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...
Has Ranveer Singh Violated Laws against Obscenity ? WHAT HAS HAPPENED ? Based on a complaint by a Mumbai-based NGO, the Mumbai Police registered an FIR against actor Ranveer Singh on Tuesday, For sharing photographs from an apparently nude photoshoot that he did with ‘Paper’ magazine. So, what sections of the law is he supposed to have broken ? WHO IS THE COMPLAINANT ? Two individuals, a lawyer and a person running an NGO, approached the police separately to complain against Ranveer. Chembur police registered the FIR based on the statement of one Lalit Tekchandani (50), who has told the police that he runs the Shyam Mangaram Foundation, which works with widows and children of farmers who have committed suicide. In his statement, Tekchandani has said that he is a private contractor. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE COMPLAINT ? Tekchandani has said that on July 24, a friend sent him images of Ranveer that t...