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From social commerce startup Meesho gearing up for its IPO to DPIIT’s effort to support beauty tech startups in India, YourStory brings you today’s headlines with the latest developments across sectors.Featured storiesKosmc.ai’s all-in-one social revenue platform is empowering creatorsWhat if building a business on social media didn’t require millions of followers or a big team? Delhi-based Kosmc AI is creating a no-code, all-in-one social commerce platform that helps everyday creators and brands in Tier II and Tier III cities translate influence into revenue. Founded in 2024 by Ankur Gupta and Manavta Narula, the founders’ goal was very clear: to allow…
While the wider worlds of pop and hip-hop may not have realized it when it was announced earlier this week, the name of Cardi B’s long awaited sophomore album, Am I the Drama?, is suspiciously close to a viral quote from Scarlet Envy’s time on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season six. But for the predominantly (if not close to exclusively) LGBTQ revelers at Brooklyn’s annual LadyLand Festival, “am I the drama?” is queer meme canon. So when Scarlet Envy emerged onstage at 1:35 a.m. on Friday night (technically Saturday morning, but who’s counting) to introduce Cardi’s headlining set, absolutely…
Around 70% of startups covered in a survey have started leveraging artificial intelligence for core business functions, social media major Meta said in a report.The Meta Emerging Businesses Report prepared by professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal, India covered insight based on survey of 100 high growth Indian startups.”More than 70% of startups are integrating it into their business operations. In marketing alone, 87% of AI adopters reported around 30% improvement in cost per acquisition (CPA). Sectors such as healthcare, edtech, and beauty are leading in AI maturity leveraging automation for customer service, predictive analytics, and personalization,” the report said.…
United States President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called “a direct and blatant attack on our country.”Trump, in a post on his social media network, Truth Social, said Canada had just informed the US that it was sticking to its plan to impose the digital services tax, which applies to Canadian and foreign businesses that engage with online users in Canada. The tax is set to go into effect Monday.The digital services tax will hit companies, including Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber,…
Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 885 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery. world music festival, telecom expo, millets fair, climate change expo, wildlife conference, startup festival, Diwali rangoli, and jazz festival.Kalakriti Art Gallery in Hyderabad has an extensive collection of art and regularly hosts exhibitions on contemporary art (see our coverage of earlier shows at Kalakriti here). It recently hosted two exhibitions titled Windows to the Gods and Echoes Within, featuring the works of 15 artists.“For the exhibition Echoes Within, each artist was chosen for their ability to articulate the unseen—those inner murmurs that…
Hello,India’s paint section is heating up as new entrants take on established players. JSW Paints is buying Dutch paint maker Akzo Nobel’s Indian arm—which operates under the ‘Dulux’ brand in India—for about $1.6 billion, in what will be the country’s biggest deal in the segment yet.The deal comes at a time when challenges for Indian paint makers are on the rise, including volatile raw material costs and heightened competition, with billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla’s entry into the sector last year eating into Asian Paints’ market share, Reuters reported.Elsewhere, HDB Financial Services’ $1.5 billion IPO drew bids worth $19 billion by Friday’s…
Emma Stone is addressing the buzz about her bee moment at the Cannes Film Festival. Last month, Emma and her Eddington costars Austin Butler and Pedro Pascal were posing for a picture on the red… Source link
Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner & More Arrive for Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sanchez’s WeddingKylie Jenner got a text! After all, she’s trying to keep up with the Love Island USA bombshells. The Kardashians star revealed she’s been following all the action on the Peacock dating series as she shared a screenshot from a group chat conversation aptly titled “Love Island” on her Instagram Stories June 27. The text thread appeared to include at least one of Kylie’s celebrity pals as the snap featured multiple messages from Hailey Bieber, who was labeled as “Hailey Rhode” in the 27-year-old’s phone. And to…
The first song Taylor Swift collaborated on with her former boyfriend Joe Alwyn, the ballad appears on 2020’s Folklore as a duet with Bon Iver. At the time of the album’s release, Joe was credited under the pseudonym William Bowery, though Taylor confirmed William and Joe were one and the same during her Disney+ concert film, Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions. Taylor revealed Joe had written the entire piano part, along with singing, “I can see you standin’ honey/With his arms around your body/Laughin’ but the joke’s not funny at all.” She went on to say The Favourite actor was “always just playing and…
The Dawson’s Creek star—who is dad to Juno, 5, with now ex-wife Jodie Turner-Smith—and the Wet Hot American Summer actress were joined by other celebrity announcers including Alex Cooper, The Goo Goo Dolls, T.J. Oshie, Jerry Bruckheimer, Charles Barkley, Isaiah Mustafa and more, who announced the other teams’ draft picks. Earlier in the day, the pair walked the NHL Draft red carpet in matching Anaheim Ducks jerseys, smiling and waving to excited fans. While on the carpet, both Josh and Marguerite had the chance to share what the special moment meant to them. “It means that I get to, having earned…