August 4, 2016 - India vs West Indies: West Indies produced special batting to save Test, says Virat Kohli

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Invite Friends Blog Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk Speaking of weird and unsavory, if there's one thing that really excites Peter Thiel, it's the prospect of having younger people's blood transfused into his own veins. That practice is known as parabiosis, and, according to Thiel, it's a potential biological Fountain of Youth--the closest thing science has discovered to an anti-aging panacea. More here Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails. Sports India vs West Indies: West Indies produced special batting to save Test, says Virat Kohli Starting the day at 48 for four, West Indies managed to bat the entire fifth day to deny India a 2-0 lead in the 4-match Test series. 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 Michael Phelps meets his sports idol Novak Djokovic in Rio Athletes idolize Michael Phelps. The most successful athlete in Olympic history said he met one of them for the first time in the Rio Olympic Village on Wednesday morning – Novak Djokovic, currently the No. 1 ranked men’s tennis player in the world. “I was walking back from an interview this morning Sports Ajinkya Rahne: A Monk with a black belt Ajinkya Rahane brings a calm head to most situations and while he is around, the dressing room tends to be calm as well. Sports Rio 2016 Olympics: Brazil kick off at home with 3-0 win over China Defender Monica headed home the first 10 minutes before halftime and Andressa Alves got a second with a volley from close in after 59 minutes. Sports John Isner, 3-time defending champ, advances in Atlanta; Purav Raja-Divij Sharan win In the quarterfinals, John Isner will face face eighth-seeded Taylor Fritz in an all-American match. Sports Rio 2016 Olympics: Israeli victims of 1972 Games honoured 44 years on On September 5, 1972, members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage at the poorly secured athletes' village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group. Entertainment Mohenjo Daro: Things you should know before watching the Ashutosh Gowariker movie We need to remember that whatever we do know about Mohenjo Daro is perhaps as much an imagination of the historian as that of a filmmaker who depicts it in visual terms. Entertainment We like to see achievers but not the struggle: Budhia Singh-Born To Run star Manoj Bajpayee Manoj Bajpayee struggled his way to success in Bollywood but the actor says people in India are more interested in achievements rather than the journey. Entertainment Lifetime achievement award for N Chandra at Goa Film Festival Filmmaker N Chandra to be awarded Lifetime achievement award at the 8th Goa State Film Festival. Entertainment People in Bollywood don’t want outsiders, director Manish Jha Manish Jha who has previously helmed Matrubhoomi and Anwar still feels bad about letting go off his pet project Mountain Man to Ketan Mehta. Retail Faster Delivery, Lower Prices: E-Commerce Bets Big On GST The Goods and Services Tax, which aims to transform India into a single market, will boost the countrys young e-commerce industry whose bread and butter depends upon quickly delivering goods across state borders. Retail China's e-commerce boom a lesson for creating jobs in India E-commerce could fill the gap as India looks to add about 80 million jobs by 2025 for its growing young population Retail Wargburg Pincus affiliate invests $125 million in Indian logistics Stellar The company intends to provide logistics solutions that will include multi-user warehousing, primary and secondary distribution, e-fulfilment and storage. Retail Future Group's secret to handle a large, diversified portfolio: 'Futurocracy' Future Consumer Enterprises Limited employees presented plans on its brands, giving them a chance to run an entrepreneurial set-up within the company. Politics A Hindu Outfit Is Protesting Rajnath Singh's Pakistan Visit By Burning His Effigies "Isn't he running away from his responsibility?" Politics Why Has PM Modi Not Congratulated India's Magsaysay Award Winners? Strange, Innit? Politics Landmark: GST Bill Passes In Rajya Sabha After Seven-Hour Heated Debate Finally Politics Manohar Parrikar's Call For Silencing Of Dissent Gets Nationalism Totally Wrong "How does someone dare to talk ill of this country?" Telecom Cabinet approves three per cent SUC for upcoming spectrum auctions The cabinet has approved the weighted average spectrum usage charge ...   Telecom Net Neutrality in India: the Start of Something Big Something big is happening in India. While authorities in the United States and the European Union work to put the last big pieces of net neutrality regulation in place for their respective portions of the internet..   Telecom Twitter Sewa service launched for Indian telecom, postal sector complaints New Delhi, Aug 2 () Telecom and postal service users can now file complaints with the government directly on social media platform Twitter. Communications Minister Manoj Sinha launched Twitter Sewa for registration and resolution of complaints. Telecom GST Bill passed in Rajya Sabha: Here is how India Inc is reacting Here is what some of the business tycoons in the country think about the GST bill. Logistics The day has arrived! Rajya Sabha passes historic GST Constitution Bill AIADMK is the only party that expressed its dissent with the Bill and called it unconstitutional. The MPs of the party staged a walk out during the voting process. Logistics GST will bring new era of development, economic reforms, says Amit Shah "Today the GST Bill has been placed in Parliament. The Bill is very important for West Bengal. With its passage, a new era of economic reforms will be ushered in and it will contribute to the development of the country," said Amit Shah Logistics Hefty penalties around corner as cabinet okays Road Safety Bill The cabinet cleared on Wednesday the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which entails a steep hike in penalties for traffic offences. Logistics After Emirates plane crash lands, airlines cancel flights to Dubai from India While Budget carrier IndiGo said it has cancelled 11 flights to Dubai from various domestic destinations, full service carrier Jet Airways cancelled two flights, one each from Mumbai and Delhi. Digital Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill passed: India Inc rejoices the passage of historic bill NEW DELHI (AP) — India's upper house of Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill to rationalize the country's convoluted tax structure, creating a "one nation, ... Digital Top internet firms Flipkart, Ola, Zomato struggling to find and retain legal eagles India's top internet companies such as Flipkart, Ola and Zomata, among others, are struggling to find and retain legal eagles who can safeguard their business interests in an environment that is increasingly becoming complex and challenging. Flipkart, the most valued Indian consumer internet Digital CAG report accuses Wipro of undue favours in Aadhaar project In a CAG report, Wipro has been accused of 'undue favours' in the Unique Identification Digital GST could lead to procedural nightmare and trigger litigation for IT industry: Nasscom As the country inches towards the uniform GST, the IT industry association Nasscom is HR Vocational training: Bridging the skill gap Financing technical vocational education and training (VET) is costlier than general education due to its technical nature. Pre-service training requires the installation of equipment and trained ins HR Dollar gains on currency markets after encouraging jobs data New York, Aug 3, 2016 (AFP) -The dollar strengthened Wednesday against major currencies, including the euro and the pound, following the release of encouraging jobs data. Toward 2100 GMT, the euro stood at $1.1148, down from $1.1224 the day before. The dollar rose against the yen to 101. HR Higher oil prices, jobs data boost US stocks New York, Aug 3, 2016 (AFP) -Wall Street stocks rose Wednesday following solid US hiring data and a rise in oil prices that lifted petroleum-linked equities. Payroll firm ADP reported that private US companies added 179,000 jobs in July, slightly better than expected. Dow member Chevron rose 1. HR China's e-commerce boom a lesson for creating jobs in India India will have to add around 80 million jobs by 2025 to ensure enough jobs for its growing population. Software Infosys bets on cloud solution : Invests $4 million in Israel-based startup Cloudyn Cloudyn, which monitors and optimises cloud deployments of top Fortune 500 companies, counts Israel-based Carmel Ventures and Titanium Investments among its existing investors. Software TechM wants to automate IT : Sets an automation target internally The company also has targets for automating jobs in its business process outsourcing and enginee ring services business. Software Indian IT companies' margins under pressure, says Nasscom Companies are quite upbeat about the revenues and prospects, notwithstanding headwinds in different places for different reasons. Software What are the real challenges of the start-up ecosystem in India? Finance SBI to become a single entity by April 2017 with its subsidiaries When merged, the entity will be a banking behemoth with an asset base of Rs 37 lakh crore, a branch network of nearly 25,000 and 58,000 ATMs. Finance India Inc hails passage of GST bill Cheering the passage of the GST Bill in Rajya Sabha, India Inc today said roll ...   Finance Kotak Mahindra Bank to raise Rs5,000 crore The plan is within Kotak Mahindra Bank’s `50,000 crore borrowing limit approved last year Finance Bitcoin sinks after hackers steal $65 million from exchange in Hong Kong Hong Kong-based exchange Bitfinex says it halted trading, withdrawals and deposits after discovering the security breach Marketing Instagram takes on Snapchat with self-destruct Stories : Report Photo sharing social network Instagram is taking on Snapchat with a new feature called Instagram Stories which allows users to post pictures and videos for 24 hours, the company said on its blog. It mentions that unlike regular posts, Instagram Stories will not allow users to comment publicly  a Marketing Alcohol advertising may up drinking habit in adolescents : Report Increased exposure to alcohol-related advertisements is raising the amount and frequency of drinking among adolescents, finds a study. Marketing What's Agile Marketing All About : Report The world is becoming more digital every day, steadily reshaping relationships between customers and brands in the process.   Marketing Fork Media expands into SEA region, sets up HQ office in Singapore : Report   Mumbai-based advertising technology firm Fork Media has set up its operations in Singapore, after initially launching in India in 2013. This is the company’s second office outside India; it forayed into the international market with the launch of its GCC operations in Dubai in 2014. In Ecommerce Flipkart, Amazon will go head-to-head in a discounting war starting with the Independence Day sale Flipkart and Amazon will go head-to-head in a discounting war starting with the Independence Day sale that both companies plan to advertise heavily Ecommerce Placement teams at engineering schools turn extra vigilant after startups' failure to make good on offers This comes after the all-India placement committee at the IITs had in June decided to blacklist about half-dozen startups that reneged on their offers. Ecommerce Portals like Freecultr, Zovi and Fashionara on verge of closure Unsuccessful attempts to raise money or find buyers is forcing some of these portals, which had resorted to deep discounting to lure customers. Ecommerce Amazon.in announces launch of an urban Fulfilment Centre in Chennai The urban FC model will further enable Amazon.in to support deliveries under its recently launched Prime program and offer faster delivery to a wider set of customers during the upcoming festive season. Franchise Motivate your unit managers with these simple steps Many new franchisees discover that they love being a franchise operator but often quickly learn that they can't always be in the store overseeing operations at all times. This is especially true as single unit operators expand. Since hourly employees typically need oversight, guidance, and sometimes redirection, many franchisee operators often turn to unit managers to help them keep the unit operating at maximum efficiencies. It's this Franchise Learning how to retain employees while running your fledgling franchise business Retaining employees is an ongoing challenge for new franchisees -- and a key ingredient in building a successful business. After training employees to do their jobs well, the franchisee's goal is to retain them as productive, reliable workers. It costs much more to hire and train replacements than it does to work with current employees to improve their job performance. Construction GST Bill passed in Rajya Sabha after delay of 9 years AIADMK is the only party that expressed its dissent with the Bill and called it unconstitutional. The MPs of the party staged a walk out during the vo.. Construction Stellar response for Dilip Buildcon IPO as it gets subscribed 20 times The public issue received bids for 44,37,41,155 shares as against more than 2.13 crore on offer at the close of the issue, generating a subscription o.. Construction Goa's residential unsold inventory between 20%-30% Goa’s economy crashed in 2012 after the ban on mining, joining the country’s stagnant economy Construction Real estate demand will be triggered with passage of GST According to back of the envelope calculations, homebuyers will end up paying around 20-22% in total tax compared to 14-16% if builder gets tax credit 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