September 8, 2015 - Star India-MediaNama legal notice case: Here's what we understand on online defamation

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Digital Star India-MediaNama legal notice case: Here's what we understand on online defamation Last week, we received a legal notice from Star India asking us to not make "repeated references" to Peter Mukerjea as the former CEO of Star India, in the context of the case of a case involving his wife Indrani Mukerjea. A copy of the legal notice is below, and the notice was particu Digital Health search platform Practo acquires Qikwell Technologies Doctor discovery platform Practo Technologies has concluded a deal to acquire healthcare startup Qikwell Technologies..   Digital Zomato raises $60 million in fresh round led by Singapore-based Temasek, Vy Capital Karlovy Vary restaurací - Menu, fotografie, hodnocení a recent pro více než 100 restaurací v Karlovy Vary. Najdi nejlepší restaurace v Karlovy Vary na Zomato - Karlovy Vary restaurace   Digital India Educational Investment Fund invests in two edutech startups Report Bee, Guru-G India Educational Investment Fund (IEIF) has invested an undisclosed amount in two Indian education technology startup: Report Bee Edusys Pvt Ltd, a cloud-based deep learning platform and Guru-G Learning Labs (India) Pvt. Ltd, a gamified platform for teachers, according to a press release. Retail Gearing up for Diwali: Snapdeal to spend additional Rs 660 crore to strengthen supply chain, logistics "We've done tremendous amount of work over last one year, there's far more positivity around our delivery speeds," said Rohit Bansal, Snapdeal. Retail Self-managed teams get a role at India Inc It is too early to say that the `boss' or manager has become completely redundant. Retail Over 41% employers in retail, logistics look at hiring aggressively in Q4 Over 41% of employers in India are looking at increasing hiring numbers for the fourth quarter as compared to the quarter ending September. Retail ITC plans to offer distribution networks to startups for a fee Telecom Idea, Airtel Vodafone slash 3G rates ahead of Reliance Jio launch via promotions, Tata DoCoMo expands Idea Cellular, Vodafone India and Bharti Airtel are known to have started offering aggressive discounts on their 3G plans to their customers via promotional offers and SMSes ahead of Reliance Jio’s launch.   Telecom Keysight bags 4G network test deals from Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel RJio also invested on the 4G LTE device manufacturing test solution wherein it could be able to test third-party devices independently for mass rollout.   Telecom Is forcing telcos to disclose network capacity a good idea? Multiple metrics are needed to determine overall customer experience on a telecom network. Network capacity is only one metric, which, together with other metrics, gives a better picture of the health of the network   Finance Is Raghuram Rajan behind the curve? Some overseas investors and many in India’s corporate sector feel Rajan has been doing a fantastic job, but they have one complaint: he has been behind the curve Finance Grant of payments banks licence arbitrary, says Swamy BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Saturday termed RBI's decision to grant in-principle approval to 11 entities for payments banks as "arbitrary and malicious". Finance Govt tells coal power plants to subsidize 15GW of solar power The decision dated 17 July requires state-controlled NTPC to sell cheaper coal power along with more expensive solar as a single unit Finance How Finance Ministry and RBI brace for global financial ripples triggered by China Experts believe India was likely to suffer the least if turmoil in global markets deepened as a result of monetary tightening by the US Fed. Food/FMCG Over a fifth of FMCG products in India are fake or smuggled Counterfeit consumer goods growing faster than overall market, says KPMG-Ficci study Food/FMCG Britannia keen to set up agro-processing unit in Andhra Pradesh Britannia Industries has evinced interest to set up an agro-processing facility in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, said a statement from the AP chief minister's office. Food/FMCG Spices Board India to go global through retail outlets The Spices Board India has decided to go global by opening premium retail outlets abroad to sell around 30 of the choicest spices. Food/FMCG India's Wine Production May Reach 21 Million Litres By 2018: Study NDTV"Rising youth population together with growing affluence amid middle-class, penchant for exotic tourism and other related factors are likely to push the growth of emerging wine industry in India," D.S. Rawat, Secretary General of ASSOCHAM said, while ... Software Siemens plans to add 4,000 jobs in India : Will be investing 1 billion Euro Make in India is great, but ‘make it happen in India is even greater. Make it happen in India is more than manufacturing, says Kaeser. Software Wipro poaches another TCS executive : TCS' Dave Chopra to head global infrastructure business Infrastructure services business contributes nearly $2 billion, or about Rs 13,200 crore, of annual revenues to the Bengaluru-based IT major. Software On-demand beauty service startups pick up funding and expand in urban India : Will they be making it big? The on-demand phenomenon is catching on in India with various startups evangelising different niche services in the hyperlocal space. Right from grocery and handyman services to salons, everything in metros is now accessible on-the-go. To capture the fledgling USD five-billion beauty service segment, six startups have emerged in the last eight months Software Government's efforts to turn Northeast India into a BPO hub falls flat : Very few firms show interest The initiative received just one proposal, from Kolkata-based IKF Technologies, for a 300-seat centre, while the target was 5,000 seats. Ecommerce Flipkart HR head steps down, to move to an advisory role; plans to work in the non-profit education sector by launching a start-up or join an existing company Mekin Maheshwari has agreed to continue in his role as chief people officer until Flipkart recruits a new HR head Ecommerce Zomato raises $60 million in fresh capital from Singapores Temasek and existing investor Vy Capital, valuing the company at about a billion dollars Gurgaon-based Zomato’s largest investor Info Edge (India) did not participate in the current round of fund-raising Ecommerce Mobile wallet companies to launch ad blitz; Operators including Paytm, Oxigen expect to spend Rs700 crore in the year to March on advertising, marketing Operators including Paytm, Oxigen expected to spend Rs700 crore in the year to March on advertising, marketing HR India's top pharmaceutical talent being poached by China: report HR Diamond cuts: India's global hub fears more job losses as China slows A year ago, India's diamond capital hit the headlines when one of the largest polishing companies in the western city of Surat treated hundreds of employees to bonuses in the form of Fiat cars, HR Man conning Army aspirants held A man was arrested here on Monday for impersonating a junior commanding officer (JCO) and extorting money from aspirants who have come to the city for the Army recruitment drive. Logistics Prestige looks to develop space for warehousing and logistics, takes cue from 60% market growth in warehhousing sector last year Realty firm Prestige Estates Projects today said that the company is looking to enter   Logistics Delhi: Air India Flight AI-405 Catches Fire on its left wing while Landing; out of 153 people, 5 injured The pilot of Varanasi-Delhi flight (AI-405) pulled through a safe landing after it caught fire just before reaching Delhi Airport, Logistics British Airways launches limited period special fares for UK, North America; September bonanza fares start from Rs 49,486 British Airways announced lowering its ticket prices for limited period for economy class passengers travelling from India to airline's global destinations. Logistics Talks on tweaks to 5/20 rule for airlines get mixed response from stakeholders Civil aviation ministry will shortly come out with a draft policy for public feedback, suggesting more than 3 options Construction K.M. Birla emerges as highest bidder for Malabar Hill bungalow Aditya Birla Group chairman set to acquire Jatia House in South Mumbai for `425 cr   Construction Office space leasing by BFSI firms rises from 7% in 2012 to 13% of the total in H1 2015 The volume of leasing by the BFSI companies has also increased during the past two to three years, with the average deal sizes ranging between 5,000 sq ft and.. Construction Prestige Estate to develop space for warehousing and logistics Prestige Estates is already into the development of housing and commercial projects comprising office complexes, shopping malls and business parks.. Construction Realestate companies lure buyers with sandalwood plantations in Vizag These schemes have been on offer across many tier-2 cities in our country. But we have not seen many of them become successful due to various reasons.. Marketing How Indian Brands Are Telling Stories On Instagram One Picture At A Time : Report Ever since Instagram was made available on Android, it opened up a world of visual stories to most smartphone users in the country. A majority of Indians began discovering the joy of sharing their spe Marketing Zomato raises $60M from Temasek Vy Capital : Report Zomato has raised $60 million in a round of funding from Temasek and existing investor Vy Capital. The platform will use the funds to invest in its new businesses such as online ordering, table reservations, point of sales, and the whitelabel platform. Overall, Zomato has raised over $225 mi Marketing Star India sends MediaNama a legal notice, then withdraws : Thoughts on online defamation Last week, we received a legal notice from Star India asking us to not make "repeated references" to Peter Mukerjea as the former CEO of Star India, in the context of the case of a case involving his wife Indrani Mukerjea. A copy of the legal notice is below, and the notice was particu Marketing Update: Snapdeal to invest $100 million in Shopo : claims 20k sellers on platform Update: It was pointed out to MediaNama that Shopo has about 10,000-50,000 downloads on the Google Play Store (hat tip: Rohit Awasthi). It is unclear whether there are 20,000 sellers on the platform or it is the number of users. Earlier: Ecommerce player Snapdeal will be investing $100 millio Politics Gandhi’s ordinary greatness: Among the Mahatma’s weaknesses, ‘racist’ is a kind epithet Mahatma Gandhi never made a fetish of consistency. Far from it, he described his inconsistencies as the result of his gradual evolution as a man. Politics Six major Left parties join hands to fight ‘saffron brigade’, Lalu-Nitish alliance in Bihar polls Six major Left parties on Monday joined hands to contest the forthcoming Bihar Assembly elections and vowed to fight the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)-RJD-Congress grand alliance. Politics SP shuts door on Grand Alliance, to go solo in Bihar Assembly elections Suspense over Samajwadi Party remaining in the nascent anti-BJP Grand Alliance for the coming Bihar Assembly polls ended on Monday with the party deciding to fight the elections on its own and blamed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for a "tilt" towards Congress. Politics MJ Akbar lashes out at Nitish Kumar for mocking PM Modi’s package to Bihar Senior BJP leader M J Akbar on Monday hit out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for mocking the Rs 1.25 lakh crore central package for the state asking him to explain as to why the earlier schemes were not implemented by the previous UPA government. Sports Back to the wall, India dread humiliation in 2018 World Cup qualifier against Iran India have an uphill task against Iran, a team which is ranked 115 places above them. Sports Cheteshwar Pujara: From waterboy to firefighter Cheteswhar Pujara says he was long preparing for the opportunity that he got - for he knew it might be his last. Sports Vikas Krishan rues being ‘overconfident’ in final of Asian Boxing Championships Vikas Krishan lost to 19-year-old Youth Olympic champion Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan in the summit clash. Sports Look at Rohit Sharma’s stats before criticising him, says Sanjay Bangar India batting coach Sanjay Bangar said Rohit Sharma has done well and 'contributed to the cause.' Entertainment ‘Welcome Back’ collects Rs 51 crore in opening weekend 'Welcome Back' starring John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, which opened to mixed reviews on Friday, has collected a whopping Rs 51 crore in its opening weekend. Entertainment Niladri Kumar, Rashid Ali team up for new single Sitar maestro Niladri Kumar is collaborating with Bollywood singer and guitarist Rashid Ali for a new track. Entertainment Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar says he understands women better than others Shot in a tight budget and a compact two-hour running time, Bhandarkar’s approach to cinema is to deliver a ringside view of the true story. Entertainment Sourav Ganguly to host business reality TV show promoting Bengal West Bengal government has roped in former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly to host a business reality television show. 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