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No Commission to be charged by Google on its E-Commerce Platform
Google has announced that it will let sellers – both the small retailers and the big corporates – sell products on its e-commerce marketplace product, Google Shopping, without charging any commission to them. This move is expected to counter Amazon which is a big brand already in the e-commerce segment in the world. The sellers ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Amazon • Buy on Google • Commission • E-commerce • Facebook • Google
Facebook to Have New Section on Corona Myths
The social media giant, Facebook, has announced that it will have a new section in order to debunk the myths regarding Coronavirus. This section will contain myths identified by the World Health Organization such as drinking bleach or taking hydroxychloroquine can prevent COVID 19 in human beings. To be launched this week, the section is ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • Facebook • Myths • WHO • World Health Organisation
Google to invest 10 billion USD in India
On July 13, 2020, PM Modi interacted with the CEO of Google, Mr Sundar Pichai. After the interaction, the CEO announced that Google is to invest 10 billion USD in India in the future. Highlights The investment will mainly focus Digital India initiative of Government of India. Google has named the investment as “India Digitisation ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Amazon • Artificial intelligence • Digital India • Facebook • FDI • Foreign Investment • Google • Investment • Sundar Pichai
Facebook removes Trump, Pence campaign ads featuring Nazi symbol
Facebook has removed campaign ads by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that featured an upside-down red triangle, which is a symbol once used by Nazis to designate political prisoners, communists and others in concentration camps. The tech giant stated that these posts violated the company’s policy against organised hate. Despite this move, ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Topics: Facebook • Misinformation • Presidency of Donald Trump
RIL becomes first Indian Company to be valued at USD 150 Billion
In rupee term, Mumbai based Indian Multinational conglomerate company, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on 19th June 2020 was valued at USD 150 billion following a rise in the share market, this also made RIL the first-ever Indian company to achieve a market value of above Rs 11 lakh crore. The positive growth in the shares ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Abu Dhabi • Abu Dhabi Investment Authority • Facebook • Jio Platforms • Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) • United States (US)