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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...

Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Budget: Fiscal deficit already breached, wouldn’t support consolidation now Ahead of the upcoming Union Budget on February 1, Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee Saturday said the fiscal deficit had been breached by a huge margin already and it wouldn’t be wise to follow the path of fiscal tightening at this juncture. “Fiscal deficit has been breached by a huge margin already. In that sense, I don’t think that it’s a big deal to breach it more. I wouldn’t be supporting fiscal tightening right now,” news agency ANI quoted him as saying. Source: The Indian Express

Fired Boeing CEO walks away with $62.2 million, loses bonus & stock options Ousted Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg, will walk away with $62.2 million, the company disclosed on January 10. He will however not get additional severance or a 2019 bonus and forfeits stock awards worth $14.6 million. Muilenburg, who spent more than 30 years at Boeing, also has unexercised stock options, worth more than $18.5 million at the closing price on January 10, which he has held since 2013. Source: Moneycontrol

Martin Sheen recites Rabindranath Tagore’s poem at climate change protest. Desi Twitter is proud Hollywood actor Martin Sheen recited Rabindranath Tagore’s poem Where The Mind Is Without Fear while addressing the audience at the Fire Drill Fridays event in Washington, DC on January 10. The event was a weekly climate change protest that is organised by Jane Fonda. On stage, Sheen exclaimed, “Clearly, the world will be saved by women. Thank God they outnumber us men,” while applauding Jane Fonda. In an encouraging speech, Sheen added, “We are called to find something in our lives worth fighting for. Something that...