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Returning to a rousing welcome in Chennai after his golden run at the Oscars, music maestro A R Rahman hoped the top honours inspire the young generation to spread the message of peace and love. » Continue reading…

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A R Rahman became the first Indian to win two Oscars for his scintillating music in “Slumdog Millionaire” which swept the Academy awards winning eight with one going to sound engineer Resul Pookutty. » Continue reading…

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Congratulating the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and “Smile Pinky’ team for winning Oscars, PM Manmohan Singh has said the “winners have done India proud” and their achievement is a tribute to the Indian film industry. » Continue reading…

Tags: A R Rahman, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, L K Advani, Manmohan Singh, Oscars, Oscars 81st annual Academy awards, Slumdog Millionaire

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was among the top ten bollywood personalities to be felicitated with the first FICCI-IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) Awards for the ‘Most Powerful Entertainers of the decade’. » Continue reading…

Tags: Aamir Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Akshay Kumar, Big B, Bollywood, FICCI-IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) Awards, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor, Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty

The Puducherry govt was presented `UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award of Merit 2008` for cultural heritage conservation project for restoration of a street in Puducherry to its ancient architectural features. » Continue reading…

Tags: Indian Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Lt Governor Govind Singh Gurjarm, Puducherry, UNESCO

Nandi awards for the year 2007, NTR awards and Raghupati Venkaiah award were presented today evening at Lalitha Kala Thoranam. The guest list from the Government include home minister Jana Reddy, cinematography minister Anam Ram Narayan Reddy. » Continue reading…

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Legendary Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has been honoured with the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award at Davos for his contribution to the world of cinema.

Bachchan received the award along with another Indian artist - Mallika Sarabhai - a Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam danseuse. Bachchan and Sarabhai would be joining the league of famed US cellist Yo-Yo Ma and British actress Emma Thompson, who bagged the award in 2008. » Continue reading…

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Seeking to cash in on the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ hype, the co-producers of the film are planning a reality TV show set in Mumbai slums that will feature super-rich people posing as commoners and visiting poor families for charity.

Titled ‘Secret Slumdog Millionaire,’ the show that is a spin-off of the Secret Millionaire series, will make rich people witness real poverty to help poverty-stricken families in Mumbai. » Continue reading…

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British director Danny Boyle’s film ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ about a Mumbai teenager’s rags-to-riches story has received four nominations for the 66th Golden Globe Awards, with music director A R Rahman being nominated for Best Original Score. » Continue reading…

Tags: 66th Golden Globe Awards, Best Cinematography, Best Music for Rahman, Danny Boyle Film, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Indian author Vikas Swarup, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Music Director A R Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

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NTR Awards will be given to

• Ilayaraja (2004)
• Ambareesh (2005)
• Waheeda Rehman (2006)

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The Raghupati Venkaiah Naidu awardees are:

• MS Reddy (2005)
• Ramanaidu (2006)

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The state government has announced that the Nandi Awards will be presented on November 8th. On this ocassion, Raghupati Venkaiah Naidu Awards and NTR Awards will also be presented.

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The Orbis Award for Corporate Social Responsibility was given to the GMR Group during the OAG Routes Airport Marketing Awards, held in Kuala Lumpur. » Continue reading…

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Germany’s Harald zur Hausen and French researchers Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering the AIDS virus and the role of viruses in cervical cancer.

Barre-Sinoussi and Montagnier were cited for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV; zur Hausen was cited for finding human papilloma viruses that cause cervical cancer, the second most common cancer among women. » Continue reading…

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Two Japanese and an American have won the 2008 Nobel Prize for discoveries in the world of subatomic physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday. » Continue reading…

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Two Americans and a US-based Japanese scientist won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for research on a glowing jellyfish protein that revolutionized the ability to study disease and normal development in living organisms. » Continue reading…

Tags: Americans Martin Chalfie, Americans Roger Tsien, Japan Osamu Shimomura, Nobel chemistry prize, Royal Swedish Academy