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Ban or monitor Amazon & Flipkart’s festive sales, they cause tax loss — traders’ body to FM

In a letter to FM Sitharaman, CAIT accuses Amazon & Flipkart of engaging in predatory pricing during festive sales, causing loss of GST and income tax to the government.

Reliance Jio’s e-commerce entry is part of India’s changing market capture by ‘new retail’

India's e-commerce market is going through significant changes, particularly through the impending merging of online and offline retail with Big Tech investments.

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google face their $5 trillion moment of reckoning

A US House panel has accused Amazon, Apple, Facebook & Google of abusing the power of their platforms to cut off competitors, and called for structural breakup of their businesses.

Amazon’s Diwali sale to last a month this year as it seeks to outdo Flipkart, JioMart

Unlike Flipkart, which is sticking to a six-day sale in October, Amazon plans to keep the discounts going right up to the mid-November Diwali celebration.

‘Prime’ member is ‘pradhan mantri sadasya’? Amazon mistranslates Hindi words & it’s hilarious

Amazon rectified mistakes after Twitter user points out mistranslations. Non-Prime members were translated as 'gair pradhan mantri sadasya' on the app.

Almost 20,000 Amazon workers in US had Covid in 6 months

Amazon's disclosure has invited criticism from some lawmakers and employees that the world’s largest online retailer was too secretive about outbreaks within its ranks.

With Rs 3,680 crore investment, it’s General Atlantic’s turn now to bet on Reliance Retail

Private equity firm General Atlantic will hold a 0.84% stake in Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd., according to an exchange filing Wednesday.

Flying camera, streaming games, new speakers – Amazon is going after Google & Microsoft

Amazon's Luna, an online gaming service, is the latest product in a long list of many, including smart speakers, that the company is using to elbow out competitors.

Hey Alexa, will Amitabh Bachchan be Uncle Anushashan or Silsila’s romantic rebel?

It will be a treat to have the most powerful man in Bollywood do your household chores. As long as Amitabh Bachchan doesn’t make Alexa spout superstitious mumbo-jumbos.

Amazon, Google, UPS competing to rule the skies in drone wars. 3 things will decide who wins

Successful drone delivery has proven over the past few years to be less about the technology and more about how the drones are used.

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India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?