March 23, 2016 - Uber sues Ola, accuses it of creating 93000 fake accounts, seeks Rs 49 crore in damages

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Telecom The iPhone SE costs $200 more in India and I'd still buy it Shortly after Apple announced the all-new 4-inch iPhone SE with a reasonable $399 (Rs. 26,600) price tag, fans in India were annoyed to learn that the devi Telecom National Optical Fibre Network project: Fast internet, slow implementation National Optical Fibre Network project hits speed breakers as limited resource deployment by institutions, issues in co-ordination and mobilisation pushes deadline by nine months. Telecom Final views on net neutrality soon: Telecom watchdog Growth in broadband subscriber base in India is a reason to cheer. But the growth comes with significant challenges for both broadband users and telecom network operators. India’s broadband subscribers soared 60 percent to 136.53 million at the end of December 2015, from 85.74 million a year earlier, according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Telecom 4G-LTE networks not immune to privacy leaks Nullcon 2016 speaker, Altaf Shaik has found multiple security-related weaknesses in 4G-LTE networks. A Ph.D. student in Security in the Telecommunications Finance Multinational foreign banks like RBS, HSBC exiting India to protect profitability Bankers say this pullout from India is an indication of the demise of global banking as we knew it at the turn of the century. Finance Uber alleges Ola is trying to sabotage its business using fake accounts Uber says Ola’s employees are creating fake accounts which have been used to book and make cancellations on Uber’s platform, leading to loss of revenue to the company Finance State-run oil companies to set up start-up fund: Dharmendra Pradhan The move is in line with the government’s idea of promoting entrepreneurship, innovation and self employment Finance Sebi imposes interim ban on Sharepro, promoters Market regulator finds lapses in share transfer, dividend encashment services offered by the agent in some cases Software Why is India taking BPOs to small towns for employment? New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Tuesday that the government is taking BPOs to small towns to create job opportunities in rural areas of India. Software Did Gartner get some aspects of Magic Quadrant analysis wrong? Firm may have put 2014 business analytics revenue figures of TCS, Wipro, Infosys higher than actual numbers Software Zynga Inc cofounder Mark Pincus invests in Indian startup in the online retail space Social game developer Zynga's co-founder Mark Pincus has invested in fish and meat e-tailer Freshto home, marking his debut in the Indian startup ecosystem. Software Internet must not be allowed to be abused, says Telecom minister The government has also made it clear that it will stand by Internet as a medium to empower underprivileged and remain open and non discriminatory. Ecommerce BigBasket raises $150 million in fresh funds; BigBasket can use the investment to fund expansion or growth in existing markets The Abraaj Group is lead investor in $150 million funding round for Indiaâs BigBasket Ecommerce Tech A-listers backs on-demand mobile tutoring platform HashLearn; Hash-Learn enables students to instantly connect with reputed tutors Hash-Learn offers a mobile app Hash-Learn Now that enables students to instantly connect with reputed tutors round the clock for help . Ecommerce Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori teaming up and pooling $5 million to launch a start-up in the area of healthcare and sports and fitness Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori will register the firm over the next month and have started the process of hiring engineers for their start-up Ecommerce Amazon.com Inc sues a veteran logistics executive hired by Target Corp as its chief supply chain and logistics officer to prevent him from revealing trade secrets Valdez spent 16 years at Amazon as a senior executive in the Seattle-based retailer's operations department overseeing the company's international sup.. Franchise 4 Areas which are going to be potentially difficult in your franchise clause Competition watchdog says businesses need to start reviewing contracts in light of the new protection for small businesses against unfair contract terms. Franchise Franchisee Journey: From 15 years as campus director to franchisee making learning fun for kids Gina Cuffari uses building blocks to provide local kids with a holistic and entertaining after-school educational experience. HR Leadership lessons from Google CEO Sundar Pichai He's currently Google's highest paid executive. On Aug 2015, Pichai Sundararajan, better known as Sundar Pichai received $183 million in company stock, which HR KPMG accelerates transfer of UK IT jobs to India KPMG is moving more jobs to India with UK contractor roles moost affected. HR 69% of talent in India sees flexible work arrangements as positively impacting work-life balance: Kelly Services 69% of talent in India sees flexible work arrangements as positively impacting work-life balance, according to a survey undertaken by Kelly Services. HR Paswan seeks private jobs quota TIMES NOW is a Leading 24-hour English News channel that provides international news, business news, breaking news, world news, news, current news,sports news, entertainment news Logistics Railways conduct final trial run of India's fastest semi-high speed train with a WAP-5 locomotive engine, took 110 minutes to cover 194km @160kmph Railways conducted the full-fledged final trial run of India’s fastest semi high speed train Gatimaan express on Tuesday morning, the trial being the seventh in last three years. The train has a high-power emergency braking system, automatic fire alarm, GPS-based passenger information system and sliding doors in the coaches. Logistics United Breweries says no to Kingfisher airline brand, not interested in the brand as it is limited by registration to be used in airlines only Logistics Terror strikes Brussels: Explosions at airport, subway kill 34 Belgium's capital Brussels was on Tuesday morning hit by multiple explosions - two at the Zaventem airport and one at a metro station. Logistics Codeshare arrangements reason for Jet Airways to replace Brussels with Amsterdam as new European hub Here's why Jet Airways replaced Brussels with Amsterdam as new European hub - Jet Airways has also entered into a codeshare partnership with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Delta Air Lines. Construction Edelweiss to buy JPMorgan’s mutual fund business in India With assets worth Rs7,501 crore, JPMorgan MF is almost five times bigger in size than that of Edelweiss Construction Williamson Magor Group firms to merge with EMC Engineering firm, after merger, will have a revenue of at least Rs6,000 crore and an order book of Rs8,000 crore Construction India to host eighth BRICS summit in Goa External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj also unveiled a logo and a website of the summit Construction Anand Mahindra, Aditya Puri in Barron’s 2016 list of world’s best CEOs Mahindra, who was credited with transforming his family’s ‘industrial business into a global conglomerate,’ is a newcomer on the list Marketing Drone powered advertising is here : Report Unlike aerial advertising that never really took off in India, pun unintended, I think drone-powered advertising could start flying soon Marketing JLL India partners with Snapdeal to market housing properties : Report The alliance will offer brokerage-free buyer services in primary sales properties, the company said in a release. Marketing Coca-Cola brings Cheil India on board : To handle a shopper marketing assignment Account to be handled by the agency’s Gurgaon office Marketing Ola acquires digital payments startup Qarth Online cab aggregator Ola has acquired Chennai based Qarth, a startup which runs digital payments Android app X-Pay, for an undisclosed amount, reports TechCrunch. Qarth was founded by Abhinav Srivastava and Prerit Srivastava and its core team expects to join Ola Money, according to the report. Politics Tamil Nadu: Stalin says no fresh invite by DMK chief to Vijayakanth’s DMDK Referring to Monday's remarks by Karunanidhi to reporters in this regard, Stalin said the party chief had only referred to the earlier invitation extended to DMDK and that it had "not been understood properly." - Firstpost Politics Ending uncertainty: Mehbooba Mufti set to take over as J K CM after BJP allows a face saver It is surprising Mufti took so long to accept the inevitable. Politics Kerala election: Chandy’s development speech only to cover up corruption, says former CM VS Achuthanandan Hitting back at Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's development claims, CPI-M veteran and Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan on Tuesday said such "hollow" talks were made with a view to "covering up corruption" under the ruling UDF regime. Politics Assam Assembly Election 2016: Here’s why Badruddin Ajmal and the Muslim vote might spoil Gogoi’s plans Two factors are now working towards polarising the votes of the Bengali-speaking Muslims in favour of Badruddin Ajmal's AIUDF in the Assam Assembly Election Sports Indian cricket team needs to win big against Bangladesh to boost net run rate Every game has now become a must-win affair for India and they have to take care of the net run-rate as well. 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Entertainment Deepika Padukone to take forward her fight against depression, will launch mental health awareness campaign Deepika Padukone is set to launch an awareness campaign that takes forward her fight against depression, a condition that she has admitted to have been suffering from. Entertainment Is Sidharth Malhotra the next big thing in Bollywood? Sidharth entered Bollywood with Student of the Year in 2012, and since then he has explored various roles like a lover out for vengeance in Ek Villain, guy-next-door in Hasee Toh Phasee and a boxer in Brothers. The latest is family drama Kapoor And Sons. Entertainment Jackie Chan set to do Bollywood item number Jackie will don an Indian look with a bright red kurta, green mojris and a dhol around his neck 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. 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