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2. Which MNC bank has appointed Siby Sebastian as Chief Executive for its India
operations?
3. Which 24-hour food and lifestyle television channel has rolled out the campaign
Obsessed with Food to commemorate its first anniversary?
4. Which MNC has launched its first accelerator programme for startups called
DNA (discover, nurture and align) to gain a foothold in the country's booming
startup market?
5. Uber has partnered with which wedding planning website to offer mobility
solutions for wedding-related travel in 12 Indian cities?
6. Hyundai Motor India Ltd. last week achieved which production milestone at its
Sriperumbudur facility, near Chennai?
7. Pankaj R Patel has been elected as president of Ficci for 2017. He is the
chairman and managing director of which company?
9. Which global communications company has appointed Nirvik Singh as the CEO
of the Middle East and Africa region?
10. Which location remains the costliest in the country to rent a shop, as per the
28th edition of the Cushman & Wakefield report, `Main Streets Across the World?
11. Pranab Kumar Choudhury, fondly known as PKC in the country's financial
circle, passed away last week. He was credited with building which rating
company from scratch?
12. Which pharmaceutical company has appointed Uday Baldota as its CEO?
13. Which US buyout firm is buying Nissan Motor-backed auto parts maker
Calsonic Kansei Corp for up to 498.3 billion yen ($4.5 billion) in its biggest deal in
Japan?
14. Which realty major has ventured into education with the launch of its first
educational institute Next School?
15. Ola last week unveiled a new car entertainment platform that allows
passengers to listen to the music of their choice. What has it been branded as?
16. Which innerwear brand has launched a new campaign with the tagline raho
garma-garam?
17. Bharti Airtel last week launched its payments bank services as a pilot,
becoming the first payments bank in the country to go live. Which state?
18. Which packaging firm has bought out mid-sized Delhi-based Varahi Polymers
in a Rs 350-crore deal?
19. Which drug makers UK arm has sold the entire 16.7% stake it held in Chase
Pharma, a US-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, to Allergan,
famous for its Botox brand?
20. Who is the only Indian among three persons of Indian origin to be featured in
US magazine Fortune's top 50 business persons list for 2016?
21. Which international property consultant has elevated industry veteran Naveen
Nandwani as managing director, Bengaluru and Kochi?
22. Which pharma company will acquire 85.1% in a Russian company, JSC
Biosintez, in a deal valued at $60 million to focus on emerging markets?
23. TVS has announced that it will introduce the production ready motorcycle of
its tie-up with BMW, by March 2017. What has the model been branded as?
24. Anand Halve passed away last week. He was the co-founder of which creative
agency?
25. Which company and leading Japanese snack company Kameda Seika will
jointly invest $10 million in a 51:49 joint venture to sell rice-based snacks in
India?
26. Which company last week introduced four ecycles with electric pedal assisted
technology under the Lectro brand, priced between Rs 42,000 and Rs 83,000?
27. Which health insurance company was launched in the country last week?
28. Which MNC has acquired the DNS provider called Dyn?
29. Revenues of the Indian unit of Unicharm Corp have crossed which milestone
mark in the year to March?
30. The wholly-owned UK subsidiary of which Indian company has entered into an
agreement with Sweden's Moberg Pharma to acquire its PediaCare brand for a
total consideration of $5 million?
31. The French subsidiary of which Indian pharma company will be acquiring
select commercial products from Teva in France?
32. Maruti Suzuki has launched a limited edition variant of WagonR. What has it
been branded as?
33. Which US-based global entrepreneur network has appointed Govind Kavaturi
as the new India President?
34. Which MNC last week launched two new single malts, "Ardmore" and
"Bowmore 12 year old" in India?
35. Which realty developer has roped in Gauri Khan as its brand ambassador and
to design signature interiors for its premium residential projects?
Which company has entered the packaged Indian bread category with the
introduction of whole wheat kulchas?.
Brittannia
ap
Faircent
Ratan Tata, Nandan Nilekani and former finance secretary Vijay Kelkar are
teaming up to start a technology-enabled financial inclusion vehicle. What is
it called?.
Avanthi Microfinance
Snapdeal Gold
Which facility management and home services startup has acquired home
services aggregator HomeCues for more than $1million?.
SBricks
Which Indian group is tying up with Ivy League universities Harvard and Yale
to research and bring to market products based on soft robotic, sensors,
deep-learning and network sciences?.
Tata Group
Which company has partnered with private sector lender Yes Bank to launch
what it calls India's first UPI (unified payments interface)-based mobile
payments app?.
Which Taiwanese semiconductor maker will invest Rs 400 crore ($60 million)
or about a fifth of the capital being infused into India's One97
Communications, which runs Paytm?.
Which designer clothing ecommerce site targeted at NRIs has hired former
Zovi business head Sushant Junarkar as CEO?.
Which beverage brand has launched its new ad, titled 'RJ Rishi's story'?.
ITC Foods has launched a new campaign for which brand with the positioning
'Can't Wait. Won't Wait.'?.
Which online furniture and furnishing destination has unveiled its inaugural
brand campaign with the proposition of No Rok Tok?
Which iconic US automobile brand last week entered India officially with SUVs
costing upwards of Rs 70 lakh?
Interpublic Group has created a unit called `Team Ignite' to handle which
automobile brand's global and regional creative, media and digital
businesses?
Which online home-design startup has become the latest US-based internet
major to set up India operations by appointing Sanjay Nadkarni as country
head?
Which brand has topped the Best Indian Brands 2016 list, a valuation study
conducted annually by Interbrand and published exclusively in Brand Equity?.
Indian-origin Ajei Gopal has been named CEO of which leading US company
that produces engineering simulation software, from January 1?
Which model, launched by Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) last
year, has set a record as the fastest selling car in the companys history?
Which soap brand has launched its latest campaign Ready For Awesome?
Which airline has named its twelfth Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft
`Kamascootra'?
Which company last week made a strong debut at the bourses, becoming the
first private bank to hit the capital market since 2005?
Which company has recently entered the FMCG sector with the brand name
One More?
Which MNC will sell the Chinese edition of its global web portal to its local
partner Xichuang Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd, founded by the portals top
executive?
Which Indian handset maker will begin selling its range of locally made
phones and accessories in Egypt after it inked a joint venture with Easy
Group?
Which MNC coffee company has opened its first training centre in India to
help baristas make the perfect cuppa?
On the occasion of its fifth anniversary, which music channel has launched
the initiative DHUN to support musicians who have faded into oblivion?
Which video platform that offers HD-copyrighted movies at zero cost has
been launched in India?.
Which digital payments platform and Samagra, an NGO serving urban poor,
last week launched M-Gullak to promote the habit of savings among them?
Snapdeal last week announced the launch of its own private cloud platform.
What has it been branded as?
Which company has sold its stake in Sandor Nephro Services, which operates
Indian dialysis chain `Sparsh Nephrocare', to German medical device
company Fresenius Medical Care?.
Which fashion marketplace last week announced the acquisition of styling and
personalisation app Dekkoh in a cash-and-equity deal?
Which global services company that helps clients transform in the areas of
business, marketing, and technology, has inaugurated its worlds single
largest premise in Bengaluru?
Which television channel has roped in Aditya Pittie of the Pittie Group as a
director?
Which company last week announced the launch of its latest initiative `Purple
Health' as part of which the company has introduced a new packaging for all
its products?
Hathway Cable and Datacom Limited is offering its subscribers a journey into
spirituality with the launch of its new channel. What has it been branded as?
Which MNC has launched its new mobile ad format 'Tiles' in India?
Which Kolkata-based company, a joint venture of Tata Steel and SAIL last
week appointed Vinaya Varma as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO)?
Which company has sold seven screens at two of its theatres to Cinepolis
India for Rs 63.7 crore, completing its exit from the movie exhibition
business?
Urjit Patel
Maruti
Which company signed a MoU with the Indian Army to construct a state-of-
the-art hostel building for 30 students of the Army Institute of Management
Kolkata as part of its CSR initiative?.
M&M
Titan has launched a campaign for which brand with the tagline 'One Watch,
Many Faces'?
Titan Juxt Pro with HP
Century Ply
Apple
Which MNC recently released Lifestage, a new iPhone app that allows teens to
watch clips about the lives of their classmates?.
Which company is claiming to have become the first herbal brand to launch a
complete range of alcohol-free mouthwashes?.
Himalaya
IKEA has appointed which agency as its creative agency on record in India for
both offline and digital campaigns?.
Dentsu
Media.net
Which recruitment firm and its joint venture partner for Asia Pacific, Temp
Holdings, have launched a venture capital fund for startups focused on
human resources?.
Kelly Services
Which MNC has agreed to buy U.S. cancer drug company Medivation Inc in a
deal that values the company at about $14 billion?.
Pfizer
Which company last week announced that it has become the first Indian tyre
company to produce 10 million truck / bus radial tyres?.
JK Tyre
Which state now ranks number one for commissioned capacity in both wind
and solar, according to Bridge to India, a global solar energy consulting firm?
TamilNadu
Myntra has become the first online fashion portal in India to achieve which
net sales milestone?.
$1bn
Which ethnic wear brand has launched its latest film, titled 'The Move?.
Myntra
Who has topped the Forbes magazine list of the world's highest-paid actress
for the second straight year, earning some $46 million?.
shraddh
Which MNC has acquired personal health data startup Gliimpse, founded by
two Indian-origin entrepreneurs?.
Apple
Which MNC has bought a smart scheduling app Genee, as part of its effort to
embed artificial intelligence (AI)?.
Microsoft
Profoundis
Pinrest
Which MNC has launched DoublemintMints, marking its entry into the
freshening space in India?.
Wrigley
Which company has launched HiOwna Momz, a nutritional health drink for to-
be and new mothers?.
Himalaya
Which motorcycle brand has launched its campaign Jhatka Mana Hai?
Bajaj Pltina
Which telecom company has launched content delivery network 'Fast Edge'
for faster delivery of web content to users?.
Reliance
VLCC
Which airline has launched its first television commercial with brand
ambassador Deepika Padukone?.
Vistara
Which beverage brand has launched a new commercial with the tagline "Phir
Ho Ja Shuru"?.
Limca
Which beverage brand has become the first fizzy drink in the country to use
stevia, said to be the world's most sought-after natural sweetener?.
7up
Quickr
Which low-cost carrier from the Middle East is offering Indian passengers the
option of paying for their tickets in monthly instalments?.
Air Arabia
Which MNC last week unveiled what it claims as the worlds fastest
production car?.
Tesla
Which MNC has agreed to buy an antibiotics business from AstraZeneca Plc
for $725 million as well as other payouts?.
Pfizer
Google last week announced the general availability of its newest Android
smartphone operating system. What is it called?.
Noughat
Which healthcare and fitness startup has invested $3 million for a controlling
stake in Cult, a company that provides training without using machines?
CuteFit
Jaw-dropping feat or plain ridiculous, you decide. Which brand has launched
its new ad, claimed to be the most expensive ad film ever made", featuring
Ranveer Singh and Tamannaah Bhatia?
Which Mumbai-based company last week announced its foray into the
domestic bed linen market with the launch of `Boutique Living' range of bed
linen products?
Which footwear company has appointed Deepak Chhabra as the new Chief
Executive Officer?
Patanjali Ayurveda will roll out more than one hundred products under which
brand to stake claim in the Rs 8,000-crore organised home worship category?
Which condom brand has roped in popular West Indies cricketers Dwayne
Bravo and Chris Gayle as brand ambassadors?
The Reserve Bank of India last week retained the tag of too big to fail banks
for which two banks, second year in a row?.
Which country has become the first to try out public self-driving taxis?
The Taparia family has picked up a majority stake in which pharmacy chain?
Which company last week appointed noted industrialists Venu Srinivasan and
Ajay Piramal and Bain Capital MD Amit Chandra as Non-Executive Directors?
Which business group has announced a joint venture with CCI Logistics Group
to consolidate its contract logistics business in India?
This is salute worthy. Which Indian chief executive last week pledged to
devote 75% of his lifetime income to charity?.
Tata Power, Indias largest integrated power firm, has crossed which
consumer base milestone mark in the country?.
How many Indian companies feature in the Forbes worlds 100 most
innovative list?.
Which global digital agency, owned by GroupM, last week announced it has
established operations in India via the opening of a new location in Delhi?
58. Which bank has signed a strategic collaboration with Amazon Internet
Services to setup a co-working hub at its Innovation Lab facility `Thought
Factory' in Bengaluru?
59. Hyundai Motor India, the nation's second largest car maker, has set an
internal target of producing more than how many vehicles a year by 2020-
2021?
60. SN Subrahmanyan will take over as the new chief executive of which
company on October 1, 2017?
61. Which MNC last week introduced Americas legendary tyre brand
Firestone in India, with the Firestone FR500 for cars and Firestone Destination
LE02 for SUVs?
62. Which business group has won the bid to develop and operate the Rs
3,000 crore Mopa airport in Goa on public private partnership with the state
government?
63. Which MNC telecom gear maker last week launched its largest global
service centre (GSC) in India with an initial investment of Rs 136 crore?
64. Which air purifier gear maker, along with UK-based Cambridge Mask Co,
has launched military grade anti-pollution mask for the Indian market to
strengthen its presence in the segment?
65. Which company last week launched a digital technology platform called
DiGiSense to mark its foray into fleet management for commercial vehicles,
tractors and construction equipment?
67. Siddharth Roy Kapur will reportedly step down as MD of which company,
once his contract gets over by January?
68. Which French fashion designer, known as the Queen of Knitwear, died last
week at the age of 86, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease?
70. How many Bollywood stars made it to the latest Forbes list of worlds top
20 highest-paid actors?
Which Indian digital cinema services provider has expanded its footprint to
Bangladesh, in partnership with Jaaz Eskay MultiMedia, the largest film
production company there?
Hello
Tork Motors
Which MNC has bought out the entire stake of local partner Knowledge Fire
and converted their joint venture in India into a fully-owned subsidiary?
Which German wind turbine maker has agreed to buy the wind turbine
inventory and service operations of Kenersys, a company owned by Pune-
based Kalyani Group?
Which company has agreed to buy out Praxair India's entire 74% stake in
their joint venture for Rs 240 crore, making the industrial gases supplier its
wholly-owned subsidiary?
Which auto components and services provider has said it will acquire engine
cooling solutions supplier TitanX for an undisclosed amount?
Which MNC will acquire Swedish air-purifier company Blue air for an
undisclosed sum?.
Unilever
Which MNC has forayed into the domestic breakfast cereals market with Cerel
grow, a breakfast cereal aimed at kids?.
Ola has shut down which business / brand and has reportedly laid off 700
employees
Kellogg India has signed on which celebrity as brand ambassador for Kelloggs
Oats?
Which fashion brand has roped in actress Malaika Arora as the face of their
autumn-winter 2016 collection Star Struck?
Which luxury brand has launched its exclusive made to order shoe services in
India for the first time?.
Online marketplace Snapdeal has shut down which premium online fashion
and accessories platform it acquired in February last year?.
Which company has been named as the most reputed pharmaceutical brand
in India, as per Indias Most Reputed Brands list by BlueBytes?.
Which well known international lifestyle brand last week announced a tie up
with William Penn Pvt Ltd (WPPL) for distribution of its products in India?.
Which advertising agency from Eastern India has forayed into tea business
with the launch of its new group company?.
I have covered this earlier. Which company last week launched a range of
baby care products - hair oil, massage oil, body lotion and body wash gel -
under a new sub-brand called Sishu Care?.
In one of the largest global celebrations ever, which MNC has hidden 150
liquor barrels around the world to celebrate its 150th anniversary?
Which MNC has unveiled its Mission Million Books, inviting Indian citizens to
donate textbooks and educational material for the benefit of the
underprivileged?.
Japanese two-wheeler maker Yamaha's Indian arm India Yamaha Motor (IYM)
has achieved which production milestone?.
Which MNC has announced that it has acquired Otto, a technology startup
whose aim is to make trucks self-driving?.
Which MNC has unveiled Project Alloy, a virtual reality headset that doesnt
require a cable connection to a computer and can integrate objects from the
real world via on board cameras?.
Which ecommerce on-demand delivery service has applied for a retail trading
licence?.
Which well known business group in India unveiled its new logo on August
15?.
How did Pizza Hut celebrate India's wins at Rio last week?.
Which Pune-based global consulting and IT services firm has acquired ICRA
Techno Analytics (ICTEAS) for Rs 68.75 crore?.
Which company launched its new corporate campaign Ragon Mein Raftar on
August 15?