Parties
Rains couldn’t dampen Nagpur’s spirit to celebrate Diwali at Gondwana Club

Anurag and Pallavi Pashine at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Vidhi and Saket Daga at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Aniruddh and Meghna Joshi at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Rakhee, Ved and Ashish Khemuka at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Jatin Kale at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Jatin Tarkunde at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Prerna and Sundeep Rai at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Saurabh and Megha Goyal at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Sourav Mukerji at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Vikrant Shandilya (Editor-in-Chief, Nation Next) and Preeti Buty Shandilya at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Shraddha and Abhinav Thakur at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Pradnya and Mandar Chitaley at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Piyush and Shefali Daga at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Pallavi and Saurabh Daga at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Raakesh Awachat at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Radhika and Nanki Seth at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Dr Monisha and Ritesh Rahate at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Sanjeev, Sahirah, Shreyan and Supriya Jarangal at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Sanket and Shailja Jaiswal at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Pranav and Chetna Singhal at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Murtuza and Deepali Hussain at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Navin and Ruchika Varma at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Lavish and Mannat Deosinghani at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Manvi and Kunal Bhiwapurkar with their kids at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur


Dr Arjun, Dr Purva, Dr Abhishek and Dr Awani Deshmukh at the Diwali party held at Gondwana Club in Nagpur

Despite heavy rains on Sunday and the day before, Nagpurians at Gondwana Club were seen dressed in their festive best for Diwali last night.
The decoration was kept minimal yet elegant owing to intermittent rains. With mouth-watering chaat to Rajasthani food to delicious North Indian cuisine also including housie game, members and guests relished every bit of the evening.
Also see: Pictures from Diwali party 2018 at Gondwana Club in Nagpur
Remembrance
Ex-Pakistan President Parvez Musharraf dies after battling rare disease

Parvez Musharraf
Former President of Pakistan Parvez Musharraf (79) passed away in Dubai on Sunday morning after battling against a rare disease in Dubai since March 2016. Musharraf, who was undergoing treatment for amyloidosis.
It is a rare disease that occurs when an abnormal protein, called amyloid, builds up in your organs and interferes with their normal function.
On June 10, his family had issued a statement on Twitter by saying, “He (Musharraf) is not on the ventilator. Has been hospitalized for the last 3 weeks due to a complication of his ailment (Amyloidosis). Going through a difficult stage where recovery is not possible and organs are malfunctioning. Pray for ease in his daily living.”
Musharraf was born on August 11, 1943, in Delhi and completed his early education at St Patrick’s High School in Karachi. He pursued his higher education from Forman Christian College in Lahore.
Nagpur News
Umesh Yadav teases teammate Shubham Gill with epic Tinder billboards in Nagpur

Billboards that mention Shubham Gill
Indian cricketer Umesh Yadav had a ‘field day’ teasing his team member Shubham Gill after Tinder – a popular dating app – showed a photo of a girl with a placard on large billboards in Nagpur that read, “Shubman idhar toh dekh lo” (Shubman, have a look here).” Tinder was quick to capitalise on the joke and turn it into hoardings in Nagpur ahead of India first Test match vs Australia.
Taking to twitter, Yadav wrote, “Poora Nagpur bol raha hai, Shubman Gill ab toh dekh le.”
Poora Nagpur bol raha hai, @ShubmanGill ab toh dekh le pic.twitter.com/9iaW2BBtZY
— Umesh Yaadav (@y_umesh) February 3, 2023
During India’s T20 match in Ahmedabad, a picture of a female fan holding a placard that read ‘Tinder, Shubman se match kara do” (Tinder, match me with Shubman)’ had gone viral.
The Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) would host the opening Test of the four-game Border Gavaskar Trophy from February 9 to 13 at Jamtha in Nagpur.
Also read: All 31 days in January 2023 in Nagpur observed to be polluted, reveals study
Governance
PM Modi world’s most popular leader: Survey

PM Modi
A US-based firm Morning Consult released a list of world leaders trending on the basis of their approval ratings among 22 nations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the most popular leader in the world with an approval rating of over 75% thus leaving behind US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Also read: All 31 days in January 2023 in Nagpur observed to be polluted, reveals study