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According to a research which was published in the year 2008, smoking is killing nearly a million people a year in India, exacting a higher toll than previously thought, but allied problems are often different to those seen in the West. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows Indian smokers prefer traditional leaf-wrapped, hand-rolled "beedis" to manufactured filter brands, and are more likely to die of tuberculosis than cancer; and,they almost never quit.Smoking can cause enough damage to the lungs that the latent infection can no longer be contained, researchers said.As a result, tuberculosis is the most common cause of smoking-related deaths among Indian men. Also, smoking has a very harmful effect on the reproductive organs.

Nine Indian agencies bagged 21 awards in various categories at the Promotion Marketing Awards of Asia (PMAA) 2010 . Mudra Max, Jagran Solutions and JWT lead the pack with two golds each. The PMAA takes into account the idea,...

On Tuesday, Research in Motion (RIM) has officially launched its first ever smartphone "BlackBerry Torch". As expected Company has presented the new smartphone as an answer to Apple's iPhone and Samsumg's GalaxyS, lunched just few weeks back. BlackBerry Torch is loaded with OS 6.0, RIM's new mobile platform, which is having direct competition with Google's Android.

STAR CJ Alive has finally been launched after a long delay. Positioned as a premium home shopping channel, STAR CJ Alive is part of STAR CJ Network, which is a joint venture between STAR Group and South Korea's CJ...

Online travel company MakeMyTrip.com has planned to raise $100 Million from its upcoming IPO for which company has filed with U.S. capital market regulators. MakeMyTrip which will be listed under the NASDAQ with a symbol "MMYT",will offer an exit to the VC investors and promoters of the 10-year old company. Currently SAIF Partners ( VC ) owns 51.32% in MMT.

Finally the nominations of AdFest have been announced and the winners of ADFEST 2010 will be unveiled this week on www.adfest.com.Ten Indian creative agencies have been shortlisted at AdFest 2010, namely JWT, Ogilvy India, TapRoot India, Leo Burnett, Creativeland Asia, McCann Worldgroup, Rediffusion Y&R, BBDO India, Publicis Communications and Contract Advertising.

With steady growth of 30%, Info Edge (Nauki.com), has announced Net profit of $3.6 Million from Q2 operations ended on 30 June 2010, compared to $2.9 Million in corresponding quarter of the last fiscal year. Subsequently Total income has been raised by 17% to $16.5 Million compared to last corresponding quarter in 2009 which stood approximate $ 13.3 Million.

If WSJ's Report to be believed, Nokia is hunting a new face for CEO post. Although the rumors has been confirmed yet but sources said that Mobile giant is not happy with functionality of its current CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo - particularly when it comes to SmartPhones. Nokia is left behind in the race with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android and is significantly slow for adapting new initiates for SmartPhones.

Adaptation of internet was late in India and most of the companies found it difficult to reserve their company’s online presence in-line with name as it is. Finding a short & meaningful “.com” domain has become next to impossible. To provide another variety, Registry of .co TLD announce that registration of domain names as www.domain.co is open for registration through various registrars like register.com, networksolutions.com, Goddady.com and many others.

In a latest move by Nokia Siemens Networks, one of the major acquisition has been finally given shape when Motorola's Wireless Network Unit would be overtaken by for $1.2 BIllion in cash. With this current move Nokia Siemens Networks expects further strong ties with multiple Telecom providers and stand strong as third largest wireless network provider in U.S, the biggest foreign wireless vendor in Japan and strengthen its second position at global level.