The document contains answers to 32 trivia questions from various categories like business, sports, entertainment etc. Some key details include:
- Saina Nehwal was named brand ambassador of Kellogg's in India.
- BigBasket partnered with Chefkraft to deliver ready-to-cook meals under the brand HappyChef.
- Paolo Colella was appointed as head of Ericsson's India operations.
- TA Associates and Argan signed an agreement to acquire 95% stake in broadband provider Atria Convergence Technologies.
Facebook is planning to launch a shopping festival named Tied Together in association with GroupM on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. Sequoia Capital is helping Groupon India break away from its parent and the independent entity will be called Nearbuy. Philips India has roped in Varun Dhawan to endorse its male shaving and grooming range.
1. Godrej Consumers Ltd. has relaunched their soap product Vigil in the market.
2. Bajaj Auto plans to enter the goods carrier market segment by 2010.
3. Mahindra & Mahindra became the first Indian car company to design and manufacture a sports utility vehicle for the American market.
Hidesign has launched a new collection of bags inspired by Marsala, Sicily. Viiking Ventures acquired Kings Beer brand for Rs 90 crore. Mahindra Group hired Jaspreet Bindra as group senior vice-president for digital innovation and ecommerce. Bharti Airtel acquired financial products company YTS Solutions. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams opened India's first demat account for donations in the name of Lord Balaji.
The round consists of 6 open questions with potential points of +20/-10 each. Teams can connect the answers of all 6 questions for additional points ranging from +45/-30 to +30/-15. The questions identify ventures/companies like Ola shutting down its food delivery business in 2016 and later acquiring Foodpanda, the fitness company GOQii, the urban services company Urban Company, and the cashback website CashKaro, with all answers ultimately connecting to Paytm.
Vijay Mallya, former chairman of Kingfisher Airlines, is facing charges of money laundering and extradition relating to loans of Rs. 9,000 crores from multiple banks. The document outlines Mallya's career taking over his father's UBL group and expanding it significantly. It then details the rise and fall of Kingfisher Airlines, which Mallya launched in 2005 but was unable to turn a profit due to high costs, economic slowdown, and increasing debt burden. Mallya left for the UK in 2016 and India has been seeking his extradition for trial on fraud charges since 2018.
Rajeev Kondapalli emailed Anand Kumar with answers to 35 questions for a business quiz. The questions covered topics like mergers and acquisitions in the consumer goods, technology, and financial industries. Key deals and appointments mentioned included Rajesh Exports acquiring Valcambi, Alivira Animal Health buying Lyka Labs' veterinary business, and Rohit Ohri being appointed CEO of FCB Ulka India.
This document discusses Vijay Mallya and Kingfisher Airlines' default on over Rs. 9,000 crore in loans to banks. It details Mallya's business empire and the rise and fall of Kingfisher Airlines, which began operations in 2005 but struggled due to high costs and prices. While Mallya has offered to pay back Rs. 4,000 crore, banks have only recovered around Rs. 1,600 crore by selling collateral such as shares in United Spirits. The document also analyzes loopholes in laws like SARFAESI that have hindered further recovery from Mallya.
Facebook is planning to launch a shopping festival named Tied Together in association with GroupM on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. Sequoia Capital is helping Groupon India break away from its parent and the independent entity will be called Nearbuy. Philips India has roped in Varun Dhawan to endorse its male shaving and grooming range.
1. Godrej Consumers Ltd. has relaunched their soap product Vigil in the market.
2. Bajaj Auto plans to enter the goods carrier market segment by 2010.
3. Mahindra & Mahindra became the first Indian car company to design and manufacture a sports utility vehicle for the American market.
Hidesign has launched a new collection of bags inspired by Marsala, Sicily. Viiking Ventures acquired Kings Beer brand for Rs 90 crore. Mahindra Group hired Jaspreet Bindra as group senior vice-president for digital innovation and ecommerce. Bharti Airtel acquired financial products company YTS Solutions. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams opened India's first demat account for donations in the name of Lord Balaji.
The round consists of 6 open questions with potential points of +20/-10 each. Teams can connect the answers of all 6 questions for additional points ranging from +45/-30 to +30/-15. The questions identify ventures/companies like Ola shutting down its food delivery business in 2016 and later acquiring Foodpanda, the fitness company GOQii, the urban services company Urban Company, and the cashback website CashKaro, with all answers ultimately connecting to Paytm.
Vijay Mallya, former chairman of Kingfisher Airlines, is facing charges of money laundering and extradition relating to loans of Rs. 9,000 crores from multiple banks. The document outlines Mallya's career taking over his father's UBL group and expanding it significantly. It then details the rise and fall of Kingfisher Airlines, which Mallya launched in 2005 but was unable to turn a profit due to high costs, economic slowdown, and increasing debt burden. Mallya left for the UK in 2016 and India has been seeking his extradition for trial on fraud charges since 2018.
Rajeev Kondapalli emailed Anand Kumar with answers to 35 questions for a business quiz. The questions covered topics like mergers and acquisitions in the consumer goods, technology, and financial industries. Key deals and appointments mentioned included Rajesh Exports acquiring Valcambi, Alivira Animal Health buying Lyka Labs' veterinary business, and Rohit Ohri being appointed CEO of FCB Ulka India.
This document discusses Vijay Mallya and Kingfisher Airlines' default on over Rs. 9,000 crore in loans to banks. It details Mallya's business empire and the rise and fall of Kingfisher Airlines, which began operations in 2005 but struggled due to high costs and prices. While Mallya has offered to pay back Rs. 4,000 crore, banks have only recovered around Rs. 1,600 crore by selling collateral such as shares in United Spirits. The document also analyzes loopholes in laws like SARFAESI that have hindered further recovery from Mallya.
The document provides an overview of corporate news, legal updates, and articles. It reports on two major buyouts - a Chinese consortium acquiring the Indian ad-tech venture Media.net for $900 million, and Puma acquiring the remaining stake in its Indian joint venture to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary. It also discusses Reliance Brands inking an agreement with Amsterdam fashion brand Scotch & Soda to set up stores across major Indian cities and expand the brand through other retail channels in India.
The document discusses business ethics and corporate governance as it relates to the Indian Premier League (IPL). It provides an overview of how the IPL originated and its current revenue generation and distribution system. It then discusses some of the scams that have involved the IPL, including involvement of BCCI officials like Lalit Modi, politicians, money laundering, match fixing, and corporations/celebrities. The effects of these scams and potential future expansion of the IPL are also touched on.
The document discusses how the brand value of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has decreased in recent years. A study found that the IPL brand valuation dropped from $3.67 billion in 2011 to $2.92 billion, and the combined value of IPL franchises also decreased. Some reasons given for the falling brand value include user fatigue with the long tournament, changing team structures, and mismanagement issues like scandals. Revenue and viewership for the IPL have also declined. However, the document notes that Pepsi signing a large sponsorship deal and changes for IPL6 give some hope that the brand value may rise again.
Project Report on IPL - Indian Premier LeagueKaustubh Barve
Here are the key details about Chennai Super Kings:
- Based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and plays at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium
- Owned by India Cements who paid $91 million for the franchise rights
- Captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coached by Stephen Fleming
- Most successful IPL team, winning the title in 2010 and 2011
- Reached the playoffs every season
- Leading run scorer is Suresh Raina and leading wicket taker is Ravichandran Ashwin
- Estimated brand value of $75.13 million, making them the most valuable IPL franchise
Mahindra recently launched its electric vehicle Mahindra E2O, whose name expands to Energy to Oxygen. Several other questions provide brand or company names as answers related to automobiles, beverages, electronics, and other consumer products popular in India. The document appears to be collecting brand and company information through multiple-choice questions.
Vijay Mallya is an Indian businessman who founded Kingfisher Airlines. He is the son of Vittal Mallya and chairman of the United Breweries Group, which owns the Kingfisher beer brand. Mallya's leadership style is described as flamboyant and charismatic. He expanded his business interests significantly over time, but Kingfisher Airlines accumulated huge debts and losses and was eventually shut down in 2012 after failing to pay salaries to employees. Mallya now faces legal issues related to repayment of loans to banks for Kingfisher.
Emami has signed Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu as the brand ambassador for its products. It is also in talks with actress Malaika Arora Khan to endorse its pain reliever Zandu Balm. Emami already has several other celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and MS Dhoni endorsing some of its other brands.
Google estimates that India has around 35 million small and medium enterprises, but only about 200,000 of them have an online presence through websites or blogs. Google earns most of its global revenue from ads on its search engine.
Tata Steel and other steel makers like SAIL and JSW have increased steel prices
From Riches to rags: The Story of Vijay MallyaMuskanMittal22
Vijay Mallya is a fugitive Indian businessman. He is the subject of an Extradition effort by the Indian Government to return him from the UK to face charges of financial crimes of India.
Also known as "playboy of the east".
Cantabil plans to introduce a sportswear range in the next two years as it currently sells casual and formal wear. Emami settled a copyright dispute over using a song for its Zandu Balm ads and will have Malaika Arora Khan as brand ambassador. Aurobindo received FDA approval to sell generic forms of Ampicillin and Sulbactam injections with a $50 million market size. Malaysian company Astro will acquire 49% stake in NDTV Lifestyle for $40 million, with NDTV holding the remaining 51%. Tata Motors will launch the Aria crossover vehicle within a month, competing with Innova and Xylo, featuring a 2.2L diesel engine and safety features including
The document discusses the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India. It describes how IPL was founded in 2008 as a sub-committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The summary discusses some of IPL's promotional strategies, including selling merchandise through partnerships with retailers, online advertising deals, screening matches in cinema halls, and mobile marketing. It also outlines IPL's business model as a franchise system and some of its marketing strategies like creating online content and hiring international cheerleaders.
Pawan Munjal is the Managing Director and CEO of Hero Honda Motors Ltd, the largest two-wheeler manufacturer in the world. He comes from the Munjal family which established Hero Cycles in the 1950s. Under his leadership, Hero Honda formed a partnership with Honda Motor Company in 1984 and together they dominated the Indian motorcycle market. Munjal grew the business into a conglomerate with annual revenues of over $1.5 billion by focusing on affordable motorcycles, financing options for customers, and expanding exports. He has received several awards for his business leadership and contributions to professional golf and sports development in India.
The document appears to be a quiz containing multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank style questions across various topics including current affairs, brands and logos, and business. It includes questions about inflation rates, salary cuts at Jet Airways, Arvind Adiga's Booker Prize winning book, the ranking of Jaipur in BPO industry, the hospital Amitabh Bachchan was initially admitted to, the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics, and more.
10 Indian Personalities quiz (Anveshana 2014)Chetan Joshi
Deepindar Goyal is the founder of Zomato, an online restaurant discovery guide providing information on home delivery, dining out, cafes and nightlife in cities across 11 countries.
International lifestyle brand Esprit has a global turnover of $5 billion and is the 7th largest apparel brand worldwide. In India, Esprit targets the middle-to-upper-middle clientele and has a presence in 12 cities through a partnership with Madura Garments since 2005. American motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson will begin locally assembling some models in India in 2011 to gain a foothold in the growing Indian premium bike market dominated by Japanese brands. Vodafone Essar, India's third largest cellphone operator, plans to sell its 7,000 towers across 7 circles for over Rs. 2,000 crore.
Indian companies that made headlines in 2011 included Infosys, Reliance Industries, Flipkart, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Group, Kingfisher Airlines, and SKS Finance. Key events were Narayan Murthy stepping down from Infosys after 30 years, Mukesh and Anil Ambani combining telecom businesses, Flipkart receiving $150M in funding becoming India's first billion dollar startup, Maruti Suzuki facing a six month labor strike reducing profits, Tata Group appointing Cyrus Mistry as successor to Ratan Tata, Kingfisher Airlines facing mounting debt and canceled flights, and SKS Finance founder Vikram Akula exiting amid criticism of its commercialized model.
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest fast-moving consumer goods company based in Mumbai. It is owned by British-Dutch company Unilever which controls 52% of HUL. HUL was formed in 1933 and owns several major Indian brands in food, homecare, and personal care categories.
This document provides a literature review on branding in professional sports in India, focusing on the Indian Premier League (IPL). It discusses how branding plays an important role in the IPL and sports industry in India. A team contributes to a player's brand by giving them exposure and opportunities in international cricket. Players contribute to a team's brand through their performance and popularity, which helps promote the team. There are differences between new/rookie players and established players, such as brand identity, trust, and pressure to perform.
This document provides summaries of various economic and business news stories from October 11-16:
1) Eros International Media signed a Rs. 640 million licensing deal with Zee Entertainment to broadcast some of Eros' films on Zee's television network. This increases Eros' pre-sales revenue visibility for music and TV rights to Rs. 2.4 billion for FY11 and FY12.
2) China aims to become the world's second largest movie market by 2015 by rapidly expanding its theater infrastructure - it plans to have 6,000 screens by the end of 2015 up from current levels.
3) Global hospitality company Carlson plans to manage over 100 hotels in India by 2015,
The document contains a quiz with questions about CEOs and companies. There are questions about the CEO of Dell, headquarters of Asian Development Bank, largest mobile phone maker, former name of SBI, headquarters of IMF, largest mica producer, Bhopal tragedy settlement amount, India's first trillionaire, Tata's acquisition cost of Jaguar and Land Rover, Chairman of ONGC, CEOs of ICICI and TCS, owner of Bing, top CEO in India in 2008, largest steel company, largest private bank, China's dollar name, CEOs of PepsiCo and Jet Airways, Chairman of IOC, 2009 Nobel Prize winners, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Chairman of Planning Commission
- Metal and mining giant Vedanta Ltd will merge with its subsidiary Cairn India in an all-share swap deal. This will give Vedanta access to Cairn's $2.7 billion cash pile to help reduce debt.
- Amitabh Bachchan will debut as an animated superhero called Astra in a new 52-episode series on Disney Channel India called Astra Force.
- Online home furnishing portal BedBathMore.com has acquired art-based startup Crude Area in an all-stock deal. Crude Area's artworks will now be sold on BedBathMore's website.
Corporation Bank was the first bank to launch a MUDRA card under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana scheme to facilitate withdrawal and use of working capital by micro-entrepreneurs. Maybelline India launched the digital campaign #SwipeToSpice to promote its new range of Baby Lips lip balm called Spiced Up. Nike's 'Find Your Fast' campaign features athletes like Kobe Bryant and Serena Williams to inspire people to run their fastest mile. Limca launched its campaign 'Bhaag Bittoo Bhaag' conceptualized by Leo Burnett highlighting its thirst-quenching qualities.
The document provides an overview of corporate news, legal updates, and articles. It reports on two major buyouts - a Chinese consortium acquiring the Indian ad-tech venture Media.net for $900 million, and Puma acquiring the remaining stake in its Indian joint venture to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary. It also discusses Reliance Brands inking an agreement with Amsterdam fashion brand Scotch & Soda to set up stores across major Indian cities and expand the brand through other retail channels in India.
The document discusses business ethics and corporate governance as it relates to the Indian Premier League (IPL). It provides an overview of how the IPL originated and its current revenue generation and distribution system. It then discusses some of the scams that have involved the IPL, including involvement of BCCI officials like Lalit Modi, politicians, money laundering, match fixing, and corporations/celebrities. The effects of these scams and potential future expansion of the IPL are also touched on.
The document discusses how the brand value of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has decreased in recent years. A study found that the IPL brand valuation dropped from $3.67 billion in 2011 to $2.92 billion, and the combined value of IPL franchises also decreased. Some reasons given for the falling brand value include user fatigue with the long tournament, changing team structures, and mismanagement issues like scandals. Revenue and viewership for the IPL have also declined. However, the document notes that Pepsi signing a large sponsorship deal and changes for IPL6 give some hope that the brand value may rise again.
Project Report on IPL - Indian Premier LeagueKaustubh Barve
Here are the key details about Chennai Super Kings:
- Based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and plays at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium
- Owned by India Cements who paid $91 million for the franchise rights
- Captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coached by Stephen Fleming
- Most successful IPL team, winning the title in 2010 and 2011
- Reached the playoffs every season
- Leading run scorer is Suresh Raina and leading wicket taker is Ravichandran Ashwin
- Estimated brand value of $75.13 million, making them the most valuable IPL franchise
Mahindra recently launched its electric vehicle Mahindra E2O, whose name expands to Energy to Oxygen. Several other questions provide brand or company names as answers related to automobiles, beverages, electronics, and other consumer products popular in India. The document appears to be collecting brand and company information through multiple-choice questions.
Vijay Mallya is an Indian businessman who founded Kingfisher Airlines. He is the son of Vittal Mallya and chairman of the United Breweries Group, which owns the Kingfisher beer brand. Mallya's leadership style is described as flamboyant and charismatic. He expanded his business interests significantly over time, but Kingfisher Airlines accumulated huge debts and losses and was eventually shut down in 2012 after failing to pay salaries to employees. Mallya now faces legal issues related to repayment of loans to banks for Kingfisher.
Emami has signed Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu as the brand ambassador for its products. It is also in talks with actress Malaika Arora Khan to endorse its pain reliever Zandu Balm. Emami already has several other celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and MS Dhoni endorsing some of its other brands.
Google estimates that India has around 35 million small and medium enterprises, but only about 200,000 of them have an online presence through websites or blogs. Google earns most of its global revenue from ads on its search engine.
Tata Steel and other steel makers like SAIL and JSW have increased steel prices
From Riches to rags: The Story of Vijay MallyaMuskanMittal22
Vijay Mallya is a fugitive Indian businessman. He is the subject of an Extradition effort by the Indian Government to return him from the UK to face charges of financial crimes of India.
Also known as "playboy of the east".
Cantabil plans to introduce a sportswear range in the next two years as it currently sells casual and formal wear. Emami settled a copyright dispute over using a song for its Zandu Balm ads and will have Malaika Arora Khan as brand ambassador. Aurobindo received FDA approval to sell generic forms of Ampicillin and Sulbactam injections with a $50 million market size. Malaysian company Astro will acquire 49% stake in NDTV Lifestyle for $40 million, with NDTV holding the remaining 51%. Tata Motors will launch the Aria crossover vehicle within a month, competing with Innova and Xylo, featuring a 2.2L diesel engine and safety features including
The document discusses the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India. It describes how IPL was founded in 2008 as a sub-committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The summary discusses some of IPL's promotional strategies, including selling merchandise through partnerships with retailers, online advertising deals, screening matches in cinema halls, and mobile marketing. It also outlines IPL's business model as a franchise system and some of its marketing strategies like creating online content and hiring international cheerleaders.
Pawan Munjal is the Managing Director and CEO of Hero Honda Motors Ltd, the largest two-wheeler manufacturer in the world. He comes from the Munjal family which established Hero Cycles in the 1950s. Under his leadership, Hero Honda formed a partnership with Honda Motor Company in 1984 and together they dominated the Indian motorcycle market. Munjal grew the business into a conglomerate with annual revenues of over $1.5 billion by focusing on affordable motorcycles, financing options for customers, and expanding exports. He has received several awards for his business leadership and contributions to professional golf and sports development in India.
The document appears to be a quiz containing multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank style questions across various topics including current affairs, brands and logos, and business. It includes questions about inflation rates, salary cuts at Jet Airways, Arvind Adiga's Booker Prize winning book, the ranking of Jaipur in BPO industry, the hospital Amitabh Bachchan was initially admitted to, the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics, and more.
10 Indian Personalities quiz (Anveshana 2014)Chetan Joshi
Deepindar Goyal is the founder of Zomato, an online restaurant discovery guide providing information on home delivery, dining out, cafes and nightlife in cities across 11 countries.
International lifestyle brand Esprit has a global turnover of $5 billion and is the 7th largest apparel brand worldwide. In India, Esprit targets the middle-to-upper-middle clientele and has a presence in 12 cities through a partnership with Madura Garments since 2005. American motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson will begin locally assembling some models in India in 2011 to gain a foothold in the growing Indian premium bike market dominated by Japanese brands. Vodafone Essar, India's third largest cellphone operator, plans to sell its 7,000 towers across 7 circles for over Rs. 2,000 crore.
Indian companies that made headlines in 2011 included Infosys, Reliance Industries, Flipkart, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Group, Kingfisher Airlines, and SKS Finance. Key events were Narayan Murthy stepping down from Infosys after 30 years, Mukesh and Anil Ambani combining telecom businesses, Flipkart receiving $150M in funding becoming India's first billion dollar startup, Maruti Suzuki facing a six month labor strike reducing profits, Tata Group appointing Cyrus Mistry as successor to Ratan Tata, Kingfisher Airlines facing mounting debt and canceled flights, and SKS Finance founder Vikram Akula exiting amid criticism of its commercialized model.
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest fast-moving consumer goods company based in Mumbai. It is owned by British-Dutch company Unilever which controls 52% of HUL. HUL was formed in 1933 and owns several major Indian brands in food, homecare, and personal care categories.
This document provides a literature review on branding in professional sports in India, focusing on the Indian Premier League (IPL). It discusses how branding plays an important role in the IPL and sports industry in India. A team contributes to a player's brand by giving them exposure and opportunities in international cricket. Players contribute to a team's brand through their performance and popularity, which helps promote the team. There are differences between new/rookie players and established players, such as brand identity, trust, and pressure to perform.
This document provides summaries of various economic and business news stories from October 11-16:
1) Eros International Media signed a Rs. 640 million licensing deal with Zee Entertainment to broadcast some of Eros' films on Zee's television network. This increases Eros' pre-sales revenue visibility for music and TV rights to Rs. 2.4 billion for FY11 and FY12.
2) China aims to become the world's second largest movie market by 2015 by rapidly expanding its theater infrastructure - it plans to have 6,000 screens by the end of 2015 up from current levels.
3) Global hospitality company Carlson plans to manage over 100 hotels in India by 2015,
The document contains a quiz with questions about CEOs and companies. There are questions about the CEO of Dell, headquarters of Asian Development Bank, largest mobile phone maker, former name of SBI, headquarters of IMF, largest mica producer, Bhopal tragedy settlement amount, India's first trillionaire, Tata's acquisition cost of Jaguar and Land Rover, Chairman of ONGC, CEOs of ICICI and TCS, owner of Bing, top CEO in India in 2008, largest steel company, largest private bank, China's dollar name, CEOs of PepsiCo and Jet Airways, Chairman of IOC, 2009 Nobel Prize winners, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Chairman of Planning Commission
- Metal and mining giant Vedanta Ltd will merge with its subsidiary Cairn India in an all-share swap deal. This will give Vedanta access to Cairn's $2.7 billion cash pile to help reduce debt.
- Amitabh Bachchan will debut as an animated superhero called Astra in a new 52-episode series on Disney Channel India called Astra Force.
- Online home furnishing portal BedBathMore.com has acquired art-based startup Crude Area in an all-stock deal. Crude Area's artworks will now be sold on BedBathMore's website.
Corporation Bank was the first bank to launch a MUDRA card under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana scheme to facilitate withdrawal and use of working capital by micro-entrepreneurs. Maybelline India launched the digital campaign #SwipeToSpice to promote its new range of Baby Lips lip balm called Spiced Up. Nike's 'Find Your Fast' campaign features athletes like Kobe Bryant and Serena Williams to inspire people to run their fastest mile. Limca launched its campaign 'Bhaag Bittoo Bhaag' conceptualized by Leo Burnett highlighting its thirst-quenching qualities.
This summarizes a conference document discussing transdisciplinary imaging strategies beyond new media.
The document introduces an international conference that brought together artists, scholars, scientists, historians and curators to explore areas related to imaging, including painting, drawing, film, photography, computer visualization and more. Keynote speakers addressed remediated images, hypermediacy, politics of image making, life sciences/bioart, distributed/networked images at various scales, and machines/computer vision. Participants were asked to consider imaging in relation to transdisciplinarity, materiality/immateriality, mediation, and aesthetics. The conference aimed to move beyond an emphasis on mediation and new media that has become normative, toward a
Este documento presenta una introducción al pensamiento de Henri Lefebvre sobre el espacio y lo urbano. Lefebvre fue un autor fundamental que reflexionó sobre estas temáticas desde su primer libro en 1946 hasta su último trabajo en 1992. El documento contextualiza la obra de Lefebvre en el período de posguerra y la urbanización intensiva en Europa, tema central de su libro más importante "La producción del espacio" de 1974. Finalmente, resume brevemente algunos de los conceptos clave introducidos por Lefebvre sobre la naturaleza social del espacio.
From visual culture_to_visual_art_-_the_normative_shift-libreUNAM ENAP
This document summarizes and analyzes an article about distinguishing visual art from visual culture. It makes three key points:
1) Traditional concepts of "fine art" are problematic as they reflect Western patriarchal values, but visual art can still be distinguished from other imagery based on its intrinsic aesthetic significance and comparative relations to other works.
2) An analysis of Gauguin's painting "Manao Tupapapau" shows how focusing only on the historical context can distort a work's meaning, which is better understood through its complex pictorial strategies compared to other works.
3) For a visual image to transcend mere utility and have intrinsic significance, it must articulate pictorial space through assimil
Este documento describe estrategias para mejorar la comprensión lectora en la educación primaria. Explica que la comprensión lectora varía según el tipo de texto y conocimientos previos. También señala que cada estudiante tiene su propio estilo de procesar información. Luego, detalla una estrategia didáctica general que involucra actividades antes, durante y después de la lectura para fomentar la comprensión, así como estrategias específicas para desarrollar habilidades como comprender vocabulario, identificar la idea principal,
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This document discusses various concepts related to noise including its functions, artistic uses in imagery, differences between optical illusions and ambigrams, applications of cyclic groups, fractals and cryptography, and how these concepts can be joined together. It also references the limits of exploring these ideas related to the different perceptions of noise.
John Cryan has been named the new CEO of Deutsche Bank, replacing Anshu Jain. Wadia Group is selling its last textile manufacturing unit in Pune to Oasis Procon for Rs 230 crore. NRI deposits in Kerala crossed Rs 1 lakh crore last financial year according to the state level bankers committee. SpiceJet unveiled its new logo and slogan 'Red. Hot. Spicy' as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations. Milk Mantra is launching a dairy-based health beverage called MooShake in Bengaluru and plans to expand to other cities.
The document provides a summary of Mukesh Ambani's career and achievements. It outlines that he is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector company. Under his leadership, Reliance has expanded into various sectors like petroleum refining and petrochemicals. Ambani has received various awards for his business leadership and was ranked among the richest people in the world briefly in 2007. He is spearheading Reliance's upcoming launch of 4G services across India through a major investment.
The document is an email containing answers to 25 questions from the Biz Quizzard quiz. It provides concise 1-3 sentence answers to multiple choice and fill in the blank questions related to business news and current events involving various companies, products, and executives. The answers cover topics like new company formations, executive appointments, brand campaigns, acquisitions, and other business deals across sectors like electronics, travel, hospitality, banking, and more.
ITC Limited is one of India's most valuable corporations, with a diverse portfolio including cigarettes, hotels, FMCG, agriculture, and paper. Some key points:
- Cigarettes contribute over half of ITC's revenues, though this segment faces regulatory challenges from increased taxes and pictorial health warnings.
- ITC has expanded into other business segments like hotels, FMCG, and agriculture to diversify its sources of income.
- Initiatives like E-Choupal are helping ITC source agricultural products more efficiently directly from farmers, while also providing them market information.
- ITC remains highly profitable with strong financial performance across its segments, though the market valuation discounts it partly due to
- Sixteen Indian companies, including Infosys, TCS, ITC, and Mahindra & Mahindra, were named in Forbes' 2010 list of the top 50 largest listed companies in Asia-Pacific.
- India and China accounted for 32 of the 50 companies on the list. Other Indian firms on the list included Adani Enterprises, Axis Bank, and several others.
- The new WPI index, with a 2004-05 base year, includes a wider range of consumer items and now measures 676 items compared to 435 in the previous index.
The document discusses the history and operations of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), a large Indian conglomerate. It details RIL's expansion from petrochemicals into various retail businesses over the past few decades under the leadership of Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani. These include Reliance Retail which operates grocery, apparel, electronics and other stores nationwide in India with plans to further expand organically and through acquisitions.
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The document provides information on various business and economic topics in India:
1. Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Vysya Bank received approval for their merger, which will create India's fourth largest private sector bank. Tata Sons appointed their first woman independent director, Farida Khambata.
2. SEBI proposed minimum retail investment of Rs. 10 lakh and trading lot of Rs. 5 lakh for new age companies. Andhra Pradesh will develop Visakhapatnam and Bhimavaram as seafood export hubs.
3. Wipro Chairman Azim Premji received an award from industry body CII. TRAI recommended a single emergency number '112' for
The document provides a summary of various business and economic news items:
- Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Vysya Bank received approval for their merger, which will create India's fourth largest private sector bank.
- Tata Sons appointed Farida Khambata as its first woman independent director.
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1. Kellogg has roped in which sports personality as a brand ambassador in India?
# Saina Nehwal
The two-year deal, reportedly worth Rs 1.5 crore, makes Saina the highest paid female sports endorser in the
country ahead of tennis player Sania Mirza and boxer Mary Kom. The 25-year-old already has endorsement
deals for Yonex, Bajaj No marks cream, Iodex pain reliever, Indian Overseas Bank and the Sahara group.
2. Which online grocer has tied up with local food delivery start-up Chefkraft in Bengaluru to sell ready-to-cook
meals, hawking pre-packed ingredients and freshly cut vegetables with recipes?
# BigBasket
BigBasket has tied up with local food delivery start-up Chefkraft in Bengaluru to create HappyChef, a brand that
will deliver gourmet salads and packaged portions of fresh ingredients of Thai, Mexican and Italian dishes along
with recipes to its customers. The concept is borrowed from American start-up Blue Apron, a $2 billion food
delivery firm based in Silicon Valley. It ships portions of ingredients and vegetables chopped and packed to be
cooked at home.
3. Which telecom gear maker has appointed Paolo Colella as the new head of its India operations?
# Ericsson
Paolo replaces Chris Houghton, who will assume the role of North East Asia region head. Paolo will also become
a member of Ericsson's global leadership team, will take charge from September 1 and will report to senior vice-
president Asia-Pacific and India region Mats H Olsson.
4. Resul Pookutty, Oscar winning sound designer, and Mahesh Ramanathan have joined hands to launch a film
production and services company. What has it been named?
# Le Penta Entertainment
Mahesh Ramanathan is the former COO of Reliance Entertainment, who quit recently after an eight-year stint.
The company will make Hindi and regional films.
5. The Indian Army and Indian Railways are among the world's top 10 employers, according to a report by the
World Economic Forum. Which organization has topped the list?
# United States Department of Defense (3.2 million employees)
The others in the top 10 are People's Liberation Army (the Chinese military, 2.3 mn), Walmart (2.1 mn),
McDonald's (1.9 mn), United Kingdom's National Health Service (1.7 mn), China National Petroleum Corporation
(1.6 mn), State Grid Corporation of China (1.5 mn), Indian Railways (1.4 mn), Indian Army (1.3 mn) and Hon Hai
Precision Factory (better known as the electronics manufacturer Foxconn, 1.2 mn). Fastfood chain McDonald's
is the 4th biggest employer with 1.9 million employees, however, as the majority of its restaurants are franchises,
this figure falls to 4,20,000 when they are excluded.
2. 6. Tata Sons, owner of the Tata brand and promoter of Tata companies, has capped the royalty payment from
group entities using the Tata name at which level?
# Rs 75 crore
The cap on maximum royalty amount is aimed at reducing the burden on its large and profitable units and also
freeing up cash for their growth. The move by Cyrus Mistry-led holding company for India's largest conglomerate,
with a brand value of $21 billion, is in contrast with decisions by several MNCs to saddle their Indian arms with
higher royalty payments. Laid out in 1996, under an agreement titled Tata Brand Equity and Business Promotion
(TBEBP), companies using the `Tata' name have to directly shell out 0.25% of the annual revenue or 5% of the
profit before tax, whichever is less. Those companies which use the name indirectly pay 0.15% of the turnover. If
companies incur losses, they do not pay any royalty.
7. HDFC Bank has “exceeded” the single borrower limits prescribed by regulator RBI in case of its credit
exposure to which company?
# Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL)
The central bank has fixed the credit exposure ceiling of a bank at 15 per cent of capital funds in case of a single
borrower and at 40 per cent in case of a borrower group. The RBI allows banks to enhance this exposure by
further 5 per cent of capital funds in exceptional circumstances, with approval of their boards.
8. Which digital marketing agency has sponsored the inaugural session of the Mumbai Super league for table
tennis?
# iProspect Communicate2
A brand sponsoring a sporting event is not new, but for a marketing agency, which generally acts as a facilitator
between brands and consumers, to do so is practically unheard of. iProspect Communicate2, from the Dentsu
Aegis Network, was the title sponsor of the Mumbai Super League - Table Tennis Championship, organised by
the Mumbai City District Table Tennis Association and the Mumbai Suburban District Table Tennis Association.
9. Who have been ranked the highest-paid celebrity couple by Forbes?
# Taylor Swift, Calvin Harris
The business magazine detailed that the ‘Bad Blood’ singer and her DJ boyfriend, who dethroned Beyonce and
Jay-Z for the top spot, annually rake in 146 million dollars. Notably, Swift’s empire doesn’t only include her
albums and world tours as the 25-year-old songstress endorses Keds, Diet Coke and Sony. On the other hand,
Harris is the face of Emporio Armani other than having a successful album in 2014 titled ‘Motion,’ and signing a
three-year nightclub residency deal in Las Vegas.
10. ITC's packaged food business has crossed which sales milestone mark in the year ended March 2015?
# $1 billion
The company reported sales of Rs 6,411.27 crore, or about $1.01 billion, for the business. It is now the third
largest listed food company in the country after Nestle and Britannia.
11. Regional carrier Air Costa last week crossed which cumulative passenger mark?
# 1 million passengers
The millionth passenger had flown on flight no LB693 on the Bengaluru to Hyderabad sector, which departed at
its scheduled time of 10:45 am from Bengaluru, Air Costa said in a release. The Vijayawada-based airline, which
had commenced operations in October 2013, had transported 0.61 lakh passengers in May with 0.9 per cent
3. market share.
12. Which company has announced the launch of medical refrigerators under a technology licensing agreement
with the UK-based The Sure Chill Company?
# Godrej Appliances
These specialised medical refrigerators have been designed to provide precise cooling for preserving vaccines
used worldwide in immunisation programmes and for the storage of blood banks. Godrej Sure Chill will be
available in two model variants with the 50-litre variant priced between Rs 65,000 and Rs 75,000 and the 100-litre
variant will be priced between Rs 1.35 lakh and Rs 1.5 lakh.
13. Which company has fully acquired MaxWatt Turbines, an Indian specialist company for engineering,
production and service of steam turbines for application in power generation and mechanical drives?
# MAN Diesel & Turbo SE
The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MAN SE (part of Volkswagen AG). After the acquisition, MaxWatt
will be integrated into the turbo business of MDT and the new entity will operate under the name MAN
Turbomachinery India.
14. Which online food ordering platform has launched a TV campaign titled 'Call Nahi Install Karo'?
# Foodpanda
The six-week-long campaign, created and conceptualised by Percept India, targets the young, dynamic and
aspirational males in the age bracket of 20-40 years.
15. Which four Indians are among the world’s 100 highest-paid celebrities, according to the Forbes’ annual list?
# Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni
The Forbes 2015 list of ‘Celebrity 100: The World’s Top-Paid Entertainers 2015' has been topped by American
boxer Floyd Mayweather with earnings of 300 million dollars. Breaking into the elite global club, Bachchan and
Khan are tied for the 71st rank with earnings of 33.5 million dollars each. Coming in at the 76th spot is Akshay
Kumar with earnings of USD 32.5 million. Dhoni is ranked 82nd with earnings of USD 31 million dollars.
16. Emirates Insolaire LLC has recently installed solar panels on a building façade in Lausanne, Switzerland.
What first is it claiming for this?
# World’s first coloured solar panels
Emirates Insolaire LLC, a pioneer in the development and application of unique solar technologies and a joint
venture of Dubai Investments PJSC [DI] and SwissINSO Holding Inc., has created history with the successful
installation of the world’s first KromatixTM coloured solar panels. The entire installation, worth AED 850,000, is
capable of generating sufficient electric power annually for two families of four people each. The building, boasting
of its unique blue façade – thanks to the Emirates Insolaire glass panels, thus has the unique recognition of
having the first coloured, photovoltaic solar panel façade in the world.
17. Which MNC has announced the appointment of Rahul Agarwal as the Managing Director of its Indian
operations?
# Lenovo
He took over the charge from Amar Babu, who will now take over as Chief operating Officer (COO), Lenovo, Asia
Pacific and Chairman of Lenovo India.
4. 18. Which motorcycle brand has launched its campaign with the positioning “Dil khol ke bike for Dil khol ke life.”?
# TVS Phoenix 125
Conceptualised by McCann Mumbai, the campaign for TVS’s new bike, Phoenix 125, stresses on living life to the
maximum and without compromises. It features brand ambassador Mahesh Babu.
19. Which company has bought a significant part of Bengaluru-based IT service provider Mphasis' domestic BPO
business for Rs 17 crore in a slump sale?
# Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS)
The deal will give HGS five clients in the banking and telecom space and will add seven delivery centres -in
Noida, Raipur, Indore, Mangalore, Pune and Bangalore. HGS will also take on 7,000 Mphasis employees.
20. Which company has become the world's third largest mobile carrier by subscribers?
# Bharti Airtel
According to latest data from research firm Ovum's World Cellular Information Service (WCIS), the company, with
more than 303 million mobile subscribers across 20 countries in South Asia and Africa, has become the world's
third largest mobile carrier by subscribers, behind China Mobile and UK's Vodafone Group. It now leads China
Unicom and Mexican carrier America Movil, which are at fourth and fifth spots, respectively.
21. Which company has launched a debit card themed on Scion of Ikshvaku book?
# Kotak Mahindra Bank
Featuring the cover of Amish's 'Scion of Ikshvaku', a book released a week ago, the card, apart from being like
any other such instrument, will fetch customers discount on books purchased at Crossword stores.
22. Which Mumbai-based company has acquired New York-based Time-Cap Laboratories for $28 million (about
Rs. 170 crore)?
# Marksans Pharma
Time-Cap Labs makes and sells solid doze generic medicines, including private label over-the-counter (OTC)
medications, prescription drugs and nutritional supplements and has a production facility in New York.
23. Times Network, which telecasts news and entertainment channels, has launched its premium English movie
channel. What has it been branded as?
# MN+
MN+ has a different feed and movie library from that of Movies Now, a sister channel. It also has a distinct brand
identity and on- air packaging. The movie channel has adopted the tagline ‘The Gold Class’ along with the colours
maroon and gold to give the packaging a premium feel.
24. Which MNC will sell some map-generating technology to ride-hailing app company Uber?
# Microsoft Corp
The company also said it will hand over its display advertising business to AOL Inc, as it slims down its money-
losing online operations. The moves mean Microsoft will focus on its growing search advertising business based
on its Bing search engine, and displaying maps on its Windows devices rather than generating the maps
themselves.
5. 25. Which company last week approached SEBI to float an IPO to raise Rs 450 cr, becoming the first player in
the Indian e-commerce space to do so?
# Infibeam
The Gujarat-headquartered company was started in 2007 by former Amazon executive Vishal Mehta and now
hosts its own B2C platform Infibeam[dot]com, an online marketplace buildabazaar[dot]ooo, and is aggressively
penetrating the Middle East market, powering big retailers like Jumbo and Axiom through its platform, apart from
eyeing lifestyle, grocery, travel-ticketing and service retailers in the region, on Infibeam's BuildaBazaar platform.
26. Which MNC is selling the rights to the Swedish brand Tretorn that makes iconic tennis shoes to US firm
Authentic Brands Group (ABG)?
# Puma
AGB, which owns a portfolio of fashion, celebrity and sports brands including skiwear firm Spyder and martial
arts gear group Tapout, said it wanted to expand the Tretorn brand to North America and Asia. Founded in 1891,
Tretorn initially made rubber boots for Swedish villagers and fishermen, expanding in the 1970s into tennis shoes
sported by the likes of Bjorn Borg and Martina Navratilova that became fashion hits off the court too.
27. Which American clothing brand plans to enter the fast growing Indian market through a licensee agreement
with Arvind Lifestyle Brands that will open its first outlet in the country in March next year?
# Aéropostale
The New York headquartered brand, also popularly called Aero, plans to open 30 stores and 25 shop-in-shops
over the next three years as well as an e-commerce portal. Aero, Abercrombie & Fitch and American Eagle, also
known as the `3As' in the United States, are known in their home market for jeans, hoodies and T-shirts mostly
for teenagers.
28. Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in his personal capacity in which online taxi-services
company?
# Ola
The transaction is the latest in a series of investments that the 77year-old has made in the last 12 months. He
has also backed Snapdeal, India's largest online marketplace; mobile commerce firm Paytm; auto portal
CarDekho.com; and online furniture retailer Urban Ladder, among others. Founded in 2011 by IIT-Bombay alumni
Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhatti, Ola has a fleet of 1.5 lakh taxis and auto rickshaws.
29. Taxi-hailing application Uber last week expanded its operations to how many more Indian cities, the most on
a single day by the San Francisco-based company anywhere in the world?
# Seven
With this, Uber offers its services in 18 cities in the country. Uber's India expansion comes even as it struggles
with regulatory hurdles in the national capital. The cities where Uber has just entered are: Bhubaneswar,
Coimbatore, Indore, Mysuru, Nagpur, Surat and Visakhapatnam. Uber users in these cities will get three free
rides worth Rs 200 each this month as part of a marketing campaign.
30. Which 225-year-old iconic sweet shop in Old Delhi's Chandni Chowk last week downed its shutters for the
last time?
# Ghantewala
When Ghantewala opened in 1790, Mughal emperor Shah Alam II ruled Delhi, Tipu Sultan in Mysore and Paris
still consumed by the French Revolution. Its ghee-dripping sohan halwa spawned serious fandom in the pre-
6. cholesterol-obsessed era. There were two Ghantewala shops. The one closer to the Chandni Chowk fountain,
GhanteWala Shahi halwai, closed several years ago. The second one remained in business. There's even a lane
named after it, Ghantewali gali.
31. DBS Bank's former India head Sanjiv Bhasin is joining which Mumbai-based financial services company as
MD and chief executive?
# Centrum Capital
Centrum, launched from a 1,000 sq ft space at the Bombay Mutual Building in Fort in 1995 by Chandir Gidwani
and Khushrooh Byramjee, grew into a diversified financial services major with more than one million customers in
the past 20 years, propelled by the 1999-2000 economic boom that set up a strong springboard for growth.
32. TA Associates and Argan (Mauritius) have signed a definitive agreement to acquire approximately 95% stake
in which broadband services provider in India?
# Atria Convergence Technologies
TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, and Argan (Mauritius), a company controlled by
Indium V, said they had signed a definitive agreement to invest $ 500 million to acquire approximately 95 per cent
of the shares of Atria Convergence Technologies, a leading provider of high speed broadband services in India.
The transaction is expected to close later this year, subject to approvals.
33. Television broadcaster Viacom18 last week launched an English language general entertainment channel.
What has it been branded as?
# Colors Infinity
The channel has also been launched in high definition. Colors Infinity will now compete with the other premium
English content channel Star network’s Star World Premiere which telecasts television shows, almost on a par
with the US and other European markets.
34. Which four brands from ITC crossed the Rs 1,000-crore revenue mark in the last fiscal?
# Aashirvaad, Sunfeast, Classmate and Bingo!
All of ITC’s brands in the last fiscal clocked revenue of Rs 11,000 crore. ITC’s brands range across categories
such as food, stationery and personal care products.
35. Mr Surinder Kapur died in Munich last week at the age of 72. He was the founder chairman of which
company?
# Sona Koyo
The company was one of the earliest joint venture partners of Maruti for the steering system.
36. Who is the wealthiest jeweller in India with a personal fortune of USD 1.3 billion, according to a Wealth-X
report?
# TS Kalayanaraman Kalyan Jewellers
Kalayanaraman opened his first jewellery shop in Thrissur City in 1993 with only USD 100,000 capital, and his
business has now expanded to 32 showrooms across South India. He is followed by Nirav Modi, Firestar
Diamonds ($1.1 bn) and MP Ahammed, Malabar Gold & Diamond ($1 bn).
37. Which Indian pharmaceutical company has entered the Russian market by acquiring 100% stake in Biocom,
7. a fast growing generic pharmaceuticals firm?
# Lupin
Biocom is a generics drug maker with focus on therapies for cardiovascular diseases and central nervous system
and antimicrobials for systemic use. It also does contract manufacturing and secondary packaging.
38. Which MNC bank has named Joris Dierckx as country head for India?
# BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas named Joris Dierckx as country head for India and CEO of BNP Paribas SA, Indian branches, with
effect from July 1, 2015. He replaces Jacques Michel, who will move to Bahrain as head of Middle East and
Africa, BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking.
39. Which online payments company is buying international money-sending service Xoom in a deal valued at
$890 million?
# PayPal
PayPal, a subsidiary of eBay, touted Xoom as a leading service for letting people in the United States pay bills or
send money to family members or friends in other countries using mobile phones, tablets or computers.
40. India’s GDP crossed which milestone mark in 2014, according to data released by the World Bank in
Washington last week?
# $2-trillion
After taking 60 years to reach the $1-trillion mark, India added the next trillion in just seven years. The World
Bank data also show that India’s gross national income per person rose to $1,610 (around Rs. 1 lakh) a year
during 2014 from $1,560 the previous year. India’s growth rate, at 7.4 per cent in 2014, makes it the fastest
growing major economy along with China’s, which is a whopping $10.4 trillion in size. The Indian economy, at
$2.06 trillion, has almost doubled in size since the financial crisis hit the country in 2008, and has more than
quadrupled from the start of this millennium.
41. Which company last week unveiled its new visual identity and brand `Good Health Can't Wait'?
# Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL)
The company has also chosen a new corporate colour Purple, which is associated with creativity and wisdom.
42. Singapore-based Jungle Ventures has roped in which well known business personality from India as a
Special Advisor?
# Ratan Tata
Founded by Anurag Srivastava and Amit Anand, Jungle Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund focussed
on helping build innovative technology-led companies in Asia-Pacific. In his role as Special Advisor, Tata has
formally committed to spending time with Jungle’s portfolio of companies to help them build category leadership
while being ethically impregnable and culturally strong in Asian and global markets, the venture fund said in a
statement.
43. Who has become the first and only artist to surpass more than 100 million Gold & Platinum song
certifications, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)?
# Rihanna
The 27-year-old R&B star now has the most Digital Single Awards. Gold & Platinum is the industry’s premier way
8. to celebrate achievement in the marketplace.
44. Which two-wheeler company has launched a new campaign titled ‘Kisi Se Kam Nahin’?
# Mahindra Two Wheelers
Created by Taproot Dentsu, the campaign makes use of retro songs with a contemporary twist to highlight the
features of Mahindra’s Gusto scooter and Centuro motorcycle.
45. Which brand has launched its new digital film – ‘Confessions’, continuing to build upon last year’s
communication idea ‘Boond Boond Mein Sacchai’?
# Kinley
Created by Ogilvy & Mather, the digital campaign presents a montage of slice-of-life situations to show how
speaking the truth makes relationships better.
46. Which online financial service has joined hands with Scarecrow Communications to launch the digital
campaign #RightToPayTax featuring industry stalwarts?
# Quicko[dot]com
Conceptualised by Scarecrow, the digital campaign features the likes of KV Sridhar, Mahesh Murthy, Bharat
Ranga, Ayaz Memon and more, who urge people to pay their taxes.
47. Westland Ltd, the publisher of the 'Scion of Ikshvaku', has dragged Flipkart to Delhi High Court alleging
copyright violations. The company is part of which business group?
# Tata Group
Westland says it has signed a two-month exclusive deal with Amazon to sell the book through its online
platform. It has alleged that Flipkart is violating copyrights and IT Act by selling the novel on its platform. Flipkart,
however, denied any violation. Interestingly, that is what Amazon did, when the two ecommerce giants had a
similar spat over Chetan over Bhagat's novel `Half rights be Girlfriend', for which Flipkart had an exclusive deal
with publisher Rupa to sell the book online.
48. Gillette India will stop selling which brand from December after parent company Procter & Gamble divested
the brand globally?
# Duracell batteries
A year ago, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy the Duracell battery business from P&G, which
shed about 100 brands to focus on products that generate 90% of its $83 billion of sales.
49. Tata Trusts and which MNC have rolled out an internet literacy initiative called `Internet Saathi'?
# Google India
With specially-designed cycling carts, the initiative will provide women in villages an access to internet. While
Google will invest in providing the internet-enabled carts, Tata Trusts with its alliance with NGOs, will take this
initiative across villages.
50. Phil Knight has announced his plans to step down as the chairman of which company?
# Nike
Phil Knight, a middle-distance runner who partnered with his track coach at Oregon to launch a footwear and
9. apparel company that made the Nike swoosh one of the most recognisable logos in the world, has announced
plans to step down as company chairman. Knight said he wants Nike President and CEO Mark Parker, who has
held those positions since 2006, to succeed him. No specific date was set for Knight's departure, though he said
he plans to stay involved in the business. Nike Inc said it expects to name a new chairman in 2016.
51. Airbus Helicopters and which company have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a joint
venture to produce helicopters in India?
# Mahindra Defence
The proposed JV aims to become the first private Indian helicopter manufacturer under the ‘Make in India’
initiative.
52. Maruti Suzuki last week unveiled the latest vehicle from its stable, a premium crossover. What has it been
branded as?
# S-Cross
It will be launched in early August 2015 as a ‘disruptive’ product. The launch of the S-Cross coincides with the
launch of Maruti Suzuki’s high-end retailing channel network, ‘Nexa’ to provide a ‘premium’ retailing experience. It
will exclusively sell only the company’s premium products starting with the S-Cross.
53. Which sanitary-ware company has forayed into the water heater business with its partnership with French
company Groupe Atlantic?
# HSIL Ltd
With the co-brand hindware-atlantic, the company expects a revenue of around Rs. 200-250 crore and also 10 per
cent market share of the total water heater market in the country. HSIL also plans to become one of the top three
players in this category within next three years.
54. Which health insurer last week said it would buy smaller rival Humana Inc for about $37 billion in cash and
stock, in the largest ever deal in the insurance industry?
# Aetna Inc
The combination will push Aetna close to Anthem Inc’s No.2 insurer spot by membership, and would nearly triple
Aetna’s Medicare Advantage business. The deal will face antitrust scrutiny but if it goes through it would dwarf
the previous largest insurance deal announced just this week, where Swiss property and casualty giant ACE Ltd
announced it was buying Chubb Corp for $28 billion. It would also dwarf Anthem Inc’s purchase of WellPoint in
2004 for $16.6 billion.
55. With an average price of $1.75 for a 330ml bottle, which Indian city has the fifth cheapest beer among 75
world cities, according to the 2015 Beer Price Index?
# Delhi
At the other end of the spectrum, Geneva has the costliest beer at an average price of $6.32 for a 330ml bottle.
The Beer Price Index, which compares several beers in stores and bars to rank 75 world cities in terms of price,
is also meant to double as a useful guide for holidaymakers looking for value holidays this year. Close on the
heels of Geneva as the home of the most expensive beer are Hong Kong ($6.16), Tel Aviv ($5.79), Oslo ($5.31),
New York ($5.20) and Singapore ($5.13). Beer comes cheap in cities such as Krakow ($1.66), Kiev ($1.66),
Bratislava ($1.69) and Malaga ($1.72).