CNN Competition For Indian Citizen Journalists

February 16th, 2009 BANGALORE - Infosys Technologies Tuesday said it has instituted a Rs.5-million (Rs.50 lakh) award each for five top Indian scientists in recognition of their outstanding research contributions and achievements. The five awards will be given annually under the aegis of Infosys Science Foundation, a non-profit trust set up with a corpus of Rs.210.5 million (Rs.21.5 crore), the software major said in a statement here.

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - RMSI, a leading player in the global geospatial information and software services industry, has been conferred the 'CII Corporate Wellness Award'. The award, constituted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Apollo Group of Hospitals and Apollo DVK, was presented by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at the CII annual national conference.

January 27th, 2009 Wires can be most frustrating stuffs you would ever like to involve in. These mesh of Noodle Junction beats the heck out of my mind.  What if the world only had the wireless devices.

January 6th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Satyam founder B. Ramalinga Raju, who shocked India by admitting massive fraud over several years, was the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2007 and the company won the Golden Peacock Global Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance given by the World Council for Corporate Governance.

August 13th, 2005 I like to read incisive commentaries from cricket pundits and knowledgable journalists. By and large they fall in two categories.

January 6th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Satyam was the brand image of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad was identified with this company, and its founder-chairman B. Ramalinga Raju was a hero to youngsters.

April 12th, 2005 In a surprising turn of events eight US newspapers and Associated Press Agency filed a court brief which says they should be allowed to protect their sources. In March, Apple won the right to see the bloggers' e-mail records to find out who leaked information on upcoming products to them, which they published.

May 7th, 2005 Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX) Announces Positive Interim Results From Phase 2 Clinical Study For KRX-101 (Sulodexide Gelcaps) For Treatment Of Diabetic Nephropathy. Around 40% of diabetic patients progress to diabetic nephropathy.

January 4th, 2006 Dear Readers, If you find my Stem Cell Research blog useful, please consider voting for it for the MedGadgets award. This blog is labor of love.

March 17th, 2009 BANGALORE - The State Bank of India (SBI) group deployed 3i Infotech software to prevent money laundering in compliance with the central bank's regulatory order, the bank said Tuesday. 'We have contracted with IT software product firm 3i Infotech to deploy its anti-money laundering solution across our group comprising SBI and six associate banks to monitor any suspicious transfer of money, including terror financing,' SBI chief general manager B.S.

May 5th, 2006 Amcat's contact center technology has been awarded the "CRM Excellence Award" from Customer Interaction Solutions magazine for 2006. The award recognizes how Amcat's unified contact management system has helped U.S.

August 10th, 2006 What's wrong with Google and India? Did we hurt them in any way? Google provides GMail by SMS signup in Australia, Indonesia, Malayasia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey and of-course US of A. However India is not there.

February 24th, 2005 It can now be announced that AIIMS has marked a global first in pioneering stem cell medicine by the "injection method", placing the institute right at the top of the world's medicine map. This is very exciting news for diabetics and heart transplant patients.

September 11th, 2008 "In India, fears about the experiment spread rapidly through the media" - Reuters & quoted verbatim by MSNBC "But in deeply religious and superstitious India..." - Reuters & quoted verbatim by MSNBC What kind of stupid yellow journalism is this? Who gave Reuters the right to categorize and denigrate a whole country based on its incorrect and biased views? As an Indian, I deeply resent this piece of yellow journalism from Reuters. Yellow journalism, in short, is biased opinion masquerading as objective fact.

February 5th, 2007 In 2004 Apple had asked the courts to compel two Mac rumor sites, Apple Insider and O'Grady's PowerPage, to disclose the names of their sources for a series of stories on an unreleased Apple audio device. In its lawsuit, Apple argued that amateur websites are not eligible for the legal protections afforded to professional journalists under the First Amendment and California's shield law.