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Melt Update | 24 Dec | Domino’s India Appoints Apoorv Srivastava as GM, Marketing – Head of Consumer Insights & MORE

Ritwika Gupta, December 24, 2021

In other news, Urban Company has sued its female workers for protesting against rules that the women say will hurt their earnings.

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Top News:

1. Domino’s India Appoints Apoorv Srivastava as GM, Marketing – Head of Consumer Insights

Domino’s India has roped in Apoorv Srivastava as GM – Marketing – Head of Consumer Insights. He joins the QSR chain from blinkit (previously known as Grofers). Prior to that, he had a short stint with Kantar IMRB as group account director.

2. Neeraj Bassi Exits Havas Group India
Neeraj Bassi, chief strategy officer, Havas Group India, has decided to move on from the group. He is currently in his notice period and will leave the agency in March 2022 to help with a smooth transition. He joined Havas Group in April 2020 from Publicis India where he was CSO and managing partner.

3. Urban Company Sues Female Workers
Urban Company has sued its female workers for protesting against rules that the women say will hurt their earnings, reports livemint. Among the new policies proposed by Urban Company is a subscription scheme that requires partners to pay a sum of money upfront and take on a minimum number of jobs each month. According to the workers, this will limit workers’ flexibility and reduce their earnings.

4. IndiGo Appoints Neetan Chopra as Chief Digital & Information Officer
IndiGo has appointed Neetan Chopra as Chief Digital & Information Officer. He will join IndiGo with effect from 3 January 2022. Neetan is currently the Group Chief Technology Officer at Dubai Holding and was previously a Senior VP of IT & Innovation at Emirates.

5. Google To Launch New Language Feature
Google is working on a new language feature that is expected to be released with Android 13. This feature is code-named as “Panlingual” and is expected to enable Android 13 users to select a different language for each app installed on their devices. As reported by The Economic Times, this will save the users’ time from having to change the language of each app individually.