PM Narendra Modi meets India’s top gamers

The Prime Minister even tried his hand at a few games including mobile games, PC, console games and VR.

The PM met a total of 7 gamers/gaming creators including Animesh Agrawal, Naman Mathur, Mithilesh Patankar, Payal Dhare, Tirth Mehta, Ganesh Gangadhar, and Anshu Bisht.

Mercedes Benz to launch 9 new vehicles in 2024

Mercedes-Benz to create an innovative ‘AMG Speed City’ for performance enthusiasts to hone their performance car driving skills, test the latest AMGs under expert guidance, and enjoy an immersive AMG brand experience.

Mercedes-Benz has clocked the highest ever sales in a month, quarter and fiscal, in its 30 years of Indian operations.

OnePlus products to not be sold by retail chains starting May 1

ORA is the registered Organised Retail Association which has 23 members including Poorvika, Sangeetha, Big C, and Pooja in the Southern and Western regions. (Image source: Unsplash)

Indian – Southern and Western retail chains to stop selling OnePlus products due to unresolved issues of narrow profit margins, delays in claim processing and bundling.

Ogilvy’s Hephzibah Pathak, ITC’s Anushree Ghosh, BBH India’s Parikshit Bhattaccharya among Cannes Jury

Work from across the globe will be judged, awarded and celebrated during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, running from 17 to 21 June 2024. (Image sourced from Cannes Lions website)

The Awarding Jury represents the global industry’s leading talent from a diverse range of disciplines, from across 54 markets – the highest number of markets ever represented on the Awarding Jury.

Edtech layoffs: Scaler cuts several jobs in sales and marketing department

Scaler had earlier said in a media interview, that it increased its workforce by over 150 percent to around 2000, as compared to the 800 employees it had in February 2022. (Representative Image: Tarik Haiga via Unsplash)

The Tiger Global-backed edtech firm Scaler initiates layoffs that will impact 10 percent of total workforce in sales and marketing departments.

Piramal Pharma enters men’s grooming market in India with the launch of BOHEM

The range will extend to include face washes, serums, and shower gels, each designed to meet the diverse needs of modern men.

Piramal Pharma Limited has been growing their brand Lacto Calamine, majorly focused on oily skincare, quite well for the last few years. The launch of BOHEM aligns with the company’s intention to cater to the male grooming market.

IPG Mediabrands, WPP and Omnicom Media Group in shortlist for Amazon’s global media mandate

Prior to 2013, Publicis Groupe handled Amazon’s media account. (Representative Image: Christian Wiediger via Unsplash)

IPG Mediabrands’ initiative is the incumbent agency for Amazon. It won the company’s account in 2013 and defended it in 2017. As per reports, IPG will continue to service Amazon in 2024. The new mandate will commence from 2025.