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Mrs. India pageant invites entries for ‘Bombay Dyeing Gladrags Mrs. India 2007’ contest
MUMBAI: Its Mrs. India time again! Bombay Dyeing along with Gladrags, the lifestyle and fashion bimonthly, has called for entries for the Bombay Dyeing Gladrags Mrs. India 2007. Entries have been pouring in from all across the country with the regional selection rounds conducted by Mrs. Maureen Wadia, the President of Gladrags Beauty Pageants and the organiser of the Mrs. India and the MegaModel and Manhunt Contests held annually. The selection rounds will take place in Delhi, Chandigarh, Bangalore and Mumbai. The Mumbai selection round will take place on Thursday, 12 October 2006 from 12 noon onwards at Gladrags Career Academy, Wadala. |
Mrs. India contest invites married Indian women aspirants under the age of 50 years to participate in this pageant. It also welcomes entries from divorcees.
Speaking about the contest, President of Gladrags Beauty Pageant Maureen Wadia says, “The Mrs. India pageant is a celebration of the contemporary Indian married woman. She’s a wife, a mother and a multi-talented achiever who maintains that perfect balance between her home, her family and her career if she has one. She is a woman that husbands and families are proud of. She walks a trapeze all her life, balancing all her responsibilities equally.” |
| Bombay Dyeing Gladrags Mrs. India 2006 title holder Shillpa A. Singh, expresses, “Bombay Dyeing Gladrags Mrs. India has not only made me realise my full potential but also given me the courage and confidence to progress my life with forgotten dreams. It has literally been a stepping stone to my success and honed me to become what I am today — a woman of substance. Thank you Bombay Dyeing and Gladrags so much for giving me the opportunity to be where every woman aspires to be.” |
This beauty pageant for married woman is the springboard to international acclaim for the aspirants. The winners will represent India at Mrs. India in Las Vegas and at Mrs. Globe International pageant this year. The Bombay Dyeing Gladrags Mrs. India Contest Winners Over the last six years Bombay Dyeing and Gladrags have together taken Indian married women to a new level by holding the Mrs. India Contest together. Aditi Govitrikar won the Gladrags Mega Model in 1996. As Mrs. India, Aditi represented India at the Mrs. World Contest in Las Vegas, and won Mrs. World in 2001. Mrs. Jasmine D’Souza of Mumbai won the Mrs. India Contest in 2002. She was in a tie with Mrs. U.S.A. for winning the title Mrs. Tania Soni of Hyderabad won the Mrs. India Contest in 2003. Mrs Naina Dhaliwal of Chandigarh won the Mrs. India Contest in 2004. Mrs. Shilpa Reddy of Hyderabad won the Mrs. India Contest in 2005. Mrs. Shillpa A. Singh of Mumbai won the Mrs. India Contest in 2006. |
Selected contestants from all states will represent their state at the all India Finals of the Mrs. India Contest, to be held in Mumbai in early December 2006.
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Google nears Nvidia in race for world’s most valuable company
Market cap gap narrows as Google hits $4.65 trillion, Nvidia at $4.86 trillion.
MUMBAI: In the AI gold rush, even the giants are sprinting and Google is suddenly gaining ground. Google is rapidly closing in on Nvidia in the race to become the world’s most valuable publicly listed company, with the gap between the two narrowing sharply amid diverging stock momentum. The tech giant’s market capitalisation has surged to around $4.65 trillion, following a more than 140 per cent rise in its share price over the past year.
That rally has added over $2.6 trillion in value in just 12 months, including nearly $900 billion since January alone. Its stock recently hovered at $381.80, slipping marginally by 0.04 per cent, but still reflecting strong upward momentum.
Nvidia, meanwhile, continues to hold the top spot with a valuation of approximately $4.86 trillion. The chipmaker crossed the $5 trillion milestone in October last year and peaked at $5.27 trillion on 27 April. However, its shares have largely plateaued over the past six months, rising just 0.2 per cent recently to $199.99.
The contrast in trajectories is striking. While Nvidia has seen relatively flat movement, Google has gained over 36 per cent in the same six-month period. Barron’s estimates suggest that if current trends hold, the valuation gap could shrink to as little as $190 million by the time Nvidia reports its first-quarter earnings on 20 May.
Daily momentum paints a similar picture. Nvidia recorded average daily gains of about 0.66 per cent last month, compared to Google’s stronger 1.42 per cent, an edge that could prove decisive in the short term.
Driving Google’s resurgence is its aggressive push into artificial intelligence across its ecosystem, from search and YouTube to cloud computing. The company has already invested $144 billion in capital expenditure over the past two years and plans to deploy a further $490 billion over the next two.
Its cloud division is also gathering pace. Google Cloud reported an order backlog of nearly $220 billion in the latest quarter, with total backlog touching a record $462 billion, around half of which is expected to be realised within two years. The company’s entry into chip sales is also beginning to factor into its growth narrative.
The last time Google briefly topped the S&P 500 by market value was in February 2016, when it edged past Apple for just two days. This time, the stakes and the numbers are far higher.
At the heart of the contest lies a single force: artificial intelligence. As both companies pour billions into infrastructure, chips and platforms, the leaderboard is no longer just about size, it is about who can scale the future faster.
