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Maharashtra from today. We’re getting that 2020 feeling again.
Also in today’s letter:
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Maharashtra bars non-essential e-commerce
E-commerce platforms will have to stop deliveries of non-essential goods in Maharashtra from 8:00 pm today, when the state government’s new 15-day curfew to tackle the surge in Covid-19 cases comes into effect.
The state said in its guidelines on Tuesday that e-commerce would be allowed “only for the supply of essential goods and services”.
Offline vs online: The restriction on e-commerce players comes days after offline traders, who have been forced to shut shop, threatened a statewide agitation if the government didn’t accede to their demand to restrict the sale of non-essential goods online.
Some reports suggest an international coalition of Australia, India, UK and France may be an option for taking on Big Tech. However, India is the only country where no official effort has been made so far to tackle this issue.
Morning Brief (ET Bureau)
Arijit Barman | 22:17 Min | February 12, 2021, 8:00 AM IST
Koo, the locally developed microblogging site that allows users to share their thoughts in Indian languages, is gaining ground as Twitter-government standoff continues. But do alt social networks work? Aprameya Radhakrishna, founder and CEO of Koo, and ET s Surabhi Agarwal and Venkat Anath discuss its strategy.
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