...Richards’ record for the highest ever score in a One Day International. The record was thus passed on from a legend of the game to a player who was merely good, but by no stretch extraordinary – Anwar averaged 37.62 against the major nations in ODIs, and away from home his average shrank to 26.70. Then last year, another name joined Anwar at the top of the list: Charles Coventry. Even after he scored 194 not out, a lot of people in a lot of cricketing discussions over lots of beers in lots of pubs, would still be asking: Charles who? The anomaly at the top of the record charts was begging to be corrected. I was waiting for this day since that fateful May night almost 13 years ago. I was not alone. There were thousands – millions probably – who felt that the name that belonged at the top of the table was that of Sachin Tendulkar. In what is proving to be a golden twilight of his career, Tendulkar has systematically gone about checking all the un-checked boxes in his cricketing CV. One important one was ticked when he led a mammoth fourth innings chase against England at the same ground that he had failed to complete the job against Pakistan in 1999. Another was accomplished on 24th Feb 2010, with the world’s highest ODI score and first ODI double-century. No other name seemed to have belonged so naturally at the top of the list than his. Until 23rd Feb 2010, Tendulkar had seemed like the logical successor to Viv Richards as the greatest ODI batsman of his generation. Not anymore...
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...DO THE LEGENDS KNOW WHEN IT’S OVER? The first that comes to mind when we talk of cricketers like Ricky Ponting, Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar, Vivian Richards etc. is about they being amongst the greatest to have played this game. There’s something else too which is common. Let’s have a look at this interesting statics: Ricky Ponting Ricky Ponting Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar Viv Richards Javed Miandad Even though average is an archaic measure given that it violates some of the basic mathematical norms, it can still be considered as a good metric to judge when a long time frame is taken into account. What the above figures depict is the dramatic fall that their records have had over the last few years of their career. While one could always argue that it is but natural that a player may not be at the prime of his game, but does the argument justify the fact that their averages have gone down by more than 15-18%? The fact that these names have had such a huge impact on us is probably one of the reasons we have not really delved into these details. One is tempted not to believe that this is the general trend. My observation is, as far as batting is concerned, that the counter-examples are far and few for e.g. Mark Waugh. Why I say this is because there are examples galore to prove it otherwise as far as bowling is concerned. Let’s see the figures...
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...THERE IS LOT BEYOND NUMBERS With the kind of grit he displayed scoring 66 runs in the CB series final against Australia, in 2007 partnering Sachin Tendulkar, one of the famous chases of India outside sub-continent, he is seen as future prospect. His profound technique is in line of comparison with some of the all-time greats. But he kept surprising people with the numbers. If you happen to miss out on action of cricket for some time and down the line few years later, if we look at Rohit’s cricketing numbers one definitely has to wonder if he is the same guy whom we expected things from. Had there been another of the same name into Indian cricket team? Have a look at the stats and there are dismal. Has two one day double hundreds to his name, the only batsman in cricketing history as of now but a batting average under 38. The cricketing experts back him, the team management backs him. With seven years of International cricket and still not a deserving place in the Indian cricket team says it all about the consistency which he displayed. Then what is that’s more enticing about his game? Is it the Lazy elegance? Is it the aura of ease that hangs in when he bats around. When we say sporting is for entertainment, we get lots of it when he bats. He is definitely not the reliable ones but as an mediocre Indian cricket fan I am looking for something lesser than winning, just entertainment LIFE COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH EASIER A three year old kid doesn’t even have a hint of idea of where...
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...we were told to choose a leader under whom we were willing to work,I can’t think of a name other than M.S Dhoni. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only captain in the world to have tasted success in all formats of the game, and that too in just four years. He led a young Indian team to victory in the inaugural T-20 Cricket Championship in September 2007. In December 2009, India became the top-ranked Test team in the world for the first time under his captaincy. He captained Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to victory in IPL,April 2010 and followed it up by lifting the Champions League Trophy for the same team in September. The mother of all victories came April,2011 when India won the ICC Cricket World Cup after 28 years. No wonder, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar ranks him the best among the nine captains he has played under in his 21-year career. Australian great Greg Chappell calls Dhoni the best captain in the world today. Former Indian skipper Kapil Dev has no qualms in accepting that Dhoni is a better captain. Very often India’s success has been attributed to Dhoni’s strong luck.However,more often than that there have been occasions when he surprised everyone with his decisions in the make or break situations.And almost everytime his gamble has paid off. Dhoni's decision to come in to bat at number five, ahead of the in-form Yuvraj Singh, in the World Cup finals would have cost him his job had the result not been in India’s favour. There is surely more than luck to a man who has...
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...Mridul Agarwal Introduction to World Music Research paper Simply clad in a plain saree with her hair in plaits, the 'Nightingale of India' serves as an inspiration to many. She has been in the music industry since the age of 13 and has sung over 28,000 songs in the past decades. Through her hard work and determination, she has proved that every goal, every dream is achievable. She featured in the Guinness book of world records for having made the most recordings for about 16 years (1974 to 1991). She has also received the Bharat Ratna award which is one of the most prestigious award from the Indian government. She is the fifth woman to receive the award ever, after Indira Gandhi and Mother Teresa (The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of women’s biography, 2005). This paper will henceforth speak about the inspiration and impact that Lata Mangeshkar has had on the entire music industry, making her an unperishable idol in the minds of the Indian public. She was born in a Marathi speaking family, her father was a well renowned theatre actor who used to perform musical plays and was an exceptional Hindustani classical vocalist. Lataji trained with her father in the early stages of her life and became a part of her father’s musical play since she was five years old. She, defined as ‘devi’ (goddess) by everyone in the country is so polite and humble towards her singing that her singing became a sensation and for a lady in the early 40’s and 50’s it’s unusual to have an ambition to...
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...LEADERSHIP THROUGH SPORTS. I SUPPOSE LEADRSHIP AT ONE TIME MEANT MUSCLE; BUT TODAY IT MEANS GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE. - MAHATMA GHANDHI CRICKET is a mixture of mind as well as physical game. It provides us some great examples over the issue of leadership and how certain traits affect the leadership ability. Cricket is always about a calm mind and violent body (this golden rule always work in each and every sphere of life). Cricket provides a wonderful insight of this fact and how leadership helps in getting this thumb rule is the core of our project. In this project we look deep into the role of a leader and how leader inspires other through words. We tried to find out how emotional intelligence shapes the leadership ability. In this project we would be focusing on this issue and will come up with some live examples. Our paper also presents a deep insight on what takes place when leaders are tested and what is the shelf-life of a leader. Key –words : CRICKET,LEADER,EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE INVENTORY CAN BE MANAGED BUT PEOPLE MUST BE LED……. H.ROSS PEROT . In the words of Stephen R.Convey, management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success, leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. Leadership is a perplexing issue. Winston...
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...Relaunch of Frooti-The 'Digen Verma' Campaign “Our aim was to create hype around the product, so we introduced a mysterious character called ‘Digen Verma.’ As our target audience is the youth segment, we wanted to showcase their rebellious spirit through Digen Verma.” -Ram Sehgal, MD, Everest Integrated Communications. ''Frooti has always been positioned as a drink for kids. Now, we want to position it as a drink for the youth, especially, the college-going teenagers. We therefore went in for a real life, down-to-earth person, who, like any college student likes to bunk classes, is a good sportsman and is a popular figure in the college, with whom the teenagers can actually associate themselves.'' -Alka Bhonsle, Management Consultant, Parle Agrochemicals. WHO IS DIGEN VERMA? There was no getting away from him. A poster at a bus stop in Chennai asked, “Will Digen Verma be in the next bus?” Or, when watching a movie; there was bound to be an interruption all of a sudden with a handwritten message saying, ‘Digen, your car is being towed’. And, outside in the car park, almost all the cars had stickers on them saying, ‘Digen Verma was here.’ In many commercial places in metros and even far off places like Simla, there were footmarks accompanied by the mysterious words ‘Digen Verma was here’ pasted. There were rumours galore about ‘Digen Verma’ and his identity. Some thought it was a campaign for the launch of some new fashion label, while others thought Digen Verma he was...
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...Current Affairs – 2012- February 1. The World’s Youngest MCP and CCNA, who has exceptionally highest IQ in the world ? Vishalini 11 year old Indian girl Vishalini, Born in Thirunelveli, a small city of Tamil Nadu. 2. Name the Pakistani cricketer who was released from jail because of good behaviour after serving half of his 6 month sentence. Mohammad Aamer 3. Which author’s autobiography release was cancelled at the Kolkata Book Fair? Taslima Nasreen 4. Name the luxury watch collection launched by Seiko Watch India at a price range of Rs.1-5 lakh per piece. Ananta 5. What value of overseas inflow was injected into Indian markets in January 2012? Rs.26,000 crore (US$5.08 billion) 6. Which guidelines have SEBI notified allowing companies to reduce promoter shareholding through private placement? Institutional Placement Programme (IPP) 7. Which company will acquire full control of UTV Software and Communications Ltd.? US-based Walt Disney 8. What is the value of IPO filed by Facebook? $5 billion 9. Expand SAR. Specific Absorption Rate 10. Who was awarded ‘Pride of India’ award by the IndianAmerican community in Washington? Mallikarjun Kharge 11. Name the book launched by Sonu Nigam authored by Priya Kumar. The Perfect World 12. Which Italian luxury brand is looking to bring its high-end homeware and furnishings retail stores to India? Giorgio Armani 13. Which country announced 3-day national mourning following violence at a football stadium in Port Said? Egypt 14. Who is World’s...
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...Adidas nike case study - Document Transcript 1. VS1 2. A COMPARITIVE ANALYSIS OF MARKETINGSTRATERGIES FOLLOWED BY NIKE AND ADIDAS TEAM MEMBERSANUPAMA VENU 09014CLAES JOTORP 09126DEEPAK TUSHIR 09032GUSTAV TENERZ 09128SAIRAM KRISHNAN 09088SANJAY SHARMA 09090SUNANDA SURESH 09112 2 3. INDEX1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. BRIEF ANALYSIS OF INDUSTRY 1.2. BRIEF DEFINITON OF INDUSTRY 1.2.1.TRENDS IN THE INDUSTRY 1.2.2.MARKET ANALYSIS 1.2.3.MAJOR PLAYERS AND MARKET SHARES 1.3. MAJOR FORCES SHAPING THE INDUSTRY 1.3.1.PORTER S FIVE FORCES 1.4. PREDICTION FOR 2009-2010 1.5. THE COMPANY AND MAJOR PRODUCT LINES 1.5.1.BRIEF HISTORY OF COMPANY 1.6. FLAGSHIP PRODUCTS, MAJOR PRODUCT LINES, RECENT FORAYS 1.7. HISTORY OF THE BRANDS2. MARKETING STRATERGY 2.1. CUSTOMERS 2.2. COMPETITORS 2.3. COLLABORATORS 2.4. COMPANY 2.5. CONTEXT 2.5.1.TECHNOLOGY 2.5.2.SOCIO CULTURAL 2.5.3.ECONOMIC3. SEGMENTATION, TARGETING, POSITIONING 3.1. MARKET SEGMENTATION 3.2. SEGMENTS TARGETED 3.3. POD S AND POP S 3.4. VALUE PROPOSITION 3.5. POSITIOING 3.6. EVOLUTION AS A BRAND4. MARKETING MIX 4.1. PRODUCT 4.2. PLACE 4.3. PRICING 4.4. PROMOTION5. ANALYSIS REPORT 5.1. CUSTOMER SURVEY 5.2. MARKETING STRATERGIES 5.3. PORTER S GENERIC STRATERGIES 5.4. CREATING VALUE 5.5. CAPTURING VALUE 5.6. SUSTAINING VALUE6. REFERENCES 3 4. INTRODUCTIONBrief Analysis of IndustrySport is an integral part of modern contemporary society. Sport has always been associatedwith discipline, dedication and perfection and hence sportsmen have always...
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...01-Aug-2014 Politics India President congratulates medal winners at CWG President of India Pranab Mukherjee has congratulated the Indian players who won the medals at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014. He gave his best wishes to Bijneesh Bajrang, Lalita, Navjot Kaur, Swati Singh and Lalita for their accomplishments in CWG. He wrote separate letters and said that the achievement of the players has proved that the Indian sportsmen are capable of reaching the top at the international level. 01-Aug-2014 Science and Technology Croma & Intel launch Windows 8.1 2-in-1 PC Croma & Intel have jointly launched two Windows 8.1-based devices – a 10.1-inch 2-in-1 PC with an attached keyboard, along with a tablet with 8-inch display feature. The 10-inch model will be available at a price of Rs 21,990 while the 8-inch model will be priced at Rs 13,990. The 8-inch tablet will only be available in the Croma outlets and the retail site of the company only. 01-Aug-2014 Sports Dipa Karmakar creates history for India in CWG After winning the Bronze medal in the artistic gymnastics event, Dipa Karmakar has created a history by becoming the first Indian woman and the second player from the country. Karmarkar collected 14.366 points to finish the third in the women’s vault final.England’s Claudia Fragapane bagged the gold medal with 14.633 and Silver went to Elsabeth Black. 01-Aug-2014 Business Jet Airways offers tickets for as low as Rs 1,499 Jet Airways declared a discounted...
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...October 2012 Current Affairs Study Material INTERNATIONAL Imran Khan on anti-drone ‘peace march’ to tribal belt Imran Khan on 6th October 2012 set off on a motorcade “peace march” to the terrorists-riddled South Waziristan to protest US drone strikes in the tribal belt. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Re-Elected for fourth term Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been re-elected for the third term. Mr Chavez defeated opposition leader Henrique Capriles. Mr Chavez garnered 54.42 per cent of the vote while his rival bagged 44 per cent votes. Pakistani youth support Malala Yousufzai Pakistani teenaged rights campaigner, Malala Yousafzai, who was on 14th October 2012 shot by the Taliban for publicly opposing them against the girl education.She got the support from all over the world. Ali Zidan elected Libya PM Libya’s 200-member General National Congress has elected a former congressman and human rights lawyer Ali Zidan as the country’s new Prime Minister on 14th October 2012. Austrian skydiver breaks sound barrier Austrian national Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from a height of 39 km, became the first skydiver to record the highest ever freefall and also the first human to go faster than the speed of sound. Five New Non-Permanent Member Countries Elected to UN Security Council UN General Assembly elected five new non-permanent members to the Security Council. The New Members are South Korea, Luxembourg, Argentina, Australia and Rwanda. Iran bans export of 50 basic foods to preserve...
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...Donald Bradman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Bradman" redirects here. For other uses, see Bradman (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Sir Donald Bradman DonaldBradman.jpg Personal information Full name Donald George Bradman Born 27 August 1908 Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia Died 25 February 2001 (aged 92) Kensington Park, South Australia, Australia Nickname The Don, The Boy from Bowral, Braddles Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1] Batting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm leg break Role Batsman International information National side Australia Test debut (cap 124) 30 November 1928 v England Last Test 18 August 1948 v England Domestic team information Years Team 1927–34 New South Wales 1935–49 South Australia Career statistics Competition Tests FC Matches 52 234 Runs scored 6,996 28,067 Batting average 99.94 95.14 100s/50s 29/13 117/69 Top score 334 452* Balls bowled 160 2114 Wickets 2 36 Bowling average 36.00 37.97 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 1/8 3/35 Catches/stumpings 32/– 131/1 Source: Cricinfo, 16 August 2007 Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest Test batsman of all time.[2] Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 is often cited as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport.[3] ...
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...Impact of Celebrity Endorsements on Brand Image Debiprasad Mukherjee* August 2009 * Debiprasad Mukherjee is a Business Process Management Consultant in IT Telecom domain. He has experience of working with Siemens, IBM, and Tech Mahindra in India and abroad. He holds Post graduation in Management from Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management, India and Bachelor in Technology in Electrical Engineering. His areas of interest are Brand Management, Consumer Behavior, Advertisement, Customer Relationship Management, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Master Data Management etc. Email:- debiprasad.mukherjee@techmahindra.com / debiprasad.mukherjee@gmail.com Contact: - Techno India Building, 6th Floor EM-4/1, Sector V, SaltLake, Kolkata-700091, INDIA Tel No: +91 334002 8146 / +91 9830318394 This paper can be downloaded from the Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1444814 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1444814 Abstract Celebrity endorsement has been established as one of the most popular tools of advertising in recent time. It has become a trend and perceived as a winning formula for product marketing and brand building. It is easy to choose a celebrity but it is tough to establish a strong association between the product and the endorser. While the magnitude of the impact of celebrity endorsement remains under the purview of gray spectacles, this paper is an effort to analyze...
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...www.ibpsexamguru.in Content: Current Affairs 2013 (December 2012,January 2013,febraury 2013,March 2013, April 2013 ) Howdy ! friends . we are providing Five months current affairs for all competitive exam preparation .. Source : Various Location on Web Portal . Contains : 1. International Awareness 2. National Awareness 3. States News 4. Confrences 5. Sports and News 6. Awards and honors 7. Persons In News 8. Important dates 9. Books and Authors 10. Science and technology 11. Economy News INTERNATIONAL Mahama Re-elected as Ghana’s President : On 10 December Ghana’s incumbent President John Dramani Mahama of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has won the country’s presidential election.Mahama took 50.70 percent of the total valid votes cast, while his closest challenger, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) obtained 47.74 percent.With his re-election, Mahama becomes the fourth president to be elected under the Forth Republic.He had served as Ghana’s vice president since 2009. UN, Pakistan Launched ‘Malala Fund’ : Pakistan joined forces with the United Nations on 10 December 2012 to launch a fund aimed at boosting girls’ education throughout the world.The fund is named for Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani girl. Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari also announced a $10-million donation for a global war chest to educate all girls by 2015 set up in the name of Malala Yousafzai for campaigning for girls’ education. Shinzo Abe Elected...
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...06/06/2016 MockBank United India Insurance 2016 Generalist AO Mock Test 1 Duration: 120 Minutes Total Marks: 200.0000 United India Insurance 2016 Generalist AO Mock Test 1 Reasoning Ability In each question below is given a group of letters followed by four combinations of digits/symbols lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to find out which of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters based on the coding and mark the letter of that combination as your answer. If none of the combinations correctly represents the group of letters, mark (E) i.e. 'None of these' as your answer. Letter : D O U S P N E L T W Q K Z Digit/Symbol Code : 2 @ 9 4 # % 3 8 5 1 $ 6 + Conditions (i) If the first and the last letters are vowels then first letter is coded by the code of third letter. (ii) If the first letter is vowel and the last letter is consonant then both codes are to be interchanged. (iii) If there is no any vowel in the group then third letter is coded by the code of fifth letter. 1. ESNQTO A %4$ @% 5 B %$ @4% 5 C %4% $ @ 5 D % $ @%4 5 E None of these Ans. C Sol. E S N Q T O Condition (i) % 4 % $ 5 @ 2. EEKETZ A +36353 B 35363+ C +63533 D 35336+ E None of these Ans. A Sol. E E K E T Z Condition (ii) + 3 6 3 5 3 3. PNTTSZ A #%54+4 B #%454+ C 454+#% D #%4+54 E None of these Ans. B Sol...
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