UK pubcaster The BBC’s digital radio station BBC Asian Network has announced the appointment of British-Asian music pioneer Mark Strippel, aka Markie Mark, as the head of music for the station. Strippel takes up the appointment immediately.
He broadcasts on the Asian Network and on BBC 1Xtra. The BBC says that he is a [...]
New York, Jan 18: `Friendly bacteria` found in yoghurt has been genetically modified by researchers in the US to produce a drug that blocks HIV infection.
Although the bacteria has only been tested in a lab dish, scientists are optimistic that the technique could provide a cheaper and more effective way of delivering drugs to [...]
Johannesurg, Jan 18: A South African inventor has developed an anti-malaria wristwatch to help combat one of Africa`s biggest killers by monitoring the blood of those who wear it and sounding an alarm when the parasite is detected.
Gervan Lubbe said his “Malaria Monitor” wristwatch, due to launch next month, could save lives and keep [...]
Mumbai, Jan 18: The index heavyweight counter Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) today created history of sorts when it clocked a volume of about Rs 1,400 crore in a special one-hour trading session on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
Reliance Energy Q3 net up 22.66%
The stock discovered a price of Rs 714.19 per share at [...]
New Delhi, Jan 18: The issue of Jammu and Kashmir will be taken up when Foreign Secretaries of both India and Pakistan meet for the final day of the third round of the Composite Dialogue Process (CDP) here today.
Yesterday, India proposed to Pakistan two new Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs), including holding of Brigade Commander-level flag [...]
The last decade has witnessed a lot of controversy around foreign telecasting companies (FTCs) telecasting their TV channels in India, from a tax and regulatory perspective. With the growing number of channels in India, the Government of India has felt the need, in the recent past, to regulate, among other things, the content being telecast [...]
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (Ogilvy PR) has appointed Orlando Camargo President of Ogilvy PR Japan. Ogilvy PR in Japan includes the firm known as IBI.
Camargo, senior public relations professional who has worked both as an agency head and a top in-house communications role, will greatly strengthen the PR division of Ogilvy & Mather Japan, which [...]
US based Airwide Solutions said its plans to setup a sales office and R&D centre in Gurgaon to service the Indian and Asia Pacific markets, according to a media statement.
“Value-added services in the Indian mobile market will boom with the introduction of 3G roll outs in 200708. India is the second largest market in the [...]
George Zacharias has been appointed as Managing Director, Yahoo! India. He will be reporting to John Marcom, Senior Vice-President, International Operations, effective January 30, 2006.
“We are delighted to have an executive of George’s caliber join Yahoo Yahoo! proves to be very successful when we combine local insight and understanding with our global platforms and [...]
The Starcom MediaVest Group will launch its operations in Sri Lanka in February 2006. Starcom aims to bring to the market a completely new concept in media specialisation, the promise of fuelling brand power. Sri Lankan operations will be the network’s 111th office, while, Sri Lanka is the 68th country that the Starcom MediaVest Group [...]
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