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Wall Street Journal's Raju Narisetti Upped To SVP At New News Corporation

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Deputy Managing Editor and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL DIGITAL NETWORK Managing Editor RAJU NARISETTI has been upped to SVP and Deputy Head of Strategy for the NEW NEWS CORPORATION, the newspaper and digital publishing company being formed in the split of the WSJ's parent company, NEWS CORPORATION, into two separate companies. NARISETTI, whose duties at the digital division include oversight of editorial teams and content strategies for THE WALL STREET JOURNAL RADIO NETWORK and MARKETWATCH RADIO NETWORK, will assume his new role on MARCH 11th, reporting to Chief Strategy Officer ANOUSHKA HEALY.  He joined NEWS CORP. in FEBRUARY 2012 after three years as Managing Editor of WASHINGTON POST CO.

Gadde Ruthvika Shivani: Junior National Badminton Champion

Sixteen-year-old Gadde Ruthvika Shivani is working hard with the singular motto of reaching the pinnacle of international women’s badminton and helping her is former all-England champion Pullela Gopichand.  Her boyish appearance is as deceptive as her strokes. She settled for the crew cut, for she believed a plait would disturb her during play. This nonchalant girl is working hard with the singular motto of reaching the pinnacle of international women’s badminton and helping her is former all-England champion Pullela Gopichand. Sixteen-year-old Gadde Ruthvika Shivani — after fellow-teenager P. V. Sindhu had graduated to the seniors — is leading a talented bunch of junior shuttlers in a quest for glory. This current under-17 and -19 singles champion made enthusiasts sit up with a noteworthy foray into the senior ranks this year by taking part (and winning a medal) in four events — Tata Open (Mumbai), Syed Modi Grand Prix (Lucknow), Smt. Vankina Anjani Devi Memorial al

Ottawa student Ram Koganti wins county spelling bee

After 15 rounds of competitive spelling, Ram Koganti of Ottawa's Wallace Elementary came out on top at the 53rd La Salle County Spelling Bee Saturday. Koganti's winning word was "sturgeon,"narrowly beating Owen Stoneking, of Waltham Elementary School in Utica. "It's pretty hard," Koganti told the crowd after Regional Superintendent of Schools Christopher Dvorak asked him if he had anything to say upon winning. Koganti has been studying for an hour each night since he won his school's spelling bee and thanked his family for supporting him. Thirty-four top spellers from around the county competed for the chance to represent La Salle County at the grand finals in Peoria on Friday, March 15. "It was kind of fun to compete against everyone,"Koganti told The Times. "You're facing everyone who won in their school so you're facing some good competition." This was Stoneking's third appearance at the county spelling bee, h

Young tennis prodigy Bollipalli Rithvik Chowdary is India No. 1

Hyderabad: The School of Power Tennis, run by coach C. V. Nagraj, has thrown up a bundle of talent in the form of Bollipalli Rithvik Chowdary . And, if his latest achievement of becoming India No. 1 in the boys under-12 category is any indication, Rithvik is widely believed by observers to make a big impact if only he sustains his current levels of excellence and passion for the sport. “Rithvik has the talent and the game to go a long way in the circuit. The best part is that he is disciplined and is keen on improving his game,” acknowledged Mr. Nagaraj, who has the rare distinction of producing three Davis Cuppers from his school at the RRC Ground in Secunderabad. ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD RITHVIK, WHO TOOK TO TENNIS AT THE AGE OF SIX, IS ALREADY ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT PLAYERS IN HIS AGE GROUP HAVING ALREADY WON 30 TITLES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. THIS SEVENTH-STANDARD STUDENT OF DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL LOVES TO ESSAY HIS BACKHAND DOWN-THE-LINE SHOT EVEN

A Young Publisher Bhaskar Sunkara Takes Marx Into the Mainstream

When Bhaskar Sunkara was growing up in Westchester County, he likes to say, he dreamed of being a professional basketball player.        But the height gods, among others, didn’t smile in his favor. So in 2009, during a medical leave from his sophomore year at George Washington University, Mr. Sunkara turned to Plan B: creating a magazine dedicated to bringing jargon-free neo-Marxist thinking to the masses. If that hardly seems less of a long shot at fame, let alone fortune, he’s the first to agree.         “I had no right to start a print publication when I was 21,” he said in an interview in a cafe near his apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. “Looking back, I see it as a moment of creative ignorance. You have to have enough intelligence to execute something like this but be stupid enough to think it could be successful.”   The resulting magazine, Jacobin, whose ninth issue just landed, has certainly been an improbable hit, buoyed by the radical

16-year-old student Prasanth Venigalla launches mobile ad network with better CPMs and higher CPC rates (than competing services)

We don’t get to write about new mobile ad network launches every day. What makes AdBogie interesting (when compared to similar services) is the fact that it’s launched by a 16-year-old high school student Prasanth Venigalla. An iOS developer himself, he didn’t like how existing mobile ad networks are working so he decided to create his own service and help other developers earn more cash from their apps. AdBogie is touted to provide developers with better CPMs and higher CPC rates, especially for users in the US, Asia and Europe. Unlike competing services, this one offers REAL real-time reporting for both developers and advertisers, with the option to get the campaigns running immediately. Moreover, AdBogie is apparently the first service in the mobile ad industry to offer a pay on demand feature for developers. The problem, however, is developing a sales force which would sell all those ads to advertisers. That’s something only the big boys can afford, though we d

Padma Awardee Kammas (Updated)

Padma Awardee Kammas (Updated) Padma Vibhushan: 1. Gottipati Brahmayya 2. Dr.Gogineni Ranganayakulu (N.G.Ranga) 3. Dr.Kotha Sachidananda Murthy 4. Dr.Tummala Madhava Rao 5. Dr.Myneni Hari Prasada Rao 6. Akkineni Nageswara Rao Padma Bhushan: 1. Dr.Moturi Satyanarayana 2. Dr.Akkineni Nageswara Rao 3. Kongara Jaggayya 4. Adusumalli Radhakrishna 5. Dr.Ramanujam Varadaraja Perumal (Tamilnadu) 6. Kantipudi Padmanabhayya (IAS) 7. Ghattamaneni Sivarama Krishna 8. Dr.Patibandla Chandra Sekhara Rao 9. Dr.Daggubati RamaNaidu 10. Dr.Atluri Satyanarayana (USA) Padma Shri: 1. Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao 2. Dr.Moturi Satyanarayana 3. Akkineni Nageswara Rao 4. Challagulla Narasimham (IAS) 5. Dr.Gadde Rama Koteswara Rao 6. Kalluri Subba Rao 7. Dr.Vadlamudi Venkata Rao 8. Katta Venkataswamy Naidu (Tamilnadu) 9. Dr.Valluri Sita Rama Rao 10. Dr.Nuthakki Bhanu Prasad 11. Dr.Yalavarthy Nayudamma 12. Dr.Govindappa Venkataswamy (Tamilnadu) 13. Dr.Kadiyala Ramachandra Rao 14.