September 2023 – Page 40

Arijit Singh beats Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber with more followers on Spotify

Arijit Singh’s popularity or the rise in following count has been attributed to his songs in the last eight months. (From left to right - Taylor Swift, Arijit Singh and Justin Bieber. Image source: News18)

Arijit Singh, of ‘Tum Hi Ho’, ‘What Jhumka’ fame, raced ahead of global sensations like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and The Weeknd with an impressive follower count of 85,996,564.

Deloitte’s Romal Shetty: India needs to grow at 8-9 percent to become a developed nation by 2047

Speaking of challenges, Deloitte's Romal Shetty highlighted that import of crude oil and artificial intelligence (AI) were among them.

The chief executive officer of Deloitte said, India could benefit from ‘China plus one’ strategy due to the provision of scale and size of the operations available in the country.

India-Bharat renaming: What is the cost of India’s rebranding as Bharat?

the approximate cost of India's renaming as Bharat is a mind-boggling Rs 14,304 crore, as reported by Outlook Business. (Representative image by Ishant Mishra via Unsplash)

Renaming of a country is a costly exercise. For instance, the estimated cost of renaming Swaziland to Eswatini was $60 million.

How the Indian newspaper industry sees the impact of a newsprint price drop

Cars was the top category with 7% share of ad space in Jan-Mar’24. (Representative image by Bank Phrom via Unsplash)

Newsprint supply from Russia has also gained momentum after disruptions in shipping lines due to the EU and US sanctions, as per industry sources.

MG Motor India appoints Abhishek Malhotra as brand head – EV

Abhishek Malhotra began his career at Ogilvy & Mather.

Prior to this, Abhishek Malhotra worked at edtech platform Unacademy as associate director – brand marketing.

Rishi Sunak sports boAt headphones; Co-founders Sameer Mehta, Aman Gupta have priceless replies

The consumer lifestyle accessories brand was founded by Aman Gupta and Sameer Mehta in November 2016.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shared a photo on Instagram where he’s seen wearing boAt headphones.

G20 Summit: PM Modi’s opening address at G20 Summit delivered from behind a ‘Bharat’ plaque

Prime Minister Modi's chair mentioned the country's name as 'Bharat' as he started his opening remarks at the G20 Summit 2023. (Image source: PM Narendra Modi via Twitter)

The two-day summit of the Group of 20 nations kicks off today. World leaders including US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and others arrived in the national capital yesterday.

Bookstrapping: Happy Sexy Millionaire by Steven Bartlett

Steven Bartlett is a successful entrepreneur and the host of UK's No.1 podcast 'The Diary of a CEO’. The reason he writes this book is that as an 18 year old insecure dropout, he wrote in his diary that by the age of 25 he would like to be a 'happy sexy millionaire.' When he got there he realised that the world had lied to him. (Image Source: Amazon)

In his book, Happy Sexy Millionaire, Steven Bartlett writes about things he has been discovering after finding fame and money at an early age. Here’s what it is all about.

G20 Summit: Find out which hotels and cars Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak and other world leaders, delegations are using

Over 30 luxurious hotels have been reserved for G20 delegates. (Image source: From left to right - Oberoi hotel Gurugram, Shangri-La, The Lalit, The Leela)

The G20 Summit will see delegates from G20 and non-G20 countries hosted in Delhi on September 9-10.