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New visions for mobile

May 28 - A new mobile phone design for the visually-impaired wins the innovation award at the inaugural Mobile Experience Design Competition.

The BSR Blind Phone, Zeemote and the Couple It are among the mobile concepts attracting attention at the Mobile User Experience (MEX) conference in London.

Reuters' Technology Correspondent Matt Cowan has a look at the technologies being touted as the next big things in mobile.

Source: Reuters

DHL India conferred Frost & Sullivan Award

DHL India Conferred the Frost & Sullivan's 'Best International Logistics Service Provider in India' and 'Best Brand Awareness in the Indian Logistics Industry' Award for 2007

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, May 26, 2008 -- (Business Wire India) -- DHL India has been awarded the 'Best International Logistics Service Provider' and the 'Best Brand Awareness in the Indian Logistics Industry' for the year 2007 by Frost & Sullivan. This award is in recognition of its outstanding performance in customer experience and satisfaction for the year 2007.

Frost & Sullivan has been conducting studies on the logistics industry in India among various industry verticals to understand customer expectations with regard to their logistics service providers; also to benchmark current performance of the industry against these expectations. This year, a total of eight verticals were considered namely, Retail, Consumer Durables, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Automotive, Automotive Components, Pharmaceuticals and Information Technology. Opinions from top industry participants from each vertical were taken into consideration.

Respondents were asked to rate each of their logistics service providers on various parameters such as general parameters, transportation, warehousing, 3PL and freight forwarding. Apart from these parameters, direct questions pertaining to brand awareness and best international service provider were asked. Best Brand Awareness and Best International Service Provider scores were based on top-of-the-mind responses for a service provider.

In both these categories, DHL topped with the highest score. The company scored on key parameters like ability to deliver on time, damage control of materials at warehouse and transit, consignment tracking facility and transparency in processes.

While presenting the award, Anand Rangachary, Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan, South Asia & Middle East, said, "DHL India focuses on select industry verticals providing customers the benefit of working with the specialist and not just a logistics provider. DHL operates with the aim of building partnerships and works closely with customers, often shoulder-to-shoulder with the management teams of the customer organization. Know-how of the people coupled with industry-leading solutions provide DHL with a real competitive advantage."

Craig Grossgart, Country Manager - DHL India, on receiving the award said, "We are delighted to receive this award from Frost & Sullivan. It is a vindication of our efforts to bring world class express service to our customers in India and be their First Choice. The DHL brand in India is now synonymous with reliability, speed and unmatched expertise. Our product innovations and customized solutions have contributed to our leadership position."

Speaking on the growth and on DHL India plans, Mr. Craig Grossgart said, "Logistics is the barometer of the economic growth of a country and India is on a fast growth path. With our global expertise, and our consistent investments in India, DHL is poised for greater heights in customer service and operational excellence."

About DHL
DHL is a global logistics service provider. The company has formed a new venture in India - DHL Lemuir Logistics, which consolidates its position as the leader in International Freight Forwarding, Supply Chain Management, Project Transport and Custom Brokerage. DHL focuses on select industry verticals providing benefit of being a specialist. Industry verticals catered include - automotive, industrial, life sciences/healthcare, chemical, retail, consumer goods, fashion, technology, aerospace and industrial projects.

About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, partners with clients to accelerate their growth. The company's TEAM Research, Growth Consulting and Growth Team Membership empower clients to create a growth-focused culture that generates, evaluates and implements effective growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan employs over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from more than 30 offices on six continents. For more information about Frost & Sullivan's Growth Partnerships, visit http://www.frost.com.

Source: Business Wire India

Superb Blog on Tamil Veg Food

And here comes a great blog on Tamil Veg Food!!!

Preiyha Rajesh has posted a new blog on Tamil Vegetarian Food - a nice blog focussed on helping people with cooking typical South Indian - Tamil Veg food.

The blog has been structured well with appropriate user friendly sub titles - Ingredients, How To along with Notes & Additional Options. Photos of the food items makes it even more interesting and attractive while it makes the blog visually appealing.

Of special mention is the Tamil translation available for the ingredients and the food items!


Preiyha currently lives with her husband Rajesh Venkatesan in the Silicon Valley area in Sunnyvale, California. She was born & brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She specializes in cooking authentic South Indian Veg food, especially typical Tamil vegetarian food.

Take a look at TamilVeg Blog now.

Baba Amte passes away

Noted social activist and Magsaysay award winner Murlidhar Devidas Amte alias Baba Amte passed away in Anandwan ashram in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra on Saturday, February 9th, 2008. He was 94.

Baba Amte passed away at 4:15 am, his son Dr Vikas told PTI.

One of the country's most respected social leaders, Amte devoted his life to the care and rehabilitation of leprosy patients.

He is survived by two sons.

Baba Amte won numerous awards during his life, including Padma Shree (1971) and Padma Vibhushan (1986), most notably the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 1985. He was chosen for his work-oriented rehabilitation of Indian leprosy patients and other handicapped outcasts.

In 1999, he was awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize for his exemplary work for treatment and rehabilitation of leprosy patients and his concept of the "Shramik Vidyapeeth" (Workers' University) where patients and volunteers work together.

All monetary proceeds from of his awards were used for his social projects.

Source: Rediff , Wikipedia

Mahesh Yogi's body reaches Allahabad

Allahabad: The body of internationally-renowned spiritual guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who popularised transcendental meditation across the globe reached here from his base in Netherlands, Saturday. The seer, who initiated the British pop-rock band Beatles into Indian spiritualism and transcendental meditation, died Tuesday, February 5, 2008, Vlodrop, Netherlands.

On January 11, 2008, he announced his retirement from all administrative activities and went into Mouna (spiritual silence). He declared: "Invincibility is irreversibly established in the world. My work is done. My designated duty to Guru Dev is fulfilled." Like many Hindu sages, he foresaw his imminent samadhi; he died less than a month later.

The chartered flight carrying the body of the Maharishi, along with at least 250 of his European devotees, landed Saturday morning at Varanasi. The body was carried in an open truck adorned with flowers, flanked by special convoys of cars and buses, along the 120-km route.

After reaching Allahabad around noon, the body was taken in a procession through the city streets to a local ashram run by Hindu cleric Swami Vasudevanand. The body was kept at the ashram for nearly three hours before reaching its final destination at the religious school run by Mahesh Yogi's organisation - Maharishi Ved Vidyapeeth - in Arail on the bank of the Ganga river here. The cortege reached the Vidyapeeth around 4.30 p.m. where his followers began to pour in to pay their last respects.

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) chief Ashok Singhal, Swami Vasudevanand and several prominent seers joined the procession. The Vidyapeeth, created by the Maharishi as a part of his mission to promote Vedic teachings, was also a gift to his native town from where he completed his school education and obtained his masters degree in Physics.Spread over a sprawling campus, the Vidyapeeth has about 2,500 students pursuing a their education in the traditional Indian style.

The streets of Allahabad were clogged by the long motorcade that drew huge crowds to have a last glimpse of the spiritual icon. Mahesh Yogi's body has been kept in a specially erected enclosure at the Vidyapeeth where it will remain open to public on Sunday. According to the Maharishi's nephew Prakash Srivastava, the cremation will take place on the banks of Ganga in the vicinity of the Vidyapeeth Monday morning.

After the Maharishi's death on February 5, 2008, Sir Paul McCartney released a statement saying, "Whilst I am deeply saddened by his passing, my memories of him will only be joyful ones. He was a great man who worked tirelessly for the people of the world and the cause of unity. I will never forget the dedication that he wrote inside a book he once gave me, which read 'radiate, bliss, consciousness', and that to me says it all. I will miss him but will always think of him with a smile." Ringo Starr released a statement saying, "One of the wise men I met in my life was the Maharishi. I always was impressed by his joy and I truly believe he knows where he is going."

Source: MSN, Wikipedia

Yahoo! to evaluate Microsoft proposal

Yahoo! Board of Directors to Evaluate Unsolicited Proposal From Microsoft

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb 01, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today said that it has received an unsolicited proposal from Microsoft to acquire the Company. The Company said that its Board of Directors will evaluate this proposal carefully and promptly in the context of Yahoo!'s strategic plans and pursue the best course of action to maximize long-term value for shareholders.

Source: Yahoo!