Small publishers find themselves in a tight corner — GST has hit where it hurts with increased production costs, Amazon is squeezing the average bookstore out of business and celebrity sells.
Traders have blamed the likes of Amazon & Flipkart for poor Diwali sales and want govt to regulate them. But e-commerce is only a small part of retail business.
Swadeshi Jagran Manch, CAIT accuse e-commerce giants of practising predatory pricing, want govt to probe why banks are offering cash-backs on these platforms.
Amazon insists all clips are provided voluntarily. But its workers have seen activity homeowners are unlikely to want shared, including people having sex.
Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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