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Swiggy’s Sidharth Satpathy joins Red Bull as national sales director

Sidharth Satpathy began his career at HP and went on to work across Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, Johnson & Johnson, Marico and Reckitt Benckiser.

Sidharth Satpathy led Swiggy as vice president – head category; head of monetization and business head for private label (Instamart).

Binny Bansal moves on from Flipkart

Binny Bansal began his career as a software engineer at Sarnoff and held a similar position at Amazon. He is also a board member and an advisor at GreyOrange, Acko, Curefoods, PhonePe, IIT Delhi Endowment; 021 Capital and Udhyam Learning Foundation, N/Core.

As per sources quoted in media reports, Binny Bansal cited a conflict with his new venture ‘OppDoor’ in the e-commerce sector.

OLA Cabs CEO Hemant Bakshi moonlighting as a cab driver to understand customer expectations

During a media briefing on January 25, Hemant Bakshi stated that he offers ride-hailing service at night to gain firsthand experience and better understanding of customer requirements.

The former Unilever executive has stated that he drives around the city at night to gain an insight on customer experience and expectations.

Choose your battles. You can’t win all of them, says Vinit Kapahi, Aviva India

Vinit Kapahi of Aviva India says, "There are three that I would like to share. One is what I call the ‘Practice Pause’. I think it's extremely important for everybody to practice this in their normal routine. The second is about ‘Don't Procrastinate’. Please make a decision and go forward. The third is about choosing your venue. The way to fight is what decides who the winner is."

Vinit Kapahi, Senior Vice President and Head of Marketing, Aviva India, touches upon the influencers and trends he follows, his take on workplace toxicity and hustle culture, his piece of wisdom, and a lot more.

Unilever’s Hemant Bakshi joins Ola as chief executive officer

During a media briefing on January 25, Hemant Bakshi stated that he offers ride-hailing service at night to gain firsthand experience and better understanding of customer requirements.

Hemant Bakshi was the executive vice president – Unilever marketplace and chairman – Unilever Indonesia.

Samina Hamied to step down from Cipla

Samina Hamied started her career with Goldman Sachs at the investment management division. She rose to become the division’s associate and also looked after consultant relations.

Samina Hamied worked as the executive vice chairperson.

Zee Studios hits pause on new films: Report

But, the two big movies for Zee5 this year, Kangana Ranaut's 'Emergency' and Ajay Devgn's 'Maidaan' are witnessing work moving in full force. Zee5, the OTT platform of Zee, has plans of acquiring more series in regional languages in 2024. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Following the collapse of the Zee-Sony merger, Zee Studios has hit pause on new films, as per reports.

Digital news publishers body seek regulatory amendments for fair compensation and revenue sharing in India

The amendments, according to Sujata Gupta, secretary at DNPA, would guarantee an opportunity to ensure that any company or Large Language Model (LLM) that uses data also appropriately compensates the sources providing the content or data. (Image Source: Unsplash)

Developments on discussions between the ministry and the digital news publishers’ association were first reported on Storyboard18 in December 2023.

FTC to investigate deals between tech giants and Generative AI companies

The recent decision was taken under the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 in consultation with other Ministries and Departments of the Government of India, and domain experts specializing in media and entertainment, women's rights, and child rights. (Representative Image: Emily Morter via Unsplash)

They included Microsoft and Open AI, Amazon, Alphabet, and Anthropic PBC.

Bhavish Aggarwal’s Ola targets 1 billion customers, to scale up EV 2-wheeler ride-hailing

With this, the company aims to nurture the young and bright minds of our nation that will contribute to India’s journey to becoming a global leader. (Image source: CNBC-TV18)

Bhavish Aggarwal, the Founder of Ola, sees electrification as a game-changer for ride-hailing. He said Ola has already seen early success with the launch of e-bike services in Bengaluru in September, 2023.