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Tinkle contest winners meet CID Heroes
MUMBAI :Sony Entertainment Television (SET) organized a fun-filled afternoon for TINKLE Contest winners with their favourite CID Heroes. Trisha Roy from Bengaluru, Kaustubh B from Ahmedabad, Arundhati Joshi and Raghav Binwal from Mumbai, along with kids from various Mumbai schools were excited to interact in person with their
on- screen heroes and click photographs with them. The CID team actively shared safety tips with kids and felicitated the Tinkle contest winners with certificates and gift hampers.
“We are very excited about this opportunity for our young readers. CID has captured the imagination of our young readers and we got a great response to the ‘meet the CID cast’ contest that we ran in Tinkle. The 4 winners have come from different regions of the country – proving both – the popularity of Tinkle and of CID” said Mr. Manas Mohan, COO, ACK Media.
Mr. Gaurav Seth, Senior VP Marketing and Communications SET stated, “CID is a very popular show amongst kids, hence it was the right opportunity to partner with Tinkle and get them to meet their favourite CID heroes.”
“As an avid reader of Tinkle, I am so happy that I got an opportunity to meet Daya uncle, he is my favourite amongst the CID team”, said Trisha from Bengaluru.
Tinkle magazine associated with Sony Entertainment Television to organize an engaging contest where kids had to answer two multiple-choice questions about the Tinkle characters “Defective Detectives”. The contestants then had to give their opinion on the CID characters through a subjective question. The contest participation page was published in Tinkle Magazine and Tinkle Digest of April 2013 and www.tinkleonline.com. The winners were selected on the basis of the best answers for the subjective CID question and the correct answers for the two objective questions about Defective Detectives.
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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.
