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Topic: Amazon India

Amazon raises investment in India to $26 billion by 2030

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it will take its investments to $26 billion in India by 2030, adding $6.5 billion in new planned investments in an announcement made after CEO Andy

‘Could be a game changer’ — Amazon India wants trade policy tweak to ease exports via e-commerce

Bhupen Wakankar, director of global trade at Amazon India, says e-commerce export is the simplest way for any business to get access to international buyers.

‘Damaging Bharat’s social fabric’: After linking Amazon to conversion, RSS wants NIA probe

The demand came after RSS-linked publication, ‘Organiser’, accused the e-commerce company of funding conversions in Northeast India. Amazon has denied the allegations.

Amazon’s plans for India bigger than cricket, focus is on expanding beyond big cities

Amazon's decision to pull the plug on the IPL auction was based on the idea that the company's money would be better spent on Amazon’s e-commerce business.

Amazon’s future CEO firm on India expansion amid protests by local vendors

Speaking to partners and customers in India, Andy Jassy announced a $250 million venture fund for startups working on innovations for small businesses, agriculture and health care solutions.

Modi not academic, likes simple & logical thinking, internal Amazon document said — Reuters

News agency claimed Amazon had a ‘secret strategy to dodge India’s regulators’, but e-commerce giant calls it ‘unsubstantiated, incomplete, and/or factually incorrect’ info.

Amazon India launches ‘Amazon Academy’ to help students prep for JEE

Amazon Academy includes curated learning material, live lectures and assessments in Maths, Physics and Chemistry. It is available on the web and Google Play Store.

Consensus eludes Netflix, Amazon & others on tweak in self-regulation code sought by govt

Online streaming platforms are trying to forge a consensus on a govt suggestion that seeks to increase external oversight on grievances regarding content.

Amazon’s refusal to appear before Parliament panel is breach of privilege, says BJP MP Lekhi

A Joint Committee of Parliament, headed by Meenakshi Lekhi, summoned Facebook, Twitter, and Google while looking into the Data Protection Bill.

These are the sweeping changes Amazon India is making for its first Prime Day since Covid

This time, thousands of Amazon employees will coordinate the sale from their homes, and packers, sorters and deliverymen will follow stringent hygiene protocols.

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I am Field Marshal thanks not to Allah, but you Narendra Modi: Pakistani General X

It turns out in Pakistan, one can fail at any kind of war with India and yet win accolades. Gen Pervez Musharraf lost the 1999 Kargil war yet became president. Gen Ayub Khan, who lost in 1965 as a Field Marshal, would be proud of me today.

No competition, have to deliver faster & reliably, says Amazon India V-P of operations

Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.

All about Golden Dome, Trump’s $175 billion plan to shield America

Trump is not the first American president to propose such a defence system. Ronald Reagan proposed a space-centric Strategic Defense Initiative in 1983, but it never took off.

Pakistan has a 7-year terror itch. Here’s a two-minus-one-front idea to cure it

Pakistani establishments and their proxies are prone to severe, predictable 7-year-itch. Each step up the escalation ladder buys India about this many years of deterrence on average.