October 31, 2016 - India-New Zealand 5th ODI: Buzz before the storm, cyclone Kyant dampen spirit

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Blog Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk A friend of mine tells me the reason Diwali is celebrated a day before in Tamil Nadu than the northern parts of India probably has something to do with the fact that Lord Rama would have made his first pitstop in Tamil Nadu on his way back from Sri Lanka after defeating Ravana. Happy Diwali! Here are the links to the editorials this past week Epic presentation on the future of media and tech How Costco became the anti-Walmart! Too sweet or too shrill? The double bind for women What if you had to live on the poverty line! Simple mental models for a lifetime of learning Advertisers of the day The Economist: Subscribe now and get a Hidesign passport wallet free BMW: Celebrate joy with BMW Festival 2016   Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails (B2B Decision-Makers, B2C Decision-Makers, TradeBriefs Premium). Sports India-New Zealand 5th ODI: Buzz before the storm, cyclone Kyant dampen spirit Nervous Vizag looks skywards, prays that cyclone over Bay of Bengal stays away; curator defends dodgy pitch. Adv:ROHAN IKSHA - HOMES YOU CAN LOOK AROUND FROM The project is located just ~1km from the Sarjapur Marathahalli Link road. (GPS: 12.9275, 77.6986). It is next to the Embassy Tech Village and the Cessna Tech Park.Read more Jobs: Sign in to see more relevant jobs here. Sports From boxer to cop to boxer again, Jitender Kumar revels in rebirth Jitender Kumar is set to sign up with Infinity Optimal Solutions (IOS), the promoters who manage reigning WBO Asia Pacific champion Vijender Singh. Sports India to face South Korea in Asian Champions Trophy semifinal The other semifinal at the Asian Champions Trophy will see Pakistan take on Malaysia with the latter finishing second in the table. VCCircle Food and Agri Summit 2016 Over the years, the event has been a platform for 2000+ attendees to connect and update themselves on the investment trends in the industry and the latest developments for more details.Click here Sports Let MS Dhoni play at number four, he will finish from there: Sourav Ganguly Sourav Ganguly wants MS Dhoni to continue batting at no.4 position for India in the shorter-format. Entertainment Is Shah Rukh Khan returning in Don 3? It sure seems possible After five years of the release of Don 2, it seems Don 3, the next in the sequence will soon hit the floors. Is Shah Rukh Khan returning in Don 3? Entertainment Katrina Kaif at MAMI: I don’t classify roles as glamorous and deglamorous Katrina Kaif answered a fan's question at MAMI about her inclination to take up deglamorous roles. Politics Tit For Tat: Pakistan Declares An Indian Diplomat 'Persona Non-Grata,' Orders To Leave Within 48 Hours Earlier today, India declared a Pakistan High Commission staffer in New Delhi as persona non-grata for espionage activities Politics Govt May Change Law On Censor Board, Says M Venkaiah Naidu "Government is open to making necessary changes. Cinematograph Act came in 1952 and film certification has to be done under that Act." Retail Urban Ladder reinvents itself with focus on offline stores Online furniture and home decor brand Urban Ladder has unveiled its new brand identity with the tagline Let’s Create, in a bid to open up distribution channels to reach out to new customers. Retail India's businesses focused ecommerce segment is transforming online ordering Primary among these factors is the impending rollout of the proposed Goods and Services Tax, which would simplify selling to business across states. Telecom Vodafone India expands 4G network in Gujarat Vodafone says there are no different prices for 4G, so our 3G customer gets 4G services at the same price Telecom Sunil Bharti Mittal becomes first Indian to chair prestigious telecom industry Board, GSMA The GSMA today announced that it has elected Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises, as Chairman for the two-year period from January 2017 through December 2018   Finance Why do Indian companies have trouble with successful transitions? Finance Tata Steel assures investors on European business sale plans Tata Steel says on track for sale or joint venture for its European business and sale of its UK assets, a day after Cyrus Mistry made public the extent of writedowns Logistics GST will necessitate over 51 million SMEs in India to consider reinvesting or redefining their business processes; SAP and Assocham's tech resource centre helping with simple structure SAP in partnership with Assocham launched a resource centre that will be a one-stop portal for businesses looking at adopting or migrating to technology that will make them future ready for GST Logistics Air India: A consortium of 19 banks are looking at converting Rs 10,000 cr debt into equity, then banks could hold up to 40% stake in airline Restructuring of loans is critical to Air India’s turnaround. But it also brings to mind a similar attempt to involve banks in another airline’s turnaround HR India faces deepening crisis on job front: CPI-M Saying India is facing a deepening crisis on the employment front, the CPI-M has said THAT the failure to create jobs "is the single biggest failure of the Modi government". HR Twitter beats revenue estimates, cuts 9 per cent jobs The social network has been struggling to sign up new users amid competition from nimbler rivals such as Instagram and Snapchat. Software Qualcomm to acquire NXP Semiconductors for $47 billion : Plans to expand its reach beyond phones Qualcomm Inc said on Thursday it agreed to buy NXP Semiconductors NV for about $47 billion, including debt, as it seeks to expand the reach of its chips from phones to cars. Software IBM acquires Bangalore-based Sanovi Technologies to boost hybrid cloud Sanovi was founded in 2003 and has operations in the United States, the Middle East, and Asia. Marketing Crafting an Annual Marketing Plan for 2017 : Considerations and Trends Marketing MakeMyTrip posts a net loss of $34.9 million in September quarter : Report Online travel agent MakeMyTrip has reported a loss of $34.9 million for the quarter ended September, 2016 (Q2 FY17). This is the 16th straight quarter of losses for the company. Losses were up from $12.2 million in the same quarter last year. However, the company reported revenues of $83.1  mill Construction Buildings which are real but look like paintings Construction 5 Elegant Gray Kitchens Digital Snapdeal looks to consolidate ops; moving to co-working hubs to trim cost Startups has picked up an entire floor in co-working space provider Awfis Space Solutions hub in Andheri (west) that has a total capacity of 255 seats. Digital 24 karat gold on the got: Bluestone launches vending machine that sells gold Rich Indians love their shiny treasures, which might explain the growing number of startups in India, most of which are online shops, that are continuously tapping on the country’s notorious age-old obsession with both gold and jewelry. One particular company is Bluestone, a startup backed by Indian businessman Ratan Tata, which has just created a gold-vending machine for … Ecommerce Flipkart and Tiger Global-backed Ather Energy raises Rs 180cr funding from Hero MotoCorps In an earlier chat with ET, Ather Energy executives had said that the company had capped initial production at 10,000 units across three markets - Bengaluru, Chennai and Pune. The investment by Hero MotoCorp is expected to be made in tranches. Franchise Franchisor Zone: Get your public-speaking skills right to get higher quality leads than your rivals /ArchivesArchives Embraer pays $206 million to settle graft case involving India, other nations in US The fine due to US and Brazilian authorities is in line with a $200 million provision Embraer made in July. /ArchivesArchives Railways to lease out abandoned buildings to ecommerce companies The move is seen helping the railways become an end-to-end logistics provider and monetise its real estate. /LogisticsArchives Manish Sisodia lauds Arun Jaitley over GST, says 'grateful' to him for this reform, right time for this billl in the country As per my view, the governments which have implemented the GST across the world have been unpopular (among some sections who have to adjust during the transition), /LifeLife With the Touch Bar, Apple has turned its back on touchscreen laptops Apple is treading a different path. /MarketingArchives AdLift bags digital media mandate for ASICS India The mandate includes managing content across digital media platforms, search engine optimisation (SEO), and website management and maintenance. /PoliticsArchives Haji Ali Dargah Trust Tells Supreme Court They're Ready To Give Equal Access To Women In Sanctum Sanctorum NEW DELHI -- Women will be granted acce to the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali shrine in Mumbai on par with men, the Dargah Trust told the Supreme Court today and sought four weeks to make the requ... /MarketingArchives Apple’s iPhone sales in India up 50% YoY but no absolute numbers Apple’s CEO Tim Cook said that iPhone sales in India were up 50% year-on-year during an analyst call for the quarter ended September 24, 2016 (Q4FY16). However, Cook did not give out absolute numbers in terms of units which were sold. In the previous quarter (Q3FY16), iPhone sales in India gr /SportsArchives It’s either Virat Kohli or bust Over last 10 months, Virat Kohli has got little support from his mates — MS Dhoni’s 80 in Mohali was exception /LifeArchives In a world where Apple bought Time Warner AT&T ended up buying Time Warner. 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He has mostly been part of unconventional films, including several projects directed by Aparna Sen. /EntertainmentArchives Ajay Devgn on Shivaay: Kiss, lovemaking scenes were not chopped by censor Ajay Devgn’s Shivaay was passed with only one cut by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). /EcommerceArchives Cases against Amazon, Flipkart for flouting packaging norms These packages did not conform to the 'Package Commodity Rules, 2011,' the release said. /FranchiseArchives Are you providing the solid leadership required to meet your ROI targets? How is the leadership within your franchise? Top class? Could be better? 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