January 2020

Jeff Bezos is in India. Amazon has a ton on the line Hong Kong (CNN Business) Amazon (AMZN) is raising its game in India.The company plans to pour $1 billion into small businesses in the country over the next five years, CEO Jeff Bezos said Wednesday at a company event in New Delhi.Amazon wants to help manufacturers, resellers, shops and brands in the country, according to Bezos. More than 550,000 sellers use the Amazon India marketplace, and more than 60,000 Indian manufacturers and brands export products to customers worldwide using the company’s platform.By helping those businesses, Amazon projects that it can...

Meet Tania Sher Gill, woman officer who led Army Day parade for the first time A woman officer became the Parade Adjutant for the first time in the history of the Army Day parade where the Army showcased its military might and some of its state-of-the-art assets. Captain Tania Sher Gill led the all-men contingents at the Cariappa Parade Ground in Delhi Cantt during the parade. Army Chief Gen M M Naravane, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh and Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat were present on the occasion. A fourth generation soldier, Captain Sher Gill...

DSP Davinder Singh arrested for Hizbul links never got President’s medals Davinder Singh, the Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Superintendent of Police arrested for links with terrorists has not been awarded any gallantry or President’s medal for meritorious services, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Tuesday. The statement was designed to fact-check reports that the police officer, who had been associated with counter-terror operations for a large part of his career, had been awarded the Centre’s gallantry medal. DSP Davinder Singh, J&K Police said in a string of tweets, was awarded the state government’s gallantry medal last year for his...

Japanese Billionaire in Search of a Girlfriend for SpaceX Voyage Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa’s search for a girlfriend to join him on a voyage around the moon will be the subject of a new documentary program, in the latest attention-grabbing stunt by the entrepreneur. 44-year-old Maezawa, who sold his online fashion retailer Zozo Inc to SoftBank Group Corp, is seeking single females aged over 20 for the show, which will be shown on streaming service AbemaTV. “As feelings of loneliness and emptiness slowly begin to surge upon me, there’s one thing that I think about: continuing to love one woman,”...

Subramanian Swamy Asks BJP to Rename Victoria Memorial, Draws Flak from Bengal Political Circles Kolkata: BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy’s suggestion to rename the iconic Victoria Memorial in Kolkata after Rani Lakshmi Bai (Queen of Jhansi) invited ire from political leaders in Bengal on Monday. Swamy in his tweet wrote, “I welcome Namo’s (Narendra Modi) statement in Kolkata that History, as we know, should be reviewed. He should implement that statement by re-naming Victoria Memorial as Rani Jhansi Smarak Mahal. Queen Victoria took over India after the betrayal of Rani Jhansi in 1857 and looted India for 90 years”. Source:...

Elon Musk nears record-breaking $346 million payday as Tesla share surges SAN FRANCISCO: Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk is coming close to earning the first $346 million tranche of options in a record-breaking pay package, after the electric vehicle maker’s stock more than doubled in the last three months. Shares of Tesla surged 9% to a record high on Monday. They need to rise another 6% to put Tesla’s stock market value at $100 billion and then be sustained at that level for both a one-month and six-month average in order to trigger the vesting of the first of 12 tranches of options...

Jeff Bezos Has Been Called ‘Cheap’ for Donating Rs 4.8 Crore to Australian Bushfire Crisis Jeff Bezos, one of the richest people in the world and CEO of Amazon, has donated 1 million AU for the Australian bushfire crisis which have already killed at least 27 people and more than a billion animals over the last few weeks. Bezos, who is worth $117 billion, donated only 1 million Australian dollars, which can roughly be translated to 4.8 crores in INR or 690,000 dollars in US currency. He confirmed the donation in an Instagram post where he wrote, “Our hearts go...

Rohit Sharma wins Sportstar Aces 2020 Sportsman of the Year in cricket India opener Rohit Sharma was the recipient of the Sportstar Aces Sportsman of the Year in cricket for the year 2019. Sharma had his best year in terms of statistics across formats, scoring 1,490 runs in One-Day Internationals including seven hundred – the most by any player in the calendar year. Source: Sportster

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Said About Amended Citizenship Law Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella today joined the rising chorus of international voices against the Citizenship Amendment Act, terming the emerging situation in India as “sad”. “I think what is happening is sad… It’s just bad… I would love to see a Bangladeshi immigrant who comes to India and creates the next unicorn in India or becomes the next CEO of Infosys,” Mr. Nadella told BuzzFeed editor-in-chief, Ben Smith. Source: ndtv

ICICI Bank seeks recovery of amounts from Chanda Kochhar The ICICI bank has approached the Bombay HC seeking effect to ‘termination of appointment’ of Chanda Kochhar as its managing director and CEO. In a monetary suit filed on 10 Jan, the bank sought dismissal of Kochhar’s petition and stated that the issue can be decided in a commercial suit. Source