Ogilvy’s Shagun Agarwal and Chaitali Mane clinch victory at AAAI’s Young Lotus Contest

Rohit Ohri, global partner at FCB said, "“The AAAI Young Lotus Contest provides a platform for young minds to use their creativity to make our world a better place. This year, it's been encouraging to see the participants' enthusiasm to tackle one of the burning issues of our time – the need for clean air." (Image source: Facebook)

Under the theme “BREATH OF CHANGE: INNOVATING FOR CLEAN AIR IN INDIA,” contestants were tasked with conceptualizing integrated campaigns advocating for cleaner air and environmental sustainability.

Google’s $700 million settlement seems skeptical to US Judge

1.5 Flash excels at summarization, chat applications, image and video captioning, data extraction from long documents and tables, and more. (Representative Image: Lauren Edvalson via Unsplash)

At a hearing on Tuesday, US District Judge James Donato seemed skeptical of this settlement. He said that the accord seems to be giving short-shrift to consumers in its overall compensation as well as the broad release it gives the company through future lawsuits, Business Standard reported.

One One Six Network enters into a strategic alliance with Centrick Marketing Solutions

Established in 2019 by IITians Anurag Kedia and Gagandeep Makker, Pilgrim is one of the fastest-growing Beauty and Personal Care brands that offers 100+ SKUs across facecare, haircare & skincare products, makeup, and fragrances. The brand’s diverse selection of beauty products is made with ingredients sourced from various parts of the world, all of which are approved by PETA and the FDA, highlighted the company. (Image source: Claudio Schwarz via Unsplash)

Through this alliance, Centrick Marketing Solutions’ clients will have the ability to leverage and utilise One One Six Network’s global database of human brands, sports personalities, actors, celebrities, category specialists and market voices.

McDonald’s India operator Westlife Foodworld denies ‘fake cheese’ claims

"The confirmation from the FSSAI explicitly states that “Articles in question contain Cheese or cheese product as a part of composition and does not contain analogue in dairy context in any form”. This clean chit is a testament to McDonald’s India’s commitment to upholding stringent food quality standards across all its restaurants, at all times," added the QSR firm. (Image source: Unsplash)

Westlife Foodworld Limited (WFL), who owns and operates McDonald’s restaurants across 11 states in West and South India took to LinkedIn to officially clarify that the cheese used in their products is real and actually contains cheese.

Amazon Pay gets RBI’s payment aggregator license

The regulator gave its go ahead to the payments app to carry out business as payment aggregator, which will allow it to facilitate ecommerce transactions through its app, Moneycontrol reported. (Representative Image: Christian Wiediger via Unsplash)

Amazon Pay secures payment aggregator license from RBI. The RBI has given the license to as many as 10 companies since the start of 2024, including Zomato, Juspay, Decentro, Zoho and Stripe.

Swiggy changes registered name from Bundl Technologies to Swiggy Pvt Ltd ahead of IPO

The restaurant industry typically spends anywhere between 3 percent to 6 percent of its revenue on advertising, including online platforms like Meta (Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp), Google, and traditional media such as TV, print, and radio. (Image sourced from CNBC)

The name change will be subject to the approval of the Registrar of Companies.

PhonePe SmartSpeakers ropes in Mammooty, Kichcha Sudeep and Mahesh Babu for its celebrity voice feature

Using famous celebrity voices from different regions will make the payment experience for customers as well as merchants even more interactive. (Images sources via Forbes India and Instagram)

PhonePe had previously also launched the celebrity voice feature on its SmartSpeakers in collaboration with the iconic Indian actor, Shri. Amitabh Bachchan in Hindi and English languages.

How Ballabh Prasad Agarwal’s Priyagold became a nostalgic icon

In 2023, Surya Foods achieved sales of 3000 CR. Despite Agarwal's passing at 72, Priyagold remains a prominent brand in the biscuit industry. (Representative image by Rene Porter via Unsplash)

With popular brands like Butter Bite, CNC, Snacks Zig Zag, and Marie Lite under its umbrella, Priyagold has become one of India’s favourite tea-time biscuits.