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BharatPe names ex-PepsiCo officer Jasneet Kaur as CHRO : BharatPe has strengthened its leadership team by appointing Jasneet Kaur as Chief Human Resource Officer. Jasneet’s appointment comes at a time when BharatPe is going VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Facebook CEO’s non-profit organization - CZI may invest in Mumbai based Edtech Startup Eruditus (Breaking) : The non-profit organization, The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), headed by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, is in advanced talks with a Mumbai based edtech startup Eruditus. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Apple issues apology to WordPress over its app store payment dispute : Apple has apologized and backed down from a plan to block updates to the WordPress iOS app until the open-source project enabled in-app purchases that give Apple a 30% cut on sales. The fact was as reported, that Apple was essentially strong-arming WordPress VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

CSS Corp Wins Silver Stevie® Award for Its COVID Response : CSS Corp, a new-age IT services and technology support company, today announced that it has won the Silver Stevie® Award in the ‘Most Valuable Employer – Asia Pacific’, a COVID-19 response category in the fifth annual Stevie Awards for Great Employers. CSS Corp VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Wildcraft collaborates with IBM to drive higher customer advocacy : IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that Wildcraft India Pvt. Ltd, India’s foremost company in the manufacturing and distribution of head-to-toe products for trek-to-travel solutions, has selected IBM to implement a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) as-a-service-platform VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

General insurance business of Bharti Axa to join hand with ICICI Lombard : According to sources, Bharti Axa's non-life insurance business will merge with ICICI Lombard's general insurance business through a scheme of arrangement. 'The proposed transaction provides a meaningful opportunity for ICICI Lombard to consolidate its market-leading VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Government to hire Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India, SBI Capital to assist LIC to prepare for IPO : According to news reports, LIC India is poised to hire Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India and SBI Capital Markets to help Life Insurance Corp. of India prepare for an initial share sale. The advisers will help evaluate the capital structure of India’s biggest insurer as well as VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

GST Superintendent duped of around Rs 2 lakh by cyber fraudster : A superintendent with the central government’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) department in Mumbai was duped of Rs. 1.91 lakh by a fraudster posing as a bank employee. The victim was asked to update his bank account’s Know-Your-Customer (KYC) information. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Airtel may need to shell out Videocon AGR dues: SC : The Supreme Court made an observation that may see Airtel end up paying around Rs 1,400 crore in AGR dues owed by bankrupt Videocon Telecommunications. Airtel’s VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Aarogya Setu brings in new feature for safe reopening of offices : Aarogya Setu has emerged with a new feature that will enable organisations to get the health status of their employees or any other user, provided they consent to it, an official release said. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Indian Railways calls off the tender for manufacturing of 44 semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express trains : Indian railways have cancelled the tender for manufacturing of 44 semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express trains. A fresh tender will be floated next week as per revised public procurement order to prioritise Make in India. Though they have not till now specified the reason VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Is more tweeting inviting more problems? : Is more tweeting inviting more problems? VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Content to remove from Twitter rose to 55% in late 2019: Twitter : India came fifth among countries that requested social media site Twitter to remove content that violated local laws. The government made 782 legal demands for content takedown in the in the July-December 2019 period and it is up by about 55% from the previous VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

235 million Instagram, TikTok & YouTube users' data exposed : The data of 235 million Instagram, TikTok and YouTube users has been exposed in a data leak. The data leak has been linked to a company named Deep Social. Its administrators then forwarded the disclosure to social media influencer data-marketing company Social VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Adobe confirms Lightroom iOS photos erased due to update bug : Adobe released a new version of its Lightroom app for iOS this week and it unfortunately has caused some users to permanently lose their photos and presets. An update has been released since fixing the issue but Adobe says there’s no way to help those already VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Adanis close to acquiring GVK's 51% in Mumbai International Airport : The tussle between Adani Group and GVK Group over management of Mumbai airport appears to be heading in direction of a decision with the previous proposing to amass a majority stake in Mumbai Worldwide Airport (MIAL). VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

UPI and RuPay Services to go Global : National Payments Corporation of India which regulates and facilitates digital payment activities in the Indian economy, has expressed plans to extend its services to reach out the Global platform. Most commonly associated with the RuPay cards and the UPI transaction VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Yes Bank CEO passes sleepless nights for the toughest finance job in India : As offered the job of rescuing the country’s most troubled private-sector bank, Kumar had little hesitation in accepting the position of chief executive officer of Yes Bank Ltd. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Kodak Alaris Announces Global Alliance with RPA Software Leader UiPath : Kodak Alaris has announced a global alliance with UiPath, one of the world’s leading Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software companies. The collaboration will enable both companies’ channel partners and customers to leverage Kodak Alaris’ award-winning VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

CCI approves proposed acquisition of C&S Electric by Siemens : The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves proposed acquisition of C&S Electric Limited by Siemens Limited. The proposed combination envisages acquisition of 100% of the share capital of C&S Electric Limited (C&S) by Siemens Limited (Siemens India). VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE