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Amazon’s $1bn investment in India to make up for losses, not to support economy, says Piyush Goyal

Commerce minister also says loss made by Amazon in India 'smells of predatory pricing', which is not good for the country as it impacts crores of small retailers.

A yellow raincoat in an Amazon package—how the brand ‘delivered the love’ this monsoon

The latest iteration of the campaign steps away from family and sibling ties. Instead, it draws attention to everyday interactions like those with newspaper vendors, general store owners.

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.   

On Camera

Kashmir tourist’s smog-fog confusion is natural. We’ve forgotten what clean air looks like

The video captured the alienation between urban India and nature. To those who see air as something that needs to be purified, the sight of thick white mist feels suspicious.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.