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Amazon May Have to Share Its Algorithm If India’s New Ecommerce Policy Passes
I think we can all agree that the chokehold that Amazon wields over the ecommerce landscape is, quite frankly, a pain in the arse. It’s a pain in the arse for the millions of third-party sellers at the mercy of its platform. It’s a pain in the arse for the lawmakers who’ve spent the past…
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Clear Skies Are a Cover-Up for India’s Fossil Fuel Expansion
With blue skies in Delhi and the Himalayas peeking out of Punjab’s smog, you’d be forgiven for thinking covid-19 has inadvertently cleaned up pollution-choked parts of India, the world’s third largest emitter and home to its most polluted cities. Instead, in the months leading up to India’s lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was busy opening…
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India Stopped 1.3 Billion People From Buying A Car
The covid-19 lockdown in India was so effective it prevented the nation’s massive population of 1.35 billion people from buying a new car for the entire month of April.
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Cops Are Wearing Covid-19 Helmets As Reality Just Gets Weirder During Pandemic
Rajesh Babu, a police officer in Chennai, India, has started wearing a helmet while enforcing a lockdown of the country’s 1.3 billion people. But it’s not just any helmet. Babu’s headgear is designed to look like the new coronavirus, which causes the disease covid-19. And it’s just one more sign that our current reality continues…