2006: CNN-IBN Indian of the year awards

  CNN-IBN announced winners of the annual event – “Indian of the year.”  CNN-IBN Award winners for 2006:  1. Politics: Manmohan Singh – India is fortunate to have Him at helm. He is other name for integrity and vision.  2. Sports: Jeev Milkha Singh  3. Business: Ratan Tata – His composure during crisis, honesty and vision is exceptional.  4. Entertainment: Rajkumar Hirani – Who can forget Munnaibhai?  5. NRI: Indra Nooyi – Hers is an inspirational story to every Indian woman after Kalpana Chawla’s heroics.  6. Public Service: Arvind Kejriwal – IRS officer who is working hard to bring transparency in the system.  7. Jury award: L.N. Mittal (He also won “The Financial Times Person of the year 2006”  Source: CNN-IBN   … [Read more...]

Busines Standard Motoring Awards – 2007

 BS Motoring, automobile magazine, presented automobile awards for best cars and bikes for 2006. Best car: Chevrolet Aveo U-VA of General Motors was selected as the Car of the year - Well Built and Spacious and good performance.  Hero Honda CBZ X-Treme was selected as the Bike of the year. Toyota Camry was selected as imported car of the year award. Honda Civic is the Business Standard Motoring Jury choice for the car of the year. Best performing car of the year is Hyundai Verna 1.5 CRDi. Kinetic Blaze is the scooter of the year.  Honda Civic narrowly missed best car award due to its high price.Please share your favourite cars and bikes. … [Read more...]