ZMZ Events to hold ‘Women Expo’ as platform for women-related products, services
Mangaluru: ZMZ Events is launching Women Expo (WE), a series of exhibition and conference, with an intention of making Mangaluru a hub for business networks and exhibition.
The event is being organized following the grand success of Big Show India, ZMZ Events has said, in a press release.
The organizers have called the event a first-of-its-kind, adding that it is being held across the country, including places like Mangaluru, Kozhikode and Bengaluru, ‘to create a platform for products and services related to women under one roof featuring beauty, fashion, health and entrepreneurship’.
Rakshita Shetty, project manager of ZMZ Events, has said, “There is an increase in awareness among women in the country regarding health, beauty and fashion. Women Expo, with its theme ‘WE for Women – Reinvigorate Yourself’ would be an ideal one-stop platform to observe the trends in women’s beauty products, the latest skincare technology, fitness and fashion news from across the world.”
The exhibition will include a display of hundreds of brands, services and technology covering a vast range of products, related to colour cosmetics, skin, nail and hair care, make-up, perfumery, fragrance, personal care and toiletry. The latest equipment and machines used in not just beauty and hair salons but also medical, aesthetic, dermatology, spa and wellness centres would be displayed, said Shetty.
She added, “The expo will also focus on the modern and trending needs for the well-being of women, entrepreneurship, child, maternity and parenting.”
The project manager said that WE Talks conferences will be held in Kozhikode and Bengaluru, simultaneous to the expo, to get women achievers of various generations and at local, regional and international levels, to share their experiences and lessons in life. “It would be an inspiration for participants to understand the challenges faced by the speakers. It would also enhance and empower them to become advocates of change in their own lives and the lives of women everywhere,” said Shetty.
Mohammed Hussain, chairperson of ZMZ Events, said that women comprised 80 per cent of the company staff. “We strive to empower every member of ZMZ Events to take the initiative and lead in enhancing the portfolio of the company. It would also mould their career, opening future opportunities for them,” he explained.
The dates and venues of the expo, as mentioned in the press release of ZMZ Events, are as follows:
Mangaluru: TMA Pai Convention Centre – January 20-22, 2023
Kozhikode: August 19-20, 2023
Bengaluru: February 2024
For further information on the event, people are requested to log on to the website www.womenexpo.in or call on mobile phone number: +91 9148247561
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South African police arrest suspect in mass shooting that killed 12, including 3 children
Johannesburg (AP): A 32-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting which claimed the lives of 12 people including three children at an unlicensed pub earlier this month, South African police said on Monday.
The man is suspected of being one of the three people who opened fire on patrons in a pub at Saulsville township, west of South Africa's capital Pretoria, killing 12 people including three children aged 3, 12 and 16.
At least 13 people were also injured during the attack, whose motive remains unknown.
According to the police, the suspect was arrested on Sunday while traveling to Botlokwa in Limpopo province, more than 340 km from where the mass shooting took place on Dec 6.
An unlicensed firearm believed to have been used during the attack was recovered from the suspect's vehicle.
“The 32-year-old suspect was intercepted by Limpopo Tracking Team on the R101 Road in Westenburg precinct. During the arrest, the team recovered an unlicensed firearm, a hand gun, believed to have been used in the commission of the multiple murders. The firearm will be taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory for ballistic analysis,” police said in statement.
The suspect was arrested on the same day that another mass shooting at a pub took place in the Bekkersdal township, west of Johannesburg, in which nine people were killed and 10 wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire on patrons.
Police have since launched a search for the suspects.
South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and recorded more than 26,000 homicides in 2024 — an average of more than 70 a day. Firearms are by far the leading cause of death in homicides.
The country of 62 million people has relatively strict gun ownership laws, but many killings are committed with illegal guns, according to authorities.
According to police, mass shootings at unlicensed bars are becoming a serious problem. Police shut down more than 11,000 illegal taverns between April and September this year and arrested more than 18,000 people for involvement in illegal liquor sales.
