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Top headlines: Govt says no new schemes, Abu Dhabi fund to invest in Jio

From Modi government planning for the eighth term at UNSC, RBI creating Payments Infrastructure Development Fund to Elon Musk calling for a breakup of Amazon, here are the top headlines of the day

Amazon creating 50,000 temporary jobs to meet Covid-led surge in demand

Digital payments platforms are witnessing a spike in e-commerce transactions

Jeff Bezos teams up with Narayana Murthy to enter India's food delivery biz

Amazon's entry in the food delivery business comes at a time when Zomato and Swiggy have started cutting back on discounts

Amazon commits 10,000 electric vehicles to its India delivery fleet by 2025

The fleet of 10,000 EVs will include three-wheelers and four-wheelers, which have been designed and manufactured in India

Investors, trade bodies decry Piyush Goyal's statement on Amazon

Goyal said Amazon was not doing any favours by deciding to invest an additional $1 billion into India

Narayana Murthy cuts short speech as Amazon event starts after delay

Murthy, whose Catamaran Ventures is Amazon's partner in India, was speaking at the e-tailer's SMB event in presence of CEO Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos to lose his crown as world's richest after Amazon shares tumble

Shares of the biggest online retailer dropped 8.1 per cent to $1,637 in extended trading at 4:24 p.m. in New York

Bezos offloads $990 mn worth of Amazon stocks, total $2.8 bn in last week

The move comes as part of a previously announced 10b5-1 trading plan. Bezos had previously said he plans to sell stock worth about $1 billion each year to fund his rocket company, Blue Origin

Amazon's Bezos breaks Zuckerberg's record, loses $19.2 bn over 2 days

Technology stocks led Monday's declines, with the Nasdaq Composite Index sliding to its lowest since April

Amazon's Jeff Bezos now world's richest with $141 billion net worth: Forbes

Amazon, grew into the second most valuable company in the world after Apple

With $122 billion, Amazon's Jeff Bezos is world's richest man: Forbes

US President Donald Trump's net worth is $3.1 billion, the $400 million loss he suffered over the past year resulting in a plunge of more than 200 places in the ranking from 544th to 766th

Jeff Bezos's net worth just broke $100 billion

Bill Gates was last person to attain 12-figure fortune in 1999

Amazon's Jeff Bezos becomes world's richest person, surpasses Bill Gates

Amazon shares rose 1.3% to $1,065.92 at 10:10 am in New York, giving Bezos a net worth of $90.9 bn