Jatinder Gill, an Indian immigrant, opened the vegetarian restaurant Veg World India in Barcelona. He gained rich culinary experience in Europe for 15 years before opening the restaurant in 2007. His personal beliefs and choices played an important role in the business. His business grew handsomely. In 2023, his partner in the restaurant decided to part ways. Gill needed a significant amount of money to buy back his partner’s share. This was possible .....more

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Uno Minda Ltd. (Uno Minda) was a leading manufacturer of automobile components for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of vehicles running on an internal combustion engine. The Indian company had a strong relationship with automobile manufacturers and long-standing international partners for joint manufacturing of auto components. The Indian market was rapidly adopting electric vehicles (EVs). In November 2021, Uno Minda was determined to establish .....more

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In early 2018, WhatsApp—the cross-platform messaging and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service—began testing its WhatsApp Payments (Payments) service, designed to enable digital payment transactions in India. By late 2020, the platform had rolled out the initial launch of its Payments feature within India, with the National Payments Corporation of India agreeing to a staggered launch. However, despite the number of Payments users increasing .....more

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Universal Pictures’ animated movie Abominable was scheduled for release in Malaysia on November 7, 2019. However, Malaysia’s Film Censorship Board ordered the studio to cut the scenes showing a map with the controversial “nine-dash line.” Without those cuts, the Malaysian government would not allow the movie’s release in Malaysia. The nine-dash line was a geopolitically sensitive issue in the South China Sea region, pitting China against neighbouring .....more

In May 2022, Getwell Pharma India Private Limited was an independent neighbourhood pharmacy in Amritsar, India. Pharmacy retail in the country was largely dominated by traditional independent stores, until the emergence of pharmacy chains and e-pharmacies with scale advantage, extensive financial resources, large numbers of stock-keeping units, store brands, and new technology. These changes were making traditional pharmacies less attractive to customers, .....more

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