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DD, ESS sprint for Standard Chartered Marathon telecast
MUMBAI: The latest buzzword among the Mumbai gliteratti and the janta is fitness, courtesy the Standard Chartered Mumbai International Marathon scheduled for this Sunday.
National pubcaster Doordarshan, ESPN and Star Sports are all geared up to cash on it. DD, ESPN and Star Sports will air live telecast of the event scheduled to be held at Mumbai on 15 February, 2004 from 7 to 11 am.
Besides the live telecast, ESS will sponsor a “Mumbai Bhago, London Dheko” contest to promote the marathon. The registered users have to log on the ESS website and answer a question. The lucky winner will bag a trip for two to London.
According to media reports, the marathon organised by Standard Chartered and its medical partner, the Asian Heart Institute has over 20,000 runners participating. While the full and half marathon will begin at 7:15 am, the dream run will be flagged off at 9:45 am.
The organisers will be stationing 50 volunteers, to assist the runners, at the start and finish base station. Seven aid stations are being set up at ‘D’ road near Churchgate station, Chowpatty, Hughes road before the Kemp’s Corner flyover, Haji Ali, Nehru Centre, Worli sea face and the Air India building. Besides several doctors, nurses and physiotherapists will be present at various points on the route.
The marathon list boasts celebrity participants including industrialist Anil Ambani and actor Rahul Bose, yesteryear filmstar Tanuja, former sheriff Bakul Patel and film star Jackie Shroff. Other names like Mandira Bedi, Dino Morea, Farhan Akhtar, Tanisha Mukherji, Tara Sharma, MTV VJ Aditya, Sita Thompson, Moshe Shek, Pratichee Mohapatra, John Abraham and sportspersons like Paul Tergat, Kapil Dev, Dilip Vengsarkar, and Sanjay Manjrekar are also said to be participating.
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Rising Bharat Summit 2026 spotlights India’s global ascent
PM Modi keynotes two-day event with ministers, diplomats and icons in New Delhi.
MUMBAI: India didn’t just host a summit, it threw a coming-out party for a nation ready to own the global stage. The News18 Rising Bharat Summit 2026, held on 27–28 February in New Delhi, emerged as a high-octane platform for ideas, vision and strategic dialogue, uniting national leadership, global policymakers, industry titans, defence strategists and cultural icons under the theme “Strength Within”.
Prime minister Narendra Modi set the tone with a keynote that framed India’s resurgence as a reclaiming of lost potential built over generations. “In previous industrial revolutions, India and the Global South were merely followers,” he said. “But in the era of Artificial Intelligence, India is a partner in decisions and shaping them.” He highlighted the country’s thriving AI startup ecosystem and the recent AI Impact Summit attended by over 100 nations.
Union minister Piyush Goyal (Commerce & Industry) stressed India’s readiness to scale exports and deepen manufacturing, while Ashwini Vaishnaw (Railways, I&B, Electronics & IT) positioned technology and infrastructure as twin engines of growth, especially in AI and digital trust. Jyotiraditya Scindia (Communications & North East Development) revealed India’s ambition to lead in 6G through the Bharat 6G Alliance and partnerships with over 30 countries.
Global voices added depth: former Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo called India’s development “self-sustaining” and strategically vital; ex-UK Chief of Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter asserted India deserves a seat at the great powers’ table; and former US Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez joined ambassadors from Norway, Germany and Sweden in discussions on geopolitical realignment, sustainability and defence preparedness.
Other speakers included veteran investor Ramesh Damani, World Gold Council CEO David Tait, Vianai Systems founder Dr Vishal Sikka, DeepTech Bharat Foundation co-founder Shashi Shekhar Vempati, defence experts Rajesh Kumar Singh, Sunil Ambekar, Patrick McGee, Tom Cooper and Adrian Fontanellaz, plus cultural and sporting icons Kangana Ranaut, Saina Nehwal, PR Sreejesh, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mithali Raj, Anil Kapoor and Yami Gautam.
The summit was supported by Jio Financial Services (Presenting Partner), Phonepe and DS Group (Co-Presenting Partners), Pernod Ricard India and Kia Seltos (Powered By & Driven By), state governments of Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand (State Partners), and associate partners including NSE, M3M Foundation and Reliance Industries.
Broadcast live across News18 Network, CNBC-TV18 and CNBC Awaaz, the event reinforced India’s image as a confident democracy and emerging global power proving that when strength comes from within, the world can’t help but watch.
