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)