Author: Kashmeera Sambamurthy

Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant pre-wedding festivities: Salman Khan to Rihanna, celebs arrive in Jamnagar

Several other Indian celebrities who are expected to mark their presence at the lavish event are Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, and Rajinikanth. Besides, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Kajol, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Katrina Kaif, Karan Johar, Varun Dhawan, and Shraddha Kapoor will also be adding glam to the mega event with their presence. (From top left to right: Salman Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt and Rihanna)

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan made a dashing entry for Anant and Radhika’s pre-wedding celebrations.

WPL 2024: Puma onboards Kareena Kapoor Khan, Masaba Gupta, Vineeta Singh among others to champion women athletes

In the digital film, the personalities pledged to not only come together to watch the WPL match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the stadium, but also welcomed women from all walks of life to join them and enjoy watching the game as a collective over this Ladies‘ Night.

Under this one-of-a-kind association, the selected women leaders as voices of change will be jointly attending a Women’s Premier League (WPL) match in New Delhi on March 10 for a Ladies’ Night to support and celebrate women athletes.

OTT originals in regional languages growing; will reach 50 percent of all OTT originals in 2024: Sanjay Jaju, MIB Secy

“We have close to 90 crore internet users, more than 60 crore smartphones, more than 4 crore connected TVs,” Jaju said.

At the India Digital Summit 2024, Sanjay Jaju, secretary at the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, also stated that over 200 films were released on the digital platforms in the last year, including 75 films which were released directly on the digital platform without a theatrical release.

Sridhar Ramaswamy joins Snowflake as chief executive officer

Sridhar Ramaswamy started his career at Telecordia Technologies, and went on to work across Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, E.piphany, Google and Neeva.

Sridhar Ramaswamy succeeds Frank Slootman, who announced his retirement. But, he will continue to serve as chairman of the board.

Rayomand J Patell joins Laqshya Group as group chief creative officer

Rayomand J Patell began his career at Everest Young & Rubicam, and went on to work across SSC&B Lintas, Contract India, Havas Worldwide and Idealake Information Technology Pvt. Ltd.

As group chief creative officer, Rayomand J Patell’s role will be to significantly raise the bar on creativity, effectiveness and integrated synergies.

Aerospike appoints Khushal Bhansali as country head – India and South Asia

Prior to joining Aerospike, Khushal Bhansali held key leadership positions at companies such as Informatica, BMC Software, Novell/SuSe Inc, and TigerGraph.

In his new role, Khushal Bhansali will lead Aerospike’s business operations for these markets, focusing on expanding the company’s presence, driving growth, and delivering exceptional customer service.

Business Acumen is Key to Entrepreneurial Success: Anupam Mittal at the India Digital Summit 2024

In response to a question from the audience about which sectors young entrepreneurs should focus on, Mittal opined “green energy” and “healthcare”.

Speaking to Vivek Bhargava, Co-founder, ProfitWheel, the moderator of the fireside chat, on the impact of technology and AI capabilities on businesses, Mittal said, “I think technology is going to permeate every business. That is crystal clear; zero percent doubt, it already has. And now, AI will permeate every business. This doesn’t mean every business will be an AI business, but every business will have to become AI-enabled at some point.”

Reliance’s video streaming ambitions to get a boost with Hotstar-JioCinema combine

The merged entity will have a valuation of Rs 70,352 crore ($8.5 billion) on a post-money basis. Reliance Industries will own a controlling stake in the entity and will invest Rs 11,500 crore ($1.4 billion) for its growth strategy. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Analysts expect the deal to boost Reliance’s position in the country’s fiercely competitive video streaming sector.

Experts decode impact of Reliance-Disney mega $8.5 billion media joint venture

The JV, according to a press statement, is also looking at leading the digital transformation of the media and entertainment industry in India and offer consumers high-quality and comprehensive content offerings anytime and anywhere. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and The Walt Disney Company on Wednesday announced the merger of their India TV and streaming media assets, creating an $8.5 billion or ₹70,000 crore entertainment behemoth with RIL holding a controlling stake with over 63% of the combined entity.