Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS) An Indian online firm primarily catering to the cause of charity has recently signed up 300 celebrities, including Bollywood personalities Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone and Indian cricket team captain M.S. Dhoni, for a campaign to raise funds for mid-day meals.
FlywithVIP.com, an online portal, is auctioning adjoining seats to the highest bidder on an aircraft which a celebrity has boarded so that the auction winner can spend quality time with his favourite celebrity on-board. A majority of the money thereby raised from the auction goes to charity.
"About 85 percent of the proceeds go to a charity, close to the celebrity's heart. In this case, the proceeds went to Akshaya Patra Foundation, the world's largest mid-day meal provider. Since celebrities are frequent fliers, this platform is expected to annually raise about Rs.200 crore for various charities. Already over 300 celebrities have signed up," the company said in a statement.
The company said unlike other meet and greets that are mere photo opportunities, it is offering fliers a chance to spend quality time with their role models.
"There are two methods of participating - an auction model which shall see the highest bidder win the seat and a contest model where multiple participants pay as less as Rs.100 and get selected by lucky draw," it said.
Other prominent celebrities in the list includes Ranbir Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Virat Kohli, Narayana Murthy, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal, Manish Malhotra, Adi Godrej.
Despite all the claims, neither Ghulam Nabi Azad nor his supporters reached the Nav Sankalp Chint
Bank Idle Cash: No claimants of Rs 48262 crore lying in banks, highest deposits in eight states
More than 48 thousand crore rupees are lying idle with different banks in the country. The deposi
Center orders to states, there is no obstruction in the movement of health workers in lockdown
Amid the lockdown imposed by the Corona virus, the central government has requested the states to
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres chairs the Climate Ambition conference. During this confere
PM to inaugurate Clean Energy Global Investors meet Sunday
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will Sunday inaugurate the first Renewabl
The protest against the Agneepath scheme in Punjab is not taking its name to stop. Now the Punjab
India-Pakistan Ceasefire: 32 airports closed amid India-Pakistan tension reopened; operations resume
32 airports of the country which were closed due to the recent military tension between India and
Lockdown India update: lockdown may end in corona free districts from next week
New Delhi. Preparations are being made to open the lockdown in a phased manner, but even if every
Taliban foreign minister said we do not want conflict with India
Amir Khan Muttaqi, the interim foreign minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, has con
Saudi Arabia accepts its role between India and Pakistan
Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister Adel al-Zubair has admitted that Saudi Arabia is trying to
