NP Singh’s emotional farewell at SPNI, a grateful goodbye to his team

During his farewell speech, emotionally charged Singh bowed down to thank his colleagues at SPNI and said, “My 25-year journey has been incredible."

Singh first joined Sony in 1999 as CFO and later became the COO before becoming MD and CEO in 2014. Gaurav Banerjee, the next leader of SPNI was not present during the farewell ceremony. He is set to join office on Monday.

Valorant and Fortnite lead India’s online gaming chatter, BGMI follows close behind

India's video games market generated revenue of $830 million in 2023, up 15.9% year-over-year (YoY), slightly down from the 19% growth seen in 2022, according to Niko Partners.

In terms of social media chatter about top gaming streamers in India, Tanmay Singh, also known as ‘sc0utOP’ is topping the charts in social media mentions, closely followed by Ankit ‘v3nom’ Panth.

Meta’s new policy sparks debate over alcohol and gambling ads

The state commission, presided over by President Sushil Kumar and Member Sudha Upadhyay, stated that "WhatsApp is a service provider company" and its provision of services within India means it "cannot be said that this company is a foreign company and the consumer complaint against it is not maintainable." The ruling directly contradicts the district commission's view that WhatsApp users are not consumers of the platform.

Storyboard18 was the first to report Meta’s plan to introduce three new verticals for WhatsApp Business, including alcohol and real money gambling.