Traders decry Walmart-Flipkart deal, want it scrapped
New Delhi, July 2: Delhi traders staged a sit-in here on Monday against the proposed acquisition of Indian e-commerce company Flipkart by the international super store giant Walmart.
The traders, protesting under the lobby group Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), denounced the deal arguing that it would create "unfair competition" and demanded that the government scrap it.
They also said a body regulating e-commerce should be established.
"The deal will create an unfair competition and uneven playing field and will indulge in predatory pricing, deep discounts and loss of funding," CAIT Secretary-General Praveen Khandelwal told IANS.
Khandelwal said similar protests were organised at about 1,000 places in several states across the country with over 10 lakh offline and online traders participating in them.
The CAIT said if their demands were not met they would decide on their future course of action at the national convention to be held from July 23-25.
In Delhi, the protest was held in Karol Bagh, a big commercial hub. Similar protests were held in Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pondicherry, Raipur, Rourkela, Ranchi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Jhansi and in other cities, the CAIT said in a press statement.
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Birsa Munda's great-grandson, injured in road accident, dies of cardiovascular failure in Ranchi
Ranchi (PTI): Tribal icon Birsa Munda's great-grandson Mangal Munda, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital here after being injured in a road accident, died of "cardiovascular failure" on Friday, an official of the health facility said.
He was 45.
Mangal Munda breathed his last at 12.30 am at the state's apex health facility - Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences.
Munda sustained severe head injuries after he fell from the roof of a passenger vehicle in Jharkhand's Khunti district on November 25.
"Birsa Munda's kin Mangal Munda died of cardiovascular failure around 12.30 am. He was on a ventilator after being critically injured. We tried our best to save him but failed," RIMS Medical Superintendent Dr Hiren Birua told PTI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, Union Health Minister JP Nadda and the Jharkhand Chief Minister's office were in touch with the RIMS authorities in connection with Munda's treatment.
