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Sports Narsingh Yadav doping controversy: Hearing ends, verdict to be delivered soon Narsingh Yadav to learn his fate on either Saturday or Monday following the conclusion of a two-day disciplinary panel hearing. Advt: Work for the best employer - Yourself Advantages - Best B2B audience in India, no hard-selling or up-front costs involved, access to our content repository and air-tight agreements with instant gratification. Apply now   Sports Rio 2016 Olympics: Sania Mirza, women’s doubles and mixed doubles tennis Sania Mirza qualified for the Olympics thanks to her World No 1 ranking on the cutoff date of June 6. Sports Kusal Mendis’ masterclass suggests life for Sri Lanka after batting greats By the time he walked off, Mendis was unbeaten on 169 after a 243-ball masterclass and Sri Lanka 196 runs ahead. Sports Marathon Boy Budhia Singh Unwilling To Return To Sports Hostel, Records Statement Unwilling to return to the state-run Sports Hostel in Bhuabaneswar, marathon wonder boy Budhia Singh today recorded his statement with the police and Child Welfare Committee in connection with a case over his alleged kidnapping. Sports India vs West Indies: We have to be positive and ruthless, says Ishant Sharma Ishant Sharma complimented the fitness of the bowlers who were ready to charge in after 90 overs in the first innings. Sports Rio 2016 Olympics: Family of shooters look to Heena Sidhu to bring Olympic medal Heena Sidhu's home has weapons and sporting silverware dominate a living room that waits for its first Olympic medal. Entertainment Amitabh Bachchan calls for educating aanganwadis about hepatitis Amitabh Bachchan says hepatitis awareness drive can also be spread to aanganwadis to help prevent the disease among women and children. Entertainment Munnabhai third part delayed due to Sanjay Dutt biopic: Arshad Warsi The third part of the Munna Bhai series delayed due to Sanjay Dutt's biopic. Entertainment Salman Khan’s Tubelight shoot starts in Ladakh, director Kabir Khan shares stunning pics Kabir Khan has started shooting of his upcoming film Tubelight that stars Salman Khan in Ladakh. Entertainment Deepika Padukone shares xXx behind-the-scenes video and Vin Diesel’s carrying her around, watch video Vin Diesel had to carry Deepika Padukone every day to her trailer after xXx: the Return of Xander Cage shoot got over. Don't believe us? Watch this behind-the-scenes video. Telecom Does India Need a Telecom Ombudsman? Trai Wants Your Opinion Aiming to address customer grievances at a faster pace, the telecom regulator on Thursday issued a consultation paper where it sought opinions from stakeholders on whether setting up an ombudsman will help in the redressal mechanism. Telecom Call drop a black spot in Indian telecom story: Telecom Minister New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The telecom story in India, generally speaking, has been a "success story" the vexed issue of "call drop" has hit it like a black spot, new Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha told parliament on Wednesday Telecom Pokemon fever grips India even without official launch Organized "pokewalks" are becoming common in cities like Mumbai and New Delhi, where hundreds are gathering to catch pokemon.   Telecom India's digital transformation and the role of Mobile Commerce in it Digitalisation has slowly replaced other means of communication, with the advent of Facebook and other social networking websites. You get to cover a large base in a lesser time. Politics Arvind Kejriwal’s madness: Just persecution complex, or is there method to it? Arvind Kejriwal seems to suffer from a persecution complex. For a man who received the most thumping mandate in Indian electoral history, he could have shown a greater amount of confidence and self-assurance. Politics Bihar court orders FIR against Mayawati, 3 BSP leaders for ‘inflammatory’ speech on Dayashankar row On 21 July, Mayawati instigated her party workers to target expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh's mother, wife and daughter, the petitioner alleged. Politics Rajya Sabha adjourned after ruckus over Aadhaar-linked benefits The govt clarified that Aadhaar was not mandatory for availing government benefits but dissatisfied opposition members trooped into the Rajya Sabha Well Politics GST: Rajya Sabha likely to take up Bill on Monday or Tuesday It remains to be seen if meeting of its demands halfway will persuade the Congress to support the GST legislation Logistics GST closer to reality now as Congress raises white flag, says 'outcome soon' Government may hold hold another round of talks with the Congress party on the GST. Logistics Transport corporations employees indefinite strike called off as the Government agreed to increase their salary by 12.5 % With the employees of government-owned bus companies on a stir across Karnataka, commuters had a tough time, as the striking employees even stopped private buses from operating between cities. Nearly 70 buses owned by the government were damaged when they were stoned by miscreants. Logistics IndiGo flight diverted to Mumbai, 2 detained for unruly behavior, savagely arguing on board The official denied reports that the passenger on the Indigo flight raised pro-ISIS slogans Logistics Singapore Airlines says Q1 net profit nearly triples due to lower fuel prices and divestment gains Asia’s marquee airlines are warning tougher competition is squeezing them. Retail Excited about hyper-local business, says Amazon Amazon India today said it is excited about the hyper-local e-commerce segment and hinted at expanding its 'Amazon Now' service beyond Bengaluru despite existing players facing multiple challenges. Retail E-commerce troubles: CXO salaries lose steam Many who got swept up during the boom of 2014 and 2015 are getting back to lower-paying but stable jobs at half their previous salaries in some instances. Retail LeEco starts offline sales, targets local production from September Chinese firm LeEco eyes bigger chunk of India’s smartphone market, also close to finalizing the location for its local manufacturing unit Retail E-commerce to help add 12 million jobs in next 10 years: Pranjul Bhandari, Chief India Economist, HSBC We are actually just seven years behind where China has been in terms of ecommerce and we are at a point from where China really took off very rapidly HR Google HR legend Laszlo Bock hands the baton to Eileen Naughton Laszlo Bock has become a rockstar in the world of human resources (not the kind of sentence you hear often) in his 10 years at Google as SVP of "People Operations," as Google calls it.   HR Keeping staff cool and productivity high According to new research, preventing staff from overheating could increase productivity by up to 12%. HR 5 Little Known Facts About World War I and Non-White Peoples teleSUR takes a look at a few little-known facts about World War I which put the colonized and oppressed at the heart of the story. HR Lalu seeks reservation for youths in state jobs, education Patna, Jul 28 () RJD chief Lalu Prasad today demanded 80 per cent reservation for youths of Bihar in state jobs and admission in educational institutions under it as is prevalent in other states. Ecommerce Flipkart laying off underperforming staff The move, is reflective of the times for the online retail industry, which is attempting to find a balance between saving costs and chasing growth. Ecommerce Big dreams for Big Basket: Aiming to double turnover to Rs 1200 cr in 2016 "Grocery is not an easy category to work with. Delivering perishable items, managing same-day delivery targets for a wide range of products and providing uninterrupted inventory supply becomes the key to building the right kind of customer satisfaction in this business." Ecommerce Flipkart CEO Binny Bansal writes letter to employees on Jabong acquisition "The acquisition of Jabong further strengthens Flipkart Group's position as the undisputed leader in Fashion and Lifestyle segment in India," wrote Bansal. Ecommerce The rise, fall, and sale of Jabong is the future for many other Indian startups There was a time when Jabong was such a sought-after startup that some were even willing to pay $1.2 billion for it. On July 26, e-commerce major Flipkart acquired Jabong for $70 million—lesser than any of the bids reportedly made for it in the last two years. This may seem like an unfortunate company-specific event, but it... Digital Mohandas Pai's Aarin Capital earns 10-fold return from its investment in edu-tech startup Byju's The firm sold a 6-7% stake in Byjus to Silicon Valley venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, in a transaction pegged close to Rs 150 crore. Digital Sluggish data revenue big worry for us: Bharti Airtel’s Gopal Vittal The key objectives for Airtel for now will be boosting data penetration and accelerating data revenues without worrying too much about realisations. Digital Sebi may allow investors buy mutual funds with digital wallets Digital After 6 successive markdowns, Flipkart gets a valuation boost from Fidelity After a string of six successive markdowns, Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has received a welcome break from American mutual fund company Fidelity Investments. The US-based company’s Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II fund has hiked the value of its shares in the company. According to filings wit Franchise Rise of the franchisor: How the founders of this brand opened a shop they named after their grandfather and today have over 100 locations Capriotti's Sandwich Shop knows how to get people into their shops. Franchise Franchisee Journey: From son of Golden Corral founder’s buddy to franchisee with 26 stores Franchisee Billy Sewell not only runs restaurants, he raises money for the children of wounded, disabled and fallen military service members. Finance Why are PE funds interested in Indian labour rooms? More than `600 crore has been deployed in Indian maternity clinics in the last eight months by private equity investors Finance After Max Life merger deal, Axis Bank ties up with LIC Axis Bank has signed an agreement with Life Insurance Corporation to distribute policies of the country’s largest life insurer. Finance Modasta raises $1.5 million from Mauritius-based HNIs Modasta will use the funds for business growth, upgrading technology, talent acquisition and marketing outreach activities Finance Oracle to buy NetSuite for $9.3 billion to gain cloud computing clout The deal will quicken Oracle’s move towards a cloud computing model even as software licensing business struggles Software How technology giants are waging a trillion-dollar war for the Cloud? As the data-intensive Internet of Things becomes a reality, the cloud is shaping up to be the biggest business opportunity in a generation, and Amazon, Microsoft and Google all want to claim the biggest slice Software Smartphone sales slowed down in June quarter, says report The Indian smartphone market grew 15% year on year in the quarter ended June, sharply lower from the 23% growth seen in the previous quarter. Software What call BPOs need to take for future? The $150 billion BPO industry is largely built around delivering incremental efficiency with 'some' expertise and 'modest' investment in tools, and often combine it with cost advantage. Marketing Why CMOs Must Care About Web App Security : Black Hat SEO SEO has a dark side that is a potential threat to CMOs' websites, brands, and businesses. Marketing Facebook marches ahead while Twitter is still crawling : Q2 2016 earnings The week has been interesting – Yahoo finally finds a buyer in Verizon to be sold for a mere $4.83 billion in cash, which includes Yahoo’s advertising, content, search, and mobile activities. Howev… Marketing Checking In On Virtual Reality : Is It Really Happening? As we all know, VR attracted tons of media attention in the first half of 2016–and rightly so. But the numbers tell a different story. Marketing Brands as publishers, when marketing becomes a profit center : Report Construction DLF asked to pay Rs 2 lakh each with 12% interest for delay in delivery Of the total penalty, Rs 1.50 lakh is towards harassment while Rs 50,000 is the ligation cost in each case Construction Azure Power to set up solar projects atop DLF properties The green energy developer is aiming at commissioned capacity of more than 1,000 mw spread across 15 states in the current financial year. Construction Mumbai's Adarsh building will be taken over by center today No one presently occupies the building, which the environment ministry had directed to be demolished in January 2011 for violation of green norms. Construction NestAway: Reshaping online realty, one brick at a time The startup has tied up with multiple payment service providers to facilitate transactions which tenants and owners can use via NestAway app. /Retail /Retail /FinanceArchives PSU banks’ share of market cap much lower than their share of business The market cap of public sector banks which stood at 56.72% of total industry market cap in 2008-09 nearly halved to 29.02% in 2015-16 /TelecomArchives Telecom operators to invest Rs 20000 crore to counter call drop menace Telecom operators have installed 48,000 towers in the last 45 days, out of 60,000 towers they promised to install in 100 days at a meeting held in June.   /Entertainment /SoftwareArchives Can Verizon deal revive Yahoo and expand jobs in India? Following the sale of its internet business, Yahoo will be left with its $41 billion stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, as well as Yahoo Japan. /FinanceArchives HDFC, Axis Bank and other private banks' unsecured retail lending portfolio rising Personal and credit card business comprised 5 per cent of HDFC banks total retail book which stood at over Rs 3.2 lakh crore. /ConstructionArchives Certain real estate segments may not be the best bet right now. Here's why? The entire National Capital Region (NCR) is still under significant pressure, and according to experts, it is likely to remain so for some time. /LogisticsArchives Cabinet defers decision on road safety bill, meanwhile accidents are on the rise, bill proposed Rs 10,000 fine for drunk driving, Rs 2,000 no helmet, Rs 1,000 no seat belt Cabinet defers decision on road safety bill /DigitalArchives Digital media firm e27 raises $2.2 million from China's TechTemple Group, others Singapore-based technology news platform e27, run by Optimatic Pte. Ltd, has raised $2.2 million in its Series A round led by China's TechTemple Group. China's Linear Ventures, Indonesia-based Convergence Ventures and Singapore's Venturecraft also participated in this round, e2 /DigitalArchives Telangana's My Home Group plans Rs 500-crore startup fund It may begin the fund with around Rs 100 crore and expand it to around Rs 500 crore over the next five years. /Entertainment /DigitalArchives TV host Rannvijay Singh invests in fashion styling app IStyleYou Actor and television host Rannvijay Singh has invested in fashion styling app IStyleYou, a top company executive told Techcircle. Singh will also be the brand ambassador for IStyleYou and help make the company a leading youth brand, co-founder Pallav Modi said. He declined to reveal the amoun /EcommerceArchives Flipkart buying Jabong shows that fashion e-retail in India is a bloodbath full of opportunity Garment portals are growing quickly, but many are still making losses. /SoftwareArchives TCS, Infosys, Tech Mahindra feature among Forbes India Super 50 companies Forbes India has released the list of India's top 50 private sector companies based on several parameters. Read more at http://www.ibtimes.co.in/tcs-infosys-tech-mahindra-feature-among-forbes-india-super-50-companies-photos-688025#QEcLyyrMqcSKIYPf.99   /SoftwareArchives Over 50% of cloud services and corporate data stored in cloud is uncontrolled: Study The study surveyed more than 3,400 practitioners worldwide to gain better understanding of key trends in data governance and security practices for cloud-based services. /Software /HRArchives Can Verizon deal revive Yahoo, expand jobs in India? Following the sale of its internet business, Yahoo will be left with its $41 billion stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, as well as Yahoo Japan. /SoftwareArchives How people are using the dark side of web to get drugs, guns delivered at doorstep? Once you place an order in a dark web portal, vendors insist on bitcoin payments to beat KYC norms which regular ecommerce websites ask for. /HR /FinanceArchives GST bill: Cabinet clears key amendments to push reform through Parliament 1% additional levy on supply of goods scrapped, full compensation proposed to states for five years for revenue loss; changes pave way for tabling of bill in Rajya Sabha /FinanceArchives Sebi may let investors buy mutual funds with digital wallets Sebi in talks with RBI to frame regulations allowing such transactions, in an effort to expand access to such investment products /EcommerceArchives CXO salaries lose steam after 2 years of ecommerce-fuelled boom, pay for new hire also slips Many who got swept up during the boom of 2014 and 2015 are getting back to lower-paying but stable jobs at half their previous salaries in some instances. /FinanceArchives RBI slaps Rs 27-crore penalty on 13 banks for FEMA violations UCO Bank in a BSE filing said that RBI has "imposed a penalty" of Rs 2 crore on the Bank on account of "few lapses in adherence to KYC/AML guidelines". /TelecomArchives Google's Phone app to now identify spammers The feature is now out for its Nexus brand of devices alongside phones associated with its ambitious Android One initiative. /TelecomArchives Why Your Phone Battery Dies When It Still Has Juice Image: Alex Cranz/GizmodoYou're plugging along with 3 percent battery and that Snorlax is one block away. Then, less than a minute later your phone is dead, /HRArchives Government of India Press Recruitment 2016: Apply online The Government of India Press, New Delhi has invited applications from eligible candidates for filling up various posts. /EcommerceArchives ShopFilo.com launches lightest mobile app for enhanced shopping experience India's first virtualized supermarket store on internet ShopFilo.com announced launch of its new light-weight mobile app to bring on-board the mobile internet users, who are located in low connectivity zone or are still using 2G /DigitalArchives Nasscom plans 115 digital literacy centres this year The Nasscom Foundation is planning to set up 115 more digital literacy centres across /DigitalArchives Former Myntra executive official joins Voonik as CFO Fashion marketplace Voonik has appointed rival Myntra’s former Finance Head Prabhakar /DigitalArchives Here's what rivals are saying on Flipkart-Jabong deal Flipkart buying online fashion retailer Jabong has been deciphered in myriad ways by the two companies’ rivals and industry experts. While some describe it as a development that will determine the winners and losers in the fashion e-tail space, one of the largest and fastest growing segments within /DigitalArchives It was just a matter of 3 days: How Flipkart won Jabong, and Snapdeal just lost it This is the backroom story how Flipkart swooped down to clinch the Jabong acquisition in just three days. /DigitalArchives Oddeven.com founder Akshat Mittal launches a social venture -- ChangeMyIndia.org Akshat Mittal, whose ride-sharing website Odd-Even.com was acquired by Orahi.com earlier this year, is back with his second venture called ChangeMyIndia.org. The 13-year-old student of Amity International School in Noida had started Odd-Even.com in December 2015 and sold  it for an undisclose /FranchiseArchives Why offbeat sites provide opportunities for franchisees and franchisors One of the best ways for a new franchisee to get in on the action in franchising is by choosing a nontraditional location. Why? For starters, try reduced franchise fees, lower overall startup costs, smaller real estate fees (none for kiosks), fewer employees, and for some, the option of beginning part-time. /EcommerceArchives Flipkart's Jabong buy puts smaller fashion e-tailers on the back foot By Myntra and Jabong give Flipkart about 60-70% of the market, leaving very little for the likes of Limeroad, Voonik TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. Our mailing address is GF 25/39, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi 110008, India