Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Twin blasts at Chennai Central Station, woman dead, at least 10 injured

Two minor intensity bomb blasts took place on the Bangalore-Guwahati Express as it was approaching platform number 9 at the Chennai Central Station, killing one and injuring at least 10 others. The explosions took place on coaches S4 and S5 of the train.

At least 10 people are injured and one passenger is said to be critical. Police teams rush to spot.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Rani Mukerji ties the knot with Aditya Chopra in Italy

Finally, there's clarity on the relationship status of Aditya Chopra and Rani Mukerji. The Yash Raj Films (YRF) head honcho and actress exchanged vows in a small affair held in Italy on Monday, said an official announcement.

"We are happy to announce that Aditya Chopra and Rani Mukerji got married last night. The wedding was a very small intimate affair with very close family and friends," Rafiq Gangjee, vice-president (marketing and communications), YRF, said in a statement.

"We wish the couple a very happy married life," Gangjee added.

For Aditya, who is the elder son of late filmmaker Yash Chopra, it is his second marriage. He was earlier married to Payal Khanna.

Monday, April 21, 2014

Technial Writers [Reminder] STC India - Chennai One-day Regional Conference on April 26, 2014 @ HCL, Chennai Campus

Hello All,

The India chapter of Society for Technical Communication is pleased to announce a free webinar for Technical Communicators and Technical Editors. Please find the details below.

Webinar: Language Review – a Documentation manager’s Perspective
The session covers the importance of editing for the individual writer, other stakeholders, and the organization. It touches upon peer review and expectations from an editor. The speaker will also dwell on present day editing.

About the speaker
Surag Ramachandran is working as a Documentation Manager at the Financial Services Global Business Unit (FSGBU) of Oracle. In FSGBU, Surag works with the Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA), which focuses on the development of analytical applications for the Financial Services Industry.
Surag heads the international documentation and course curriculum team of 13 writers, who develop the end user documents and elearning materials for around 60 applications in OFSAA. Surag has developed the documentation processes for OFSAA and has built the documentation team from scratch.
Before moving to Oracle, he worked with Honeywell and has an overall industry experience of 15 + years in the field of technical writing.
Surag has presented in several STC conferences and has also contributed to the newsletters and magazines in the field of technical writing. Surag is a published author of short stories and also writes for kids in children’s magazines. He also pursues the hobby of making short videos and web series.

Date: Saturday, 10th May, 2014
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

It is a FREE webinar; however, registration is mandatory to receive the webinar details. For any questions, contact Radhika Hari atstcindiaeditingsig@gmail.com.

The last date of registration is Friday, 9th May, 2014.
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Radhika Hari
STC India Editing SIG Owner 2014
On behalf of STC India