Reliance, Amazon, and Flipkart may be part of ONDC The Open Network for Digital Commerce is a UPI moment for the e-commerce industry and looks to move the business of 1.2 crore kirana stores online. It is also the Indian government's way of undercutting the dominance of large e-commerce firms like Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart. However, the two companies along with Reliance Retail are in talks to join the ONDC ecosystem, Economic Times reported citing sources. Government's stake in Vodafone Idea comes up to 33 percent After swapping Vodafone Idea's accrued interest liability on deferred dues for equity, the Indian government will own 33% of the telecom network making it the largest shareholder, Vi Managing Director Ravinder Takkar reportedly said during a quarterly earnings call. Over 50% of the company's stakes are split between UK-based Vodafone Plc and India’s Aditya Birla Group (ABG), as per ET. Google to pull third-party call recording apps from Play Store Google's Play Store policy has been revised to ban third-party call recording apps, according to a Mint report. The ban is a result of Google limiting developers' access to its Accessibility API - which only apps that are designed to support people with disabilities are allowed to use. However, the policy change will have no bearing on default dialer apps that come pre-installed on devices such as Pixel and Xiaomi smartphones. Majority of UPI transactions were P2P payments last month Over 588 crore UPI transactions were carried out in April 2022 and their total value came up to…
