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YouTube dethrones Google, becomes top-ranked brand in India: YouGov report(Representative image, source: iStock)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>YouTube<\/a> has dethroned its parent company Google<\/a> to become the top-ranked brand in YouGov<\/a>’s Best Buzz Rankings 2021 in India with a score of 51.4.

Google, which had previously held the top spot (in 2018 and 2019) dropped to the second place with a score of 50.1 in the 2021 rankings.The rankings are based on the Index score from
YouGov’s BrandIndex<\/a>.

In 2021, growing concerns over privacy gave a huge boost to encrypted messaging services.Telegram emerged as the most improved brand of the past year in India, with an increase in score by seven points. Tata Motors is the second most improved brand, with an increase in score by 4.5.

Amazon<\/a> climbed up to the third place (46.7) and its video-subscription platform- Amazon Prime, made a new entry into the list in the fifth place (38.1).

Amidst a tough year with global backlash for its new privacy policy, WhatsApp recorded a decline in its Buzz scores and dropped down two places to fourth (44.7). On the other hand, Instagram strengthened its position in the Indian market and climbed up three places to sixth (36.5) in the 2021 rankings.

Online delivery app Flipkart also recorded an improvement in its Buzz scores, moving up one place to seventh (36.3), while
Zomato<\/a> slipped down from seventh in 2019 to ninth in 2021 (35.0).

Air India’s successful acquisition by the TATA group generated a lot of noise, placing the national carrier in the list of buzziest brands of the year- in eighth (35.4).

Lastly, MakeMyTrip moved down to tenth place (35.0), completing the top ten list in India.

Along with being one of the top ten brands of 2021, Air India is also the third most improved brand of the past year (+3.5). Indigo is another airline that appears in the list of improvers this year, in fifth (+3.0).

With stay-at-home restrictions during the pandemic accelerating the adoption of online retailing in India, fashion brand Myntra features as sixth (2.8) most improved brand of the past year.

The improvers list also features banks like YES Bank (3.2) and
Punjab National Bank<\/a> (2.7), consumer electronics giant- Samsung (2.2) and smartphone brands such as Vivo (2.2) and Realme<\/a> (2.1).

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SoftBank drops sale of Arm to Nvidia<\/a><\/h2>

The move comes after US authorities filed a lawsuit seeking to block the sale and probes were launched into the mega deal in the United Kingdom and Europe. Alongside the announcement, the Japanese telecoms firm-turned-investment giant reported a net profit of 29.0 billion yen ($251 million) in the third quarter...<\/p><\/div>

\"&lt;p&gt;YouTube
YouTube dethrones Google, becomes top-ranked brand in India: YouGov report(Representative image, source: iStock)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>YouTube<\/a> has dethroned its parent company Google<\/a> to become the top-ranked brand in YouGov<\/a>’s Best Buzz Rankings 2021 in India with a score of 51.4.

Google, which had previously held the top spot (in 2018 and 2019) dropped to the second place with a score of 50.1 in the 2021 rankings.The rankings are based on the Index score from
YouGov’s BrandIndex<\/a>.

In 2021, growing concerns over privacy gave a huge boost to encrypted messaging services.Telegram emerged as the most improved brand of the past year in India, with an increase in score by seven points. Tata Motors is the second most improved brand, with an increase in score by 4.5.

Amazon<\/a> climbed up to the third place (46.7) and its video-subscription platform- Amazon Prime, made a new entry into the list in the fifth place (38.1).

Amidst a tough year with global backlash for its new privacy policy, WhatsApp recorded a decline in its Buzz scores and dropped down two places to fourth (44.7). On the other hand, Instagram strengthened its position in the Indian market and climbed up three places to sixth (36.5) in the 2021 rankings.

Online delivery app Flipkart also recorded an improvement in its Buzz scores, moving up one place to seventh (36.3), while
Zomato<\/a> slipped down from seventh in 2019 to ninth in 2021 (35.0).

Air India’s successful acquisition by the TATA group generated a lot of noise, placing the national carrier in the list of buzziest brands of the year- in eighth (35.4).

Lastly, MakeMyTrip moved down to tenth place (35.0), completing the top ten list in India.

Along with being one of the top ten brands of 2021, Air India is also the third most improved brand of the past year (+3.5). Indigo is another airline that appears in the list of improvers this year, in fifth (+3.0).

With stay-at-home restrictions during the pandemic accelerating the adoption of online retailing in India, fashion brand Myntra features as sixth (2.8) most improved brand of the past year.

The improvers list also features banks like YES Bank (3.2) and
Punjab National Bank<\/a> (2.7), consumer electronics giant- Samsung (2.2) and smartphone brands such as Vivo (2.2) and Realme<\/a> (2.1).

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SoftBank drops sale of Arm to Nvidia<\/a><\/h2>

The move comes after US authorities filed a lawsuit seeking to block the sale and probes were launched into the mega deal in the United Kingdom and Europe. Alongside the announcement, the Japanese telecoms firm-turned-investment giant reported a net profit of 29.0 billion yen ($251 million) in the third quarter...<\/p><\/div>