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National human rights body calls for scrutiny of Amazon warehouse labour practices

Media reported this month that workers in the e-commerce giant's Manesar warehouse complained of a lack of water and toilet breaks as they were under pressure to achieve packaging targets.

Global protests surge as Amazon workers stage strikes across Europe on Black Friday

Amazon workers went on strike in Europe as protests against the US e-commerce giant's working practices picked up pace on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

Vodafone joins hands with Amazon’s Project Kuiper to extend 5G reach in Europe and Africa

Vodafone said Kuiper's high-bandwidth, low-latency satellites would be useful in connecting remote mobile base stations to its core networks, without fibre-based wireless links.

India plans to initiate welfare measures for ‘gig’ workers ahead of 2024 elections

According to a senior government official, the plan, part of the Social Security Code enacted in 2020, could include accident, health insurance and retirement benefits.

Ex-Microsoft global exec is giving jackfruit a makeover in Kerala. Diabetes cure is hook

Jackfruit365 is a flour made from raw jackfruit that can be added to chapatti atta, idli, dosa batter without altering the taste. One gets the benefits of diabetes-resisting qualities.

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon drops 34% in first half 2023, hits its lowest level in 4 years

Brazil’s national space research agency said that 2,649 sqkm of rainforest were cleared, lowest for the period since 2019. But that’s still more than 3 times size of New York City.

People in Tier-II cities spend twice as much of income on online shopping as Tier-I, finds survey

According to CyberMedia Research, consumers in Tier-II cities spent average of 2.5 hours/a week shopping online. GenZ are marginally more likely to shop online than Millennials.

Google & Amazon pledge $25 billion in investments after White House meeting with Modi 

While Google announced a fintech company in Gujarat & reiterated his promise of investing through ‘India Digitisation Fund', Amazon has announced additional investment of $15 billion.   

Cash to online wallet: Amazon to collect expiring Rs 2,000 notes from customers

Amazon said its customers can hand over up to Rs 50,000 worth to delivery agents for orders meant for payment via cash. The amount will then be credited to their Amazon Pay wallets.

Amazon’s India, South Asia cloud division head Puneet Chandok resigns

Vaishali Kasture will replace Chandok as interim head of the cloud unit from 31 August.

On Camera

Charlie Kirk’s killing has America at war with itself. Foreigners & visa-seekers ‘warned’

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, gunned down this week, was no ordinary influencer. He helped bring the Trump administration to power. His death has deepened America’s Left-Right divide.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.