Uber partnered with Amazon Pay to boost digital Payment
October 14, 2020
- Uber partnered with Amazon Pay to boost digital Payment. This Partnership will integrate Amazon Pay as a payment option on the Uber app.
Amazon India partnered with IRCTC to start online train ticket bookings
October 9, 2020
- Amazon India has partnered with ‘Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation’ (IRCTC), to provide its customers with the facility to book reserved train tickets on Amazon.
Amazon signs Amitabh Bachchan for its Alexa voice assistant
September 16, 2020
- Amazon.com Inc has signed up Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan for its Alexa voice assistant. He is the first Indian celebrity to lend his voice to Alexa.
Jeff Bezos becomes the first person to hit a net worth of $200 billion
August 27, 2020
- Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos is now the world’s richest man worth $204.6 billion. He is $90 billion richer than Bill Gates, the world’s second-richest person.
Amazon launched an online pharma delivery service in Bengaluru
August 17, 2020
- Amazon launched an online pharmacy delivery service in Bengaluru where customers can order prescription and over-the-counter medicines and basic health devices from the certified sellers.
‘Itna Aasan Hai’ campaign started by Amazon India
August 12, 2020
- ‘Itna Aasan Hai’ campaign started by Amazon India to aware existing and prospective sellers who are on the platform, how easy and simple it is to sell on the e-commerce platform. It is a seller-driven campaign.
Andhra Pradesh Govt partnered with Amazon
July 31, 2020
- Andhra Pradesh Govt signed an MoU with Amazon with an aim to train, assist women entrepreneurs to make toys and other items, and help them market the products under its ‘Saheli’ programme.
Infosys ties-up Amazon’s The Climate Pledge to be net-zero carbon
June 22, 2020
- Bengaluru-based IT major Infosys Ltd has linked The Climate Pledge, an initiative co-founded by e-commerce firm Amazon and environment firm Global Optimism, to make a commitment to push the Paris Agreement 10 years early.
DAY-NULM pairs with Amazon for e-marketing of products
March 7, 2020
Amazon has paired with the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) under Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to facilitate e-marketing of products which are made by Self Help Groups (SHGs) across the nation in urban areas. The collaboration will also help in documenting and preserving the unique traditional art and crafts of different states. Earlier, This kind of partnership was also done by DAY-NULM with Flipkart.
“Bezos Earth Fund” raised by Jeff Bezos to combat climate change
February 20, 2020
The “Bezos Earth Fund” has been raised by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. The fund of $10 billion will aim to to help preserve and protect the natural world against the climate change.