Local influencers harness regional insights to forge deeper, more personal bonds with audiences: Mrunali Dedhia

The authenticity, relatability, cost-effectiveness, and ability to connect with hyper-local audiences make local influencers indispensable allies for brands seeking to make meaningful inroads into diverse and dynamic regional markets.(Representative Image: Cristina Zaragoza via Unsplash)

Mrunali Dedhia, Vice President, Chtrbox says brands are increasingly drawn to local influencers for their micro-communities to drive targeted engagement and conversations.

Young entrepreneurs should learn from Byju’s mistakes: MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar

This was followed by similar questions on former American president Donald Trump and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

This comes at a time when some of the most highly valued startups, including Byju’s, Paytm, Ola, and Dream11, have come under fire for a range of issues, casting a shadow on India’s technology and startup ecosystem.

Kerala HC summons WhatsApp India representative over obscene video of a woman

While conversational and generative AI has made a massive movement as an emerging technology, its integration into a platform as widely adopted as WhatsApp could be a pivotal moment for its mainstream adoption. With billions of users already familiar and comfortable with WhatsApp's messaging interface, the barrier to entry for using conversational AI could be significantly lowered. (Representative Image: Dima Solomin via Unsplash)

s per the Information Technology (IT) digital media ethics rules, a major social media intermediary such as WhatsApp is required to provide details of the originator only for offences punishable with imprisonment for a term of not less than five years.

Tata Play Binge onboards punjabi OTT platform PTC Play to its mix

Now with just 1 Tata Play Binge subscription, customers can access DistroTV’s offerings too (Image source: Amazon)

With this partnership, Tata Play Binge users in India will have access to Live TV Channels, Punjabi Movies, Punjabi Web Series, Award Shows, Reality Shows, latest Punjabi Songs, Punjabi Virsa, Punjabi Short Films, Kids Special Content and more.

Edelweiss MF’s Radhika Gupta on thousand Indians attend the Harvard India Conference

Reflecting on Bhagat's experience, Gupta acknowledged the dual nature of the sharks on Shark Tank India – formidable in their pursuit of investments yet compassionate and supportive towards budding entrepreneurs. (Image sourced via Edelweiss website)(Image sourced via Edelweiss website)

The Edelweiss Mutual Funds CEO said the presence of such a large number of Indians at an American campus was once a rarity and that it was “incredible” to see times change.

GOZOOP HAWK bags listening and digital customer support mandate for Amazon miniTV

Amazon miniTV offers a large library of popular web series, movies, reality shows, dubbed international content, in multiple genres like comedy, romance, slice of life, thriller and more.

As part of the mandate, GOZOOP HAWK’s key responsibilities will include handling digital customer support, monitoring online brand chatter, amplifying positive stories, measuring sentiments, providing timely resolutions and deriving actionable business insights for the brand by understanding and tracking valuable web conversations to delight customers.

Pocket FM launches Pocket Novel; to invest US$40 mn

The platform has witnessed its writers' community flourished to over 150,000 writers with the top-performing writers earning impressive incomes, with some exceeding US$2500 every month. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

The online novel reading platform market in India is yet to be explored at its potential, with the global market projected to exceed US$6.5 billion by 2028

FM Nirmal Sitharaman, RBI deputy governor and top officials to meet fintech heads

This meeting is in the wake of RBI’s regulatory action against Paytm’s banking arm Paytm Payments Bank. On the government’s agenda, fintech and innovation in fintech stand as the topmost priority. This is followed by digital payments being a mainstay of its social sector programmes, stated a media report.

The meeting, which is scheduled for February 26, is to reassure the fintech industry that the sector would be a priority for the government.