Dramatic Owaisi arrest

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, who was arrested on the charge of not cooperating with the police in connection with the hate speech case against him, has been sent to 14-day judicial custody. Sources say Owaisi was arrested as the police officers were not convinced by the MLA’s explanation that he had gone to London for medical treatment. Owaisi was on 8th Jan’13 night taken to Nirmal in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh where an FIR has been registered against him for allegedly delivering a hate speech. Owaisi’s lawyer Shafiuddin Khan on Tuesday accused the police of arresting the MLA arbitrarily. He claimed that the MLA was not well and could collapse due the stress after his arrest. Akbaruddin Owaisi never wanted to evade the law, he had been cooperating. Owaisi had not eaten food since morning, he was not even given the medical report. We have not been informed by the police where Owaisi has been taken. Owaisi was not allowed to go to his house also, Owaisi had gone to London for re-evaluation and medical check-up. Two FIRs were registered suo motu at Adilabad and Nizamabad districts while a third case was registered by Osmania University police, following a court directive after Owaisi allegedly used inflammatory language against a particular community in December 2012. Owaisi has been booked under Sec 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion) and Sec 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings) of IPC. The MIM legislator has also been booked under Sec 121 (waging or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India) of IPC. Meanwhile, Owaisi’s lawyer has filed three more petitions in the court demanding medical treatment and higher security for the MIM MLA.

 

 

Ybrant digital’s 2012

An incredible year for a global leader of digital marketing industry, Ybrant Digital. Most of the year’s good news were from Facebook and our growth in this companionship throughout the year. If we see the developments of a previous year, list follows this way:

To start with, Ybrant Digital became their key company by offering privileged advertising features for FB campaigns. Sooner, ybrant  set the trend in the social sphere by becoming part of the Preferred Marketing Program Developer on Facebook, having obtained the relevant certificate under the Advertising API. Ybrant planned to buy an US firm for $175mn and however the deal falls though. Ybrant Digital then acquired some minor stake in Israel based web 3.0 in June. Then the long awaited merger with Hyderabad IT firm LGS Global completed by listing Ybrant digital in BSE. Then they planned & raised $100mn through PE to fund one of its proposed acquisitions from PE firms like GE Asia Pacific Capital, Oak Investments, Venus Capital and many more. Throughout the year Ybrant, as a leading digital marketing firm have seen many gains and some downsides also. As a whole 2012 helped Ybrant Digital gain more growth in both revenues, sales and market base.

 

Ybrant Digital as Microsoft’s sales house

Digital advertising market has grown in the recent years crossing the $166 million mark in 2011 and is expected to reach $273 million by 2013, according to ZenithOptimedia in its July 2011 report. Internet is increasingly being consumed in smaller towns and cities. In fact, of India’s total Internet population of 112 million, non-metro cities account for approximately 68 per cent, according to IAMAI, I-Cube.

Founded in 2000 and headquartered in India, Ybrant Digital holds offices in 20 countries, including US, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Ukraine, Serbia, Israel, China, India, and Australia, and with representatives or partners in Spain, Greece and Netherlands.Ybrant Digital chairman and CEO Suresh Reddy said, “Ybrant is delighted to provide businesses an option to advertise with premium media properties owned by Microsoft. Together with Microsoft we will ensure maximum ROI on the advertising rupee spent by our advertisers across the region.” in the backdrop of Microsoft’s announcement of appointment of Ybrant Digital Limited as the sales house for the cities outside Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bangalore even as it plans to expand to Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune, and Goa.Microsoft is also expecting their tie up with Ybrant digital will increase their online presence and growth.