Month: August 2024

India Inc upskills employees to bridge AI talent gap: Deloitte-Nasscom report

With AI becoming a key player in shaping digital marketing decisions, this discussion will provide crucial insights into the evolving ad landscape and how brands can leverage AI for long-term growth and ethical marketing practices.

It is expected that India will have a surplus of talent by 2030, with over one million highly skilled tech professionals

India’s most inspirational brand and business leaders to gather to ‘share their spotlight’

(From left to right: Suparna Mitra, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and Sumit Virmani)

After a blockbuster inaugural edition in Mumbai, Storyboard18 – Network18 Group will bring the unique Share The Spotlight platform to Bengaluru, where industry leaders will gather to illuminate stories of women who spark change every day, learning from their experiences, and in turn ignite a chain of generosity.

Narayana Murthy highlights population control as key to India’s sustainability

In October 2023, Infosys founder, Narayana Murthy suggested that young Indians should work 70 hours a week to help India compete with economies that have seen significant growth in recent decades.

At a recent convocation ceremony, Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy emphasized the urgent need for population control measures in India and the role of professionals in national progress.

Union ministry asks UPSC to withdraw lateral entry ad

The CCPA determined that by not disclosing the specific courses attended by each candidate, Vision IAS created a false narrative that all the top performers had succeeded through the same, expensive course.

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has been asked to cancel its advertisement for lateral entry into top posts in central ministries amid backlash.

Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks chairman Kathleen Finch to retire

Kathleen Finch joined Scripps Networks in 1999 as a programmer at the start-up Food Network, following 12 years as a journalist at CBS News. She helped turn a small food-focused network into one of the most watched and well-known cable brands, now a television mainstay thanks to the extraordinary chefs and restauranters who Finch developed, including Bobby Flay and Guy Fieri.

Upon Kathleen Finch’s retirement at the end of the year, the US Networks business will be led by Channing Dungey, Warner Bros. Television Group Chairman and CEO.