US lobby group urges India not to tighten foreign e-commerce rules

India is considering revising the rules after traders in the country accused Amazon's Indian division and Walmart's Flipkart of creating complex structures to bypass investment regulations.

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Fantastic blue ticks and where to buy them

Verified badges for social media accounts are being sold on private marketplaces, putting their credibility quotient at stake.

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What Economic Survey 2020-21 says about India's startup ecosystem

The government has recognised 41,061 startups so far, more than 39,000 of which have reported 4,70,000 jobs, according to the Economic Survey 2020-21.

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Indian IT-BPM sector saw recovery in revenue growth at 7.9% in FY20: Economic Survey 2020-21

The Survey noted that the IT-BPM sector (excluding Hardware and e-commerce) had seen growth rates of 8.2% in 2017-18, 8.1% (2016-17) and 9.1% (2015-16).

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Economic Survey 2020-21: India's gig economy now among largest in the world

The increasing role of the gig economy was evidenced in the significant e-commerce growth seen during the pandemic-induced lockdown, Economic Survey 2020-21 said.

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Globalization needs to be shown as job creator: Nandan Nilekani

The Infosys co-founder said companies have to be active local players wherever they operate, while they need to have a localisation strategy and “articulation of partnership with the country”.

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Still early days of AI, real potential to come in place in 10-20 years: Sundar Pichai

"AI will laying a foundation to tackle future problems and it can play a much bigger role in tackling future pandemics," Pichai said.

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