Daiji World
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Daijiworld Media is an Indian private limited media company
, headquartered in Mangalore
, that provides news services. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal
, www.daijiworld.com. It was founded by Walter Nandalike, as www.daijidubai.com on January 14, 2001, primarily with the objective of relaying news from the Coastal Konkan
region of India
. It was later renamed as www.daijiworld.com, and established as a media company in 2007.
Daijiworld has currently a daily viewer-ship of around 100,000 visitors from around 180 countries, of which 60% of them are Non-resident Indian
(NRI) Mangaloreans
. The portal contains a variety of columns ranging from daily news, interviews, achievements, cookery, women interest, young world, and other information about Mangalore
, Coastal Karnataka
, Goa
, Mumbai
, and Middle-Eastern countries. Daijiworld was the first to introduce the concept of internet TV in Mangalore, and also runs TVDAIJIWORLD, which is in the test transmission stages. It also publishes a weekly named Daijiworld Weekly.
prank by Walter Nandalike, the Editor-in-chief of the portal. He had migrated to the Gulf for employment purposes, with no knowledge of computers. Having learnt about computers, he sent his first E-mail
to his friends on April 1, 2000 saying that he was hosting a site on the Net, which was meant to be a joke for April Fools' Day. His friends took him seriously and started inquiring about the site. Surprised by the levels of interest, Walter started thinking seriously about the project. He learnt computers thoroughly, and eight months later on January 14, 2001, launched www.daijidubai.com, primarily with the objective of hosting information and news pertaining to Konkani language
and society. The portal is now known as www.daijiworld.com Daiji in Konkani means "relation", and the portal was started by Walter and a group of writers of the Daiji Dubai Writers Forum with a view of promoting and encouraging awareness of culture and tradition.
In May 2005, the portal had been ranked 30,714, among the estimated 60 million websites in India by ranking.com, a premier web monitoring agency. In addition, internetsupervision.com, one of the world's largest website monitoring portals, had cited daijiworld.com as among the 100 most popular websites in the world, as of May 2005. The ranking was based on the last 10 days of performance of the website. Daijiworld had been cited alongside major portals such as Google
, Yahoo!
, eBay
, and Microsoft
. In March 2007, it established itself as a media company under the banner of "Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd". In order to cater to the increasing demand for news from India by the NRI's, an exclusive office was opened in Kankanady, Mangalore
with 40 correspondents spread across the twin districts of Dakshina Kannada
and Udupi
. On July 18, 2008, Daijiworld took a step further and inaugurated its Udupi office. In May 2009, Daijiworld announced that it will soon be launching an English weekly tabloid named Daijiworld Weekly, which would be promoted under the banner of a new company namely "Daijiworld Publications Pvt Ltd".
Limited company
A limited company is a company in which the liability of the members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Limited companies may be limited by shares or by guarantee. And the former of these, a limited company limited by shares, may be...
, headquartered in Mangalore
Mangalore
Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...
, that provides news services. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal
Web portal
A web portal or links page is a web site that functions as a point of access to information in the World Wide Web. A portal presents information from diverse sources in a unified way....
, www.daijiworld.com. It was founded by Walter Nandalike, as www.daijidubai.com on January 14, 2001, primarily with the objective of relaying news from the Coastal Konkan
Konkan
The Konkan also called the Konkan Coast or Karavali is a rugged section of the western coastline of India from Raigad to Mangalore...
region of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It was later renamed as www.daijiworld.com, and established as a media company in 2007.
Daijiworld has currently a daily viewer-ship of around 100,000 visitors from around 180 countries, of which 60% of them are Non-resident Indian
Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin
A Non-Resident Indian is an Indian citizen who has migrated to another country, a person of Indian origin who is born outside India, or a person of Indian origin who resides permanently outside India. Other terms with the same meaning are overseas Indian and expatriate Indian...
(NRI) Mangaloreans
Mangaloreans
Mangaloreans are generally considered to be a collection of ethnic group from the South Canara district on the south western coast of India. It can also refer to residents of Mangalore.-History:Historically, Tulu Nadu included the two separate lands of Haiva and Tuluva...
. The portal contains a variety of columns ranging from daily news, interviews, achievements, cookery, women interest, young world, and other information about Mangalore
Mangalore
Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...
, Coastal Karnataka
Kanara
The Kanara or Canara region comprises three coastal districts of Karnataka, namely Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada and Kasaragod district of Kerala in southwestern India. Kanara forms the southern part of the Konkan coast...
, Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, and Middle-Eastern countries. Daijiworld was the first to introduce the concept of internet TV in Mangalore, and also runs TVDAIJIWORLD, which is in the test transmission stages. It also publishes a weekly named Daijiworld Weekly.
History
Daijiworld Media was a result of an April Fools' DayApril Fools' Day
April Fools' Day is celebrated in different countries around the world on April 1 every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a national holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when many people play all kinds of jokes and foolishness...
prank by Walter Nandalike, the Editor-in-chief of the portal. He had migrated to the Gulf for employment purposes, with no knowledge of computers. Having learnt about computers, he sent his first E-mail
E-mail
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
to his friends on April 1, 2000 saying that he was hosting a site on the Net, which was meant to be a joke for April Fools' Day. His friends took him seriously and started inquiring about the site. Surprised by the levels of interest, Walter started thinking seriously about the project. He learnt computers thoroughly, and eight months later on January 14, 2001, launched www.daijidubai.com, primarily with the objective of hosting information and news pertaining to Konkani language
Konkani language
KonkaniKonkani is a name given to a group of several cognate dialects spoken along the narrow strip of land called Konkan, on the west coast of India. This is, however, somewhat an over-generalisation. Geographically, Konkan is defined roughly as the area between the river Damanganga to the north...
and society. The portal is now known as www.daijiworld.com Daiji in Konkani means "relation", and the portal was started by Walter and a group of writers of the Daiji Dubai Writers Forum with a view of promoting and encouraging awareness of culture and tradition.
In May 2005, the portal had been ranked 30,714, among the estimated 60 million websites in India by ranking.com, a premier web monitoring agency. In addition, internetsupervision.com, one of the world's largest website monitoring portals, had cited daijiworld.com as among the 100 most popular websites in the world, as of May 2005. The ranking was based on the last 10 days of performance of the website. Daijiworld had been cited alongside major portals such as Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
, Yahoo!
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
, eBay
EBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
, and Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
. In March 2007, it established itself as a media company under the banner of "Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd". In order to cater to the increasing demand for news from India by the NRI's, an exclusive office was opened in Kankanady, Mangalore
Mangalore
Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...
with 40 correspondents spread across the twin districts of Dakshina Kannada
Dakshina Kannada
- Geography :The district geography consists of sea shore in the west and Western Ghats in the east. The major rivers are Netravathi, Kumaradhara, Phalguni, Shambhavi, Nandini or Pavanje and Payaswini which all join Arabian sea. Vast areas of evergreen forests which once covered this district, have...
and Udupi
Udupi district
Udupi district , ಉಡುಪಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ) in the Karnataka state of India was created in August 1997. The three northern taluks, Udupi, Kundapur and Karkal, were separated from Dakshina Kannada District to form Udupi district. Udupi district is surrounded by Uttara Kannada district in north, Dakshina Kannada...
. On July 18, 2008, Daijiworld took a step further and inaugurated its Udupi office. In May 2009, Daijiworld announced that it will soon be launching an English weekly tabloid named Daijiworld Weekly, which would be promoted under the banner of a new company namely "Daijiworld Publications Pvt Ltd".
Revenue
Daijiworld derives its revenue from advertising, and contributions from sponsors and subscribers.External links
- Daijiworld Official Website
- TVdaijiworld on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Daijiworld Traffic Analysis on Compete.comCompete.comCompete.com is a web traffic analysis service of Compete, Inc. which operates in the United States and publishes the approximate number of global visitors to the top 1,000,000 web sites in the world...
- Daijiworld Traffic Data on websiteoutlook