Tuesday 31 July 2012

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         Saina reaches pre-quarters

India's Saina Nehwal plays against Belgium's Lianne Tan (unseen), at a women's singles badminton match of the 2012 Summer Olympics on Monday. 

 

India’s top shuttler Saina Nehwal romped into the knockout stage of women’s singles competition, while Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also kept their hopes alive in the women’s doubles event after recording contrasting victories in their respective groups on London on Tuesday.
Saina, ranked fifth in the world, was in no difficulty at all as she brushed aside the challenge of Belgium’s Lianne Tan with a straight 21-4, 21-14 scoreline in a group E match which lasted just 27 minutes.
Later in the evening, Commonwealth Games gold medalist pair of Jwala and Ashwini also set the Wembly arena ablaze when they stunned world number 10 Yu Chin Chien and Wen Hsing Cheng of Chinese Taipei 25-23 16-21 21-18 in a Group B round in match here.

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First Hyderabadi to win an Olympic medal

 
Bhimsen Narang and Amarjit Narang, parents of ace shooter Gagan Narang,
applaud their son’s performance in Hyderabad on Monday. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
The Hindu Bhimsen Narang and Amarjit Narang, parents of ace shooter Gagan Narang, applaud their son’s performance in Hyderabad on Monday. 

   Hyderabadi Gagan Narang is now the pride of the entire country.
This 29-year-old ace shooter from the city has not only brought the first medal for India in the on-going London Olympics but also became the first-ever Hyderabadi to win an Olympic medal (bronze in 10 m air rifle shooting) on Monday, triggering off celebrations.
Not just at the otherwise serene setting of his residence in the by-lanes of Begumpet but also across the sporting fraternity.
And, Gagan also becomes till date only the second one ever to win an Olympic medal from the State (the other being Karnam Malleswari from Srikakulam district).
For someone who missed the qualification for final in the 2008 Beijing Olympics by a whisker, four years later Gagan served a gentle reminder about his champion status in the world of shooting.

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   India goes gaga over Gagan Narang

LONDON: Gagan Narang is a tall, portly, fair man with red cheeks. He looks like a successful businessman with a relaxed, nonchalant air about him.
The 29-year-old had serious business to attend to on Monday morning. He came to the Royal Artillery Barracks at 9am near Woolswich Arsenal with his air rifle in tow at the 10m hall, and made it do some serious talking at station No. 15.
Three hours later, he was in the final hall and went through a roller coaster ride before firing his last shot and then turning around to wave in relief as a packed hall roared in thunderous approval.
The man from Hyderabad had got that "huge stone off my chest" on his way to clinching India's first medal at the London Games here, a priceless bronze. Beijing gold medallist and defending champion Abhinav Bindra failed to make the final, slipping in the final series with three 9s, succumbing to time pressure.
Narang had won the Asian gold, the Commonwealth gold and even the World championship gold. This was what he wanted desperately. His eyes had spoken volumes four years ago in Beijing when he tied for the eight spot but missed the final berth on a count-back. "My time will come", they said. Well, there were no countbacks on Monday, no nerves, no misgivings -- just plain, simple fearless shooting. And Narang's eyes were shining in relief when he walked out into the mixed zone, a huge smile on his face.
He started off slowly, with perfect scores (100) in the first two series in qualification. Bindra was already finishing his third round. He was fourth and Bindra 10th. Soon, Bindra moved up to seventh after the fourth series while Gagan stumbled. He missed his seventh and last shots in the third series for a 98 and slipped to the 11th spot.
His coach Stanislas Lapidus said something, and he nodded and was back at his business. He was back at No. 6 after the fourth series of 100. He clung on it as the countdown began. "10 minutes to go," said the referee. That was enough for him to finish his series with another perfect score. 598/600 was a brilliant score and he was third in the qualification. He has done the perfect bit (600/600) before but this was a different stage altogether. Bindra had by then picked up his rifle and walked away.
With qualification scores added in the finals, Narang had given himself a shot at the gold. The first two - Italy's Nicolo Campriani and Romania's Alin George Modoveanu - were just a point ahead.
The final, comprising of 10 shots each, swung like a yo-yo. Narang started with a 10.7 and the crowd roared as he moved up to the second spot. His next shot was a poor 9.7 and he was down to fourth.
He then followed it up with 10.6, a 10.7 and 104 and was third, just 0.1 point behind the Italian. He slipped to fourth again after a 9.9 with his seventh spot. Tension was mounting and Narang shot a shocking 9.5.
"It's over man," said an agonizing journalist sitting in the front row. Well, it was not. The others too succumbed to pressure. Narang followed it with a 10.3 and with China's Tao Wang and Dutchman Peter Hellenbrand breathing down his neck, he finished with a 10.7, kick-starting celebrations in the hall packed with Indian journalists, fans and officials.
Narang, unlike Bindra did not hide his emotions. He waved, blew kisses and smiled on the podium like a young boy who had got a long cherished prize - it was a coveted medal and long due.
Critics, these past few years, made him a medal contender and then hanged him saying he was mentally not tough enough. He went into a shell four months ago, refusing to talk to journalists. He refused to reply to mails from Hanover before coming to London. On Monday, he was willing to talk to anyone who chased him, hugged him, kissed him. As he later said, this medal has made him complete.

Monday 30 July 2012

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            Pranab Mukherjee



Pranab Mukherjee is the son of Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, a freedom fighter, a member of AICC and West Bengal Legislative Council, from 1952 to 1964. He studied politics, history and law in Calcutta University and worked as a teacher, a journalist and a lawyer before joining politics in 1969. Apart from work, Mr. Mukherjee likes to read, listen to music and enjoys gardening. He is married to Suvra Mukherjee and has two sons and a daughter, Abhijit, Indrajit and Sharmistha.

In 1969, Pranab Mukherjee started his parliamentary career as a member of Rajya Sabha from the congress party. He was re-elected in the following years: 1975, 1981, 1993 and 1999. From a series of cabinet posts he rose to become the Finance Minister of India from 1982 to 1984. His tenure was well-known for India not withdrawing the last billion installment of an IMF loan. For a brief period he was pushed out of the Congress party, and during this phase he shaped his own political party called "Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress", however later on he merged it back with Congress party in 1989.

His political career was revived when he was appointed as deputy chairman of the planning commission and subsequently as a union cabinet minister. For the first time from 1995 to 1996 in Rao's cabinet, he served as External Affairs Minister and was voted Outstanding Parliamentarian in 1997. Since 1985, he was the President of the West Bengal state unit of Congress, but later in July 2010 he resigned due to work-load.

Pranab Mukherjee won the Lok Sabha elections for the first time from Jangipur and was made the Leader of the House in the Lok Sabha. He heads the Congress Parliamentary Party and the Congress Legislative Party which constitutes of all the Congress MPs and MLAs in the country and also has the merit of being a Minister with various high profile Ministries.

He played an important role in directing the Cabinet pre Lok Sabha elections when the Prime Minister underwent by-pass surgery by taking further charge as chairman of the Cabinet Committee of Political Affairs and Union Minister in Finance Ministry despite already being the Union Minister of External Affairs.

Mr. Mukherjee is a member of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund of the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the African Development Bank. On 10 October 2008, Pranab Mukherjee and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed the Section 123 Agreement.

Within party social circles Mr. Mukherjee is a well respected individual, he has a status of a politician with an extraordinary memory and a distinct survival instinct. When Sonia Gandhi unwillingly agreed to join politics, he was one of her important counselors, helping her through difficult circumstances. His loyalty and proficiency helped him achieve the position of Minister of Defense in 2004.

Following are the honours, awards and international recognition presented to him:
  • "The best Finance Minister of the World" by Euromoney magazine in 1984.
  • "Outstanding Parliamentarian Award" by Indian Parliamentary Group in 1997
  • "Padma Vibhushan" by President of India in 2008.
  • "Finance Minister of the Year for Asia" by Emerging Markets in 2010.
  • "Finance Minister of the Year" by The Banker in December 2010.
  • "Best Administrator in India Award" by K. Karunakaran Foundation in 2011
  • "Awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree" by University of Wolverhampton in 2011.
Pranab Mukherjee was nominated as an eligible presidential candidate for the President of India from UPA on 15th June 2012. Around 81 other candidates had filed nominations but the Election Commission rejected them all except P.A. Sangma and Pranab Mukherjee. The elections took place in July 2012 after the five-states scheduled elections and the results were announced on 23rd July 2012. The veteran Pranab Mukherjee became the President of India after four decades of political life and is the first Bengali to assume the post. He won the presidential poll by a huge margin and was officially sworn in by the Chief Justice of India on 25th July 2012.

 

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N.R. Narayanamurthy



He joined Patni Computer Systems in Pune. While at Pune, he met his wife Sudha Murty In 1981, he founded Infosys alongwith with six otherpeople. He served as president of the National Association of Software and Service Companies, India from 1992 to 1994.

Murthy was the CEO of Infosys for twenty years, and was succeeded by Nandan Nilekani in March 2002. He functioned as the Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor from 2002 to 2006.

He is on the governing bodies of many leading institutes like the International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore, and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is a member of the Advisory Boards and Councils of various well-known institutions like the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Corporate Governance initiative at the Harvard Business School, Yale University and the University of Tokyo's President's Council.

Besides, he has served on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India, as a member of the Prime Minister's council on trade and industry, as a member of the Asia Advisory Board of British Telecommunications and was the Chairman of the committee on Corporate Governance appointed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in 2003.

Narayanamurthy has won several accolades in India and abroad. In 2000, he was awarded the Padma Shri and was voted the World Entrepreneur of the Year - 2003 by Ernst & Young. In 2001, his name was included by TIME / CNN in the list of twenty-five, most influential global executives. He was ranked by the Economist as the 8th among the top 15 most admired global leaders in 2005.

Though he retired on 20th August, 2006, he continues to be the Non-Executive Chairman.

Saturday 28 July 2012

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Sachin Tendulkar could become BMW India's first-ever brand ambassador

Sachin Tendulkar could become BMW India's first-ever brand ambassador According to reports, it is understood that BMW India has approached the God of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar to endorse the premium German car brand in the country. The deal is likely to be inked this week, ahead of the official launch of the all-new 2012 BMW F30 3-Series sedan that is slated to get underway on 27 July. It is also said that Sachin Tendukar himself, would hand over the keys to the first 100 customers of the new 3-Series sedan to commemorate his monumental achievement of hitting a hundred centuries

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