Quantum Brief – Page 12

Actor Ayushmann Khurrana appointed Election Commission ambassador for 2024 Lok Sabha polls

Ayushmann Khurrana

In this campaign, Khurana will urge the youth to take action and exercise their right to select the nation’s future leaders.

Disney board room battle: Disney pulls ahead of activist investors Trian and Blackwell

When rival platform Netflix cracked down on password sharing, it gained nearly 22 million subscribers as a result, in the second half of 2023. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Disney wants all 12 of its current directors to continue on the board. The two hedge funds, Trian and Blackwells have been pushing for their own seats.

India’s broadband market grows: Jio, Airtel lead with nearly 98 percent share

Wireless subscribers increased from 1,158.49 million at the end of December 2023, to 1,160.71 million at the end of January 2024, registering a monthly growth rate of 0.19 percent. (Image by Markus Spiske via Unsplash)

TRAI reports 0.72 percent monthly increase in subscribers, urban wireline sees 2.19 percent growth

Maruti Suzuki achieves annual sales exceeding 2 million cars, led by SUVs

News was the leading channel genre of auto sector during H1’24 with a 65% share of ad volumes.

Maruti Suzuki’s car sales for the previous fiscal year reached 21.35 lakh units, marking an 8.6 percent increase compared to the preceding financial year’s 19.66 lakh units.

HDFC Bank responds to Bengaluru doctor for criticism over persistent loan solicitation calls

The doctor's situation resonated with other users on X platform. (Representative Image: National Cancer Institute via Unsplash)

Dr. Sundar Sankaran expressed frustration with the increasing annoyance caused by HDFC loan requirement callers. He noted that even when attempts are made to block these calls, reacting with anger only results in more persistent calls.

Meta boosts India fact-checking programme with PTI partnership

ANDP said that there is "imminent risk of serious and irreparable or difficult-to-repair damage to the fundamental rights of affected holders.” (Representative Image: Dima Solomin via Unsplash)

With this partnership with PTI, Meta now has 12 fact-checking partners in India, making it the country with the most third-party fact-checking partners globally across Meta.

Zee layoffs: Punit Goenka cuts tech and innovation centre by 50 percent

During the latest earnings call, Goenka said the arbitration proceedings in Singapore are continuing.

The Company recently announced the strategic realignment of its Revenue vertical, that is now being directly driven by the MD & CEO.

Disney boardroom battle heats up as investors clash over Iger’s leadership: Reports

When rival platform Netflix cracked down on password sharing, it gained nearly 22 million subscribers as a result, in the second half of 2023. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

On April 3rd, shareholders will decide the fate of Disney’s boardroom.

Mast or Meh?: Symphony’s summer ad for coolers is too cool

Still from the ad.

Storyboard18’s daily ‘Mast Or Meh?’ take. Watch Symphony’s hilariously cool ad for its summer campaign. Rating: Mast

HUL in talks to potentially sell Pureit water purifier business

Hindustan Unilever in its results for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2024 stated that the ad and promotions spends increased to hit Rs 1616 crore in Q4.

The FMCG giant has been in talks with prospective buyers, exploring the possibility of the sale. However, no formal decision has been made yet, as per moneycontrol.