Expedia, BookMyShow signal revival; new rules to make ecommerce fairer

As for events and movies, BookMyShow said it clocked its highest-ever monthly ticket sales in March 2022. But will the new Xe variant ruin the revival?

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BookMyShow sees business fast approaching pre-Covid levels

​Ashish Hemrajani, founder of the Mumbai-headquartered company, told ET that with the economy opening up, BookMyShow has turned Ebdita (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation) positive.

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Sustainability-based initiatives are a challenge for most companies: Chakri Gottemukkala, CEO of O9 Solutions

"Supply chains are the biggest utilisers of the planet's resources," said Chakri Gottemukkala, who is also a cofounder of O9 Solutions. "When you're making stuff, moving stuff across the continents or tracking things, if you make all those decisions better, you cut down the wastages and improve the efficiencies of how resources are used."

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‘People don’t expect next Covid wave to shut down everything,’ says Expedia CEO Peter Kern

In an exclusive interaction with ET during his first visit to India, Kern also said Expedia is betting big on Indian talent. “We did not come to penetrate the Indian market. We're here because there's great talent here,” he said.

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There is no room for shortcuts for EV testing: Hero Electric MD Naveen Munjal

Naveen Munjal’s comment came in the backdrop of incidents of electric scooters catching fire and manufacturers coming under the scanner for safety and testing standards in India.

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New rules in the works to curb seller bias in etail search results

These rules will be a part of the framework for Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) and will apply to all companies engaged in digital commerce including Amazon, Flipkart, Google Playstore, Apple Store, cab aggregators and hotel aggregators.

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Elon Musk bats for new features for Twitter Blue users; also asks if Twitter HQ should be made a homeless shelter

Twitter Blue is the premium version of the microblogging platform where a user has to pay a monthly subscription ($3/month) to get access to premium features on the site.

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