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Flipkart expands benefits for sellers under 'Growth Capital' programme

Flipkart restructured biz model to exercise control over inventory, retail prices, alleges CAIT

10:50 pm May 20, 2021

New Delhi: Traders’ body CAIT on Thursday urged the government to investigate the ”blatant” violation of FDI and taxation rules by e-commerce major Flipkart, alleging that the Walmart-owned firm had ”creatively” restructured its business model to exercise control over inventory and retail prices. Flipkart was violating FDI policy ”by creatively structuring its marketplace business model and creating a […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

UK health authorities elevate version of Indian COVID-19 variant as concerning

9:29 pm May 7, 2021

London: Health authorities in England on Friday elevated one subtype of the so-called Indian variant from under investigation to a Variant of Concern (VOC) following a rise in the number of cases in the UK and evidence of community transmission. The B.1.617.2, classified as a Variant Under Investigation (VUI) on April 28, is now known as VOC-21APR-02 […]

Indian-Americans from Boston send USD 600,000 worth medical supplies to COVID-hit India

9:20 pm May 7, 2021

Washington: A group of Indian-Americans from the US city of Boston have pooled in USD 600,000 to send medical supplies to India, which is experiencing a deadly wave of the coronavirus. A plane carrying the medical supplies, which includes 3,400 oxygen concentrators, will leave for India on Saturday (May 8) and reach Mumbai by Monday (May 10), reported local […]

Jaishankar-Raab bilateral talks focus on 2030 Roadmap to India-UK FTA, COVID-19 cooperation

11:53 pm May 6, 2021

London: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held bilateral discussions with his UK counterpart, Dominic Raab, which focussed on both sides implementing the ‘2030 Roadmap’ of the India-UK Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) to pave the way for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as well as deeper cooperation on tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. Jaishankar, who […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

COVID crisis: Kejriwal urge states to come together and unite as Indians

11:30 pm April 22, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that people need to come together and unite as Indians and as human beings, to ensure the survival of the people of India in this hour of Corona crisis. “This is a colossal crisis. If we decide to split ourselves into Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, […]