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BC Web Wise wins MSN India Cannes Cyber Lions award
BANGALORE: MSN India, the official sponsor of the Cannes Cyber Lions Awards, has announced the India winner. Chaya Brian Carvalho and her creative team including Raunaq Sikka, Ruth Dolla and Nash Paul from BC Web Wise, an Internet media solutions company, have won the Cannes Cyber Lions Awards from India.
Chaya Brian Carvalho gets an all expenses paid trip to the Cannes Cyber Lions awards ceremony.
A panel of eminent judges from the advertising industry consisting of Percept CEO Ajay Chandwani, Creative – Contract vice president Ashish Chakravarty and McCann Ericsson president Santosh Desai chose the winning entry from the large number of entries posted on www.msn.co.in/cyberlions.
“This endeavor from MSN India is an effort to give the most promising talent in the industry a unique opportunity to showcase their creativity in online advertising before a global audience. We at MSN India believe in encouraging young talent and want to communicate the power of the online space space to marketers in order to make them recognize it as a preferred medium of reaching out to the masses.” MSN India marketing & business initiatives head Rajnish said.
“It was a tough decision for all of us. The creativity was enthralling and the lateral thinking had us in a fix. However, the creative brilliance and simplicity of Chaya’s creative team won them the award”, said Santosh Desai, President, McCann Ericsson.
“We are extremely happy that MSN India took this initiative and gave people a chance to display their talents globally”, he added.
“We are delighted to have won the MSN India Cannes Cyber Lions Award. This will encourage the best creative talent in the country by giving people the opportunity to participate in the world’s most recognised and coveted advertising awards. We feel extremely proud to be the recipient of this award from India and I am looking forward to my trip to the Cannes Awards ceremony, sponsored by MSN”, BC Web Wise Pvt. Ltd. MD & CEO Chaya Brian Carvalho said.
With the objective of encouraging online advertising industry in India, MSN India invited advertisers, agencies and creative houses to post their entries for the Cannes Cyber Lions Awards Festival in March 2005. The entries were classified under four broad categories namely website, online rich, online non- rich and grand prix.
Brands
Jubilant FoodWorks faces Rs 47.5 crore GST demand, plans appeal
Tax authorities flag alleged misclassification of restaurant services
MUMBAI:Â Jubilant FoodWorks Limited has landed in a tax tussle after receiving a GST demand of Rs 47.5 crore from the office of the additional commissioner of CGST and central excise in Thane, Maharashtra.
The order, issued under the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, relates to an alleged incorrect classification of certain services under the category of restaurant services. According to the tax authorities, this classification resulted in a short payment of goods and services tax for the period between the financial years 2019-20 and 2021-22.
The demand includes Rs 47.5 crore in GST along with an equal amount as penalty, in addition to applicable interest. The order was received by the company on March 13, 2026.
In a regulatory filing to the BSE Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, the company said it disagrees with the order and believes its arguments were not adequately considered.
The company is preparing to challenge the decision and plans to file an appeal. It added that once the redressal process is complete, the demand is likely to be dropped.
Despite the sizeable figure attached to the notice, the company said it does not expect any material impact on its financials, operations or other activities.
The disclosure was signed by Suman Hegde, EVP and chief financial officer, who confirmed that the company received the order at 19:06 IST on March 13 and has already initiated steps to contest it.
The development places the quick service restaurant major in the middle of a tax debate that could hinge on how certain restaurant-linked services are classified under GST rules. For now, the company appears ready to take the matter from the tax office to the appeals desk.
