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Walmart partners Microsoft to make joint bid to buy TikTok

Microsoft and Walmart are already collaborating on cloud applications, brought together by mutual rivalry with Amazon.

Flipkart acquires Walmart India, to launch Flipkart Wholesale in August

The Indian e-commerce giant's acquisition of Walmart, the world's biggest retailer, is in line with its aims to tap into the $650 billion B2B retail market in the country.

Walmart fires more than 50 staff in India but denies exit plans

The job cuts come as competition grows fiercer in the local retail market with Amazon stepping up investment and Mukesh Ambani preparing to roll out his e-commerce venture.

Amazon and Flipkart face growing anger of 7 crore Indian shopkeepers

India’s shopkeepers are mobilizing against Amazon & Flipkart, alleging they are engaged in predatory pricing in violation of rules meant to protect local businesses.

Amazon & Flipkart sales find success in rural India as e-commerce moves beyond urban areas

India’s two major online players, Amazon & Flipkart, claim record activity during their high-stakes sales battle that concluded over the weekend.

Top US tech investor bets on India’s kirana shops to fight Amazon, Flipkart

California-based GGV Capital, a $6.2 billion investor in some of the biggest unicorns, is backing start-ups that serve India’s tiny, family-run kiranas.

‘Samson’ Johnson pulls down the pillars of democracy and Walmart saves lives

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

PhonePe – the $10 billion bonanza Walmart got after buying Flipkart

Walmart got PhonePe as a surprise when it acquired Flipkart last year. It has now grown into one of India’s leading digital payments companies.

‘Homeopathy is pseudo-scientific nonsense’: US NGO sues Walmart for selling such drugs

NGO accuses Walmart of 'misleading' customers by equating homeopathic products 'as an equal alternative to science- and evidence-based medication'.

Mukesh Ambani is making tiny deals to take on Amazon & Walmart

Ambani has spent $2.5 billion on more than two dozen deals as he puts together the building blocks to take on Amazon & Walmart.

On Camera

India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

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?