PM congratulates Obama for winning Nobel Peace PrizeOctober 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Friday congratulated US President Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009, which he will receive on December 10 this year.
Army confers Honorary Brigadier Rank on Dr ArvInd LalSeptember 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Dr. Arvind Lal, Chairman and Managing Director of Dr.
Abilities India Pistons and Rings Ltd. awarded two gold trophies in ACMA awardsSeptember 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Abilities India Pistons and Rings Ltd. expert in manufacturing of Pistons and Piston Rings for 2 and4 stroke engines, for automobiles (mainly two / three wheelers) has won two Gold trophies, for excellence in Exports as well as in productivity and quality, in the golden Jubilee ceremony of ACMA awards (2008 - 2009).
Coast Guard commandant chosen for Tatrakshak MedalAugust 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Commandant Deepak Sharma of the Indian Coast Guard has been decorated with this year's Tatrakshak Medal (Gallantry). According to a communiqui issued by the Coast Guard, President Pratibha Patil has also approved two Bar to Tatrakshak Medal (Gallantry) and three Meritorious Service award.
Kerala Tourism wins international, national awardsAugust 3rd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala Tourism has been awarded the 2009 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award in the marketing destination category and has been selected as "best in class" from amongst 236 entries worldwide. The award ceremony will take place Sep 25 during the PATA Travel Mart 2009 in Hangzhou, China, according to a Kerala Tourism release issued here Monday.
Israel to help Haryana farmers increase farm outputJuly 21st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Israel will set up two "centres of excellence" in Haryana on an outlay of Rs.15.7 crore to help farmers increase production of fruits and vegetables, the country's ambassador to India Mark Sofer said here Tuesday. Once the centres are operational, farmers will be introduced to the latest mechanised farming techniques developed in Israel.
Marketing campaign for 'The White Tiger' wins Asian prizeJuly 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The marketing campaign for the Man Booker winning novel, The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, has bagged the 'Excellence Award (best book)' of the Asian Multimedia Publishing Award 2009. The campaign was adjudged the best for using multimedia marketing by a publisher in the most effective way.
Tata Motors, Jindal Steel get SAIL excellence awardsJuly 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run steelmaker Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Thursday announced its SAIL HR Excellence Awards for seven Indian manufacturing firms including Tata Motors and Jindal Steel. The SAIL has instituted the award to commemorate its 50th year of production.
Princeton University biologists, Japanese scientist, French composer win Kyoto PrizesJune 19th, 2009 Princeton University biologists win Kyoto PrizeTOKYO — A husband-and-wife team of biologists from Princeton University are among the winners of this year's Kyoto Prizes for their decades of research on evolution in the Galapagos Islands and will share an award of $515,000. Peter and Rosemary Grant were awarded the prize in biological sciences for field work over more than 35 years on the response of organisms to environmental change, the prize foundation said Friday.
Earthstone CEO awarded NRI Institute 'Exceptional Entrepreneurial Achievers Excellence' AwardApril 27th, 2009 MAURITIUS - Earthstone Group has a pleasure to report that Pankaj Shah, its Chairman and CEO, is honored with this year's 'Exceptional Entrepreneurial chievers Excellence' Award by the NRI Institute for his outstanding business achievements. The President of Republic of Mauritius H.H.
Kirti Chakra to train driver for his act of braveryMarch 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The investiture ceremony for conferring the Kirti Chakra on train driver N. N. Bora posthumously will be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
Lok Sabha hails Oscar success of 'Slumdog','Smile Pinki'February 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The teams of Oscar winning films 'Slumdog Millionaire' and 'Smile Pinki' - both of which were based in India - were Tuesday praised in the Lok Sabha, with Speaker Somnath Chatterjee terming the success of composer A.R. Rahman, lyricist Gulzar and sound technician Resul Pookutty as 'a historic achievement'.
Amitabh bags World Economic Forum awardJanuary 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan will be honoured by the World Economic Forum for outstanding excellence in art. The Crystal Award is to be conferred on the veteran actor at a ceremony at Davos, Switzerland later Saturday.
Advani, Dikshit, Aamir among NDTV's Indian of the Year 2008January 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial hopeful L.K. Advani, film star Aamir Khan and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit were among those honoured with the NDTV's Indian of the Year 2008 awards at a glittering ceremony here Thursday.
Andhra government rejects demand for probe in Maytas dealsJanuary 17th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh government Sunday ruled out a probe into the public projects awarded to Maytas Infra, the company promoted by a son of disgraced Satyam Computer Services founder-chairman B. Ramalinga Raju.