Sameer Mishra, 13, of West Lafayette, Indiana, won the 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee, correctly spelling 'guerdon,' which means something one has earned or gained, a reward.Mishra, an eighth-grader at West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School, is appearing in the competition for the fourth time.In second place was Siddharth Chand, 12, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, who was making his debut and went toe-to-toe with Mishra in the 12th,13th, and 14th rounds.
Former president Dr Abdul Kalam has accepted an invitation of the Canada-India Foundation (CIF) to be the chief guest at their gala dinner on April 18 at Toronto's 'Liberty Grand' when this newly minted advocacy group will award Sam Pitroda their 'Chanchlani Global Indian Award'. The award will be in the form of a unique trophy accompanied with $50,000 that will go to the charity of the award recipient's choice, said CIF Convener Ajit Someswar.
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To differentiate itself from Wal-Mart, Tesco, through its Fresh & Easy chain, has gone in for convenient neighbourhood stores which stock fresh foods, which is not a thrust area for Wal-Mart. But cost is one area where the two cannot avoid clashing, and this is where Tesco Hindustan Service Centre steps in.
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New Delhi-born Sanjeev K Mehra, managing director and partner in the principal investment area of Goldman, Sachs & Co, where he leads the industrial private equity investing effort and is the key benefactor of the envisaged $4 million South Asia chair at Harvard University, says it is simply a case "of giving back".
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Of the top-10 global biotech companies, the biggest two -- Amgen and Biogen -- have already set up wholly owned subsidiaries in the country.
Wipro is planning to integrate all its quality achievements under the 'Wipro Way' -- a system that was envisaged by founder chairman Azim Premji about nine months back. This will help the company take all its quality initiatives to the next level.
As you move higher up the corporate ladder, there is a growing need for you to at least gain a fair amount of proficiency in areas other than your core competency. And that's where certification programmes come in.
Even as some major global pharmaceutical majors like Novartis say India's patent laws are weak and a hurdle to their investment plans for the country
Industry sources added that Posco India would be assured of a strong marketing network in India through SAIL's extensive all-India network and a dedicated port at Haldia. SAIL also has seven iron ore mines.
In fact, the opinions delivered by the associations legitimise the outsourcing of legal services to other countries and will lead to the market in India getting larger.
The Institute of Cost and Work Accounts of India is working on updating its syllabus to suit the modern day requirements of the profession.
Becoming India's largest contract manufacturer of colour TVs isn't enough for Dixon Technologies. It now wants to revive the Weston brand.
Ajit Balakrishnan, chairman of the board of governors, IIM-Calcutta, and CEO, rediff.com, gave the Convocation Speech at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta on April 1, 2007. The speech is reproduced here.
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The sources said HiMedia Lab had been valued at a much higher enterprise value, equivalent to more than three-four times of its current revenue of Rs150 crore by Merck.
'When growth is ignited, as it has been in India it continues for a long time, as long as 20 to 25 years! The last case was China, and before that Japan. I do hope this happens with us, says ICIC Bank chief executive officer K V Kamath.
The eighth Auto Expo kicks off on Thursday promising new launches and big announcements by domestic and global automobile giants, even as the booming industry sought flexibility in labour laws to maintain the growth momentum.
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