Flipkart in talks for e-pharmacy biz – ET HealthWorld

flipkart in talks for e pharmacy biz

BENGALURU: After Amazon India, Walmart-owned Flipkart is looking to enter the e-pharmacy space as demand for online medicine delivery remains strong, two people aware of the matter said. Flipkart is building its own team internally for the e-pharmacy business. But it has also held early stage partnership talks with PharmEasy even as the Mumbai-based e-pharmacy … Read more

View: India’s competition law needs to be fine-tuned to discourage predatory behaviour in digital economy

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To this effect, GoI has issued a draft ecommerce policy that seeks to create a regulatory environment to protect the misuse of data, thereby ensuring competition. Synopsis Antitrust regulators worldwide aim to strike a balance between enforcement and preserving the competitiveness of such markets, since adopting any quick-fix intervention measures could thwart innovation, thereby harming … Read more

View: The bad, the ugly & the questionable about regulating non-personal data

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By Nikhil PahwaIt’s 2025, and for seven years, you’ve been running a company at the forefront of innovation in healthcare. Millions have bought your fitness trackers, and used them to measure their heart rate, body temperature, sleep patterns, physical activity, blood pressure, dietary habits and nutrition intake, apart from also storing their medical reportswith you.Your … Read more

Race is on to take TikTok’s vacant short-video crown

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Gaana, meanwhile, has launched a new platform — HotShots — which allows users to create and share short videos and stories with its audience base of more than 150 million. Gaana’s chief executive Prashan Agarwal said it is building on the expertise gained from its vertical video feature platform announced last year, to launch HotShots. … Read more