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Archive for June, 2008
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 15th, 2008 • Category: Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, People, Technology
I just found that the Kamla Bhatt Show got the best design award for the online radio category in the PC World Web Award 2008. Here is a list of the jury members.
This comes as a pleasant surprise since I was not really aware of these awards and have no idea how I made it [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 14th, 2008 • Category: Dubai, Events, Living In America, Planes and Automobiles, Travel
Later this evening Jet Airway’s maiden flight from San Francisco to Mumbai via Shanghai will take off. At 6 pm this evening Jet Airways has a little do to celebrate this event at the San Francisco Airport. I hope to be there and write a post about it and hopefully take some pictures. Like I [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 14th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, People
Like many I was shocked to read the sudden passing of veteran journalist Tim Russert of NBC. The 58 year old TV reporter and NBC’s Chief of Washington Bureau died of a heart attack while at work. We will miss seeing his familiar face on the Sunday morning “Meet The Press,” show. Here is a [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 13th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Electronic gadgets, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Living In America, Technology
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention And The Coming of Dark Age is the name of a new book written by Maggie Johnson of Boston Globe. The title of the book sounds rather bleak and foreboding and is telling us what we might already know – we need to slow down and perhaps lead a gentler [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Merger & Acquisition, YouTube Videos
Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo has acquired a majority stake in Ranbaxy, India’s largest drug making firm. Under the agreement Daiichi will acquire the Singh family’s 34.8% stake at 737 rupees ($17.19) each writes The Wall Street Journal.
About 90 percent of Ranbaxy’s sales come from its generic drugs and Daiichi is looking to expand its presence [...]