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

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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.

Crop-related queries, mobile alerts — Amazon tries to tap India’s agri sector by wooing farmers

Amazon has begun offering information through a dedicated mobile app to help farmers make decisions on crops and even deploy machine learning technology.

Why Apple, Amazon, Microsoft & Google will want to play nice in this post-Snowden era

Tech giants, that once behaved as global actors obligated to protect users across countries, are facing a wave of antitrust probes that could fundamentally crimp how they do business.

A man from Kerala, Brazil’s Amazon rainforests & his 26-year fight to protect ‘Earth’s lungs’

Kottayam-born Shaji Thomas has been living in Brazil for 32 years. In this period, he took Brazilian citizenship and became the country's only Indian-origin lawyer to serve Amazonian communities.

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India’s strategic pillars are crumbling. Complacency is not an option

Within the modern-day Samudra Manthan lies the opportunity for India to redefine its role on the world stage by building a robust, adaptive security architecture.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

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?