To give customised information, the BSE has introduced an AI-based chatbot Ask Motabhai, which can have a text-based conversation with the user and mine the BSE website.
The chatbot has been built in partnership with Microsoft and Shephertz, a BSE statement said.
It will be convenient and faster for investors, especially small and retail, to get stock and market information.
In addition to stock prices and corporate news, the system is programmed to address market related queries on mutual funds, derivatives and initial public offerings (IPOs).
“BSE has always been at the forefront in adoption of technology based advancements, and launch of the chatbot marks yet another significant initiative in BSE’s endeavour to add to seamless customer experience. With the chatbot in place we would be able to serve our audience better and help them with quick information
without having to go through any other channel,” its MD and CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan said.
BSE makes available on its website the information on stock prices, corporate results and announcements, in real-time, of over 5,000 companies that are listed on it.
PhonePe, India’s fastest growing digital payments platform announced that it has emerged as the single largest player on the UPI network, ahead of other payment apps like Paytm and Tez. PhonePe also crossed the 100 million transaction mark in July, becoming the fastest Indian digital payments company to achieve this feat.
According to National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), its UPI platform saw 236 million total transactions in July. Of these, PhonePe had the largest market share of 40 per cent.
Talking about the milestone, PhonePe CEO Sameer Nigam said,”The PhonePe platform has witnessed incredible transaction volume growth over the past few months. Our growth in market share is largely fueled by two factors. One, we have added lakhs of new offline and online merchants on our platform in recent months and are seeing exponential growth in merchant transactions. Two, NPCI recently started blocking any UPI transactions where the sender and receiver bank account number are the same. This block by NPCI has effectively limited the ability of certain companies from incentivizing shell transactions and artificially inflating their UPI numbers. As a result of these two factors, our market share of UPI transactions has jumped to 40% in July.”
PhonePe has been rapidly expanding its merchant base and is now accepted as a payment option across 3 lakh offline and online merchant outlets spanning food, travel, groceries, taxi cabs and movie ticketing.
Mahindra Group, along with Project Nanhi Kali, aims to dispel the misconceptions around girl child education, by taking on a fresh view for the phrase with the campaign #LadkiHaathSeNikalJayegi. With the objective to demonstrate the opportunities that result from educating every girl child, this campaign will go live today across all digital channels of Mahindra Rise. A number of surround activities are planned, to spread the word and create a movement to support the cause. These activities will celebrate women who have achieved greatness by taking that crucial first step. These women will be both from outside Mahindra, as well as inspiring stories of our own Nanhi Kalis.
Commenting on the purpose and genesis of the campaign, Sheetal Mehta, Senior Vice President- CSR and Executive Director, K.C. Mahindra Education Trust, said, “With over two decades of experience in educating girls, Project Nanhi Kali has sufficient evidence that education is the only tool which enables girls to rise from a life of poverty, and go on to live a life of dignity. The objective of this campaign is to change attitudes towards girls, by giving a positive perspective to the phrase #LadkiHaathSeNikalJayegi. We hope that every Indian citizen, will not only view this film, but also help spread awareness and contribute to this worthy cause.”
“Mahindra is a socially responsible and trusted brand but with our RISE philosophy, we not only want to do good in the community, but also aim to inspire others to do good in order to drive societal change. This is the heart of Mahindra’s ‘Rise for Good’ campaigns. With the #LadkiHaathSeNikalJayegi campaign we’re turning this phrase on its head into a message of positive empowerment for girl child education and their ensuing success.” said Vivek Nayer, Chief Marketing Officer, Group Corporate Brand, Mahindra Group.
The Mahindra team conducted a detailed social media listening exercise on social issues. Not surprisingly, girl child education was among the most talked about issues online. Furthermore, focus group discussions highlighted that:
* It was a common desire among parents to be protective of the daughter. Even working mothers felt the need to restrict their daughters’ movements
* Men often self-appointed themselves as protectors of women
* Even today, there is an accepted belief that certain jobs are for women, and certain jobs aren’t
The film has been conceptualized keeping these insights in consideration. A semi-urban setting was chosen for the film to ensure relatability, given that these beliefs exist not just in rural India, but also in cities. It is through a conversation between a girl and her father that the prevalent mindset is challenged by providing a new perspective to ‘Ladki Haath Se Nikal Jaayegi’.
The film was conceived and scripted by FCB Interface. The Chief Creative Officer, from FCB Interface, Robby Mathew, said, "This film is an ode to the unsung heroes, who reject our society’s patriarchal mindset and encourage their daughters to fly. It is a celebration of a girl child’s dreams and her father’s determination to make it happen. It changes the meaning of this often-used phrase 'Ladki Hath Se Nikal Jaayegi’ and instead uses it to make a case for putting her destiny back into her own hands"
Project Nahi Kali, since 1996 has empowered over 350,000 girls, including 153,999 girls in this past year alone. This massive undertaking was made possible thanks to over 4,560 Community Associates who tutor our Nanhi Kalis for 2 hours every day, 6 days a week through the year, working across 5,262 Academic Support Centres in remote, tribal and rural pockets, as well as urban slums in 11 states of India. The objective of the campaign is to increase awareness and encourage more and more people to join the movement.
Jet Airways is India’s premier international airline, currently operates flights to 66 destinations, including India and overseas. Jet Airways’ robust domestic India network spans the length and breadth of the country covering metro cities, state capitals and emerging destinations.
Beyond India, Jet Airways operates flights to key international destinations in South East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Europe and North America. The Jet Airways Group currently operates a fleet of 120 aircraft, comprising Boeing 777-300 ERs, Airbus A330-200/300, Next Generation Boeing 737s and ATR 72-500/600s.
The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 29.5 percent in 2017 to total $23.5 billion, up from $18.2 billion in 2016, according to Gartner, Inc. Amazon was the No. 1 vendor in the IaaS market in 2017, followed by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and IBM.
"The top four providers have strong IaaS offerings and saw healthy growth as IaaS adoption is being fully embraced by mainstream organizations and as cloud availability expands into new regions and countries," said Sid Nag, research director at Gartner. "Cloud-directed IT spending now constitutes more than 20 percent of the total IT budget for organizations using cloud. Many of these organizations are now using cloud to support production environments and business-critical operations."
In the IaaS market, the competitive landscape is consolidating around the leaders. The top four providers — Amazon, Microsoft, Alibaba and Google — are all hyperscale IaaS providers and represent approximately 73 percent of the total IaaS market and 47 percent of the combined IaaS and infrastructure utility services (IUS) market.
Amazon is the clear leader in the worldwide IaaS market with an estimated $12.2 billion revenue in 2017, up 25 percent from 2016. The largest of the IaaS providers, Amazon is also the most mature, enterprise-ready provider, with the strongest track record of customer success and the most useful partner ecosystem. Growth in 2017 was driven not only by customers that are migrating from traditional data centers to cloud IaaS, but also by customers implementing transformational digital business projects, reflecting its broad range of use cases.
Microsoft secured the No. 2 position in the IaaS market with growth of more than 98 percent on its IaaS offering, with revenue surpassing $3.1 billion in 2017. Microsoft delivers its IaaS capabilities through its Microsoft Azure offering, which is a collection of infrastructure and platform services.
In the third spot, Alibaba's 2017 growth of 63 percent reflects the company's successful investment in research and development (R&D). Alibaba has the financial capability to continue this trend and invest in global expansion, giving the company potential to become over time an alternative to the global hyperscale cloud providers in select regions.
"This reflects a fundamental change in what and how organizations are consuming technology. Some legacy infrastructure offerings, such as IUS, are seeing lower and slower uptake that impacts the combined IaaS and IUS market," Nag said. "Additionally, a groundswell of demand for cloud-skilled personnel is forcing technology providers to change how they compete to meet this exploding demand."
Inaugurating the ninth edition of Canon India’s extensive Cinema and Pro DV project ‘Future Broadcasting’, Bengaluru is all set to welcome the future of cinema trends. The project accomplished in collaboration with leading industry experts, including Avid/Real Image (a division of Qube Cinema Technologies), LiveU, G-Technology from Western Digital and Atomos, witnessed a series of workshops and events, designed to give hands on experience on products like Cinema EOS C200, Cinema EOS C300 Mark II and XA 15 & XF 405 along with ME20F-SH(Multi-purpose camera). With a firm focus on its objectives, the project got industry experts to demonstrate the workflow of these superlative solutions, confirming that these solutions will lead the forthcoming trends in the Cinema and PRO DV segment.
The first leg of the workshop was organized in Guwahati and Imphal respectively in January 2018. The subsequent events were planned in Bhubaneshwar on February 19, followed by Kolkata on February 21st and Jaipur on March 18th. Following the success of the project in National Capital on 27th of April, Hyderabad on the 30th of May and Chennai on 1st June , the project now ventures into Bengaluru and will be followed by Kochi.
Commenting on the growing trend and demand for better solutions in Cinema and PRO DV segment, Mr. Eddie Udagawa, Vice President, Consumer Imaging and Information Centre, Canon India, said, “We are elated to bring our trailblazing project ‘Future Broadcasting’ to Bengaluru, an endeavor towards expanding our portfolio and tap the mainstream cinema business all over India, including eminent, producers, broadcasters and renowned documentary film makers. In line with our commitment towards, ‘offering the best of imaging experience’, we have also partnered with leading industry players, who further confirm the status quo of our cinema solutions in the near future. With fiuture broadcasting, we have been able to take our leading-edge solutions in Cinema and Pro DV segment to every corner of the country. Being a city filled with diversity and rich heritage, Bengaluru becomes a great spot for Future Broadcasting.”
Talking about their partnership with Canon, Sathish Kumar.P, General Manager of Real Image (a division of Qube Cinema Technologies), said, “Future Broadcasting has been a perfect platform for us to showcase an overview of the Avid Media Composer editing application and Avid Newsroom workflows, Avid Storage, Asset Management, Cloud based and Social Media Workflows. We will also showcase Media Composer | First. The free-to-use Media Composer | First provides users with a comprehensive yet simple editing toolset with many of the same features and functionality that award-winning Media Composer editors rely on, in a new powerful, streamlined interface.”
Talking about the evolution of video transmission units and its association with Canon, Yaal Eshel, VP Sales, LiveU said, “We’re glad to partner with Canon and Avid to present our latest solutions, including the LU600 HEVC, offering unmatched quality and reliability for newsgathering, sports and any other live video productions Ever since the invention of cellular bonding in 2006, and the launch of LiveU’s portable live video transmission units, it has replaced the SNG trucks, offering better mobility and cost-effectiveness for global newsgathering. We will also demonstrate LiveU Solo, our cost-effective plug-and-play device bringing broadcast-quality live streaming to the online market.”
Another integral partner for the ninth edition of Future Broadcasting is Atomos, an Australia based organisation, making high quality camera monitors and recorders. Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Dilip Kathuria, CEO, Atomos, said, “We are delighted to associate with Canon and exhibiting our CDM Technologies and Solutions (CDMTS) at ‘Future broadcasting’. The idea behind this association is to not only showcase the future of cinema technology, but also the associated technologies required to sustain the production. We will also demonstrate LiveU Solo, our cost-effective plug-and-play device bringing broadcast-quality live streaming to the online market.”
Commenting on the importance of storage, Khalid Wani – Director – Channel Sales, India, Western Digital, said, “With an aim to empower professionals to capture their dreams, enhance their storytelling, and bring to life their moments of inspired creativity,we enable content creators to capture and tell their stories. Future Broadcasting is an ideal opportunity for us encompassing everything that has to do with cinema and filming and storage is an important part of the whole process.”
Carmakers in India expressed a mixed bag of reactions towards sales in July. While a majority of manufacturers posted robust sales figures for the month, a few - including market leader Maruti Suzuki, surprisingly clocked a decline in car sales.
Maruti Suzuki India reported a marginal decline in sales at 1,64,369 units in July. The company had sold 1,65,346 units in July last year.
Domestic sales were up marginally at 1,54,150 units last month, against 1,54,001 units in the year ago month. However, exports in July were down by 9.9% at 10,219 units, against 11,345 units in the corresponding month last year.
In comparison, the country’s second largest carmaker Hyundai Motor India reported a 7.7% increase in total sales at 59,590 units in July. The company had sold 55,315 units in July last year. Domestic sales rose 1.1% to 43,481 units last month, compared with 43,007 units in July 2017, while exports grew 31% in July to 16,109 units, against 12,308 units in the year-ago month.
Homegrown Tata Motors recorded a strong growth of 21% in July, with its sales in the domestic market growing by 21% at 51,896 units, compared to 42,775 units over the previous year.
Toyota Kirloskar Motor sold a total of 13,677 units in the domestic market during July 2018. The company has been able to register a double-digit growth of 36% in June-July 2018, compared to the same period in 2017.
Mahindra and Mahindra reported 13% increase in total sales at 47,199 units in July, having sold 41,819 units in the same month of the previous year.
Source: Agencies
