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Microsoft To Join ONDC | Will it ends the dominance of Flipkart & Amazon ?

Microsoft joins  India's ONDC WHAT HAS HAPPENED? US firm Microsoft has become the first big tech company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), A government-backed project which is aimed at enabling small merchants and mom-and-pop stores in parts of the country to access processes and technologies that are typically deployed by large e commerce platforms such as Amazon and Flipkart. The software giant intends to introduce social e-commerce - group buying experience in the Indian market, Which would include a shopping app for Indian consumers along with their social circle, harnessing the ONDC network to discover the best pricing among retailers and sellers. WHAT IS OPEN NETWORK FOR DIGITAL COMMERECE ? It is an initiative aimed at promoting open networks for all aspects of exchange of goods and services over digital or electronic networks. ONDC is to be based on open-sourced methodology, using open specifications and open network protocols inde...

Microsoft To Join ONDC | Will it ends the dominance of Flipkart & Amazon ?

Microsoft joins  India's ONDC WHAT HAS HAPPENED? US firm Microsoft has become the first big tech company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), A government-backed project which is aimed at enabling small merchants and mom-and-pop stores in parts of the country to access processes and technologies that are typically deployed by large e commerce platforms such as Amazon and Flipkart. The software giant intends to introduce social e-commerce - group buying experience in the Indian market, Which would include a shopping app for Indian consumers along with their social circle, harnessing the ONDC network to discover the best pricing among retailers and sellers. WHAT IS OPEN NETWORK FOR DIGITAL COMMERECE ? It is an initiative aimed at promoting open networks for all aspects of exchange of goods and services over digital or electronic networks. ONDC is to be based on open-sourced methodology, using open specifications and open network protocols inde...

New Rules for Voting registration Introduces by ECI Whats new rule ?

  Election Commission introduces  New voter list rule WHAT HAS HAPPENED ? for voting registration in an effort to ensure greater participation of youth in polls. As per the latest rule, the poll body has decided that those  above 17 years of age can now apply in advance  to register as voters once they turn 18. RULE TILL NOW ? Till recently, people turning 18 on or before January 1 of a particular year were eligible to enrol themselves in the voters' list.  And, those turning 18 after January 1 had to wait for one whole year to register as voters. 4 NEW DATES BY EC Following change in election law, people can resister as voters on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 on turning 18. According to an EC statement on Thursday, the poll panel led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey has directed, The poll machinery in the states to work out tech-enabled solutions to facilitate those abo...

Two BSF Personnel part of UN Peacekeeping Mission, killed in Anti UN Protest in Congo

2 BSF personnel  killed in Congo WHAT HAS HAPPENED ? Two BSF personnel who were part of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in  the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),  Were among five people killed during a protest in an eastern town  near the border with Uganda on Tuesday (July 26).  A total 175 Indian peacekeepers have so far died while serving with the  United Nations. India has lost more peacekeepers than  any other UN Member State. Both the deceased bravehearts were in the  rank of head constable and hailed from  Rajasthan, a senior officer said. UN PEACEKEEPING Peacekeeping has proven to be one of the most effective tools available  to the UN to assist host countries navigate the difficult  path from conflict to peace.  UN peacekeepers provide security and the political and peacebuilding  support to help countries make the difficult, early  transition from conflict to peace....