This vibrant digital event provided a national platform for young performers across India to showcase their skills in music, dance, and instrumental performances, highlighting the power of online platforms in nurturing creativity.

Overwhelming Response and Grand Finale:

The contest received an enthusiastic response with hundreds of applications from talented young artists nationwide. Following a thorough selection process, 18 exceptional children  were shortlisted for the online grand finale on December 27, 2025.

These young stars delivered outstanding performances, impressing with their confidence, creativity, and artistry.

Winners of the National Online Talent Contest 2025:

Junior Category Winners:

– Sanvi Amol Kolhe

– Shashini M

– Ghanika Sehgal

– Reshika R

– Clara Zetkin VK

These young performers shone with impressive and confident displays in their respective categories.

Senior Category Winners:

– Siddhi S Chari

– Pranaya Manosh

– Sailohith Roshan

– Dhananjay Soni

– N. Ajay Mukunth

The senior winners captivated everyone with their exceptional skill, creativity, and stage presence.

Esteemed Jury and Event Team:

The performances were judged by a distinguished panel of experts, including eminent educators, lawyers, and professionals passionate about music and dance:

– Joyeeta Basu

– Madhurima Dutta Choudhury (Kolkata)

– Naveen D. (Bengaluru)

Their valuable feedback enriched the experience for all participants.

The event was gracefully hosted by Dr. Ruhail Choudhury, Founder of The Voices Online. Seamless coordination was managed by Malay Mukherjee (Co-founder) and Simran Choudhury (Junior Editor).

Celebrating Young Talent Through Digital Platforms

This successful event underscores the growing impact of digital platforms in discovering and encouraging young talent across India. The Voices Online continues to empower youth by providing opportunities for creative expression and global connection.

Congratulations to all participants and winners for making this National Online Talent Contest 2025 a memorable celebration of India’s young artistic stars!

For more details, visit [The Voices Online](https://www.thevoicesonline.com).

Russia Advances in Cancer Treatment

In recent months, Russian researchers have made headlines with Enteromix, a personalized mRNA-based cancer vaccine developed by the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA), the National Medical Research Radiology Centre, and other institutes. The vaccine is designed to treat existing cancers rather than prevent them. Key features include tailoring each vaccine dose to a patient’s tumour RNA/neoantigen profile, enabled in part by AI-assisted identification of tumour mutations.

Preclinical trials of Enteromix reportedly show strong tumour shrinkage — in colorectal cancer models the vaccine caused reductions of 60-80%, with some reports of complete elimination of tumours in animal studies. Moreover, early human trials (Phase I, about 48 participants) are said to confirm good safety. Russian authorities expect that after regulatory approval, the vaccine will be made freely available to Russian citizens.

Other lines of research are also progressing:

• A TCR-engineered T-cell therapy (TCR-T) is being developed by Sechenov University for certain blood cancers; preclinical animal model work is underway, with clinical trials expected in 2026-27.
• For glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive brain cancers, researchers have built a microfluidic “blood-flow mimicking” platform. It helps to test drug penetration (e.g. temozolomide), and with additional treatment using red light, reportedly destroys up to 95-98% of glioblastoma cells in model settings.

These developments indicate Russia is pushing into the frontier of personalized immunotherapies and engineered cell-based treatments. If Enteromix and TCR-T therapies scale successfully, it could shift cancer treatment away from more toxic, generalized chemotherapy toward more precise, patient-specific options with fewer side effects.

However, several challenges remain:

• Rigorous larger trials: While safety and tumour shrinkage are encouraging, the evidence is so far limited in scale; Phase I / preclinical results must be validated in larger, randomized clinical trials.
• Manufacturing and cost: Personalized vaccines require individualized preparation per patient, which can be logistically complex and expensive, even if governments subsidize costs.
• Regulatory approval & oversight: Ensuring that efficacy, safety, and reproducibility meet international standards will be key before these treatments can be widely adopted.
• Access & distribution: Making cutting-edge therapies widely available in Russia’s large and diverse regions — and potentially abroad — will require infrastructure, trained personnel, and funding.

In sum, Russia’s recent cancer-research — especially with Enteromix — represents a potentially important advance in immunotherapy and personalized medicine. The early results are promising, but much depends on upcoming trials, regulatory approvals, and scaling. If those go well, these technologies could improve survival, reduce treatment side-effects, and transform how certain types of cancer are managed worldwide.

Disclaimer: The article is based on news available in reputed publications however we do not confirm the authenticity.

This year’s awards honored prominent educators from around the world, including Dr. Edwin Torres (France), Ms. Xiomara Lopez (Costa Rica), Dr. Audai Altie(UAE), Prof. Dr. Sarfaraz Khan and Ms. Lopa Mudra (India), for their exceptional commitment to advancing education in their respective regions.

As part of its initiative to foster global harmony, Voices Online also organized a thought-provoking panel discussion on “The Role of Educators in Promoting International Peace and Friendship.” The session brought together influential voices in education, including Mr. L. W. Hartnett, Ms. Rupkatha Sarkar, Ms. Joeeta Basu, Mr. John Bagul, Mr. Anoop Bose, Ms. Joyeeta Mukherjee, Dr. Deborshi Barat, Mr. Malay Mukherjee, Dr. Ruhail Choudhury, Mr. Tathagata Chowdhury, Mr. Suvendu Mukhopadhyay, Ms. Simran Choudhury, among many others.

The event served not only as a platform for recognizing excellence in education but also as a beacon for international cooperation, emphasizing the transformative role of educators in building bridges across cultures.

Artificial Intelligence is not just a technological advancement but it is a transformative force reshaping every aspect of our lives. From how we work and learn to how we interact with the world, AI is becoming central to our future. For students and youth, this revolution presents both immense excitement and pressing questions. While AI promises new opportunities, it also brings challenges, especially the fear of job displacement. In this rapidly evolving landscape, time has become a critical factor. Millions of career-focused youth are racing not just to survive but to thrive by acquiring the right skills.

In India, the enthusiasm among young minds mirrors the spirit seen during the software boom of earlier decades. Once again, Indian youth are determined to lead on the global stage. With a strong foundation in STEM education and a culture of innovation, India holds tremendous potential to shape the future of AI.

However, talent alone is not enough. What young Indians need are robust opportunities, accessible training, inclusive education, supportive policies and industry collaboration. Institutions and the government must rise to the occasion by investing in AI-focused curriculum, creating more AI research hubs and fostering a startup ecosystem that encourages experimentation and innovation.

India has the talent to lead the AI revolution but it must be nurtured. By bridging the gap between curiosity and capability and between potential and opportunity, we can ensure that the youth of India are not just participants but global leaders in the AI era. The future belongs to those who are prepared and with the right support, Indian youth will not just keep pace but they will set the pace.

The Voices Online celebrated Teacher’s Day on 5th September 2023 for the fourth consecutive year by organising an interesting online gathering of some of the most respectable academicians from various parts of the world.

L.W.Hartnett, Eminent Educationist, Meenakshi Sahni, Principal of Modern School, Vasant Vihar Delhi, Joyeeta Mukherjee, Principal Mussoorie Public School, Kanak Gupta, Director- Seth M.R.Jaipuria Schools, Dr Deborshi Barat, Editor of Voices Online and Ruhail Choudhury, Eminent Corporate Lawyer who also specialises in Child Welfare from Harvard University and many others were present. Tathagata Chowdhury, an Internationally reputed theatre personality and a popular teacher was the moderator of the event.

Kalyani Patnaik, Principal of Hiranandani Foundation School, Mumbai was the special guest of honour and announced the names of the recipients of Dr. Radhakrishnan Award for 2023.

Rebecca Gould, Theatre Director from London, Dr. Mijanur Rahman, professor at American University of Iraq from Baghdad, Geetika Chandra, Principal of DPS Rajpura, Priscilla Dawn Kerr, a very popular and respected teacher from Pratt Memorial School, Kolkata and Anamika Ghosh, revolutionary educationist from The British School, New Delhi were felicitated with the prestigious award.

Marathon has become very popular all over the world for promoting various social causes and it certainly excites people who are enthusiastic about fitness and long-distance running. India has been no exception, and Mumbai in particular has been witnessing numerous marathons in the last few decades. Most of us may not be much aware of the history and origin of marathons. Marathon was a small village in north-west Athens. Miltiade, a Greek general from Athens, suffered a serious defeat from the Persians on the plains of the marathon. This was in 490 BC. To share this news, a soldier ran a stretch from the battlefield of Athens. Most historians believe that the distance run by Phidipiddes, the soldier was around 42 km.

              It is around a month since I shifted from Kolkata to Mumbai. To start my ninth-grade classes I joined Gopal Sharma International School, Powai. This Saturday morning was extremely special as I could participate in a unique mini-marathon race organised by my school authorities for their students to promote some much-needed causes – ‘Save Water’, ‘Save Environment’ and ‘Unity’. Hundreds of students of the school participated in this exhilarating event. Ms.Gool Ghadiali, Director, Dr.Sunny Mathew, Principal, Ms.Maya John, Co-ordinator, and many teachers and staff were present and actively participated in the event to encourage and motivate the children.

              I am extremely impressed with this engaging and inspiring experience and to achieve the real objective of such an event, I am sharing the social messages that were brilliantly conveyed through the event with an expectation that many other students in their own innovative ways will surely try to inculcate and replicate the endorsement of such social causes and noble ideas.

SIMRAN CHOUDHURY
Class IX – Sec D
Gopal Sharma International School, Powai. Mumbai.

“All Advocacy is, in its core, an exercise in empathy.”

A group of young students from across India organized the second iteration of the Dussehra Edition Model United Nations (DEMUN 2.0) from 11th-13th of October 2021. Started in the pandemic times in 2021, the online conference was led this time by Rishank C. from Hyderabad as the Secretary-General and Adrija Jana from Kolkata as the Deputy Secretary-General.

The Opening Ceremony was graced by Mr. Ruhail Choudhury, Senior Corporate lawyer, crusader for international peace and also Founder of www.theVoicesOnline.com and Mr. Gavi Kothari, Founder of ‘Tech Help for all’ as the Guest of Honour and the Chief Guest respectively.

The conference hosted over 50 delegates across three committees. The Futuristic Crisis Committee deliberated on the “Prevention of World War III” and the United Nations Human Rights Council debated on the “Situation of the Uighur Muslims in China.” Three days of Intense Debate and Discussions was followed by a cross examination of the statements made by the delegates through pertinent questions raised by the International Press members. The IP members also reported the happenings in both the committees in the Newsroom Reporting session.

The conference not only brought together huge number of young students from all over the country but also made an attempt to spread the message of international peace and friendly coexistence in the young minds.

There will be an interesting panel discussion with the recipients of the award moderated by Ms. Jayeeta Ganguly.

The event will be hosted by Mr. Kanak Gupta and Prof. Deborshi Barat.

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Sep 29, 2021 07:00 PM India
Topic: The Voices Online presents Dr. Radhakrishnan Awards 2021

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