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Flipkart, Unacademy, Meesho and Zerodha issue work from home mandate due to coronavirus

In one of corporate India's biggest work from home experiments battling the spread of coronavirus, Flipkart mandates its 11,000-strong workforce to work-from-home for the next three days. Also, Bengaluru-based startups - Fintech player Instamojo, edtech player Unacademy, Urban mobility platform Bounce, social commerce firm Meesho and Zerodha have asked their staff to mandatorily work from home.

Mar 13, 2020

Amazon will be offering paid sick leaves to all employees diagnosed with Covid-19

The decision was made following Amazon's previous announcement pay hourly wages to workers that choose to support the company amid coronavirus fears.

Mar 12, 2020

Two Amazon employees tested positive for COVID-19, Twitter restricts all non-essential business travels

The company is also looking to curb travels for its employees in Japan and South Korea.

Mar 2, 2020

Amazon set to take on rivals Swiggy, Zomato in India's food delivery biz

With the food delivery business gaining maximum traction in India, Amazon is all set to foray into the space and take on rivals Swiggy, Zomato and others by launching exclusive brands in partnership with restaurants. The food delivery business will kickstart in Bengaluru first in March.

Feb 27, 2020

Hanuman Chalisa played four times every minute India professes love for Alexa

Every two minutes, someone proposes marriage to Alexa. People are concerned about "her" well-being also as somebody asks "How are you" or " Kaisi ho" to it 11 times per minute.

Feb 5, 2020

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' girlfriend's brother sues him for defamation

Michael Sanchez, the brother of Lauren Sanchez, has accused Bezos of defaming him by saying that Michael leaked intimate photos and texts to the National Enquirer.

Feb 3, 2020

Jeff Bezos phone hack: UN experts demand probe into alleged Saudi hacking report

The Jeff Bezos'phone hacking is said to have taken place months before the October 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of the crown prince.

Jan 23, 2020

Saudi Crown Prince hacked Amazon boss Jeff Bezos' phone months before Khashoggi killing

The relationship between the Jeff Bezos and the Saudi government had soured since early last year after the Washington Post's coverage of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

Jan 22, 2020

Day after Piyush Goyal snub, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos offers 10 lakh jobs in India

Jeff Bezos promised to create additional 10 lakh jobs a day after Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal snubbed him during a public event.

Jan 17, 2020

Amazon to invest $1 bn in India to digitise small, medium businesses, says Jeff Bezos

Speaking at the Amazon 'Smbhav' event here, Jeff Bezos said that Amazon would support SMBs to export their products worth $10 billion by 2025.

Jan 15, 2020

This is what Jeff Bezos has to say about India at Amazon's Delhi event

Jeff Bezos said that Amazon would use its global footprint to export Made in India goods worth $10 billion by 2025.

Jan 15, 2020

CCI to investigate Flipkart, Amazon deep discounting on mobile phones

The CCI observed that the exclusive arrangements between phone brands and e-commerce platform, coupled with the allegation of linkages between these preferred sellers and e-commerce companies merits an investigation.

Jan 14, 2020

Zomato in advanced talks to buy UberEats: Report

Despite arriving in the Indian market in 2017, UberEats has not made enough inroads in the online food delivery segment.

Dec 16, 2019

Who will blink first? India-US in staring match over taxing Internet downloads

India may ignore US warnings of trade sanctions and impose import duties on 'electronic transmissions' like software, movie and music downloads and streaming before the year-end; New Delhi and Pretoria threaten to end 20 years of WTO ban on taxing international downloads

Dec 7, 2019

AWS extends Alexa voice controls to low-powered devices

Amazon is also expanding the capabilities of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT Greengrass service, which extends AWS functions to connected devices.

Dec 2, 2019

Rs 31,000-crore Amazon, Flipkart festive sales draw traders' rage to e-commerce

Total sales of Rs 31,000 crore of Amazon and Flipkart were 14% off the target; expansion of e-tailers into new geographies in a slowing economy gripped by credit crunch has worried traders across the country.

Nov 19, 2019

Not able to even pay electricity bills, says Suresh Babu about theatres running in loss

The producer said that people rarely come to the theatres nowadays as movies stream on Amazon and Netlfix soon after the release.

Nov 18, 2019

Bill Gates officially surpasses Jeff Bezos as richest person on Earth

The Microsoft co-founder had briefly topped Bezos as the world's richest man last month after Amazon's lacklustre Q3 results resulted in Bezos losing nearly $7 billion in stock value.

Nov 16, 2019

Alibaba Singles' Day sales jump 25% in first 9 hours to $23 billion

Alibaba netted online sales worth $30 billion across its platforms on Singles' Day last year, dwarfing Cyber Monday's $7.9 billion.

Nov 11, 2019

Are e-commerce firms Amazon and Flipkart going to face more regulatory pressure?

Brick-and-mortar traders have urged PM Modi to institute a ministerial-level inquiry into 'unholy nexus' between banks and e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart.

Nov 11, 2019