, 2017 17.00 IST	Germany vs Costa Rica Group C	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa
Oct 07, 2017 17.00 IST	Brazil vs Spain Group D	Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, Kochi
Oct 07, 2017 20.00 IST	Iran vs Guinea Group C	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa
Oct 07, 2017 20.00 IST	Korea DPR vs Niger Group D	Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, Kochi
Oct 08, 2017 17.00 IST	New Caledonia vs France Group E	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
Oct 08, 2017 17.00 IST	Chile vs England Group F	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Oct 08, 2017 20.00 IST	Honduras vs Japan Group E	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
Oct 08, 2017 20.00 IST	Iraq vs Mexico Group F	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Oct 09, 2017 17.00 IST	Ghana vs USA Group A	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Oct 09, 2017 17.00 IST	Turkey vs Mali Group B	Dr DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Oct 09, 2017 20.00 IST	India vs Colombia Group A	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Oct 09, 2017 20.00 IST	Paraguay vs New Zealand Group B	Dr DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Oct 10, 2017 17.00 IST	Costa Rica vs Guinea Group C	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa
Oct 10, 2017 17.00 IST	Spain vs Niger Group D	Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, Kochi
Oct 10, 2017 20.00 IST	Iran vs Germany Group C	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa
Oct 10, 2017 20.00 IST	Korea DPR vs Brazil Group D	Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, Kochi
Oct 11, 2017 17.00 IST	France vs Japan Group E	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
Oct 11, 2017 17.00 IST	England vs Mexico Group F	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Oct 11, 2017 20.00 IST	Honduras vs New Calendonia Group E	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
Oct 11, 2017 20.00 IST	Iraq vs Chile Group F	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Oct 12, 2017 17.00 IST	Mali vs New Zealand Group B	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Oct 12, 2017 17.00 IST	Turkey vs Paraguay Group B	Dr DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Oct 12, 2017 20.00 IST	Ghana vs India Group A	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Oct 12, 2017 20.00 IST	USA vs Colombia Group A	Dr DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Oct 13, 2017 17.00 IST	Costa Rica vs Iran Group C	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa
Oct 13, 2017 17.00 IST	Guinea vs Germany Group C	Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, Kochi
Oct 13, 2017 20.00 IST	Niger vs Brazil Group D	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa
Oct 13, 2017 20.00 IST	Spain vs Korea DPR Group D	Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, Kochi
Oct 14, 2017 17.00 IST	France vs Honduras Group E	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
Oct 14, 2017 17.00 IST	Japan vs New Caledonia Group E	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Oct 14, 2017 20.00 IST	Mexico vs Chile Group F	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
Oct 14, 2017 20.00 IST	England vs Iraq Group F	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Oct 16, 2017 17.00 IST	Runner-up Group A vs Runner-up Group C (Round of 16)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Oct 16, 2017 20.00 IST	Winner Group B vs Third Place Group A / C / D (Round of 16)	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Oct 17, 2017 17.00 IST	Winner Group C vs Third Place Group A / B / F (Round of 16)	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa
Oct 17, 2017 17.00 IST	Winner Group E vs Runner-up Group D (Round of 16)	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
Oct 17, 2017 20.00 IST	Winner Group F vs Runner-up Group E (Round of 16)	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Oct 17, 2017 20.00 IST	Runner-up Group B vs Runner-up Group F (Round of 16)	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa
Oct 18, 2017 17.00 IST	Winner Group A vs Third Place Group C / D / E (Round of 16)	Dr DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Oct 18, 2017 20.00 IST	Winner Group D vs Third Place Group B / E / F (Round of 16)	Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, Kochi
Oct 21, 2017 17.00 IST	Winner Match 43 vs Winner Match 42 (Quarter-finals)	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
Oct 21, 2017 20.00 IST	Winner Match 38 vs Winner Match 41 (Quarter-finals)	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa
Oct 22, 2017 17.00 IST	Winner Match 40 vs Winner Match 39 (Quarter-finals)	Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, Kochi
Oct 22, 2017 20.00 IST	Winner Match 37 vs Winner Match 44 (Quarter-finals)	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Oct 25, 2017 17.00 IST	Winner Match 46 vs Winner Match 45 (Semi Finals)	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
Oct 25, 2017 20.00 IST	Winner Match 48 vs Winner Match 47 (Semi Finals)	Dr DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Oct 28, 2017 17.00 IST	Loser Match 49 vs Loser Match 50 (Third-place play-off)	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Oct 28, 2017 20.00 IST	Winner Match 49 vs Winner Match (Finals)	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan,

The entire Tournament will be played in six locations across the country. The six venues for hosting the matches are:

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Capacity : 66600

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Capacity : 58000

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Capacity : 29748

Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati
Capacity : 23800

Fatorda Stadium, Goa
Capacity : 16200

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Capacity : 45300