ET attempted to order multiple times on Blinkit and competitor Zepto, which started operation in April 2021, but it took more than ten minutes and sometimes half an hour to get the deliveries. On at least two instances in Mumbai and in Pune, Blinkit delivered the next day.
The Google issue has reignited the conversation around caste-based discrimination across technology organisations that employ Indian-origin people.
Apple announced at its annual software developer conference that users can buy now and pay later for purchases. Apple Pay Later will be available anywhere that Apple Pay is accepted and managed through the Apple Wallet. Users can make four equal payments with no interest or fees.
The initiative is being rolled out in India first and comes after Meta-owned Instagram launched Reels first in India and then scaled it up globally. It will include music from 200 artists covering the length and breadth of the country.
So far, large merchants including Uber, Swiggy and MakeMyTrip have gone live, and are allowing customers to tokenise their cards. Flipkart, Amazon, Myntra, Nykaa and GoIbibo among others are in the final stages of integrations and expected to start the process of tokenising consumer cards in the coming weeks.
“We recommend that the directions ask to provide an initial report of high-impact or severe cyber incidents as soon as practicable or within 72 hours of the confirmation of an incident, whichever is faster,” Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy, Country Manager India of BSA, The Software Alliance said.
“If one looks up the United Nations definition of sustainable development, it is described as – 'development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs'," Goyal wrote in a blog on Zomato’s website.