September 2, 2015 - Snapdeal-owned online recharge firm FreeCharge appoints Sudeep Tandon as chief business officer

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Digital Snapdeal-owned online recharge firm FreeCharge appoints Sudeep Tandon as chief business officer Online recharge and utility payments portal FreeCharge, which was acquired in April by e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal, has appointed Sudeep Tandon as chief business officer. Digital Flipkart buys majority stake in payment services startup FX Mart Last year, Flipkart had shut its payment gateway PayZippy. Digital Zomato picks up stakes in logistics firms Pickingo, Grab; and partners with Delhivery Online restaurant guide and food ordering company Zomato has picked up stakes in logistics firms Pickingo and Grab and partnered with Delhivery to leverage its food delivery services. Digital Paris-based accelerator Numa eyes 10 Indian startups for its first batch Paris-based Numa seeks to bring on board ten young firms for the first batch of its startup accelerator programme in Bangalore. Retail Flipkart to move data centres across cities in-house, may open up in future for use by others like Amazon's AWS Valued at about $15 billion, India's largest online retailer has built data centres across various metro cities such as Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru... Retail How Delhi-based online modular furnishing solution provider Superwood grew 400% in 1 year Superwood gives customers the flexibility to shortlist a design from its website (Superwood.in) and send a layout of the property. Retail Counterfeit goods real challenge to 'Make in India': Report The counterfeit market is growing at a rate of 44% and has touched Rs 1.05 lakh crore in size in 2014, according to 'Sell SMART' report... Retail How startups, ecommerce firms are attracting executives from Coke, Pepsi Job portal iimjobs.com currently has about 150 employees from Coca-Cola and Pepsi with work experience of about 10 years looking for another job... Telecom Indian Cell Tower Companies Eye Renewable Energy To Cut Costs Cell tower operators in India are increasingly looking to switch to renewable energy sources to reduce their costs and increase the reliability of their power supply. Telecom 4G for cheap: The best budget 4G smartphones in the market 4G for cheap: The best budget 4G smartphones in the market - Here's our roundup of the best bang for buck 4G smartphones available on the market today. Telecom Essar was controlling Loop Telecom Ltd, facts misrepresented before DoT: CBI CBI told a special court that Essar was "effectively controlling" Loop Telecom which had "fraudulently and dishonestly" misrepresented facts. Telecom Google changes logo to better suit mobile devices Google on Tuesday refreshed its logo to better suit mobile devices that are supplanting desktop computers when it comes to modern Internet lifestyles. Finance Bank of India adopts risk management tool to curb fraudulent card transactions Bank of India has adopted a fraud risk management solution for all its card-related businesses, the latest lender to invest in technology to curb surging fraudulent transaction levels. Finance Max India in talks with PE firms to sell 22% stake in Max Life Insurance Max India is in talks with four private equity firms for the sale of a 22 per cent stake in Max Life Insurance, two people familiar with the plan said. Finance KKR to raise Rs1,500 cr credit fund for India investments Money for the new fund will be raised from HNIs and family offices in India with a co-investment option for the parent company Finance Venture capital funding in agri start-ups picking up in India: Omnivore Partners Lack of institutional funding through banks and Non- Banking Financial Company has prompted entrepreneurs to go for venture capital, it said. Food/FMCG Coca-Cola gives Deepak Jolly charge of promoting niche brands Jolly, in his new position would have responsibility of setting up a new function within the company, which will promote its growing portfolio of niche brands. Food/FMCG Can 'Getting Future Ready' strategy reposition Dabur's 130-year old brand image The move, says Sunil Duggal, CEO of the Rs 7,800-cr Burman family owned firm, gives a clear focus to the organisation in terms of future M&A, innovation and growth. Food/FMCG Lite Bite Foods forms joint venture with HMSHost; to invest Rs 100 crore The JV, named as 'Lite Bite Foods HMSHost', will focus to develop travel destinations and will open outlets at airports, stations and highways. Food/FMCG Indian consumer confidence highest in Asia-Pacific : MasterCard Majority of Indians bullish about job prospects, economic outlook Software TCS sets up Japan-centric delivery centre to boost margins Tata Consultancy Services said it was creating a Japan-centric delivery centre in its Pune IT Park to augment capabilities of its Japan workforce, a move that will also help the company improve margins in that market. Software Android Wear integrates with iOS : Now use a Google smartwatch with your iPhone Google has finally opened up the Google Wear platform and gone ahead and released an iOS app! That enables iPhone users to use a Google Android-powered smartwatch instead of having to go for the Apple Watch. Software Google unveils a redesign of its iconic logo as it prepares to join Alphabet Google Inc unveiled a redesign of its iconic logo on Tuesday, the fifth such modification since the search engine giant started in 1998, the company said. Software Apple is exploring to get into original programming business, says Report The moment the media and technology industries have been expecting for years may finally be arriving: Apple is exploring getting into the original programming business. Sources indicate the Cuperti... Ecommerce Flipkart hits back at Snapdeal; sets Rs 65,000 crore sales target during fiscal 2016 Bansal, who cofounded Myntra, said Flipkart is aiming to sell goods worth $100 billion in 5-7 years, by which time he predicted that the retail industry would be worth $1 trillion with online sales accounting for 15-20 per cent of the total. "We will ... Ecommerce Bengaluru-based Reverie Technologies raises $4 M Series A funding from Aspada and Qualcomm Ventures Reverie has raised an amount of $4 million in Series A funding from Aspada and Qualcomm Ventures. Ecommerce Flipkart acquires payment services firm FX Mart for Rs 45.4 crore to add a payment service on its platform Flipkart is reportedly planning to launch a payment service on its mobile apps in the next three months. HR Reliance Jio offering up to 60% pay hikes to poach staff from incumbents Around 20 mid-management level executives at Tata Teleservices Kerala operations quit the company and joined Reliance Jio Infocomm, enticed by a 20-30% salary hike. HR Temp staffing jobs set to boom; ecommerce, retail to hire for sales, customer care support Staffing firms who are inundated with requests for thousands of temporary workers, said ecommerce is the biggest growth driver this season. HR 3000 set to lose UPCL jobs The contracts of over 3,000 employees working in Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited will not be renewed as the state high court ordered UPNL to only recommend ex-servicemen for the government job HR SAP Labs announces Rs 1 lakh monthly aid to deceased staffers' families The Care For Life fund, launched three years ago, is fully employeemanaged. To join, an employee needs to contribute Rs 100 a month. Logistics International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) draft approval: Big step forward on India-Iran-Russia corridor INSTC could serve as the route for Southeast Asian countries to send their cargo to Europe instead of the Suez Canal to cut down on cost and time. Logistics Templeton's emerging markets fund invests in Vietnamese logistics firm ITL which had a t/o of $110 million last year Indo Trans Logistics Corporation (ITL) – has picked up a $15.8 million investment from Franklin Templeton, the global investment firm announced. Logistics Uber plans own mobile payment wallet in India; Airtel money will power its platform At present, consumers can pay for Uber trips via Paytm wallet. It recently tied up with Airtel Money to facilitate payments via the latter's wallet as well. Logistics All-India strike to heighten transport troubles in U'khand; this is against the Centers Road Transport Safety Bill Thousands of taxis, buses and other means of public transport will stay off the roads starting Tuesday midnight, as transporters' unions have announced that they will join the day-long nationwide strike called by central trade unions against the Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2015 Construction Prime Minister Narendra Modi woos Bihar with promise of development Modi says development will be the principal electoral plank in the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar Construction NSEL investor group asks Sebi to probe FTIL role in NSEL scam Issues related to the firm siphoning off funds along with insider trading and stock price manipulation need to be probed by Sebi, the group says Construction Unishire raises Rs 126cr through issue of NCDs The funds raised will be utilised for clearing high cost debt, on-going projects construction and also for expansion, the company said in a statement... Construction Builders in unaffordable Mumbai, Delhi markets to face challenging environment over next 12 months: Moody's Moody's Investors Service said that India's largest property developers will continue to face a challenging operating environment over the next 12 months.. Marketing Mullen Lowe Lintas Group hires Sriharsh Grandhe to head LinEngage : Report Prior to joining LinEngage, Grandhe was with the WPP firm, Possible Worldwide Singapore as the engagement director. | Mullen Lowe Lintas Group hires Sriharsh Grandhe to head LinEngage | Indian Television Dot Com Marketing NetworkPlay to Exclusively Monetize Airtel Digital TV's Ad Inventory In addition to DTH advertising, SVG Media delivers performance, mobile and native advertising to digital marketers and advertisers. | NetworkPlay bags Airtel Digital TV's monetization mandate | Indian Television Dot Com Marketing 2015: A Year of Apps in Advertising? : Report Ad Age is the leading global source of news, intelligence and conversation for marketing and media communities In the last 12 months, app companies (they do not include Flipkart, Snapdeal and Myntra who have made a transition to apps) have allocated huge marketing budgets towards mass media advertising. Marketing India accuses Google of stifling competition : Report Indian authorities have accused internet giant Google of abusing its dominance in search advertising. Politics RSS likely to discuss census, OROP at three day meet, PM Modi likely to attend The three-day coordination meeting of RSS and its affiliates will be bigger than usual and issues like census figures and OROP may come up for discussion during the exercise which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend. Politics Arun Jaitley is also right on OROP, but the issue needs a compromise solution With every passing day, the issue of OROP - one rank, one pension for retired armed forces personnel - is likely to become more unsolvable. Politics PM Modi's shallow remarks at Bhagalpur a result of falling GDP, Sensex: Nitish Kumar Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on "package" saying he made "shallow" comments. Politics Renaming Aurangzeb Road is trying to rewrite Delhi's history, please intervene: Sharad Yadav writes to PM Modi JD(U) voiced its reservations about NDMC decision to rename Aurangzeb Road after former President APJ Abdul Kalam, and requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene into the matter saying it will open "pandora's box". Sports India clinch final Test to win series in Sri Lanka after 22 years New-look India win series in SL after 22 years— their first on foreign soil since 2011 — in thrilling fashion. Sports India vs Sri Lanka, Day 5 Stats: Ishant Sharma joins 200 club Ishant Sharma is the eight Indian bowler and the fourth speedster to complete 200 wickets or more in Tests. Sports Ishant, Chandimal handed one-match bans Ishant Sharma and Dinesh Chandimal have been handed one-match suspensions for their behaviour in the SSC Test Sports L Devendro Singh enters Asian Championships semis, qualifies for Worlds Devendro Singh out-punched Cornelis Kwangu Langu of Indonesia 3-0 in his quarterfinal bout. Entertainment Bill Murray credits Wiig, McCarthy for 'Ghostbusters' cameo Bill Murray was skeptical about being a part of "Ghostbusters" reboot, but Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy changed his mind. Entertainment Hansal Mehta's 'Aligarh' to screen at BFI London Film Festival National Award-winning filmmaker Hansal Mehta's upcoming film "Aligarh" will be screened at the 59th BFI London Film Festival. Entertainment Amitabh Bachchan resumes Twitter, supports Dharavi kids' effort Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is back on micro-blogging site Twitter after it was hacked and adult sites were planted on it. 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