MUMBAI : India TV honoured youth icons at a glittering ceremony held in New Delhi on Monday. The awards, given away in various categories like ? Politics, Sports, Music, Television and Business etc.

While welcoming the august gathering at the awards, India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma dedicated the awards as a salute to young men and women, who through their grit and determination have inspired people and have shown exemplary leadership and extraordinary excellence with achievements much bigger than their age.

Ritu Dhawan, India TV MD & CEO, said, "The young generation of India has shown that they can bring positive change in the mood of the country. With Yuva Awards, we want to acknowledge and salute the budding next generation of India."

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav won the India TV Yuva Award in the politics (male) category. Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil gave Yadav the award in the presence of eminent politicians, industrialists, actors and sportsmen. Chhavi Rajawat, a young MBA-educated girl and a sarpanch in Rajasthan village bagged the politics (female) category award. Yoga guru Swami Ramdev gave Rajawat the award.

Team India cricketer Yuvraj Singh was given the award in the sports category (male) by BJP president Rajnath Singh. Olympic bronze winning Manipur boxer Mary Kom got the award in the sports category (female). Her husband accepted the award in her absence from Surface Transport Minister C P Joshi.

Among TV actors, Pratyusha Banerjee, better known as Anandi in the serial Balika Vadhu bagged the best TV actor (female) award. She accepted the award from Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi. Siddharth Shukla, best known as Collector Saheb in Balika Vadhu, accepted the best TV actor (male) award from Congress leader Ambika Soni.

Balaji Telefilms promoter Ekta Kapoor bagged the award in the Business category (female). She accepted the award from Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj. Indiabulls founders Sameer Gehlaut and Rajiv Rattan won the award in Business category (Male). Rajiv Rattan accepted the award from former Team India captain Kapil Dev.

In the Music category, Mamta Sharma won the Music category (female), while Sonu Nigam won Music category (male) award. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and Home Minister Sushil kumar Shinde gave the awards to Mamta Sharma and Sonu Nigam respectively.

Three youth icon awards were also given in the Special category. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid gave the award in special category to Bollywood actor John Abraham. Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit gave the award in special category to TV host Manish Paul. Another special category award was given to Bollywood actor Rani Mukherjee, who sent a message, as she was shooting in Maldives.

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Mumbai: This week witness the journey of Vidhu Vinod Chopra, one of the outstanding film directors of Indian Cinema sharing his success stories and inspirations only on Teachers Achievers Club this Saturday at 8 pm on Star World.

When asked about getting into FTII with great difficulty and walking away without the diploma he said, ?There were some teachers there who didn?t like me. And because they didn?t like me, I didn?t like them.

Actually part of 3 Idiots that you were part of, that whole Rancho character that he kept walking out of class was, I used to be just thrown out of every class. , I was so aggressive in terms of my pursuit of knowledge that I was to them perhaps I was sounding rude because I wanted to know.?

The conversation continues further with Vidhu Vinod Chopra talking about the risk involved in making Munnabhai MBBS to which he reveals, ?I never cared about the risks. I never looked at it; I mean life is a risk. You walking the street is a risk. You coming here in a car, you flying in a plane it?s a risk. The day you are born there is a risk of death so what is this business of risk.?

The conversation takes an interesting turn when Vidhu Vinod Chopra reveals his encounter with his better half Anupama Chopra. He narrates, ?I still remember there were, you know, very prominent people sitting on both the sides. And there I was and there was 3 rows ahead was Anu, 3 or 4 rows ahead. She was like with her mother. And then I was sitting and then this song, ?Tujhe dekha to yeh jaana sanam? And I started singing, I was singing louder than Shahrukh Khan for her clearly.?

The conversation closes with a rapid fire round with Vidhu Vinod Chopra revealing his personal favorites.

Catch the journey of the Oscar nominated Vidhu Vinod Chopra where he reveals the other side of him only on Star World this Saturday at 8pm

MUMBAI : ET NOW, India?s #1 Stock Market Channel, has attained a commendable 56% market share this week and thereby retained the top spot in the English Business news channel segment. It is leading the viewership with a triumphant 56% market share (Source: TAM, CS AB M 25+,All India 1 Mn+,3rd? 9th February, relative share of viewership) while CNBC TV 18, NDTV Profit and Bloomberg TV gathered 38%, 5% and 1% respectively.

ET NOW is also the clear leader this week in comparison to the General English news channels. The GRPs indexed at NDTV 24X7 calculated for ET NOW stands at 290(Source: TAM, CS AB M 25+,All India 1 Mn+,3rd ? 9th February, relative share of viewership)which is more than that for CNN IBN and NDTV24X7 put together which stand at 173 and 100 respectively. The average GRPs indexed of 4 weeks for ET NOW indexed at CNN IBN stands at 293(Source: TAM, CS AB M 25 - 44,All India 1 Mn+,13th January ? 9th February, relative share of viewership) as compared to CNBC TV 18 and CNN IBN which stand at 172 and 100 respectively.

This success of ET NOW was due to its combination of distinctive business shows, exclusive interviews and analysis. The top shows of this week are Buy Now Sell Now- The stock Game, Tomorrows Trades, Buy Now Sell Now-Weekend, Hot Stocks, Traders20 (T20), Investors Guide, First Trades and Business Day. The top interviews and discussions include Tee Time and The Market Makers with Dharmesh. Stay tuned to the leading business news channel - ET NOW for more stock tips, trading strategies, market moving stories and exclusive interviews.

MUMBAI: SBI Life, the leading private life insurer, has launched an intensive integrated marketing campaign riding on the valentine day mood. Amplifying the campaign is the iconic ?Heera ad Film?, one of the most recalled ads in the category, that is being re-run across national and regional channels. Further, through high decibel radio promos and RJ mentions (Radio Mirchi) across 32 towns, listeners will be incentivized with shopping vouchers to express their valentine gift at 60 through SMS or call-in.

Across key shopping malls, SBI Life has activated consumer promotion where visitors are induced towards expressing their dream valentine gift at 60. Couples, can click pictures with props including rocking chair, reading glasses and grey moustaches, against the backdrop setting of international holiday destinations and expensive jewellery. The mall activation is being conducted at seven cities ? Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkatta, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Bhopal.

Chandramohan Mehra, VP and Head ? Brand and Cross Sell, SBI Life Insurance says ?High on emotional engagement, the campaign reinforces our promise of enabling customers ?Celebrate Life?. The idea is to trigger a thought of planning for post-retirement needs. Consistently, we continue to anchor our brand communication on positive emotions, to drive across the point, that customers need to plan today so that they can continue to live life to the fullest.?

The ?Valentine Gift at 60? has already taken a centre stage at brand?s social media platforms YouTube Channel, Twitter and Facebook Page ?Celebrate Life? which has more than 3,00,000 fans.

SBI Life has consistently created new benchmarks in brand communication in the insurance category and has emerged as Most Trusted Private Life Insurance brand, 2011 and 2012, as per ET Nielsen Most Trusted Brand Survey.

MUMBAI: Promoting the principles of inclusive journalism, these awards honour individuals who are determined to uncover the truth, expose injustice, change the system, and in the process, help create a better India for themselves and their countrymen Once again, it?s time to honour the agents of change who stop at nothing to fight for their rights and of those around them. IBN Network, in partnership with Idea Cellular Ltd, is back with the fifth edition of the Citizen Journalist Awards, a path-breaking initiative that has empowered the Indian citizen.

Promoting the principles of inclusive journalism, these awards honour individuals who are determined to uncover the truth, expose injustice, change the system, and in the process, help create a better India for themselves and their countrymen. This year, the Citizen Journalist Awards will be given under four categories:

Fight for Her Rights ? This category will recognise women CJs who are fighting for justice and their right to live a life of dignity Citizens Against Corruption ? This category will recognise CJs who arefighting for a corruption-free India What an Idea Sirji - This category will recognise CJs who have come up with innovative ideas to bring about a change CJ Video & CJ Photo - This category will recognise those alert CJs who captured a crime, an illegal activity or rules being flouted in the form of videos and pictures The prestigious award ceremony will be held on 2nd March, 2013.

The Citizen Journalist Awards adheres to a stringent selection process where the IBN Network Editorial Board shortlists the nominees in the first phase basis their stories featured on the IBN channels and/or on the CJ microsite www.ibnlive.com/cj. The IBN Network team then deliberates on the nominees, before reaching a majority decision on the winners.

Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN, IBN7 & IBN-Lokmat, said, ?The CJ initiative has become a mass movement that has seen a lot of participation from across the nation. The Citizen Journalist Awards is a salute to all those citizens, who have taken the responsibility to fight for a better life for their countrymen.?

Ashutosh, Managing Editor, IBN7, said, ?Our attempt through these awards is to recognize the brave citizens who have raised their voices against injustice and anomalies in the society.?

Enumerating about the award, Nikhil Wagle, Editor, IBN-Lokmat, said ?We are proud to announce the fifth edition of Citizen Journalist Awards. With each edition, our fight against injustice grows stronger along with the fight of the common man.?

Mumbai: BIG CBS LOVE, the leading English GEC amongst urban audiences, is all set to launch the latest season of US? #1 Dating Reality show, Excused. Hosted by award-winning comedienne Iliza Shlesinger, the show has been receiving great audience feedback on a weekly basis. With strong performance in 5 countries other than USA and India, this #1 show packs in some tongue-in-cheek humour promising endless entertainment for viewers. The first season of Excused is the No.1 leading show in the time-band and this blockbuster show is all set to take its success story one step further as the brand-new season launches exclusively on BIG CBS LOVE on 14th February 2013, every Monday to Thursday at 11pm.

Excused is a humourous take on the dating reality scene with expected twists, turns, and surprises coupled with witty dialogues from the host and stand-up comedienne, Iliza Shlesinger. A self-contained episodic series, Excused is the perfect break from mundane television shows making for light-hearted entertainment full of fun. Excused Season 2, the latest season of the show globally, will enthral Indian audiences after creating waves across the world. And now, with the hottest new season of Excused all set to premiere exclusively on BIG CBS LOVE, the show is bound to make for an exciting viewing experience.

Mr. Anand Chakravarthy, Business Head ? BIG CBS said, ?Having struck a delightful chord with audiences across the globe and becoming the No.1 show on BIG CBS LOVE in its first season, we are excited to present the latest season of Excused to our viewers. The high entertainment quotient of the show has been an instant hit among our audiences and we are sure that the action-packed second season will find great appeal not only among the urban audiences, but also among our marketers and advertisers.?