MUMBAI: As the finance minister gets ready to present the Union Budget the nation awaits with abated breath to see if actions will speak louder than words this time. To analyze the expectations of various stakeholders from Union Budget 2010-2011. CNBC-TV18 presents a comprehensive line-up of programs coving all aspects of the expectations from the upcoming Budget, the challenges face by the Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee and this Budget will determine India‘s stance in the global arena.

CNBC-TV18 Budget Programming

India Inc. has shown the way by steadfast in face of global recession. As the world looks expectantly fiscal policies to be presented by finance minister CNBC-TV18 presents ‘What the World Thinks‘ with Udayan Mukherjee to give a global perspective to the Union Budget. This week Akash Prakash, CEO of Amansa Capital shares his expectations. Catch his views on Saturday 9 am & 10 pm and Sunday 10 am.

Measuring the performance of the UPA government and the promises met and missed, Sheeren Bhan this week brings ‘Sitaram Yechury‘ economist and one of the most vocal critics of UPA government‘s economic policies to share his report card on the government‘s performance this Saturday 8:30 pm and Sunday 7:30 pm & 10:30 pm

As the Indian economy gets back on track is it a right time for the Finance Minister to pull back the stimulus? This week Latha Venkatesh brings three experts from the Industry to look at the possible roadmap of rolling back the stimulus without hurting the economic growth. Watch Former Expenditure secretary-CM Vasudev, Former Planning Commission member- Kirit Parikh and Dr Partha Mukhopadhyay- senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, as the chart the blue print. Timings: Saturday 4:30 pm & 7:30 pm and Sunday 2 pm.

With just over a week to go for Budget 2010, how will the policy proposals affect personal budget of the citizens? Watch Gaurang Shah, MD, Kotak Life Insurance & Sanjay Sinha, CEO L&T Mutual Fund on their views what the near future holds for Personal Budget. Timings: Saturday 10:30 pm and Sunday 8 am & 7:30 pm

The Firm: Watch the special edition of the firm as Seshagiri Rao, Ketan Madia, Rohan Shah, Ketan Dalal & Sudhir Kapadia preview Budget 2010. Timings: Friday 10:30 pm and Sunday 11pm

A budget special featuring Dr Shankar Acharya of ICRIER, Dr Amit Mitra of FICCI and Rashesh Shah of Edelweiss as they discuss the stimulus exit expectations and ways to manage fiscal deficit. Timings: Saturday 12:30 pm & Sunday 10 pm

This week the show focuses on the most basic and critical sector- agriculture. With food supply falling short of demand Prof. Mahendra Dev, Chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices and Y K Alagh, Former Agriculture Minister and Planning Commission member, discuss various ways of providing an impetus to Indian agriculture. Timings: Saturday 10.30 am and 2 pm, Sunday 11 am and Monday 5.30 pm

MUMBAI: Set of cards and five gamblers play Teen Patti with RJ Rohit exclusively on Radio City 91.1 FM, on the stress-buster evening show Joyride. R Madhavan with debutants Dhruv Ganesh, Siddharth Kher, Vaibhav Talwar, and Shraddha Kapoor visited India?s leading radio network to teach listeners new rules of Teen Patti. R Madhavan revealed his experience working with iconic actors Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley and even clears the air around the film and his role as a professor cum gambler.

RJ Rohit, known for his madcap attitude, played a quick game of Teen Patti with the stars in the studio and learnt some interesting tricks on the mind game from them. He also caught reactions from the stars on whacky situations that Rohit put across to them! 

All stars had great time sharing their view and wisdom on the sets of Teen Patti. All in all, the entertaining show ?Joyride? turned out to be complete paisa vasool for all and lived up to its reputation of being a de-stresser.

A sustained focus on understanding listeners and leveraging the synergies of music expertise and innovative programming, allows Radio City to deliver a unique listening experience and be an integral part of the lives of listeners. Aggressively looking at spreading the Radio City experience to new markets across the country, Radio City 91.1FM is committed to growing the market and creating superlative content for discerning audiences.
 

MUMBAI: Times Now the country‘s number 1, English news channel has added two more shows to its bouquet of weekend programming, to keep you entertained along with keeping you abreast with all the latest news and analysis.
The two new shows ‘The Way We Live‘ a chat show and ‘BIO‘, a journey into the lives of living legends, kick off from this weekend, February 20.

Extraordinary situations give birth to extraordinary people. But, ‘The Way We Live‘ is about the ordinary people. A half hour chat show is one of its kinds, where ‘real‘ people come together to share ‘real‘ stories. Stories that changed their lives, stories that could perhaps, change yours too. A show that promises to look deep into issues and situations that are relevant to ordinary people.

‘BIO‘ a half hour journey into the lives of living legends is a story untold.

Everyone likes to hear a good story - a story of the trials of tribulations, a story of failures and success, a story that can inspire one to reach the pinnacle! There is a story behind each one of us but there are a few people whose stories are worth telling.

From musical maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, to India‘s global actor Anil Kapoor, to the singing sensation Sonu Nigam, every week take a look at the lives of extraordinary people from all walks of life. The show aims to bring to life their deepest fears, their moments of glory and the days of abject in their own words. A remarkable journey into their lives that shows what it takes to be a face that the world looks up to.

So catch all this and much more on every weekend only on TIMES NOW!!

MUMBAI: This year, best of NDTV?s editorial team brings a special and unmatched coverage of the upcoming Union Budget 2010 to provide uninterrupted and in-depth analysis of the most awaited economic event of the country. The entire coverage of the Union Budget 2010 will be led by Dr. Prannoy Roy, NDTV Chairman and channel?s expert commentators Dr. Surjit Bhalla and Dorab R Sopariwala. The shows will include comprehensive analysis and expert opinions on the budget and its impact on all sections of our society.

After the live coverage of the Finance Minister‘s speech on 26th February 2010 at 11:30am across NDTV Network, Dr. Roy will lead the analysis and preliminary discussion of implications of the budget. At the same time, experienced NDTV anchors and reporters based with the CII in Delhi, exclusively in the board room of the BSE in Mumbai and in the top corporate offices across the country will probe Corporate India‘s immediate reaction and outlook.

The list and schedule of show is as follows:

MUMBAI:The Nielsen Company has appointed Amit Adarkar as Nielsen Bases VP. He will be based out of Mumbai. As part of his new mandate he will report to Nielsen Bases, South Asia, Middle East, Africa and executive director consumer research South Asia, Prasun Basu.

"With Adarkar‘s understanding of the FMCG consumer space, a thorough handling of client‘s business and marketing challenges and his leadership skills, we hope to see him achieve great success for Nielsen" said Basu.
 
Adarkar will provide leadership to the India and South Africa businesses of Nielsen Bases. He will also play an important regional role for Unilever and will manage large Unilever hubs in Mumbai and Johannesburg.
 
"It is the best time to be in India managing my current profile at Nielsen Bases. The dynamism in the industry is exciting and inviting with its myriad challenges. It feels great to be back," said Adarkar.
 
Adarkar brings with him 17 years of rich and varied experience in research that spans FMCG, services and high-end manufacturing industries.

Prior to joining Nielsen, he was Market Probe MD India & Middle East operations.
 

MUMBAI: Big has never been this grand, entertainment has meant this much of exuberance and Marathi films for that matter have never spelt out as much excitement as Zee Talkies? Natarang has. Creatively stimulating, entertainingly enlightening and beautifully arresting, Natarang is a cinematic canvas with just the right strokes of acting talents, story, music, cinematography and but of course path breaking direction.

After receiving great applause from the viewers across the state and international film festivals, Natarang is completing its successful 50 days on 19th Feb.

In the week 4th of its release, Natarang had opened with subtitle print in Fame Big Cinema Andheri, PVR Juhu and Globus Bandra and it received overwhelming response.

Zee Talkies? NATARANG, undoubtedly one of the most talked about and highly appreciated films of recent times has risen more standards by winning the ?BEST INTERNATIONAL MARATHI FILM?SANT TUKARAM AWARD? at the 8th Pune International Film Festival. It has received highest 16 nominations for the Zee Gaurav Awards.

Not only Marathi audiences from classes and masses had highly appreciated the film but celebrities from Hindi industry also admired it.