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WHO to provide 4,000 oxygen concentrators to India
The World Health Organisation recently announced that it will provide 4,000 Oxygen Concentrators to India to help the country in its fight against COVID-19. Help from other countries The following countries stepped forward to help India to combat against the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Study: Only 3% of land areas unspoiled by humans
The researchers from Key Biodiversity Areas Secretariat at Cambridge have figured out the amount of “Intact Habitat” on the earth. An Intact habitat is an unbroken natural landscape with no signs of human activity. However, the study has included an ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Flipkart to acquire Cleartrip
Flipkart recently announced that it is to acquire Cleartrip. Cleartrip is a leading online travel and technology company. About Cleartrip Cleartrip was founded in 2006. The company books train and flight tickets, hotel reservations and other activities in India and ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Australia passed “News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code”
The parliament of Australia has passed the landmark legislation called the “News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code” on February 25, 2021. Highlights This legislation mandates the global digital platforms to pay for publishing the Australian news content on ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Future-Amazon Dispute: Future Group challenges Delhi HC order
The Future Group has challenged the Delhi high court order that banned the sale of its assets to Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL). The Delhi HC had banned the sale on objections retail giant Amazon. Background The high court put a ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act
The Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act are two recent landmark legislations from the European Union. The draft legislation gives specific regulations to limit the powers of global internet companies like Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon in the European ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Amazon at the risk of changing from Forest to Savanna
A team of Europe based scientists have recently found that the tropical forests especially the Amazon forest are slowly changing into Savannah like environment. Highlights According to the study around 40% of Amazon forest are at the risk of changing ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
In US, Amazon granted approval to deliver packages by drones
The Federal Aviation Administration has granted Amazon approval to deliver packages by drones. The online shopping giant has been working on drone delivery for years. Amazon unveiled self-piloting drones that are fully electric in 2019 which can carry 5 pounds ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Amazon to explore health tracking industry
World’s most customer-centric company Amazon.com Inc. founded by Zeff Bezos recently launched a wearable fitness gadget called the Halo Band. The company is entering the health wearable market for health monitoring devices which is already dominated by Apple Inc. and ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
E-commerce Giant Amazon launches online pharmacy in India
The e-commerce giant Amazon has launched the first Indian online pharma delivery service as it attempts to grab more of the increasing e-commerce market of the country. In this space, the US giant is competing with Walmart-backed Flipkart and JioMart, ..