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Honda Civic bags ‘NDTV Profit Car & Bike Award’ Car of the Year
MUMBAI: Hero Honda CBZ X-Treme & Honda Civic were named as the best bike and the best car of 2006 at the annual ‘NDTV Profit Car & Bike India Awards’ event in Mumbai. Honda Civic and TVS Apache won the Viewers’ Choice awards and the Marketing Team award went to General Motors. Mr. Anand Mahindra was awarded the ‘NDTV Profit Car & Bike Automobile Man of the Year’.
Speaking on the occasion, Honda Siel Cars India president and CEO M Takedagawa said, ‘Civic has done us proud across the world with its style, technology and its ability to adapt ongoing innovation and its heartening to know it’s the same for India’.
Hero Honda managing director Pawan Munjal while accepting the Bike of the year for CBZ X-Treme said, ‘This award is a tribute to Hero Honda and all in the Hero Honda family’.
Mahindra and Mahindra vice chairman and managing director Anand Mahindra on being awarded Automotive Man of the Year award said, ‘I am happy to receive the award from a prestigious and credible organization like NDTV and I dedicate this award to the entire Mahindra team’.
The second edition of ‘CNB-AAA Awards 2007’, in association with Car India and Bike India was witnessed by the nation’s top professionals corporate honchos from the auto industry. The NDTV Profit Car and Bike awards celebrates the best design, unmatched technology, style and performance in the automobile industry and awards the best vehicles that dominated the markets.
CNB-AAA Awards is an attempt to award the best in the automobile industry as showcased in the Car and Bike and All About Ads shows. The event was presented across 30 different categories at a special awards ceremony at Mumbai.
Some of the unique award categories that were incorporated this year included best commercial vehicles awards, vehicle Design and imported vehicles award.
** Winners in respective categories:
Cars
Honda Civic – Car of the Year
Maruti and General Motors – Car Manufacturer of the Year.
The category saw a tie between the two automobile manufacturers.
Chevrolet Aveo U-VA – Small Car of the Year
Hyundai Verna – Mid-size Car of the Year
Honda Civic – Executive Car of the Year
Toyota Camry – Premium Car of the Year
Honda CR-V- SUV of the Year
Audi Q7- Import SUV of the Year
Porsche 911 Carrera 4S- Import Car of the Year
Aspire Asymmetric Tyre, Apollo Tyres – Automotive Product of the Year
ABS ESP from MICO BOSCH – Automotive Technology of the Year
Bikes
Hero Honda CBZ X-Treme – Bike of the Year
Bajaj Auto Limited – Bike Manufacturer of the Year
Bajaj Platina – Bike of the Year upto 100 cc
Yamaha Gladiator – Bike of the Year upto 125 cc
Hero Honda CBZ X-Treme- Bike of the Year upto 150 cc
Kinetic Blaze – Scooter of the Year
PGM-FI from Hero Honda – Bike Technology of the Year
Commercial Vehicles
Force MAN L49 Tractor Head – CV of the Year
Tata Motors Limited- CV Manufacturer of the Year
Volvo B7R – CV Technology of the Year
Special Award
Karun Chandhok – Indian Motorsport Award
Honda Civic – Automotive Design of the year Automotive
Man of the Year Mahindra & Mahindra vice chairman and managing director Anand Mahindra
CNB/NDTV AWARDS
M&M Scorpio – CNB-AAA Creative Print Campaign of the year
Zen Estilo – CNB-AAA Creative TV Campaign of the year
General Motors – CNB-AAA Marketing team of the year
Honda and General Motors (Tie & award shared between the two)
CNB-AAA PR & Viewer’s Choice Awards
TVS Apache – CNB-AAA Viewers’ choice Bike of the Year
Honda Civic – CNB-AAA Viewers’ choice Car of the Year
Aamir Khan (Toyota Innova) – CNB-AAA Brand Ambassador of the Year.
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BBC to cut up to 2,000 jobs in biggest overhaul in 15 years
Cost pressures and leadership change drive major workforce reduction plan
LONDON: BBC has unveiled plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs, roughly 10 per cent of its global workforce, in what marks its biggest downsizing in 15 years.
The announcement was made during an all-staff meeting led by interim director-general Rhodri Talfan Davies, as the broadcaster moves to tackle mounting financial pressures and reshape its operations.
Between 1,800 and 2,000 roles are expected to be eliminated from a workforce of around 21,500. The cuts form part of a broader plan to save £500 million over the next two years, aimed at offsetting rising costs, stagnating licence fee income and weaker commercial revenues.
In a communication to staff, BBC interim director-general Rhodri Talfan Davies said, “I know this creates real uncertainty, but we wanted to be open about the challenge,” acknowledging the impact the move would have across the organisation.
The restructuring comes at a time of leadership transition. Former director-general Tim Davie stepped down earlier this month, with Matt Brittin, a former Google executive, set to take over the role on May 18, 2026.
While some cost-cutting measures are being implemented immediately, the majority of the structural changes are expected to roll out over the next few years, with full savings targeted by the 2027–2028 financial year.
The broadcaster had earlier signalled its intent to reduce its cost base by around 10 per cent over a three-year period, warning of “difficult choices” as it adapts to shifting economic realities and audience expectations.
With operating costs hovering around £6 billion annually, the BBC’s latest move underscores the scale of the financial challenge it faces, as it balances public service commitments with the need for long-term sustainability in an increasingly competitive media landscape.
