The award that was created to develop and boost the SME sector in the country had attracted over 35,000 entries received for this initiative last year.

The Emerging India Awards 2007 felicitation ceremony of the winning SMEs is scheduled for 22nd June 2007 in Mumbai where the Honorable Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will felicitate the winners.

Emerging India Awards, India?s foremost initiative powered by the capability of shaping the future of Indian SMEs, has been acknowledged as India?s biggest business award by the Limca Book of Records. This year the maximum numbers of entries received by this initiative are from Maharashtra followed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and West Bengal.

Recognizing the potential offered by small and medium-sized enterprises to the country?s economy, the central and various state governments have undertaken multiple initiatives to encourage entrepreneurs. The ?Emerging India Awards? go a long way in promoting and encouraging SMEs in India by recognizing the efforts of entrepreneurs at the event. The increase in entries only reflects the popularity of the initiative which recognizes the most sustainable value creators among SMEs.

Mr. K V Kamath, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank said ? India is currently witnessing a phase of high growth that has been driven by a buoyant industrial sector and knowledge sectors. Indian companies have started implementing measures to meet the rising needs of a growing economy. The Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) segment is an important engine of future economic growth. However, to successfully capture this opportunity, it is important for SMEs to constantly focus on improving business practices and modernizing their processes.

ICICI Bank is proud to partner the SMEs as they embark upon the mission to promote India?s economic growth. We had instituted these awards in 2004 in partnership with CNBC TV18 to promote innovation and best practices amongst SMEs to enable them move up the value chain. We are happy to note the enthusiastic response this event has received.?

Mr. Haresh Chawla, Group CEO, TV 18 said ?The number of entries that we have received this year is a clear indicator of the fact that SMEs are acknowledging the initiative that we have undertaken along with ICICI Bank. In its third year since inception have we received an overwhelming response of over 1 lakh entries, clearly stating the SME potential in India that this initiative has tapped into.?

He further added ?The greater regional spread of SMEs makes it an attractive option for industrial growth hence they are considered the next growth drivers of the Indian economy. The present government is also very keen to further strengthen the SME sector in India and acknowledges their efforts. The Emerging India Awards is an attempt to help the SME sector across the country to gear up for technological modernization, better systems, access to finance and even tougher competition.?

Mr Ravimohan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CRISIL Ltd said, ?The response to the Emerging India awards has been truly overwhelming, CRISIL‘s deep sectoral expertise and an intimate understanding of the SME sector will help us in recognizing the real winners amongst today‘s emerging entrepreneurs?

The Emerging India Awards offers its winners a platform which helps bring scalability to their business by opening new avenues, expanding the customer base and getting them industry recognition. An accreditation from the country?s fastest growing media house - TV 18 group and the India?s second largest bank and largest private sector bank- ICICI Bank helps SMEs in India secure confidence from the financial institutions in them for raising capital for their expansion plans. This initiative also helps encourage new entrepreneurs to venture the market and creating an oligopolistic market.CRISIL India ?s premier credit rating agency powers the evaluation of the Emerging India Awards, identifying the most deserving SMEs in different categories.

The nominations were received in following categories:

1. Auto, Ancillaries and Engineering

2. Pharma & Chemicals

3. FMCG, Food & Agri-Business

4. Gems & Jewellery

5. Textiles & Apparel

6. Information Technology, Communications and Entertainment (ICE) & IT enabled Services (ITeS)

7. Infrastructure

8. Travel & Tourism

9. Retail Trade

10. Commodity Traders and Others

The Emerging India award follows a three stage evaluation process first is inviting the small and medium enterprises across the nations to apply for the awards followed by short-listing for nominees. The second stage focuses on evaluating sustainability of value creation for key stakeholders and involved an in depth study of the business models, competitive strength, management quality and depth. The third stage is a jury round where the top contenders from each category are finalized. The panel of jury members consist of industry experts, thought leaders and influencers along with CRISIL selected most outstanding of India?s entrepreneurs.

MUMBAI: Complete with orders from Her Majesty‘s Service, cool 007 gadgets, gizmos, flashiest cars, exotic locations, the walk, the talk, the charm and of course the Bond girls!

BOND MANIA 007 on Vijay TV showcases 16 James Bond films from July-October with loads of prizes to be won.

The suave secret agent begins his operation on Vijay TV from 8 July, 2007 and runs till 28 October, 2007. Beginning from the first Bond movie "Dr. No", to Pierce Brosnan‘s "Die Another Day"; Gadgets, Girls and BMW‘s it‘s all there. Celebrate the Bond festival with Vijay TV for the next four months; every Sunday at 11am !

James Bond, a fictional character created by novelist, Ian Fleming, a secret agent possessing great looks and sophistication, comes with more style and action remains the only man in the world with the license to kill. So far, having seen 6 bonds, Sean Connery being the first actor to play Bond in films, many consider him as the best Bond interpreter. George Lazenby, the one-time Bond, stepped into Sean Connery‘s shoes after he left the series. Following him is Roger Moore the longest lasting Bond brought an entirely new, more comical look to Bond when he started to portray him in the 1970‘s.

Moore made seven Bond films between 1973 and 1985. The fourth Bond, Timothy Dalton considered as the gritty Bond, whose portrayal signals a more realistic characterization acted only in a couple of Bond movies. Pierce Brosnan, one of the most successful Bonds has acted in four of the Bond series, stealing every heart with his great looks. Daniel Craig is the sixth actor to portray the secret agent James Bond 007 in the very first book of Ian Fleming "Casino Royale".

Greatest Bond movies like ‘From Russia with Love‘, ‘You only live twice‘, ‘Golden Eye‘, ‘License to kill‘, ‘Tomorrow never Dies‘ and many more Bond movies are all lined up on Vijay TV on Sunday‘s at 11:00am.

As part of the promotions; "Watch n Win" contests have been planned. Viewers have to watch the films answer questions asked during the breaks and get to win original VCDs/DVDs of Bond films as prizes.

MUMBAI:Synergy Media Entertainment Ltd, SMEL a fully owned company of the Bhaskar Group recently launched ‘943 Dil Se‘ contest for the listeners of Bhopal.

Listeners who have any two digits from amongst 9, 4 and 3 in any of these categories i.e. their date of birth, anniversary, bank account, insurance policies, telephone no (cell plus landline), vehicle registration no. and license, debit and credit card will have to send an SMS. The winners are short listed on an hourly and daily basis and are offered bumper prizes.

The contest has become a rage in the city and has received overwhelming response from the people of Bhopal. 94.3 MY FM has received over 1, 25, 000 SMSes within a week of the beginning of the activity.

Says Harrish M Bhatia, Business Head, MY FM, "I am really excited with the way 94.3 MY FM has gained momentum in Bhopal. Our listener ship has multiplied many folds and the credit goes to both our marketing and programming team."

Says Viplove Gupte, National Programming Head, MY FM, "943 Dil Se" contest coupled with our close to heart programming and witty RJs has worked wonders in the city. We have got tremendous response and going by that we are planning to do some more activities like this."

Adds Mr. Ranajit Chatterjee, Station Head, MY FM Bhopal, "The 943 Dil Se contest was the first contest run by MY FM Bhopal, the response we received from our listeners was exceptional. We hope to continue such activities to keep our listeners consistently involved and engaged."

MUMBAI: As people seek more and more ways to respond to news around the world, CNN Worldwide has created "Impact Your World," an initiative developed to empower its global audience to make a difference in response to the stories they see.After a quarter of a century as the world leader in news and information, CNN Worldwide takes a leadership role in helping viewers and users effect change.

"After catastrophic events such as the tsunami in Southeast Asia and Hurricane Katrina, we saw that people no longer wanted to be passive about the news, they wanted to respond to the news," said Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide. "In direct response to that demand, CNN developed the ‘Impact Your world‘ initiative as a destination focused on empowering every member of our audience with the tools and resources to act the moment they connect with a CNN story and wonder, ‘What can I do?‘"

Launched in conjunction with today‘s World Refugee Day, "Impact your world" extends across all of CNN Worldwide‘s networks and services, directing the audience to the initiative‘s hub at www.CNN.com/Impact and external resources. Online, "Impact" buttons on select stories will link people directly to resource pages showing how they can help.

At the "Impact Your World" site, users can access CNN content and charitable organizations in categories including "Refugees & Homelessness," "Poverty," "Health," "Children," "Animals" and "Natural Disasters." The site will also feature an "As Seen on CNN" section showing how users can donate their time and effort or supplies and money.

MUMBAI: The tension is palpable. The suspense is killing. It is the day of reckoning for the four contestants who made a dramatic comeback in the Wild Card Round.The fate of Indian Idol contestants Amit Paul, Ankita, Padmanabh and Suhit is about to be decided. The results of the viewers‘ poll is in. Find out who is in and who bids adieu tonight?

After having miffed Alisha Chinai in the last episode when he had retorted that love is not only blind but deaf too (when Alisha had praised the performance of her blue eyed boy Suhit) Javed Akhtar makes up with her by apologizing for his comment. It sets the tone for the rest of the episode. It‘s all about song and dance? and camaraderie. Watch the contestants come together to rock the floor with Salaame-E- Ishq.

Adding glamour and glitz to the evening is heart throb Zayed Khan whose association with the show goes back to the first season of Indian Idol when Zayed had come as a guest. He follows the show and finds that the singing talent is growing with each season. He has a word of advice for the contestants: the one who sings from the heart and with complete sincerity is bound to be a winner.

The people‘s verdict is in. But the judges need some more time. So the contestants perform a medley of songs. Richa and Jolly start off with ‘Main sadke jawaan‘ from the film Smita and Deepali follow with Baras ja ae badal baras ja?Prashant and Parleen do a delightful number with ‘Chain kulli ki main kulli‘.

So who are the lucky two contestants? The wait isn‘t over yet. The tension mounts and so does the tempo of the performances. A laugh riot follows with Emon, Pooja and Abhishek bringing the house down with their version of Ek chatur naar kar ke singaar ? from ‘Padosan‘ . Emon, a talented mimic, sings ‘Jaanu ke jaanu na‘? in the voice of Anu Malek which prompts Javed Akhtar to pass the verdict: "Anu sings well in the voice of Emon!" Not to be outdone, Abhishek does a take off on everybody‘s favourite Udit Narayan with the Devdas number ‘Chand chupa badal mein‘ which promptly has Udit joining the boys on stage with Kintu ‘parantu bandhu‘? Catch all the action tonight.

Finally the moment of truth is here. The result is out tonight at 9 p m on Indian Idol on Friday, 22 June only on Sony Entertainment Television.