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Advertisers of the day Emeritus: Take your career to a new level with PG Diploma in Digital Business | Accepting Applications NUS Business School: Stay at the forefront of financial innovations | NUS Business School's FinTech programme Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails.   Finance Budget 2021: India Inc seeks single income tax structure, lower slab rates for individual tax payers In the previous Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had introduced a new tax regime where individual and Hindu undivided families could pay income tax at lower rate from April 1, 2020. Finance Tiger Global keeps up Its India investments in a pandemic year Tiger Globals India investments tallied at $529 million in 2020, second only to SoftBank Group, which invested $799 million in Indian startups. Finance Four MF trends that will catch up in 2021 Global investing and roll-down strategy became popular in 2020.More and more AMCs are launching funds with ESG investing philosophy, and riskometer is a big development Finance '20 years on, health insurance still an opportunity' Globally, money that has been coming in has been pension money. So, whether it is from funding or retirement planning perspective, these are the two markets close to insurance that have a lot of tailwind, said Shikha Sharma, Founding MD, ICICI Prudential Life 10 More Finance Stories Food/FMCG FMCG firms ramp up innovation as consumer trends shift trajectories Industry watchers also expect complete normalisation of demand for the fourth quarter of FY21 for most categories. Food/FMCG Average retail price of onions down 60% since last year: Govt In one month alone, the all-India average retail price of onion has dropped by 33.33% to ₹40 per kg today from ₹60 per kg on November 30 this year, Consumer Affairs Secretary Leena Nandan said 5 More Food/FMCG Stories Software The movers and shakers of 2020 Even amid the pandemic, demand for outstanding talent remained high as CIOs skilled in digital technologies landed multiple job offers and marked 2020.. Software India must strive for 'kotipakoti' computing: Intel's Raja Koduri India can get there by 2025 if data is stored, analysed locally Software Why VC Shailesh Ghorpade chose to focus on and invest in SaaS, enterprise tech startups In this episode of 100X Entrepreneur Podcast, VC Shailesh Ghorpade talks about his focus on enterprise technology startups. 10 More Software Stories Ecommerce Amazon and Flipkart accused of violating FDI policy -- Indian government asks RBI and ED to take action New Delhi, In a significant development related to war between e-commerce giants and traders of India, the Union Government has directed the Enforcement Directorate Ecommerce Over 8.5 million new user bookings were made on the OYO app and website in 2020: Rohit Kapoor With COVID-19 impacting the hospitality industry, bringing revenues down to almost zero, to now the steady recovery of the industry, there's a lot that has 7 More Ecommerce Stories Digital PhonePe's revenue from operations surges to Rs 372 crore from Rs 184 crore Even as revenues increased considerably, the firm remained in the red Digital Proposal to levy 18% GST alarms crypto exchanges Hefty taxation will shift transactions to international exchanges, warn stakeholders Digital India social media: Four acts of kindness from 2020 that won hearts From a dancing doctor to a surprise cake, these are the uplifting moments that cheered up India this year. Digital FarmVille Once Took Over Facebook. Now Everything Is FarmVille. The game, a phenomenon a decade ago, is shutting down on Thursday. But its legacy — for better and for worse — carries beyond gaming. Digital Explained: Who is Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan jailed for Covid-19 reporting? While in Wuhan, Zhang reported from various parts of the city, its crowded hospitals, and also documented the arrests of journalists and harassment meted out to the families of those seeking accountability. 10 More Digital Stories Franchise Breakingviews -- 2020 hindsight: Our best-read stories of the year As the world faced up to its annus horribilis, Breakingviews' readers showed a voracious and varied appetite for agenda-setting financial insight. Sure, the Covid-19 virus was on everyone's mind, but an analysis of the most-read stories of the year proved our readers are... Franchise Indian designers have much to learn from Pierre Cardin We need to have intelligent design, the kind that Cardin pioneered. In India, we are sadly reduced to being a copy of a copy, and have restricted ourselves to bridal trousseaus without even an edge for the bespoke. 3 More Franchise Stories HR Zomato gets 4,100 orders per minute on New Year eve, CEO Deepinder Goyal live tweets The order per minute rate on December 31 was the maximum ever, as the CEO of the app, founded in 2008, said. It surpassed the rate of India versus Pakistan match food ordering rate by 6pm, Goyal tweeted. HR No big bang year-end parties for corporate employees as celebrations turn virtual, private With Covid still very active, corporate year-end celebrations this year are a scaled-down affair. Companies are either taking the virtual route or encouraging employees to spend time with their families, while finding other ways, such as awards, to recognise their contributions 18 More HR Stories Logistics Our servers were hacked, internal documents may get uploaded on public websites: IndiGo "There were some segments of data servers that were breached - so, there is a possibility that some internal documents may get uploaded by the hackers on public websites and platforms," the airline said. Logistics Suneet Sharma to be new Chairman and CEO of Railway Board Suneet Sharma will be the next Chairman and CEO, Railway Board. He succeeds present CRB and CEO Vinod Kumar Yadav. Yadav had been given a one year extension post his retirement.The Appointments Commit 11 More Logistics Stories Construction New launches dip 46% in top seven cities in 2020: ANAROCK The top seven cities saw total home sales of over 1.38 lakh units in 2020 against approx. 2.61 lakh units in 2019 - a decline of 47%. Construction Ten ways Covid-19 has changed the world economy forever Measured by output, the world economy is well on the way to recovery from a slump the likes of which barely any of its 7.7 billion people have seen in.. 14 More Construction Stories Marketing Campaigns that changed the digital landscape in 2020 Manika Juneja, VP Operations (West and South), WATConsult shares her favourite pick of digital campaigns from 2o20. She writes how 2020 saw creativity succeeding Make us part of your daily routine   TradeBriefs and TradeBriefs International, bring you the best in business, culture, science and opinion. We bring you the important stories, not just the popular ones! Marketing Ad volumes on TV reach pre-COVID levels thanks to IPL, but value growth still some way off While ad volumes started picking up pace in the second half of 2020, overall there has been less than 1 percent increase in ad volumes compared to last year. 10 More Marketing Stories Politics Donald Trump Aims To Fabricate "Pretext For War": Iran's Foreign Minister Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday accused outgoing US President Donald Trump of aiming to fabricate a "pretext for war" as tensions mount between the two countries. Politics Trinamool's Abhishek Banerjee's Aide Summoned In Cattle Smuggling Case The CBI has summoned Binay Mishra, believed to be a confidante of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee, on January 4 for questioning in connection with a cattle smuggling case, officials said on Thursday. 4 More Politics Stories Sports In memoriam: Remembering sports persons who passed away in 2020 As we bid goodbye to 2020, we remember the passing of several sportspersons, national and international, whose legacies will live on long past a most tragic year. Advt: Work for the best employer - Yourself Advantages - Best B2B audience in India, no hard-selling or up-front costs involved, access to our content repository and air-tight agreements with instant gratification. Sports Goa's 14-year-old Leon Mendonca becomes India's 67th Grandmaster Leon Mendonca achieved his first Grandmaster norm at the Rigo Chess GM Round Robin in October while the second came in Budapest in November and the final one at the Vergani Cup in Italy. 5 More Sports Stories Entertainment Rhea Chakraborty to make a comeback in 2021 with film directed by Rumi Jaffrey Entertainment TV Premiere Dates 2021: All the Upcoming Shows to Get Excited About in the New Year New year, new TV. Keep up with all the new and returning shows premiering in 2021! 10 More Entertainment Stories Work Jubilant FoodWorks to invest ₹92 cr in Barbeque Nation for 10.76% stake Jubilant's stock rises 4% on the announcement.Jubilant FoodWorks has lately ventured into Chinese cuisine and biryani businesses Work Why have global stock markets gone up this year? Jobs around the world are being lost, but the global stock market is rising - what's going on? 14 More Work Stories Life 'Four years' work in one': vaccine researchers are the unassuming heroes of Covid-19 We don’t know their names, but these scientists have been working tirelessly to fight the pandemic. It’s time to say thank you Life I live in 24 hours of darkness each winter. Here's how I stay sane Five secrets to coping with winter's shorter days—from a scientist who lives in the Arctic and is used to four months of complete darkness. 20 More Life Stories Retail National action plan for toys industry, mega textile park scheme under consideration: Government "In the first phase, the artisans/weavers from 205 handicrafts/handlooms clusters are being selected throughout the country for uploading the handicra.. Retail Shopaholics introduces three Italian lifestyle brands in India The company brings in three of Pioanoforte's major brands, namely Yamamay, Carpisa and Jaked to fill the gap of the lifestyle sector in the country. Retail After Amazon, Clix Capital Approaches Court Against Future Group Delhi High Court restrains Future Group entity from alienating, or creating third-party interest, on its mall property. Retail Trolled and beautiful: a year of viral advertisements Advertisers quickly got into their stride with some heartwarming and entertaining ads 10 More Retail Stories Telecom Reliance Jio Makes Voice Calls to Any Network in India Free, Once Again! Reliance Jio announced that the IUC regime has come to an end, thus, it has decided to once again make all off-net domestic voice calls free in India. Telecom View: Intel has few good options as investor demands break-up Intel is "likely to get 20 to 30 cents on the dollar of what they invested, making it a nonstarter," said Dan Hutcheson, chief executive officer of VL.. Telecom Spectrum re-farming likely to help Vi in shoring up revenues Cash-strapped Vi is re-farming its 2G-3G spectrum with 4G wireless technology 7 More Telecom Stories TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. Our mailing address is GF 25/39, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi 110008, India About Me Sayan Will copy and paste later from my official biography! View my complete profile Powered by Blogger.