India is going through a phase of creative confidence: Diageo’s Amitabh Pande

"India is the capital of creativity." - Amitabh Pande, chief consumer planning, strategy and digital officer at Diageo India

Amitabh Pande, chief consumer planning, strategy and digital officer at Diageo India shares his bullish views on India’s creative industry, Storyboard18’s YoungGuns, YoungGuns all around the globe and more.

Nazara Technologies secures Rs 100 crore investment from Zerodha founders

The new directors join chief executive officer Anirban Mukherjee and chief finance officer Arvind Agarwal on the board of PayU India. (Representative Image: Towfiqu barbhuiya via Unsplash)

Among other things, the infusion of fresh funds will be utilized to invest in funding requirements and growth objectives of the company for making strategic acquisitions and investments in various companies.

ShareChat launches ad film “What’s Trending Today” created by Schbang

The film portrays a scene in an office where two colleagues are trying to strike up a cordial conversation. Through their conversation, they discover the perks of being connected to the whole world through ShareChat, allowing them to stay updated with "Poori Duniya ki Kahani" (the whole world's story).

Titled ‘Aaj Kya Trending Hai?’ (What’s Trending Today?), the brand film aligns with ShareChat’s positioning as a hub for all things trending and culturally significant.

Ranveer Singh promotes message privacy in Whatsapp campaign

In a candid conversation, the actor opened up about what's in his phone and how he protects his most private conversations on WhatsApp.

The video almost has Ranveer Singh spilling the beans but instead educates people on the importance of private and secure messaging with simple privacy features like end-to-end encryption, chat lock, screenshot blocking for view once messages on WhatsApp.

SEBI and Finfluencers: “You can’t regulate lakhs of people. You can’t attack freedom of speech…”, says Radhika Gupta, Edelweiss AMC

Finfluencers will face a massive revenue drop as brand deals evaporate, as firms will no longer risk collaborations that could land them in non-compliance with SEBI’s circular, say experts. (Representative Image: Mark Duffel via Unsplash)

“The best thing is to take your registered intermediaries and say that you guys should have nothing to do with this,” said Radhika Gupta about SEBI’s crackdown on finfluencers.

PhonePe collaborates with Amitabh Bachchan; introduces celebrity voice feature

PhonePe SmartSpeakers provide voice payment notifications in multiple Indian languages, with up to four days of battery life, data connectivity, a battery level LED indicator for ease of use, audio alerts for low battery levels, and a replay button for the last transaction.

The celebrity voice feature is currently available in Hindi and English, with plans to roll this out for other languages in the future.

CG Corp Global’s FMCG brand, WAI WAI India, signs up Ayushmann Khurrana as brand ambassador

WAI WAI has strategically decided to foster a stronger connection with the emerging generation, encompassing young adults, teenagers, and working professionals. As the sole standalone brand producing pre-seasoned noodles, colloquially referred to as ‘Brown Noodles,’ WAI WAI is set to introduce a transformation to the market.

Under the theme and tagline “WAI WAI Wala Taste”, “this collaboration aims to celebrate the distinctive flavor, taste, and seasoning that has endeared WAI WAI to its enthusiasts,” the company said.

Tata Motors to create an exclusive retail experience for its EVs with Tata.ev

The branding will also serve to differentiate ICE and EV versions of the same model.

The new branding Tata.ev will also serve to differentiate ICE and EV versions of the same model. The intent is to create an exclusive retail experience for EVs, confirms Vivek Srivatsa, head of Marketing, Sales and Service Strategy at Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Ltd.