E-commerce websites like Flipkart and Amazon are curbed from selling exclusive products. The move aims to tackle the practice of influencing the price of the product.
The websites are also no longer allowed to sell products from the companies in which the websites have a stake.
The new guidelines are issued after domestic sellers complained that the websites were discriminating and offering deep discounts on certain products.
Three Andaman Island to be renamed after Netaji Bose
The Ross, Neil and Havelock Islands will be named as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Shaheed Dweep, and Swaraj Dweep, respectively.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army together with Japan’s Imperial Army had captured the Andaman and Nicobar Islands during the Second World War.
PM Modi will be visiting the island on December 30th and is expected to officially announce the name change.
Mount Etna volcano in Italy erupts
The volcano erupted on December 24th.
The volcano caused more than 100 earthquakes in the region of around 4.3 magnitude.
Mount Etna is one of Europe’s highest and most active volcanoes.
Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Usha Timothy awarded Mohammad Rafi Award
The award is conferred by an NGO Spandan Art.
This year late music composer Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and playback singer Usha Timothy were conferred with the award.
Laxmikant together with Pyarelal Sharma composed music for more than 600 Hindi movies.
Usha Timothy has sung more than thousand playback songs in various languages.
