MUMBAI: Zee News producer Rajeet Ranjan Sinha has won the 'Reporting HIV/ AIDS - EU- India Media Awards 2006' in the television Category.

The story was covered in the Program Jaago India wich aired on 8 November.

The EU-India-Media-Awards have been instituted under the EU-India Media Initiative on HIV/AIDS, a project implemented by The Thomson Foundation with the financial assistance of the European Union.

Six journalists have been felicitated under the scheme by the Commonwealth Broadcast Association. Two awardees each from television, radio and print respectively were selected, thereby rewarding the representatives of the most widespread communication chains. The awardees will get the opportunity to travel to the UK for a study tour in December 2006 in the field of HIV/AIDS and thus, through personal interactions and convergence of knowledge, further their professional awareness about HIV/AIDS.

Zee News will re-telecast the award winning episode of Jaago India on World AIDS Day (1 December) at 07:30 pm.