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Kottayam’s little Zac makes city proud by setting a record

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Zac Tenny Thomas has set the record of fastest skip counting done by a child. Zac is currently four years and ten months old. He has performed skip counting from the number 2 to 100 in just 3 minutes and 41 seconds. The talented young child originally belongs to Kottayam, Kerala but currently he is based in London, UK. In math, skip counting can be defined as the method of counting forward by numbers other than 1. To skip count, we keep adding the same number each time to the previous number.   Proud and joyous parents of the young boy said, “Zac has always been fascinated by numbers and picked up skip counting on his own by watching TV videos like Number blocks. Honestly, we were quite amazed by the way he picked up skip counting without any actual training. When he started doing it from numbers 1 to 15, we then encouraged him to go further.”   The amount of time required by Zac to learn and practice skip counting was not much. With a zest to learn the child was able to quic

Network18 and Federal Bank drop a motivational Anthem ‘#TikaLagayaKya’

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Network18, India’s most diversified media conglomerate, and Federal Bank have showcased cause above self and a sense of purpose towards creating awareness about vaccination in the country. Their nine-month campaign - Sanjeevani - A Shot of Life, that sees actor and activist Sonu Sood as its campaign ambassador, has played an instrumental role in becoming a people’s movement by reaching out to them and dispelling myths about vaccine hesitancy. Amplifying its underlying message to one and all, on 21st June, the day that sees the commencement of a nationwide free vaccination drive for all adults as well as celebrating World Yoga Day, the purpose-led campaign launched its anthem ‘#TikaLagayaKya’ across all Network18 channels and its digital platforms.  Composed by Shankar Mahadevan, who has also sung the song alongside his sons Shivam & Siddharth and Harshdeep Kaur, the track, penned by Tanishq Nabar, is an earnest appeal to people to get immunized. The three-minute anthem brings a ray

Lomotif celebrates World Music Day with its talent search “Scouted By Lomo”

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Lomotif is celebrating World Music Day (June 21st) by giving content creators around the world an opportunity to be spotted and get that one big break. ‘Scouted By Lomo’ brings the most promising of global artists under one roof. This competition will commence in July and see Lomotif join hands with Grammy Award winning producer, singer and lyricist Teddy Riley. Riley has worked with iconic artists such as Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Pharrell, and BTS .All eyes will be on the prize as the global winner, which is voted on by Lomotif users, receives an exclusive record label contract and producing commitment. Spanning nine weeks, the competition will see contestants upload their audition clip to the official “Scouted by Lomo” channel on the Lomotif app. Ensuring that users keep an eye out for talent, the competition allows them to nominate promising artists by tagging them in the comments of their video on social media with the hashtag #ScoutedbyLomo. A series of eminent mentors shall be