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From Manikchand to Swarup Filmfare awards
MUMBAI: The golden jubilee Filmfare Awards this year has found a new sponsor. The Swarup Group of Industries owned by Guru Swarup Srivastava has replaced “gutka” baron Rasiklal Manikchand Dhariwal as the title sponsor for India’s oldest and most established film awards event.
Bennett Coleman and Company, owners of Filmfare magazine and the annual awards that bears its title, discontinued the sponsorship of Dhariwal Industries after accusations that the group’s promoter had links with India’s most wanted underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
Both Dhariwal and Srivastava have been in the news recently for some extravagant purchases. If Dhariwal hit the headlines after he bought his daughter a Rs 50 million Maybach super luxury limo as a birthday present, Srivastava – who started out as a scientist from Dayalbagh, Agra – is the same person who recently entered into a deal to buy 125 MF Hussain paintings for Rs 1 billion.
It is pertinent to note that Srivastava was already a co-sponsor of the Filmfare Awards.
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Schneider Electric launches One Unit Mission for Women’s Day
Green Yodha 2.0 urges every Indian household to save one unit of electricity daily.
MUMBAI: Schneider Electric just flipped the switch on savings because this Women’s Day the brightest idea isn’t a new bulb, it’s turning one unit off. Schneider Electric launched the second phase of its Green Yodha initiative, ‘One Unit Mission’, on International Women’s Day 2026, calling on every Indian household to save at least one unit of electricity daily. The campaign was flagged off in Delhi by chief minister Rekha Gupta, actor and sustainability advocate Bhumi Pednekar, and other dignitaries.
Rekha Gupta said, “Delhi’s journey towards clean, resilient growth begins with how efficiently we use the energy we already have. Green Yodha 2.0 reminds us that every citizen is a stakeholder in India’s energy future, and saving one unit of power today is an act of nation-building for tomorrow.”
Schneider Electric India zone president, MD & CEO Deepak Sharma added, “India is entering a decade of unprecedented growth, and that growth will require enormous amounts of energy. The real challenge is not just how much power we produce, but how intelligently we use it. If every Indian household saves just one unit of electricity a day, the impact would be equivalent to planting billions of trees or taking millions of cars off the road.”
Schneider Electric India, vice president of marketing Rajat Abbi noted, “Sustainability becomes real when it is simple and measurable. The One Unit Mission is about turning awareness into everyday action.”
In FY 2023–24, India’s energy-efficiency programmes (PAT, UJALA, S&L, SLNP, CAFÉ) collectively saved 53.6 million tonnes of oil equivalent, avoided 321 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions, and reduced energy expenditure by Rs 2 lakh crore equivalent to nearly 6 per cent of national primary energy supply.
The initiative aligns with government efforts on efficient cooling, appliance standards and the Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s state-level SEEI FY 2024 framework, emphasising demand-side efficiency as a cost-effective complement to new generation capacity.
In a nation sprinting toward brighter, bigger tomorrows, Schneider isn’t selling more power, it’s quietly handing every household a daily superpower: the ability to save one unit and help light up a cleaner, more efficient future, one thoughtful switch at a time.
