News Broadcasting
Get connected with India and Indians Worldwide with Go Yaar.com
MUMBAI: The Indian community in India and around the world now has an exciting and easy-to-use tool to connect and interact with friends, batch mates and colleagues online- GoYaar.com.
Go, Yaar! is unique among social networking websites in India that build directly on the communities that are already important to individuals — their schools, universities, and companies. The site was launched by an Indian-born former McKinsey & Company consultant in September 2006.
Registering using a company email address automatically validates a user as a member of a company community. Alternatively, users can indicate their school and over 3,000 college affiliations in India, the US, and Canada if registering using their personal email addresses.
Once registered, a user can design a personalized profile, interact with and meet new members of their academic and company communities, invite friends to events, and form groups. In addition, Go, Yaar! provides a set of highly flexible and fully integrated email, video, photo album, blogging, instant messaging and peer-to-peer collaboration tools, all as a one-stop source informs the release.
“With more than 40 million Internet users, India has just discovered the potential of social networking,” says Go, Yaar!’s CEO and founder, Phalgun Raju.
“There is a tremendous opportunity for Go, Yaar! to redefine the space and become India’s premier social networking destination given its focus on India and NRIs, its multitude of features, and its rapidly growing member base,” adds Raju.
The website is entirely free. “According to an April 2006 study by Nielsen/NetRatings, the top social networking sites in the U.S. are experiencing 47% annual growth,” explained Raju. “The social networking market in India is well positioned to grow even faster given India’s extremely rapid growth of Internet users and PC penetration.”
Go, Yaar! provides its members with customized privacy settings, which enable them to control who can view their content, and an ever-evolving robust set of interactive tools to create and share information while building relationships.
“To continuously enhance our users’ experience, we are targeting adding key new features every month to the site,” said Raju. “The growth of 4.5 million new mobile phone subscribers per month across the country will be a key driver for Go, Yaar!’s growth as we unveil mobile capabilities in the future.”
News Broadcasting
CNN-News18 to host Fury in the Gulf conclave on West Asia crisis
Three-hour summit to unpack geopolitical fallout and impact on India
MUMBAI: CNN-News18 is set to host a special three-hour broadcast, Fury in the Gulf – War Conclave, on April 7, aiming to decode the escalating West Asia crisis and its far-reaching implications for India.
Scheduled from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, the conclave comes at a time when tensions between Iran and the United States are reshaping global geopolitics and triggering economic uncertainty. With India’s deep energy ties, trade links and large diaspora in the Gulf, the developments carry significant domestic relevance.
Built around the theme ‘Conflict, Consequences, and The Future,’ the programme will feature six curated sessions combining one-on-one interviews and panel discussions. The focus is to cut through the clutter and offer viewers a clearer understanding of the fast-evolving situation.
Key sessions include ‘Diplomacy in Times of War’ featuring Shashi Tharoor, and ‘World After the Iran Conflict’ with voices such as Ram Madhav, Reuven Azar, representatives from the European Union and the Iranian Deputy Envoy. Another session titled ‘Another Dunkirk?’ will bring together K. J. S. Dhillon and Jitin Prasada among others.
CNN-News18 editorial affairs director Rahul Shivshankar said, “In times of war, clarity becomes the most powerful tool. Fury in the Gulf – War Conclave brings together credible voices to address the questions and confusion that arise amid an overwhelming influx of information.”
He added that the initiative is aimed at delivering “facts, perspective, and insight” at a time when misinformation can easily cloud public understanding.
Echoing the sentiment, CNN-News18 CEO– English and business news Smriti Mehra said the conflict marks a defining global moment, with consequences that extend well beyond the region. She noted that the conclave seeks to present the crisis with “depth, nuance and responsibility” so audiences can better grasp its real-world impact.
As geopolitical tensions continue to dominate headlines, the conclave positions itself as an attempt to bring order to the noise, offering viewers a structured, insight-led look at a complex and rapidly shifting global situation.
