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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.

Some Amazon staff to protest its climate policy, layoffs in Seattle

More than 1,900 employees had pledged to protest globally, according to the organizers, an activist group known as Amazon Employees for Climate Justice (AECJ).

Amazon to Walmart, investors in India boost Modi ahead of 2024 LS polls

Amazon.com Inc's cloud computing division on Thursday became the latest company to announce an investment in the world's most populous country.

Amazon Web Services plans to invest $13 billion in India by 2030

Investment by the cloud computing division of Amazon Inc will be used to build cloud infrastructure in India and it will support over 100,000 full- time jobs annually.

Amazon didn’t grant CEO Andy Jassy any new stock in 2022, says company

At the same time, Amazon awarded more than $40 million each to the recently elevated CEOs of its e-commerce and cloud businesses.

White House supports Amazon EVs, Google EV as tax credit tool

By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday highlighted new U.S. company moves to support electric vehicles (EVs), as final rules on tax credits aimed at boosting the industry are

Product demos & sales via live video — e-commerce firms embracing new ‘live commerce’ tool

Live commerce in India is expected to be '$4-5 billion segment by 2025'. Currently, China has largest livestream shopping industry valued at $339.3 billion in 2021.

Amazon to shut down online learning platform in ‘phased manner’ in India

The Amazon Academy platform, launched early last year amid a boom in virtual learning during the Covid pandemic, offered coaching for competitive exams including JEE.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

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.