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Mankatha a new game by Venkat Prabhu
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Nokia, the global leader in mobile handsets, is the most trusted brand in the country, followed by the Tatas and Sony, according to a study by Trust Research Advisory(TRA)- a research company surveyed 2,310 respondents across nine cities.
Korean brands LG (number four) and Samsung (number five), despite being more aggressive marketers, with a virtual stranglehold in the Indian television and consumer electronics market, were not able to shake off Sony.
The study was based on 61 questions and carried out over four months, covering cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad, among others and involved 10, 000 hours of field work.
Among telecom service operators, Airtel, at the ninth slot, is the most trusted brand, with Vodafone at number sixteen.
Among mobile handsets, Nokia is followed by Micromax, which ranks at number two (80th overall), closely followed by Blackberry (84th).
The study also throws up other surprises. In the airlines space for instance, Kingfisher Airlines and Air India appear among the top 300 brands, but Jet Airways doesn’t.
Pepsi has again proved to be much fizzier at the 36th rank, compared to its rival Coca Cola, which figures at the 60th slot. New brands like DoCoMo and Uninor also figure in the list.
Only 3 personalities feature in the top 300 brands, with cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar at the 59th slot, the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, at the 232nd slot and Bollywood actor Aamir Khan at the 242nd position.
Jan 11
19
Mumbai Marathon 2011 photos
In Mumbai on January 16th 2011 thousands, including celebrities and volunteers from NGOs clad in colourful outfits, on Sunday thronged the streets of this Maharashtra capital for the yearly marathon in which Ethiopians ruled the show.
Ethiopian Koren Yal won the 42-km full run among women and Girima Assefa reached the finish line first in the men’s category.
B.C. Tilak from Pune’s Army Sports Institute won the 21-km half marathon, reaching the finish line in a record time of one hour and four minutes.
Priyanka Singh Patel from the Indian Railways clocked one hour 22 minutes and 34 seconds to be the first among women in the half marathon.
Over 38,000 people early Sunday gathered at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to participate in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2011 as Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan flagged it off amid tight security.
While the full marathon saw participation by 2,800 people, 11,000 people ran in the half marathon.
An elated brand ambassador of the marathon for five years now, Bollywood actor John Abraham said he was here to fulfil all his responsibilities.
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, Anil Ambani, Tina Ambani, Vijay Mallya, Sidharth Mallya, Actor Vivek Oberoi and his wife and many spotted during Mumbai Marathon 2011.
Jan 11
19
Mozart of Madras, A R Rahman wins Critics’ Choice award for ‘If I Rise’ in ‘127 Hours’ film
Music maestro A R Rahman (also called, Mozart of Madras) bagged the best original song trophy at the 16th Critics’ Choice Awards for his number ‘If I Rise’ in Danny Boyle’s film ‘127 Hours’.
Written by Rollo Armstrong and American artiste Dido, the song was performed by Rahman and Dido, which is also expected to get Rahman his second Golden Globe this year.
Boyle, who went on to score eight Oscars with his last film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, collaborated with Rahman again for ‘127 Hours’, a biopic on the life of mountain climber Aron Ralston.
Rahman, however, lost the best score trophy to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for their film ‘The Social Network’.
ICICI Bank, the country’s largest private sector lender, today launched cash withdrawal facility for customers at point of sale (PoS) terminals or merchant outlets.
Customers with debit cards will have the option to withdraw cash up to Rs 1,000 whether they buy or not buy at merchant outlets.
“The facility will be available to all ICICI Bank debit card holders who can withdraw Rs1,000 a day. Cash can be withdrawn with or without associate purchase transaction at an approved and enabled merchant establishment with PoS terminals,” the bank said.
According to RBI guidelines issued in July 2009, cash withdrawals of up to Rs 1,000 a day from PoS terminals were permitted through all debit cards issued in India. RBI, however had left it to the banks’ discretion to decide on the fee.
However, Union Bank of India, the first bank to start this facility about a year back.