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NEW YORK – Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri will join radio and TV host Maria Menounos, country music singer Thomas Rhett, actress Molly Sims, pop star Jordin Sparks and People magazine Editor in Chief Jess Cagle on the panel of celebrity judges for the final night of the Miss America Competition on Sept. 10. “I understand all too well the emotions of stepping on to the Miss America stage. I’m honored to be able to help shape the legacy of the Miss America Organization over the next year,” Davuluri said in a statement. Davuluri, 28, was the first Indian American and South Asian to win the Miss America beauty pagent and she is also the host and producer of the new weekly reality show, “Made In America,” which premiered on ZeeTV Americas in North America, earlier this month. Davuluri, along with all of the other judges, will evaluate the contestants’ performances in lifestyle and fitness, evening wear, talent, interview and on-stage questions during the competition. ...

Bandi C Vijaykumar leads HCL Technologies  a USD 7 billion global IT services company.  and a team of over 115,000+ professionals in 32 countries helping customers reimagine their businesses as a 21st Century Enterprise with technology at the core. Driving growth and transformation in an age of connected assets and connected experiences, Vijay is responsible for devising a robust strategy, overseeing meticulous execution and guiding enduring partnerships. Vijay joined HCL Technologies in 1994 as a member of the core team that designed and implemented India’s first ever fully automated trading network at the National Stock Exchange. With a strategic vision and global outlook, he relentlessly reinvented himself to emerge as a leader who could span a breadth of technologies and deftly navigate the shifting industry landscape. Most recently, as Chief Operating Officer, he led the company’s strategy to leverage the transformative nexus of forces like Digitalization, ...

THE National Youth Ballet of Great Britain has selected Ranvitha Chaparala  from Altrincham Grammar School for Girls to join the cast in their 30th Anniversary production, Time in Motion. Ranvitha Chaparala, who will shortly join Year 8, is spending the second half of August rehearsing at the Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham before performances at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham and Sadler’s Wells in London. Time in Motion features seven short ballets linked together, with traditional and contemporary works set to music by composers such as Saint-Saens, Delibes and Britten. THE National Youth Ballet of Great Britain has selected a student from Altrincham Grammar School for Girls to join the cast in their 30th Anniversary production, Time in Motion. Ranvitha Chaparala, who will shortly join Year 8, is spending the second half of August rehearsing at the Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham before performances at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham and Sad...

As many as 17 sports personalities were honoured with the 2017 Arjuna awards including Tennis player Saketh Myneni and Archery player Vennam Jyothi Surekha. Selection Committee for Dronacharya Awards and Dhyan Chand Awards was headed by Pullela Gopichand . The awardees will receive their awards from President Ram Nath Kovind at a specially organized function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on August 29. Apart from a medal and a citation, Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyan Chand Awardees will received statuettes, certificates and cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh each.

The Apex Frozen Foods IPO will see a fresh issue of 7.25 million shares at a price band of Rs171-175 apiece Mumbai: Aquaculture company Apex Frozen Foods Ltd Wednesday said it will open its initial public offering (IPO) on 22 August. At the upper end of its price band of Rs171-175, the share sale will be worth approximately Rs152 crore. The IPO will close on 24 August. The IPO will see a fresh issue of 7.25 million shares, which at the upper end of the price band will fetch the company approximately Rs126 crore. The proceeds will be used to set up a new shrimp processing unit with a capacity of around 20,000 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) in Andhra Pradesh. Karuturi Satyanarayana Murthy , chairman of the company , will sell 1.45 million shares in an offer for sale. At the upper end of the price band, the share sale will fetch the promoter Rs25 crore. Karvy Investor Services Ltd is managing the share sale. Apex, established in 1997, is an integrated producer...

Top singles player Yuki Bhambri has returned to the Indian Davis Cup team together with S aketh Myneni . However, the competent Leander Paes has been chucked out from the squad for the tie against Canada next month. Both Bhambri, who in recent times triumphed over world number 22 Gael Monfils, and Myneni were not able to be present in the Uzbekistan tie in Bengaluru as a result of their respective injuries. Other than Bhambri and Myneni, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Rohan Bopanna have been retained in the squad which is going to be captained by Mahesh Bhupathi. The reserves slots were filled by Prajnesh Gunneswaran and N Sriram Balaji.

Biel Chess Festival: Pentela Harikrishna' s 3rd place finish no mean feat, but errors at crucial moments still a bane The Grand Master tournament of the Biel Chess Festival featured an eclectic field of participants in its Golden Jubilee edition. In the mix were names like the Czech number one, David Navara; former FIDE world champion, Ruslan Ponomariov; and world’s highest rated woman player, Hou Yifan. India’s frontman at the event was the Guntur-born Grand Master, Pentala Harikrishna. Harikrishna had put up a reasonably good show in his last tournament, the Geneva Grand Prix, only to falter at the later stages. In Biel too, he did not fail to impress. The Indian ace was on an unbeaten run, having won three and drawn five of his eight games, and was leading the tournament with Hou Yifan after the penultimate round. However, just like in Geneva, Harikrishna fumbled at a crucial moment in the tournament and missed out on winning the title prize. In the final round,...

Hyderabad based Phoenix Group’s ‘Vaikunta Mahaprasthanam’ received the ‘Smart CSR Initiative’ Award at the CMO Asia Awards 2017 recently . The ceremony was held in Singapore in which Nilesh Jani, director received the award from Ned Mody, MD of Berkshire Hathaway’s Berkadia Group. The Smart City initiative is Asia’s highest recognition of corporate organisations engaged in CSR activities from amongst 40 countries within Asia. “Vaikunta Mahaprasthanam" is a CSR initiative of upgrading and modernising crematoria, which is inspired by the central government’s “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”. Phoenix Foundation conceived and has implemented number of such initiatives and is now committed to do more across India,” said a statement from the organisation. Suresh Chukkapalli – Chairman of Phoenix Group said, “This prestigious award is another testimonial to our aspirations and continuing commitment to give back to the society.It is our mission to provide dignity to the departed ...

Sravya Kalyanapu was well represented at the Miss World Canada Pageant. Miss Northern Alberta, Srayva Kalyanapu, finished in the top 15 of the competition. This was her first national pageant as she entered hoping to come in the top 20, never expecting to top her expectation. Kalyanapu tells Mix News the whole experience was “unexpected”, “adventurous,” and exhausting. “It was a lot of work, there was a lot of days where we do almost 16 hours of walking around but it was really fun meeting all the girls.” The pagaent featured over 50 women from across Canada. Besides finishing in the top 15, Sravya Kalyanapu was also presented with the People’s Choice Award, given to the contestant the public believed would best represent Canada on the international stage. “I felt very honoured, grateful and very, very thankful that all these people voted for me, very happy, surprised, but happy.” However, she notes this award made her overall finish a little disap...

Men’s Singles rankings Sriram Balaji – 4 Saketh Myneni – 7 Rithvik Chowdary Bollipalli – 3 (Under -16) Rithvik Chowdary Bollipalli – 7 (Under -18) Women’s Singles rankings Pranjala Yadlapalli - 7 Rishika Sunkara - 15

Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu became the 13th Vice President of India. While Naidu secured 516 votes in his favour, Gandhi managed to get only 244 votes. NDA nominee and former Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu was elected as the 13th Vice President of India after comfortably defeating Opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi in the Vice-Presidential election on Saturday. While Naidu secured 516 votes in his favour, Gandhi managed to get only 244 votes. Reflecting on his thumping win, Naidu said, “I am very humbled. I am also thankful to the Prime Minister and all party leaders for their support.” Over 98 percent voting was recorded in the vice-presidential election. 771 out of 785 MPs have voted in the election, however 11 votes were found to be invalid, said Assistant returning officer Mukul Pandey. “Coming from an agricultural background, I never imagined I would be here. Agriculture has no proper voice in Indian polity,” India’s vice president-elect said after being e...

$125,000 Challenger men, Chengdu, China in the doubles final  N Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Vardhan bt Cheng-Peng Hsieh & Hsien-Yin Peng (Tpe) 6-3, 6-4. Another title for Bala-Vishnu on Challenger level after the Fergana ATP Challenger in addition to the six ITF Futures they won this season

Yadlapalli Pranjala and partner Momkoonthod of Thailand emerged runners-up in the doubles section after suffering a 0-6, 6-7 (5-7) loss at the hand s of local duo of Gamulya Beatrice and Rompies Jessy in the summit clash of the ITF Women’s $15000 Nonthaburi tennis tournament at the National Tennis Development Center (LTAT), Pak-Kred district in Nonthaburi, Thailand on Friday. Meanwhile in the in the singles category semi finals it turned out to be a disappointing outing for Pranjala Yadlapalli  as went down to second seed to Kaji Haruka of Japan 3-6, 3-6.

With his eyes on the Indian air compressor market, managing director of India’s leading air compressor manufacturer, ELGi Equipments, talks about making his company world number two. In a conversation with Sushila Ravindranath, he discusses the company’s expansion plan and adapting the business to digital era and Internet of Things. Jairam Varadaraj , managing director, Coimbatore-based ELGi Equipments, India’s leading air compressor manufacturer, wants to make his company world number two in the global market by 2027. He hopes to achieve a revenue of $1-billion in the next five years to do that. The current turnover is $238 million. The company has undergone a new brand identity with a new logo and colour scheme for its entire product range, which was unveiled a few weeks ago. The new colours are red and black, replacing the old orange and grey. “Red stands for performance, passion and energy. Black is bold and helps establish a clear brand world,” Varadaraj says. E...

Dr. Rao VSV Vadlamudi , president, Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), has been elected as president of Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) for the year 2017 – 19 at CPA Conference held at Hyatt Regency, Sydney, Australia from July 28 – 30, 2017.  He is the second Indian professional to be elected as CPA president after a gap of 30 years. The first CPA President from India was late Dr. J.N. Banerjee during the period 1982 – 1987. The UK-based CPA is an organization of Commonwealth professional pharmaceutical bodies and individual members with an objective to empowering pharmacists to improve health and well being throughout the Commonwealth. Dr Vadlamudi has been President of IPA, from 2014 and will continue till 2018.  During this period, he ably led the Association in organizing hugely successful international and national events including the 61st International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF) World Congress in 2015. During this period, he also in...

There was good news for Andhra Pradesh as tennis player Saketh Myneni and archer Jyoti Surekha Vennam made the Arjuna Awards list that comprises 17 sportspersons. Saketh is currently ranked World No.438 and is playing at an ATP Challenger Tour event in China. The 29-year-old was born in Vuyyuru town in Krishna district but grew up in Vizag. On the other hand, 20-year-old Surekha has represented India in many national and international events across the world. Her father Surendra was understandably overjoyed. “My daughter has made our family and the city proud,” he said in Vijayawada.

Kamma IAS officers (Past and Present) Velagapudi Ramakrishna - ICS 1. Velagapudi Ramakrishna - ICS 2. Srinivasan (Father of Ex.Minister Y.Sita Devi) - ICS 3. Narne Venkataswamy Naidu 4. Padmasri Challagulla Narasimham 5. V. Adiseshayya 6. Mothukuri Kotaiah 7. Kanumilli Subba Rao 8. B.N.Yugandhar 9. Paidi Lakshmi Sanjeeva Reddi 10. Polavaram Vanamali 11. Tummala Ramamohana Rao 12. Nagabhairava Jayaprakash Narayan 13. Muddana Sambasiva rao 14. A.Vanajakshi 15. Kantipudi Padmanabhaiah 16. Dandamudi Venkata Rayudu 17. Mikkilineni Vinayaka Rao 18. Kaja Rathna Kishore 19. Jonnalagadda Rambabu 20. Kamineni Suryanarayana 21. Movva Tirumala Krishna Babu 22. Kakarla Usha 23. Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar 24. Patibandla Ashok Babu 25. Katamaneni Bhaskar 26. Muddana Ravichandra 27. Mukkamala.G.Gopal 28. Bollineni Rajagopal Naidu 29. Ganta Ramesh Kumar 30. Adusumilli Rajmouli 31. Jujjuvarapu Balaji 32. Kakumanu Sivaprasad 33. Ravel...

Securing the single-largest investment cheque in India’s digital landscape — for $1.4 billion — called for a celebration. It may have been too early yet for Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma to say how he would put the money to use but he was certain about whom he would raise a toast with. “I will celebrate with Ravi,” a jetlagged Sharma said two weeks before announcing the funding from Japan’s SoftBank in May. The investment made Paytm second-most valued digital company in India with an estimated worth of about $7 billion and Sharma the country’s wealthiest internet entrepreneur. That’s Ravi Adusumalli—India’s most-successful tech investor. As managing partner at SAIF Partners, the reticent Adusumalli has often struck gold. The venture capital firm’s total $70 million investment in Paytm is now estimated to be worth about $1.5 billion. SAIF also earned more than $300 million selling a part of its stake in Paytm to SoftBank. Another big payout for Adusumalli came fro...