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New range of Barbie dolls launched
MUMBAI: The iconic doll Barbie who has been in movies and a music video is now presenting the opportunity for Indian girl fans to share the stage with her in the new range Idol Idols.
The new Barbie range is targetted at young women who are aspiring entertainers.
The highlight of the Idol Idols range is a recording studio. This studio is a make believe for girls everywhere to live out their own dreams of taking center stage, sharing the exhilaration of auditioning and shooting to super music stardom with Barbie.
The dolls come with a hit song that girls can play back and sing along, only on a real working microphone. This way they too can improve their singing skills and experience the star status that the Idol Idols Barbie does.
Barbie’s little friends can now share the limelight with her and the sensational singing buddies Simone and Tori with the ‘Rockin’ Recording Studio.
This playset features a headset, recording light and lounge area accessories that allows them to flaunt their flair for music. Just like a real ‘Idol’ star, girls can record over pre-recorded music or over a working FM radio and hear their own voice. Girls can also sing along, with their own microphone and sound speakers.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
