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Durba Ghosh, qz.com
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Beware Indian social media influencers promoting brands. They may be resorting to fakery
Nearly 40% of Indian Instagram influencers use third party apps to inflate their numbers and get noticed by brands, as per digital marketing firm Social Booth.
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How L&T’s bid for a hostile takeover of Mindtree became all about theatrics and emotion
There was talk of ‘pyaar’ and ‘dil’ by L&T and a comparison to #MeToo by Mindtree.
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No more deep discounts? Changes in e-commerce norms will hurt Amazon and Flipkart
The changes follow complaints that the country’s largest e-tailers were indulging in predatory pricing.
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Trending
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Swiggy, Udaan, OYO and more: The eight startups that joined the unicorn club in 2018
The average time taken by a startup to attain a billion-dollar valuation in India has come down to between five and seven years.
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E-commerce wars: Indians are shopping more on Amazon, but Flipkart earns more revenue
In the last financial year, Flipkart had a revenue of $3.8 billion compared with Amazon’s $3.2 billion, according to a report by Barclays.
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Can a new CEO turn OYO profitable?
The start-up has now joined the ranks of the few Indian unicorns where founders have made way for an external CEO.
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Video
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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‘We have learned a lesson’: Facebook says it’s trying to tackle spread of misinformation in India
An interview with a public policy manager at Facebook.
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Indian children are the most cyberbullied in the world, according to a study
Instances of cyberbullying in India have increased this year, with over 37% parents saying their children have been victims at least once.
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After layoffs and up-skilling, India’s ailing IT sector is finally seeing an uptick
The past few quarters have seen the country’s three largest IT companies, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, and Wipro, steadily win large contracts.
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The Reel
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Premiere date announced for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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The secret ingredient of Pratik Gandhi’s success: ‘Salt to taste’
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‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ trailer: Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff team up for action thriller