December 2019

What Army Rules say about political comments by army-men Army Chief General Bipin Rawat’s remarks on Thursday, seen as an indirect criticism of the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, and which set off a political storm have once again focused attention on what members of the defence forces can say, when it comes to politics, and what they can’t. “Leaders are not those who lead people in inappropriate direction. We are witnessing in large number of universities and colleges that students are leading masses and crowds to carry out arson and violence in cities and towns. This is...

37-year-old TV actor Kushal Punjabi found hanging at his Mumbai home TV actor Kushal Punjabi, who was recently seen in Ishq Mein Marjaawaan, has allegedly committed suicide at his Mumbai home; he was 37. More details are awaited. TV actor Karanvir Bohra shared the sad news on Twitter and expressed his shock over the sudden loss. Source: Zoom News

Saif Ali Khan on CAA protests: ‘I am not sure yet’ Reacting to the ongoing nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), actor Saif Ali Khan said as a citizen he is concerned about the current situation in the country. The 49-year-old star is one of the few big names from Bollywood to react on the unrest due to the protests against the legislation. source:

Vicky Kaushal pens emotional note on Sardar Udham Singh: ‘With every scene, something inside me alters forever’ Vicky Kaushal is all set to bring legendary freedom fighter Sardar Udham Singh alive on celluloid in a biopic directed by Shoojit Sircar. Sardar Udham Singh killed General Michael O’ Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of the Punjab who ordered the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919. On the revolutionary’s 120th birth anniversary, Vicky took to Instagram to pen a heartfelt note. source:

‘My India Not Broken’: Harsha Bhogle’s Viral Response to Australian Journo Who Used Nazi Analogy Indian cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle’s cryptic reply to an Australian journalist on Wednesday that “my India is not broken” wowed his fans on the social media platform. #Harsha trended after Harsha Bhogle tweeted on @bhogleharsha: No Dennis, my India isn’t broken. It is full of vibrant young people doing amazing things too. We are a fully functional, mature democracy. We might voice our dissent, our disappointment at times but we are fiercely Indian. That word you used in comparison…..never.” source:

Started with a borrowed capital of Rs 10K, here’s how Mufti grew to a Rs 395 Cr brand In 1992, when Indian fashion trends were seeing a shift, Kamal Khushlani identified a gap in how menswear was evolving. Kamal always had a keen interest in the fashion retail business. However, hailing from a middle-class background, and losing his father at the age of 19, he didn’t have the money to capitalise on his vision. He even worked with a video cassette company to make his ends meet. To finally start building on his dream, he borrowed Rs 10,000 from a...

Kitty Agarwal of Info Edge says content-based startups should add a commerce layer and not just focus on consumption Kitty Agarwal comes from a Marwari business family in Kolkata, where it is not very typical for women to step outside their family business to pursue professional careers. An MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and due to her interest in entrepreneurship, Kitty got in touch with Sanjeev Bikhchandani of Info Edge, and joined the company as an analyst in 2012. source:

Sachin Bansal’s Navi acquires technology consulting startup MavenHive Sachin Bansal’s co-founded venture Navi (formerly BAC Acquisitions) on Thursday said that it has completed the acquisition of MavenHive, a Bengaluru-based technology consulting firm, to further its product development initiatives. Founded by Bhavin Javia and Anandha Krishnan, MavenHive consults companies converting their ideas into high-quality software. The startup boasts of a tech clientele, which includes names like Flipkart, Gojek, Grasshopper, Scripbox, amongst many others, to achieve major milestones in their product journeys. source:

Good economics does not win elections, so Modi is doing what he thinks right: Shankar Sharma As politics, that too messy and disillusioned, suddenly takes primacy over the economic agenda of the Modi government, Dalal Street is not too perturbed and looks ready to give the government time to fix it. That vibe comes from none other than the man known for his no-holds-barred observations when it comes to politics and policies. “The Modi-led BJP government is doing what it thinks is right for the country. Time will tell, as it always does, how effective those moves have been,” says...

At 19, this engineer built India’s first interactive digital map portal, took the family business to over Rs 200 Cr In the early 90s, a young Rohan Verma played around with his parents’ computers and the digital maps they worked on. Rohan’s parents Rakesh Verma and Rashmi Verma founders of digital map database business CE Infosystems, had quit their US jobs and moved to New Delhi to start the company. When CE Infosystems was started in 1995, India did not have a map-reading culture like the US. But Rakesh and Rashmi believed the digital maps market in India would boom...