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Open network for e-commerce: Beneficial for sellers and consumers?

The government plans to democratise e-commerce with Open Network for Digital Commerce and end what it says monopolistic practices in India. Let us find out how ONDC may benefit sellers and consumers

Zoom's Iravati Damle on how the platform overcame government scepticism

Iravati Damle of Zoom India, shares how she overcame government's concerns about the videoconferencing platform and emerged as the app of choice among students, professionals and the government

India's beauty salons hit by Covid revive business on Urban Company

The pandemic has accelerated the services of the tech-enabled home service marketplace which will be hiring over 15000 partners across categories in 2021

Samsung launches live online shopping platform 'Samsung Now' in India

Samsung on Friday launched a live online shopping platform -- Samsung Now, heralding the pre-booking event of Galaxy Z Fold3 5G and Galaxy Z Flip3 5G on August 23

Online speech shield under fire as Donald Trump's Facebook ban stays

The companies have provided a powerful megaphone for Trump, other world leaders and billions of users to air their grievances, even ones that are false or damaging

Seeking professional success: Harappa goes back to the drawing board

Harappa offers 25 courses at a price of Rs 899 per course for newcomers

Govt makes it a must for e-commerce platforms to display country of origin

New Consumer Protection Act lays down rules, fixes penalty

How Covid-19 made kirana stores adopt tech, innovation and online platforms

According to the survey, 20 per cent of the kirana store owners across metros and non-metros have started leveraging online platforms to get a steady supply of goods and assistance in deliveries

Making a Will to rent waiver issues, online consultation is cost-effective

But in serious cases, a lawyer arguing in person can be more persuasive

How Covid-19 is pushing e-commerce firms and online vendors to innovate

While the Flipkarts and Amazons are burying differences and banking on each others' strengths, vendors are altering production lines to sell masks, PPEs and other Covid-related merchandise

Online classes short-term answer, need to make schools resilient: Nilekani

Revisiting the basics, decoupling schooling from schools, ensuring trust of students and parents with alternative teaching methods were few areas outlined by him

UIDAI shelves plan to hire social media agency to monitor online platforms

"UIDAI has decided not to pursue the project. The issue has become infructuous. As of today, there is no plan that such project will be pursued," he told the bench.

Inside the toxic world of online trolls and the devastation they cause

A Molotov cocktail of lies, abuse and bigotry is blowing up social media

SheThePeople.tv: A platform for women to tell their stories of courage

The website, SheThePeople.tv, is currently bilingual - English and Hindi - and is all set to expand to four more languages - Bengali, Tamil, Kannada, and Marathi