January 2025 – Page 8

Beauty Boom: HUL leads skincare surge with a likely Rs3,000 crore Minimalist deal

Mergers and acquisitions heat up in beauty and skincare

From Nykaa to Emami, major acquisitions are reshaping India’s fast-growing beauty and personal care market.

Biscuit brands bullish on TV, digital ad insertions decline 16% in FY24

In a highly competitive $4 billion biscuits market, companies are vying for market share

Leading biscuit makers shift advertising strategy as digital spending drops, while TV campaigns hold strong.

ZEEL’s CTPO Shiva Chinnasamy takes over ZEE5 CBO Manish Kalra’s responsibilities

Shiva Chinnasamy is experienced across across technology, data science & analytics to provide large scale, long-term solutions in close collaboration with stakeholders and business partners. His expertise spans across Ad tech, eCommerce, omni channel retail, B2C FinTech, B2B SaaS, platform engineering and mobile engineering.

In December 2024, Manish Kalra moved on from his role of Chief Business Officer for Global Markets at ZEE5.

RMG players’ woes increase, while Rs 8.2 trillion illegal betting market grows

Thirty petitions have been filed by RMG companies challenging retrospective GST demands exceeding ₹1.5 trillion, calculated at 28% on the face value of bets.

Beyond taxation challenges, RMG companies are urging the government to refine online gaming regulations to clearly differentiate between skill-based gaming and betting or gambling.

TikTok’s North American ad sales head Sameer Singh steps down

This movement comes as the ban on the short form video hosting service in the US nears, which is all set to take place on January 19.

Sameer Singh, who joined ByteDance in 2019 as the head, global business solutions, APAC, will remain with the company till the end of February.

ITDC to offer luxurious retreats at Maha Kumbh 2025

Image: KumbhCity, ITDC

Spirituality meets comfort as luxury camps with modern amenities debut near Prayagraj’s Sangam, enhancing the pilgrim experience.

Kotak Mahindra Bank’s COO and CTO Milind Nagnur resigns, cites personal reasons

The resignation is effective from February 15, 2025.

The bank in exchange filings confirmed that Nagnur had stepped down due to personal reasons, with plans to relocate to the United States to care for family members.

TRAI to hold OHD on 8 Jan for formulating Digital Radio Broadcast Policy

MIB has also highlighted certain issues that may be considered while formulating recommendations for digital radio broadcast policy.

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting vide its reference dated 23rd April 2024 has sought recommendations of TRAI on formulating a digital radio broadcast policy for private Radio broadcasters.

Policy think tanks, civil society call DPDP draft rules ‘vague’, raise concerns

Multiple think tank policy consultants have raised concerns over the challenges posed by emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence.

Experts suggest that the parental consent rules are likely to add a heavy compliance burden on all parties involved.

DPDP Act: MeitY releases draft data protection rules for public consultation

Multiple think tank policy consultants have raised concerns over the challenges posed by emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence.

Government seeks public input on regulations that will reshape how companies handle personal information