Travelers cannot ask anything more this summer. The air line players have reduced their price to rock bottom price of Rs.1. And some are doing away with the fuel surcharge or dropping the price by around 40%.

Most airlines have these offers on for bookings made until April 30. Leading the summer slam are low-cost carriers such as IndiGo, SpiceJet and Go Air, some of which have dropped their basic fare prices to 0 or Re 1.SpiceJet is offering a Re 1 fare from Bangalore to Mumbai for travel in May. The full service carriers like Kingfisher and Jet Airways too have dropped their basic fare price to Rs 200.

These summer special fares are also 20% to 30% cheaper than what was on offer last year. The reason is that air travel is still reeling under a demand slump.

The reason for low fares could be a slump or any other reason besides that but the travelers, business men and professionals and families are sure to enjoy summer. You can read many such articles related to the travel industry in the group “Travel Representations in India“

There has been an upsurge in the demand of Indian students globally owing to recession. Many countries have been relying heavily on education as a prime export for their country. USA, Australia and UK have been the most preferred destinations of students for higher studies. However since last year there has been a fall in the number of applications for visa processing. USA and UK have had a huge fall in the numbers but Australia has still managed to keep it high. This is mainly owing to the infrastructure and economic condition of their economy which is the least hit among the major names. Many students from all over India have been coming regularly to this place looking for better future prospects. This island nation has managed to keep its flag high even in difficult times.

There are some universities logged into ZaaBiz, find out more about them from us. Log into Students at UTS group to gain more information about the university from the resident students. Its a good international exposure for Indian students.

It was a proud day for Bachchan family as well as an immemorable moment for wife Twinkle when Bollywood actos Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Akshay Kumar were conferred the Padmashree Awards 2009 on 31st March by the Indian President Pratibha Patil.

Besides the two actors the other recipients Padma shree awards were Helen for her contribution to Indian cinema, Shamshad Begum for her contribution to music, Ashok Ganguly the director of Reserve Bank of India and Sister Nirmala for her missionaries of Charity.

Prama Shri is an award given by the Government of India generally to Indian citizens to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Art, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Social Service and public life.

Dr Kakodkar was the recipient of Padma Vibhushan award for his contribution towards nuclear science and technology . The Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan are India’s second and third highest civilian honour respectively. It consists of a medal and a citation and is awarded by the President of India

We at ZaaBiz acknowledge their contribution to their respective feilds and congratulate all the recipients for this unique acheivement.

With ZaaBiz turning another year older, our Birthday bash for Indian members continue. In continuation to last weeks plan wherein we had asked you to help three of your friends join the ZaaBiz network. If you have invited them as your business contacts - well done, do use our reminder functionality if they haven’t signed up until now. You still have time, up to the 15th of April, at least three of your contacts need to join by then.

And for this week we are asking you to join one or more of our 250 odd business groups . There are so many interesting ones, such as ‘Business Networking Group Mumbai‘, ‘Business Bunch:Chennai‘ or ‘Gateway to India‘ and many more.

Leave a comment in any of the forums and make yourself heard. This is a great way of getting in contact with other members on ZaaBiz.

So, do not wait – start inviting now, join one of our business groups and be eligible for the draw.

Continue reading the blog for regular updates on the competition. All the best and hurry up.

Group discussions are one of the most important aspects of Business Networking. A lot of networkers on ZaaBiz are keen to read articles, write articles and post comments and views in their group(s). In order to keep a track of the new articles posted in your own buisness group(s), we have introduced a new article alert functionality. The functionality would send a notification when any new article is posted by any of the members in the group. This not only saves time but lets you read article quickly and respond to the same quickly. Below mentioned is the specimen of the article alert.

In part of this notification, we have also introduced an alert for “most read articles” in the group(s) which will enable you know about the most read articles and topics of all the groups that you have subscribed to.  The functionality has been launched in last week has got a tremendous response from the ZaaBiz members. Hope you would enjoy these group(s) notifications from ZaaBziz.

Cheers and Keep Networking!

It is finally between these two leaders L.K.Advani and our current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. History has seen it all their abilities, their worth and their deeds.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been the ex governor of Reserve Bank of India and is currently the PM of India. This man had set the ball rolling for India during 1992 opening the Indian market for foreign companies. He has proven his abilities as a good administrator in the last 5 years.

L.K Advani, the current leader of the opposition has rebellious ideas and promises to turn around things for India. He was the second in lead for BJP five years ago when they were the ruling party. He has been around for a long time and aspires to serve India as its Prime Minister for the next five years.

It is a tough call, who do you think will win? We at ZaaBiz are keeping our cards open and leaving it for the polls decide. May the best man win.

India has been climbing the charts of success in terms of its medical facilities. It has one of the most advanced medical treatments globally. In fact it ranks second in the world after United States. Earlier there were patients from all over Asia coming over to India for treatment; off late this has also been joined people from Europe and America.

Cheaper treatment is a huge attraction and, during recession, that’s a big fact. But other factors, too, have contributed to the growth of medical tourism in India. In the south it is mainly Apollo in Chennai which has a big name in the medical world followed by Shankar Nethralaya which is one of the biggest eye banks of Asia. Such establishments have changed a lot of perception of the country in the eyes of travelers from all over the globe.

The employees of State Bank if India (SBI) are busy like never before. SBI is the sole booking agent for NANO across India. After the successful launch of the world’s cheapest car, lacs of application forms have been distributed.

SBI has an exclusive contract with TATA Motors for the management of the bookings of Nano. As part of the deal, the application forms will be distributed at the over 11,000 branches across India. The product loan will also be available at SBI with the meager down payment of Rs. 2,999. Due to the huge response and demand for the application forms SBI has set up a 24×7 helpline to facilitate the booking process. All the unsuccessful candidates will be refunded their payments at the SBI branches only.

It is hard to believe the excellent response that Nano has got. It seems either India is unaffected by the economic downturn  or the price of the car is catch point for the Indian consumers wanting to drive a car.

You can read such news, articles and post your opinion on Nano in the group “Nano-People’s car”

It is almost exactly one year ago, since ZaaBiz decided to focus on India with a special team and with dedicated content. Twelve months later we are clearly the leading business network focusing on Indian Australian business relationships.

So to thank you for a great year of business networking, we’re giving you the chance to win INR 4,999 in cash. We’re calling it the ZaaBiz Indian Birthday give away.

To enter the draw, we will ask a series of actions from you over the next 3 weeks, the most active members will enter the draw.

All you need to do this week is help three of your friends join the ZaaBiz network. Invite your business contacts to the platform, and if three of them sign up between now and the 15th of April, you have started to become available for the draw. So do not wait – start inviting now and be eligible for the draw.

Next week we will give you an additional task, there is plenty of time to become active, but only the most active members will have a chance to win! We are looking forward to celebrating with you - Happy Birthday ZaaBiz in India.

Click here to read how our birthday celebrations continue.

Your ZaaBiz Team India

Being part of media in India is always cool. If you are in media, you are perceived to have an edge over others or are positioned differently. You have the freedom to express your ideas, views and obervation through a platform which is viewed, read and followed by thousands. This is the magic of media.

Although media has grown by leaps and bounds in last 5 years but there are many who still dream to live the personality of a media guy. People desire to write on topics that entice them and are of their interest. The topic could be from marketing, finance, travel, networking, IT, entertainment etc.

Here is a chance for you to accomplish your dream.  We are looking for ZaaBiz members who would like to contribute to the ZaaBiz affiliated blogs and newsletters. We think our members have a lot to say and, because our main priority is helping you generate business contacts, we want to expose you and your business to the 150 000 members we have on our platform and many more who happen to read our blogs.  Join now and make youself heard to the entire business fraternity on ZaaBiz.

All you have to do is sign in to your ZaaBiz account and connect with member Sarah Stanford. Send her a message to register your interest, and she’ll take it from there! We look forward to hearing from you.