IT ministry seeks Rs 70 crore for CIC project
The ministry of information technology has solicited the support of the Planning Commission for ensuring a budgetary allocation of Rs 70 crore towards Community Information Centre (CIC) project in the northeast and Jammu and Kashmir for 2001-02. "The IT ministry has forwarded its proposal for allocation of Rs 70 crore, for the Community Information Centre (CIC) project during the next financial year," IT ministry sources told PTI here. The proposal to the Planning Commission seeks utilisation of the allocation for setting up information centres in the North East and Jammu and Kashmir.Golden Globe Awards to be telecast live on Star World today
The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be Live telecast on Star World on Monday January 22. Tune in to see who wins during this three-hour awards show in Beverly Hills, California at 06:30 (IST). There will also be a primetime broadcast at 21:30 (IST) on January 22. The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards is one of the major events in entertainment industry. Film stars who have received nominations include Russell Crowe (Gladiator), Michael Douglas (Wonder Boys), Tom Hanks (Cast Away), Geoffrey Rush (Quills), Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich), Juliette Bonoche (Chocolate), Sandra Bullock (Miss Congeniality), Renee Zellweger (Nurse Betty), Jim Carrey (Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas), George Clooney (O Brother, Where Art Thou?), Robert De Niro (Meet the Parents), Mel Gibson (What Women Want), and Catherine Zeta-Jones (Traffic).
ESC to hold Indiasoft 2001 on February 23 and 24
In a bid to leverage Indian IT capabilities to global strategic alliances, the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) is organising a mega event Indiasoft 2001 on February 23 and 24 in New Delhi. Comprising of exposition and conferences, Indiasoft 2001 would focus on software services, IT-enabled services, IT convergence, e-commerce, IT financing and IT Infrastructure.
`Asians are increasingly moving back to their parent countries from the US'Mr Samuel Sung is a Hong Kong-based entrepreneur who in 1991 held the controlling stake in Tricom Holdings, a telecom and computer system integrator which was taken over by Star Telecom in 1997. Tricom was then restructured to become Pacific Century Cyberworks. Mr Sung's next venture turned out to be in the area of online placements when he founded JobsDB.com in September 1998. JobsDB.com currently has a presence in 11 countries. Its India operations were launched last year. In an interview with Priya Srinivasan, Mr Sung shares his views on what it takes to run a successful Pan-Asian business as well as his plans for JobsDB.com.
Zee lines up five soaps to counter KBC
Zee TV's recent announcement to introduce five new soaps from February 2001 seems to be an attempt to garner the prime time viewership share that the channel is rapidly losing to Star's KBC. In an official statement to the media, Zee has said these soaps will be aired from February, though the channel does not specify the timings. Sources, however, say that two of these serials will actually be aired in the 9:30 to 10 pm time slot. Gardish, to be produced by Ravi Rai, will be telecast every Tuesday while Aanchal will be aired every Wednesday. While Zee officials did not confirm the fact that the serials are being positioned in the 9:30 to 10 pm slot, the channel has been approaching sponsors with the plan.
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