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It’s never too late to rethink one’s own brand purpose With digital advertising growing at 32% a year, measurement systems will help accelerate the growth of this ecosystem. Photo: iStockphoto Mainak Dhar We tend to define ourselves by our financial success, job profile or educational qualifications. But just as a brand needs to be unique, we need our very own sense of personal purpose. Share Via Read Full Story I have a confession to make. This may seem strange coming from someone whose la...

Inflation decline gave Bank of Mexico time to cut interest rates File Photo: Bank of Mexico (REUTERS) Anthony Harrup Share Via Read Full Story Mexican central bankers saw a window of opportunity to reduce interest rates earlier this month amid a lull in inflation and signs that the country’s economic recovery will be slow in 2021, according to minutes of their meeting released Thursday. The Bank of Mexico’s five-member board of governors voted unanimously on Feb. 11 to cut the overnight i...

New users and clunky apps add to UPI failures at PSBs Premium NPCI showed that 29 of 30 banks saw higher rate of business decline compared to technical failures (Mint) Share Via Read Full Story Transaction failures on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) are on the rise, with state-run banks leading the way. However, according to National Payments Council of India (NPCI), transaction failure due to customer errors were higher than the number declines due to a technical snag. Technical declines occ...

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Govt prepares to divest Air India’s ground handling ops Air India had current liabilities and provisions, including short-term loans and trade payables of ₹70,686.6 crore and a net debt of ₹58,255 crore at the end of FY19. (Bloomberg) Share Via Read Full Story The government is preparing to separately sell Air India Ltd’s profitable ground-handling unit with the privatization of the national carrier making progress. The finance ministry may soon issue a preliminary document for inter...

NBCUniversal-Banijay Asia sign deal to remake Suits, Top Chef, others for India NBCUniversal Formats logo (Twitter)Premium 2 min read Share Via Read Full Story NEW DELHI : Indian fans of international shows such as Suits, House, Monk, Saturday Night Live, The Titan Games and Top Chef will now be treated to local versions of these popular titles, with NBCUniversal Formats, a division of Universal Studio Group having signed a co-production deal with Banijay Asia to adapt a number of its formats i...

A family arrangement agreement is advisable Photo: MintPremium Share Via flat in a housing society) in the name of my grandfather, who is deceased. His wife (my grandmother), son (my father) and elder daughter (my elder aunt) are also dead. My uncle, my younger aunt and my mother are the successors of this property. We have mutually and amicably decided in the family that the said property will be transferred in my name. My younger aunt has decided not to take any share. My mother and I and my...

5G: Airtel to use Qualcomm tech Airtel and Qualcomm’s partnership will enable an array of use cases, including 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) that is designed to deliver broadband connectivity at gigabit speeds to homes and businesses, the telco said on Tuesday.Premium 1 min read Share Via Read Full Story Bharti Airtel Ltd said it will use US chip-maker Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s technology to roll out fifth-generation, or 5G, telecom services in India. The tie-up with Qualcomm comes shor...

Aon poll sees average India pay hike of 7.7% Indian firms paid a 6.4% average hike in 2020. (iStock)Premium Share Via Read Full Story Indian companies are likely to hand out an average of 7.7% salary increase this year, with top performers projected to get as much as 60% in raises, the India Salary Increase Survey by consulting firm Aon said on Tuesday. The pay hike will be better than most major economies, including Japan, the US, China, Singapore, Germany and the UK, where the average salary...

Amazon partners Mahindra for EVs Amazon India said the government’s push for adopting EVs with awareness campaigns such as ‘Go Electric’ and steps towards setting up charging infrastructure with the FAME 2 policy has helped the company accelerate and chart its vision for EVs in India. Photo Pradeep Gaur/Mint 2 min read Share Via Read Full Story Amazon.com Inc.’s India unit agreed to order more electric vehicles (EVs) from Mahindra Electric as part of a plan to boost its local eco-friend...