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By Sanchita Dash

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1. The digital content race in India has just started! Hotstar has raised 516 crores from Star US to take on the growing influence of Netflix and Amazon Prime in India.

2. Talk about bad last days at work. Allahabad Bank MD & CEO Usha Ananthasubramanian has been sacked on her last day in the bank because of her involvement in the 14,000 crore bank scam by businessmen Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi

3. Women are aiming for the moon! According to a new report, Smitha Crishna of Godrej is India's richest woman with a worth of over 37,000 crores

4. Twitter makes itself more accessible! The micro-blogging platform's lite version which can be accessed even with poor network is now available in 21 countries, including India.

Here's the "news that entrepreneurs can use". Know what's trending in the Indian business world in 60 seconds.

Sanchita Dash

Entrepreneur Staff

Former Senior Correspondent, Entrepreneur India

In the business of news for 5 years now. Making my way across India thanks to my career. A media graduate from Symbiosis, Pune, I have earlier worked with Deccan Chronicle (South India's leading English daily), T-Hub (India's largest incubator) and Anthill Ventures (a speed-scaling platform). 

Stories, movies and PJs are my thing. 

If you hear 'The Office' opening score randomly, don't worry it's just my phone ringing. 

 

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