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Consumer Protection Authority asks e-commerce firms to remove all `Dark Patterns’, desist from deceptive trade practices
By Unnikrishnan | 08 Jun 2025
The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued a directive to all e-commerce firms to take necessary steps to ensure that consumers are not subjected to deceptive practices that prompt
DPIIT organises workshop with Flipkart and Indian toy industry
12 Jun 2024
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on Wednesday orgainised a workshop with e-commerce major Flipkart and representatives of India toy industry
CSC signs MoU to convert 10,000 FPOs into CSCs
09 Jun 2024
The Special Purpose Vehicle created for setting up Common Service Centres (CSCs) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
Govt e-procurement platform GeM records transactions worth Rs3,00,000 cr in 11 months
13 Feb 2024
The integrated digital platform for government procurement, GeM, has recorded transaction of gross merchandise value (GMV) of Rs3 lakh crore
Alibaba stock plummets as former CEO abruptly departs cloud unit just before IPO
11 Sep 2023
Alibaba’s stock on the Hong Kong stock exchange dropped more than 4% on Monday, 11 September 2023, following the unexpected resignation of Daniel Zhang,
RBI’s digital currency has 1.5 million users, 300,000 merchants, says governor
10 Sep 2023
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said the central bank digital currency (CBDC) now has around 1.5 million users and that over 300,000 merchants
Amazon launches air cargo service for its `prime’ customers
30 Jan 2023
Amazon Air will utilise the cargo capacity of two Boeing 737-800 aircrafts operated by Quikjet Cargo Airlines to ship thousands of packages every day and fly across Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, and Mumbai
CCPA directs Cloudtail to recall 1,033 substandard pressure cookers sold by it, compensate buyers
07 Nov 2022
ONDC ecosystem goes live in 16 Bengaluru locations
03 Oct 2022
The structure of separate buying and selling platforms is one of the key differences between the closed-loop model of e-commerce – from Amazon and Flipkart to Swiggy and Zomato – and ONDC’s open network model
Tata Group launches superapp Tata Neu
09 Apr 2022
Tata Neu integrates all of Tata group’s most trusted brands into a single super app, offering exclusive privileges and benefits across categories
Paytm IPO garners total subscription of 1.89 times on final bidding day thanks to QIB quota
16 Nov 2021
Prosus to acquire 100% equity in BillDesk, merge with PayU
31 Aug 2021
The proposed acquisition will make PayU one of the major online payment providers globally with some $147 billion in annual payment volume while the combination is expected to create a financial ecosystem handling four billion transactions annually - four times PayU’s current level in India
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