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Chennai traffic police nets Swiggy, Zomato riders in awareness drive on rule violation

Signal violations topped the list with 581 cases being recorded in what the city police termed an ‘awareness drive’ conducted on Wednesday. Failure to adhere to line discipline, not wearing a helmet and others made for the rest of the violations.

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Etail orders may soon cost a packet as fuel prices shoot up

Sellers ET spoke with said that they are yet to receive a communication from Amazon, Flipkart or Meesho about any hike in freight rates, but they expect to pass on the additional cost to the customers by increasing prices as and when costs rise.

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New tax regime for VDAs comes into force; Ecomm orders may cost more

According to industry estimates, the top 5-6 Indian crypto platforms clocked about $70-100 billion in trading volumes for the calendar year 2021 with WazirX alone racking about $43 billion. However, such growth is likely to taper off this fiscal if tax provisions are not altered, industry executives said.

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Crypto industry expects growth to lose edge in FY23

Last year, sustained investor interest had led to a meteoric rise in volumes on crypto exchanges. According to industry estimates, the top five to six Indian crypto platforms clocked $70-100 billion in trading volume in calendar year 2021, with WazirX alone handling about $43 billion.

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India software products sales to hit $30 billion by 2025, says Nasscom

The industry body estimates 40-60% penetration of deep tech in software products by 2030, where trends such as artificial intelligence and machine learning are seen to become prevalent.

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Flipkart infuses nearly $700 million in its marketplace and healthcare unit

The fresh cash is being deployed at a time when Walmart-owned Flipkart is scaling many of its new businesses like epharmacy, travel, social commerce platform Shopsy and doubling down on its grocery business.

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In a first, UPI transactions hit five billion a month in March

According to data shared by the National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI), UPI recorded 504 crore transactions up to March 29 for a value of Rs 8,88,169 crore.

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Yellow.ai deploys 30% of global generative AI bots domestically

While markets like the US are mostly using GenAI for customer support in a bid to cut costs, India Inc. is using them as an opportunity to g...