Sankalp Phartiyal
Jeff Mason is a White House Correspondent for Reuters and the 2016-2017 president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. He was the lead Reuters correspondent for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign and interviewed the president at the White House in 2015. Jeff has been based in Washington since 2008, when he covered the historic race between Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Jeff started his career in Frankfurt, Germany, where he covered the airline industry before moving to Brussels, Belgium, where he covered the European Union. He is a Colorado native, proud graduate of Northwestern University and former Fulbright scholar.
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Indian streaming firm Hotstar sees blended revenues as winning strategy
MUMBAI Indian video streaming service Hotstar sees its blended revenue model that relies on both subscription fees and ad sales as a winning formula in India's fast-growing market, home to tens of millions of price-sensitive new internet users.
Apple's mettle in India tested in squabble over anti-spam app
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Indian regulator clears Walmart's $16 billion acquisition of Flipkart
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Samsung borrows from Chinese playbook in battle for India's smartphone market
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India looking to compel e-commerce, social media firms to store data locally
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI India is considering asking e-commerce and social media firms to exclusively store customer data locally, a move that could affect global giants that operate in the country such as Amazon, Facebook and its messaging service WhatsApp.
'He looked like a terrorist!' How a drive in rural India ended in a mob attack and a lynching
By Zeba Siddiqui, Euan Rocha, Rajendra Jadhav and Sankalp Phartiyal | Video
'He looked like a terrorist!' How a drive in rural India ended in a mob attack and a lynching
By Zeba Siddiqui, Euan Rocha, Rajendra Jadhav and Sankalp Phartiyal | Video
Indian truckers' strike hits Amazon deliveries, commodity trade
MUMBAI A truckers' strike across India has affected deliveries for e-commerce firms such as Amazon and Snapdeal, hurt cotton trade in the world's biggest producer of the fiber and disrupted the movement of grains and vegetables.
WhatsApp curbs message forwarding in bid to deter India lynch mobs
MUMBAI/BENGALURU Facebook Inc's WhatsApp is rolling out a global test measure to rein in messages forwarded by users, the messaging app said, after the spread of rumors led to several killings in India and sparked calls for action from authorities. | Video
India's Wipro sees strong demand for services from financial clients
MUMBAI/BENGALURU Indian IT company Wipro Ltd said it was seeing strong demand for its services from clients in banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), while it faces challenges in its India business and in the U.S. healthcare sector.
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