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Amazon Prime Day on July 23 & 24: Offers open in cosmetics, luxury items

Amazon India is back with its much-awaited annual shopping event - Prime Day. The two-day event, to begin at 12 a.m. on July 23, presents exciting offers on the largest selection of fashion and beauty brands on Amazon Fashion.

Jul 22, 2022

Amazon sees $12 bn worth sales on Prime Day globally; sold "more devices than any other Prime Day"

Amazon saw sales worth at least $12 billion (according to third-party estimates) during its Prime Day event in the US and 15 more countries on July 12-13.

Jul 17, 2022

IPL Media Rights: Star India, Viacom18, Times Internet win rights; BCCI gains Rs 48,390 Cr

The process was expected to take time, and the eventual bidders' names were thought not to be revealed for several days. However, it seems like things will be much clearer on the third day on June 14.

Jun 14, 2022

IPL media rights: Amazon planning to pull out of IPL streaming rights bid, says Reports

Amid fierce competition to wrest the media rights of the money-spinning Indian Premier League (IPL), there are reports that one of the big players, Amazon.com Inc., is planning to pull out.

Jun 10, 2022

Paytm Mall's valuation plunges 99% as Jack Ma sells 43% share [details inside]

In the face of fierce competition from Amazon, Flipkart, and Reliance, Vijay Shekhar Sharma's bet on offline-to-online commerce through Paytm Mall failed.

May 17, 2022

Indian-American man jailed for selling stolen Apple products in US [details]

Indian-American Saurabh Chawla, who bought stolen Apple products from school employees in the US and sold those on eBay and Amazon, has been sentenced to 66 months in prison.

Jan 14, 2022

Amazon cuts Covid paid time off to 7 days after new norms

Tech giant Amazon is cutting paid leave time for US front-line workers who test positive for Covid-19 or have to quarantine after exposure to the virus.

Jan 9, 2022

Successful Digital Creator Shashank Sanghvi's Encouraging Advice To Today's Youth

Shashank Sanghvi said For me, it opens up a whole new universe of possibilities. When things get a little overwhelming, books come to my rescue and provide me with the motivation I need to keep going

Dec 5, 2021

As many sellers go bankrupt, Amazon is set to pocket $121 billion this year: Report by US non-profit

Amazon pocketed $60 billion in seller fees and this year, its take will soar to $121 billion, according to the report titled 'Amazon's Toll Road' by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.

Dec 2, 2021

Space Tourism: Blue Origin of Jeff Bezos to build private space station by 2030

It will be built on a common infrastructure and will have a human-centred design with world-class services and facilities.

Oct 28, 2021

Bezos offers NASA $2 bn discount for human lunar lander mission

Fresh from his trip to the edge of space, Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos has offered NASA a discount of up to $2 billion to give his space company Blue Origin the human lunar landing system (HLS) contract, won by Elon Musks SpaceX earlier this year.

Jul 27, 2021

Indian Sellers Collective asks Narayana Murthy to end partnership with Amazon; here's why [details]

The Indian Sellers Collective, a non-profit trade organisation, has written N. R. Narayana Murthy an open letter requesting him to cease his cooperation with Amazon.

Jul 19, 2021

Phoney Delhi call centre uncovered, 26 held for cheating 1,250 Americans [Details]

A phoney phone centre in Delhi has been exposed. The call centre had been in operation for seven months, and the total amount of money stolen so far has been around Rs 4 crore.

Jul 13, 2021

Amazon suffers massive outage, e-commerce hit globally

Amazon online store suffered a global outage on Monday, including in India, as users tried to place orders but could not access the product detail page.

Jul 12, 2021

Karnataka court dismisses plea, allows CCI probe against Amazon, Flipkart

The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed the e-tailers' petitions and directed the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to investigate Amazon and Flipkart's alleged violations of competition law.

Jun 12, 2021

Jeff Bezos space bound in Blue Origin space flight [all you need to know]

Jeff Bezos is all set to become the first billionaire business tycoon to experience a ride to space

Jun 7, 2021

G7 decision to force Amazon, Facebook, Google pay tax where their services are sold

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has hailed the G-7 agreement on Saturday when the world's richest nations agreed to close cross-border tax loopholes used by some of the biggest multinational companies and have decided to back a minimum global corporation tax rate of at least 15 per cent.

Jun 7, 2021

Amazon.in e-commerce website suffers brief outage for several users in India, up now

Early on Thursday, Amazon experienced a brief outage in some parts of India due to a huge spike in problems. That began about 10 a.m. and lasted until around 12 p.m.

May 20, 2021

Zomato emerges most trusted brand during pandemic, Amazon next: Survey

As India grapples with the raging pandemic amid seismic shifts in consumer behaviour, a new survey on Tuesday said that Zomato has emerged as the most-trusted brand, followed by Amazon Prime Video and Amazon marketplace, in the country.

May 4, 2021

Oxygen Shortage: Amazon donates 10,000 oxygen concentrators to India

Amazon will donate 10,000 oxygen concentrators and BiPAP machines to hospitals in India to augment their capacity to help Covid-19 infected patients across multiple cities

Apr 26, 2021