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"Amazon urgently recruiting for part-time jobs, you can earn 3000-10000 Rs every day, add Whatsapp: wa.me/+91963XXXXXX"

Have you received this SMS recently? I have, almost daily. This is what this is all about. It involves @amazon, Indian government, @RioTinto! #Thread
The person identifies himself RT-Gold. "Amazon's strategic partner," the person says, asking if I want to make money?!!
"Our company is authorized.. to mine gold," I am told. A certificate follows as proof. "Under the supervision of the government, we face the society & help everyone get more income." "We are Rio Tinto Exploration India Private Limited. This is the company's authorization letter."
I ask the person - Amazon is an e-commerce company, you are talking about Rio Tinto? Answer: "Our project is under the supervision of the government and is classified as confidential work..It can be said that Amazon and the government invested in our company."
More details are always welcome.
"For example, the following police friend, he has earned his first car by joining the company and working actively. As long as you work actively, you can earn at least 30,000 Rs per month."
I won't be downloading the app, but some humor never hurts. I ask him if Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi knows about all this....."Of course he knows, friend," I am told.
The first car “earned” by “police friend” is visible in a video shared. It’s a Kia @Kia_Worldwide. Police friend explains how you can boost your income through the app. Car registration details show it belongs to one G Beema Rao (he has a LinkedIn profile of a cop too)

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India's whisky drinking landscape is changing.

Indri single malt made at a distillery surrounded by sugarcane farms near Delhi was labelled world's best. France's Pernod this week got Bollywood stars to launch its first local malt 👇🧵@Reuters deep divereut.rs/3tqOxBe
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It's a massive change - for years Glenlivit of Pernod was the top-selling one, now it's Amrut
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Interesting view. Reuters reported on each of these after spotting changes at outlets and seeking company comments and/or using notices and inputs from store managers. It’s a story that impacts the masses and tells us a lot about economy, consumption and challenges of big brands
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Some history. Campa was one of India's most popular sugary sodas in 1970s, 1980s. Then, the brand disappeared as the U.S. giants expanded rapidly in a liberalising economy. Last year, Reliance acquired Campa for $3 million. Here's a very old ad of Campa
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Reuters Story: India's DLF sold a $1 billion upmarket residential project in 72 hours, while rival Godrej is offering $3 million houses to clients by invitation. We visited both sites. There is a trend - luxury housing is booming again in India reut.rs/3KYUE6c 🧵
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In February, a photo of DLF Arbour project booking site went viral. The project in Gurugram near New Delhi attracted more than 3,000 applications for 1,137 apartments priced at $869,000 each. Booking centre was besieged by people queuing to buy homes during the launch weekend
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Over three weeks, we interviewed protesters, Catholic priests, supporters and reviewed hundreds of pages of court filings, including those in which Adani has sued the Kerala state and priests who are leading the protests. It's a high-stakes impasse. With @MunsifV, @arpanc_
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Amazon's journey & regulatory headaches in India. Bernstein says Amazon invested $6.5Bn+ in India, one of its biggest markets, but "profitability remains elusive". Thread on that report, Amazon's journey, @Reuters investigations into its practices & how things changed over time🧵
First, some history. Amazon arrived in India in 2004, when it created a development center to service global ops. Amit Agarwal recalled in 2019 how his team initially rented space and “used to sit on the ground & write code” because they didn’t have chairs aboutamazon.in/news/workplace…
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