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Amazon, Walmart brace for fierce Diwali showdown after two brutal Covid outbreaks

Whoever comes out on top this Diwali gains more than bragging rights. Investors will be watching how Amazon and Flipkart fare against domestic competition such as Reliance.

Amazon’s new home robot Astro might be cute, but it’s a privacy minefield

In the long run, Astro could contribute to greater public acceptance of AI-powered surveillance. For now, questions such as what happens in case it's stolen or hacked loom large.

Bezos is on cover of RSS-linked weekly. He must take note of magazine’s disapproval seriously

First Bezos’s partner ends up on the wrong magazine cover. Then he does. It’s enough to turn Amazon’s India headache into a throbbing migraine.

UP Cabinet expansion was an exercise in tokenism. No time is inauspicious for public service

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

RSS-linked weekly Panchjanya labels Amazon as ‘East India Company 2.0’

In its latest edition which will hit the stands on 3 October, Panchjanya has criticised Amazon, alleging that it has paid crores of rupees in bribes for favourable government policies.

Traders write to Piyush Goyal, say Modi govt must suspend Amazon for fresh bribery allegations

Traders’ body CAIT says news report about lawyers representing Amazon bribing govt officials is blow to PM Modi’s crackdown on corruption, allegations must be probed by CBI.

‘Zero tolerance for corruption’, says Amazon on bribery charges in India

According to a report, Amazon has initiated an investigation against some of its legal representatives for allegedly bribing Indian govt officials.

Amazon, Microsoft line up to harness India’s Rs 1.76 lakh crore farm data trove

Modi govt is betting the private sector can help farmers boost yields with apps and tools built from information such as crop output, soil quality and land holdings.

SC stays proceedings in Delhi HC on Amazon plea against Future-Reliance merger deal

The top court also directed the National Company Law Tribunal, Competition Commission of India & SEBI not to pass any final order related to the merger deal for the next 4 weeks.

Amazon habitats are shrinking due to increasing forest fires & deforestation, study says

For the study, scientists use satellite data to find that up to 85 per cent of threatened species in the Amazon could have lost their habitat due to forest fires, since 2001.

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.