February 24, 2013 |
CHENNAI: Indian girls emerged champions while the boys finished second in the 16th Asian junior team squash championships in Seoul, Korea. Anaka Alankamony and Aparajitha Balamurukan turned in winning performances after Lakshya Ragavendran - star of the semifinal against Malaysia - lost the opening match against Hong Kong in the final. Lakshya went down to Ho Tze Lok, but Anaka went out next and stamped her authority right from the start as she outclassed her opponent Ho Ka Po 3-0 in double-quick time.
February 23, 2013 |
SEOUL: Indian boys prevailed over Hong Kong 2-1 while the girls team outclassed Malaysia 3-0 to enter the finals of the 16th Asian Junior Squash Championship, on Saturday. It's for the second time only when both the teams have made it to the summit clash of the Asian championship with the first one being in 2003 in Islamabad. In the boys' semifinal, Kush Kumar was pushed to the limit before prevailing over Wong Chi Him 3-1. Kush pinned the opponent on his backhand and played some accurate drops to win the match in four games.
February 14, 2013 |
TV actors Gurmeet Choudhary and Debina Bonnerjee celebrated their second wedding anniversary in Hong Kong recently. The couple, who tied the knot in February, 2011, decided to celebrate the occasion much before the actual date. Not just that, they also renewed their vows. Says Debina, "It was on the spur of the moment. We wanted to relive the beautiful memories of our wedding and decided to renew our vows. "
February 11, 2013 |
MUMBAI: According to the latest RICS Global Commercial Property Survey, sentiment in real estate markets has been reasonably positive outside of Europe. This is most pronounced in Asia, where the results for both occupier and investment markets paint a fairly robust picture. Both rental and capital values have been indicating healthy increases in countries such as Thailand, Hong Kong and China. In India, macro-economic numbers for both industrial production and exports are showing a slightly better tone.
February 6, 2013 |
International photographer Tim Vollmer specializing in Nature and Landscape photography was in Surat for a workshop . Born in Southwest Germany Tim Vollmer has travelled extensively throughout the US and Europe. He travelled to Iceland only to figure that he wanted to capture every detail of the country as he settled there with his wife Marketa Kalvachova. He was in India (Surat) recently for the first time to conduct a workshop on Nature and Landscape Photography in collaboration with a local photography group of Surat called Drashtikon.
February 6, 2013 |
Fashion is all about indulging yourself and letting your imagination loose," said Kolkata-based designer Jaya Misra, as she hosted a fashion fiesta at Raichak on the Ganges, recently. The resort proved to be the perfect setting for the show. Said Jaya, "The collection is called Royals of Surf and was hosted at the Bengali cuisine restaurant at the resort. Guests were mesmerized by the delectable dishes on offer as well as the performances, the outfits and the heritage decor. " Jaya's designs are marked with the deft-ness with which she handles bridal couture and ethnicwear.
February 5, 2013 |
MUMBAI: A mono-act musical play ' Vivekananda ' will be staged at the Horniman Circle Garden in south Mumbai on February 6, as part of the KalaGhoda Arts Festival. The one-and-half-hour long musical treat will commence at 7.30 pm. The creator of the play is Shekhar Sen, who is a renowned musician, composer and singer trained in the Gwalior gharana of Hindustani Classical music. Sen as to his credit more than 600 shows in India, USA, UK, Belgium , Hong Kong , Singapore , Trinidad and Suriname . The play is based on the life and times of Swami Vivekananda.
February 5, 2013 |
CHENNAI: When Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) entered Shanghai in June 2002, the tech industry rejoiced saying these were the first steps to tame the Chinese dragon. Soon Infosys and Wipro followed suit in 2004, and many others over the years. However, analysts say that Indian IT companies have achieved little compared to what they had targeted. "They (all Indian IT companies) are horribly short on projections that they gave out earlier. They underestimated the challenge of integrating with the Chinese workforce.
January 23, 2013 |
An initiative by the B.D. Somani Institute of Art and Fashion Technology saw Indian designers participate at the 11th HKTDC World Boutique under the 'International Desi' brand. Designers from India included Shraddha Vora, an upcoming designer who has bagged many awards for her designs that can be best described as "fusion fashion". Shouger Merchant Doshi's 'Zanaaya Couture's designs are "trenditional", a chic and trendy way of draping Indian outfits while keeping traditional elements alive.
January 22, 2013 |
SURAT: Surat Special Economic Zone (SurSEZ) - country's first private SEZ located in Sachin - has broken its past records with export from April to December 2012 increasing by 82 per cent, riding high on diamond jewellery sale across the world, compared to the same period in the previous year. Interestingly, the Indian diamond industry is facing a huge deficit of 36 per cent with regard to export of polished diamonds till December 2012. As per the official figures, the SurSEZ export for April to December 2012 is Rs 34,365 crore compared to Rs 18,821 crore during the same period in 2011-12.