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New Delhi [India], Feb. 6 (ANI): Talentedge, an Ed-Tech firm offering 'live and interactive', anywhere learning in a digital format, has reinforced its association with MICA to offer a PG Certificate Programme in Media and Entertainment Management. The programme is specifically designed to offer insights into the nuances of the Business of Media and the modern and emerging trends in the Media and Entertainment Industry.

The course is aimed at contributing and partnering in the growth drive of the 'Media and Entertainment' industry. The programme will cater to media and entertainment industry professionals and enthusiasts such as marketing and advertising professionals, media planning and PR executives, entertainment and events professionals.

New Delhi [India], Feb. 6 : ClearTax, an Income Tax returns e-filing and enterprise compliance service provider, has observed a trend which, if implemented well, will ultimately result in improving the economic infrastructure of the country.

New Delhi [India], Feb. 6 : Djubo, a cloud based SAAS (Software as a Service) Product Company for hotels, and Google have entered into a partnership for increasing the share of direct bookings for hotels. The product will be known as Fireball.

In order to help all hotels get maximum coverage for their hotel and actual bookings out of Google, Google has launched this partnership where all clients of Djubo will get immediate visibility for their direct booking engine across all platforms like Google Hotels, Google Maps, Google Business Listing and so on and will be charged a commission only when a booking happens. As a result of this partnership, Google will use their algorithms and artificial intelligence tools to handle the bidding.

New Delhi [India], Feb. 6 : According to a recent survey conducted by citizen engagement platform, LocalCircles, 89 percent consumers have said that restaurants should get rid of service charge.

The survey received over 8000 responses from consumers in over 100 districts of India with 66 percent male and 34 percent female participation.

In a related survey done a month back where the question was about the model of levying service charge, 68 percent consumers had said that they wanted payment of service charge to be optional. Out of the 5000 odd responses received in that poll, only 27 percent consumers had said that they were fine with paying whatever service charge was charged to them by the restaurants.

New Delhi [India], Feb. 6 : Out of a total of 15 lakh companies in India, over 50 percent of them are not filing income tax returns, said Sushil Chandra, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxation (CBDT).

Speaking at a post-Budget event held by CII on Monday, Chandra revealed that only around 50 percent of the companies are regular with filing income tax returns.

"As per statistical information available, only around 36,500 companies are filing return above Rs. 1 crore. We are very certain that more persons should come under the tax net. This is a very serious problem and needs immediate attention," Chandra said.

New Delhi, Feb.6 : A University of Oxford study has revealed that by the year 2033, as many as 47 percent of modern day job roles could be claimed by automation.

Take for instance the hospitality industry, it will experience or be exposed to technological advances in four areas in 2017.

The first and the foremost is the use of Geo-targeting and Beacons. Geo-technology provides filtered, location-based information from services or devices such as Snapchat or iPhone. With the help of GPS, geo-tech can help get messages to the people close by. Even online, adverts using 'geo' technology drive significantly more traffic back to their websites.