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Friday, August 22, 2025
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Shemaroo’s streaming service angles for new growth model in a bid to take on Netflix, Amazon

Shemaroo may produce some content, but sees controlled spending on content and platform maintenance as a key difference between its planned app and Netflix.

RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch wants PM Modi to stop Walmart-Flipkart deal

SJM claims it has accessed income tax documents of alleged wrongdoing against Flipkart that can terminate the $16 billion acquisition deal by the American...

Amazon helps ex-Googler turn mom’s money into a billion Dollars

Steven Yang moved to Shenzhen with less than $1 million in seed capital. Now, Anker Innovations Technology has reached a deal to put products in almost 4,000 Walmart Inc. and 900 Best Buy Co. stores in the US.

Amazon India goes where no retailer has gone before for endangered art

After Walmart's $16 billion investment in Flipkart, the largest internet retailer's move of recruiting these unlikely suppliers is a sign of the fierce battle raging globally. 

`Oops’: Walmart’s Biggest Deal Ever, Announced by SoftBank’s CEO

Hours before Walmart was scheduled to unveil the largest acquisition in its history, Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank Group, spilled the beans to a roomful of investors and journalists in Tokyo.

Thanks to Flipkart, India now a battleground for Walmart vs Amazon

Walmart has bid $15 billion for Flipkart Online Services Pvt, which could seal a triumph over Amazon.com Inc., which has been trying to take control of Flipkart with a competing offer.

Acquiring Flipkart is one of the many big risk & reward global games Walmart is playing

Walmart is venturing into other ambitious deals in the international market, but the payoff will take patience. 

In just two years UPI gets the upper hand hand against Mastercard, Visa in India

Transactions using UPI reached almost half the value of debit and credit cards swiped at stores last month

The Indian govt has its own Amazon and it is a GeM that’s saving them big bucks

A year and a half since its launch, the Digital India initiative has made public procurement simpler, cleaner.

Doing away with net-neutrality may be easier said than done

Considering the behemoths that Alphabet Inc, Facebook, Netflix, Amazon and Snap Inc are today, it may be imprudent to expect the repeal of net neutrality to be a smooth sail.

On Camera

Swraj Paul was the original NRI powerbroker. Helped Indira’s return, shaped India Inc

When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

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?