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IIID Design Yatra takes art to the masses, literally!

Bhushan Bhoyar, Prachi Mahajan, Rani Tarare, Pranit Godadhe, Swaroop Kshirsagar and Anamika Barange pose in front of their unfinished painting on the ‘Urban’ theme at Graffiti Wall, a wall designing programme organized at IIID Design Yatra.


Abhilash Neel while making a painting at Graffiti Wall, a wall designing programme organized at IIID Design Yatra. He wanted to give this message through this painting, ‘The way a girl takes care of herself, we should take care of the environment’


Archita Zawar, a student of LAD College at Graffiti Wall, a wall designing programme organized at IIID Design Yatra


Laxmikant Amde while making a painting at Graffiti Wall, a wall designing programme organized at IIID Design Yatra


Megha Garg and Rashi Wadhwani, students of LAD College at Graffiti Wall, a wall designing programme organized at IIID Design Yatra


Palak Khandelwal, a student of LAD College at Graffiti Wall, a wall designing programme organized at IIID Design Yatra


Rajshree Upadhye, Neha Tripathi and Sumiran Pandey while making a painting at Graffiti Wall, a wall designing programme organized at IIID Design Yatra. They wanted to raise the issue of child labour through their painting


Roshan Dhote poses in front of his painting at Graffiti Wall, a wall designing programme organized at IIID Design Yatra. He wanted to raise the issue of conservation of wildlife through his painting


Sakina Bohra, Vaishnavi Lanjewar and Priyal Kharbikar, students of LAD College at Graffiti Wall, a wall designing programme organized at IIID Design Yatra


Sakshi Rathi, Aayush Beherkhede and Gaurav Kosamkar try to creatively make a Deer in their painting at Graffiti Wall, a wall designing programme organized at IIID Design Yatra


Sanziree Ashirgade while making a painting at Graffiti Wall, a wall designing programme organized at IIID Design Yatra. She wanted to give a message on importance of education


Toshita Rathi, Arundhati Sathe (Convener, IIID –NRC), Vishakha Chawla and Saloni Sahare at Graffiti Wall, a wall designing programme organized at IIID Design Yatra

Nagpur regional chapter (NRC) of IIID (Institute of Indian Interior Designers) keeping up with the tagline, Taking design to the masses of the 15-day programme Design Yatra? organised a wall designing programme on Tuesday at Neeri Road Nagpur. ‘Graffiti Wall at IIID Design Yatra’ brought students of architecture, interior designing and fine arts from different city colleges together to do beautiful paintings on a long stretch of wall adjoining Neeri Road.
Along with the students, quite a few architects and artists were also seen seen participating. The painters were given an instruction that the paintings should not be of emotional, political and religious nature. Sticking to that instruction, the painters tried to give social messages through their paintings. Issues like conservation of wildlife and environment, importance of education and prohibition of child labour were raised through paintings. Design Yatra Convener, IIID, NRC, Arundhati Sathe along with LAD students Vishakha Chawla, Toshita Rathi, Saloni Sahare and a few others was seen making sure that everybody enjoys this wall designing programme to the hilt
The site of hundreds of painters painting the long stretch of wall was quite fascinating and caught the attention of many people passing by the road. Quite a few of them were seen parking their vehicles and taking a tour of the road to see all the paintings.
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Photos by: Amar Ashok Jajoo
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1st COVID-19 case in Ramdaspeth crops up near Cabinet Minister Vijay Wadettiwars residence

For the first time, a resident of Ramdaspeth tested positive for Coronavirus on Saturday. The patient, who is said to be residing in an apartment near Cabinet Minister for Relief and Rehabilitation in the Maha Vikas Aghadi and senior Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwars residence (behind Tuli Imperial), is said to be a middle-aged woman.
The patient is reportedly connected to a resident from Mominpura. However, nothing concrete as of now can be said about the same. More details are awaited.
Also read: Nagpur: 91 test positive in 24 hours making COVID-19 tally rise to 1266
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Nagpur: 91 test positive in 24 hours making COVID-19 tally rise to 1266
Nagpur COVID-19 tally as on June 20 rose to 1266 after 91 people tested positive for the virus in past 24 hours. Out of the total 91, while 69 patients belonged to Naik Talao/Bangladesh, 11 from Shantinagar, four from Lashkaribagh, three from Ganeshpeth, one from Uppalwadi, one from Ramdaspeth, one from Mehendibagh and one belonged to Mominpura.
Out of the total, 823 have been cured and over 333 are currently being treated upon.
Also read: NMC Chief Tukaram Mundhe storms out of meeting after Corporator calls him blot on Saint Tukaram
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Nagpur man discovers 4-month-old foetus in gutter; cops suspect illegal abortion
In yet another shocking incident, a resident named Rahul Tumane discovered a 4-month-old foetus lying in an abandoned condition behind his house (near plot number 13, behind Kajal Bar and Restaurant area) in Pardi inside a gutter.
Police inspector Sunil Chavan told Nation Next that a four-month-old foetus, wrapped in a cloth, was found lying inside a gutter near a house on Thursday night in Pardi. Chavan also informed that the foetus was sent for an autopsy to Mayo Hospital and the reports are awaited. Police have suspected the possibility of abandonment after an illegal abortion.
A case has been registered under Section 318 (Concealment of birth by secret disposal of a dead body) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on the basis of a complained filed by Tumane.
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