After receiving good response for Bollywood movies on its platform, Sony Pictures Networks India's video on demand service Sony Liv will be now offering Hollywood movies.
Films such as The Pursuit of Happyness, Django Unchained, The Da Vinci Code, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Angels and Demons and the Spiderman series among others will be available on Sony Liv.
Besides, the upcoming Hollywood blockbusters will premiere on Liv before their satellite (TV) airing, the company statement said.
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Yes Bank receives Asia's top 5 awards at Global CSR event * Yes Bank today said the bank has received Asia's top five CSR awards at the Annual Global CSR Summit and Awards 2016 hosted in Bali, Indonesia on April 21.
Yes Bank was awarded the top honors in categories: Best Workplace Practices Award for YES School of Banking, YES Professional Entrepreneurship Program (YPEP); Product Excellence Award for YES Money and Best Governed and Most Transparent Company Award, it said in a release.
In individual category, Rana Kapoor, MD and CEO, Yes Bank received the best CSR Leadership Award (Gold) and Best CEO Award (Silver).
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Express Avenue launches theme based restaurant for kids
Popular shopping mall Express Avenue has launched theme based restaurant for kids 'Pleeease Mom' offering sumptuous delicacies targeted at children.
"Pleeease Mom offers lip smacking menu, macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, cold coffee and ice cream. It is only theme based vegetarian restaurant for kids," a company release said.
N B Godrej re-appointed as MD of Godrej Industries for 3 yrs
* Godrej Industries today said its Managing Director N B Godrej has been re-appointed for the next three years.
The board of the company in a meeting held yesterday has "approved the re-appointment of N B Godrej as the Managing Director of the company for a period of three years with effect from April 1, 2017," Godrej Industries said in a BSE filing.
However, it also added that it would subject to approval of the shareholders of the company and the central government.
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Coverfox.Com signs pact with Oriental Insurance Company * Online insurance portal Coverfox.Com has signed an agreement with public sector Oriental Insurance Company to sell products on the web.
"Through this partnership, Coverfox.Com will be the first to offer the public sector undertaking's comprehensive motor insurance product for both four and two wheelers, online", a company statement said today.
"This broadens and gives much needed depth of choice to our customers" Coverfox.Com, CEO and co-founder, Varun Dua said.
Coverfox sells auto insurance, health and travel policies.
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RMB adoption improves in India
* In India, the usage of Renminbi for payments in value with China and Hong Kong is on the rise, but the country still shows one of the lowest RMB adoption rates among Asian countries, says a report.
According to SWIFT's RMB Tracker, Renminbi is the fourth most active currency for payments between India and China/Hong Kong by value while the US dollar continues to dominate the corridor.
In April 2016, 3.8 per cent of all payments made between India and China/Hong Kong were exchanged in RMB while this was only 0.2 per cent in April 2014.
Since 2014, the Chinese currency moved from number six to four for payments by value overtaking the Hong Kong dollar and the British pound.
The US dollar, however, continues to lead the corridor with a share of almost 80 per cent, followed by the Indian rupee (7.2 per cent) and the euro (6.3 per cent).
DCB Bank launches DCB UPI mobile app
* DCB Bank today said it has launched an Unified Payment Interface (UPI) application to enhance banking experience for customers.
"With this, the emerging new-generation private sector bank has added yet another smart technology to its portfolio of products," a cpmpany statement said.
The DCB UPI app provides a convenient payment method for customers to send and receive funds anytime, anywhere, from the comfort of their Android smart phones, it said.
Murali Natrajan, MD & CEO, DCB Bank said: "In the coming months, UPI is likely to create a significant change in the way transactions are done, especially peer-to-peer transactions, known as P2P. A very important and powerful feature of UPI is the ability to send a 'collect' request, which did not exist in the industry."
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D Vinod Shivappa elected as UPASI President * D Vinod Shivappa has been elected as president of United Planters Association of Southern India (UPASI) for 2016-17.
T Jayaram was elected as Vice President for at UPASI's Annual General Meeting on September 24 at Coonoor in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu, UPASI said in a statement today.
