Flipkart slapped with ED notice over Big Billion Day sale

E-commerce giant Flipkart has been issued a notice by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The ED notice was slapped on Flipkart over alleged irregularities in the Big Billion Day sale offered by the company.

ED may impose Rs.1,000 crore penalty on Flipkart, according to reports. However, the e-commerce giant says that it has not done anything wrong.

A Flipkart spokesperson reportedly said that the company is in complete compliance with Indian laws and will completely cooperate with officials when required.

After the Big Billion Day sale several complaints were raised against Flipkart. Online consumers complained that there were glitches and orders were cancelled. While offline retailers called the offers on Flipkart as predatory, harming the business environment in the country.

Earlier the government had said that would look into the complaints.

Commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman has made a statement that the ministry had received several complaints. And that the concerns of consumers as well as offline retailers would be examined.

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Facebook, Apple will pay female employees to freeze their eggs

In what can be called female-friendly move, tech-giants Facebook and Apple have found a unique idea to reduce the gender gap in their offices. Both the companies have offered women employees to pay the cost of freezing their eggs.

The move will enable female employees to focus on their careers for a longer time as they can delay child bearing for some more years. It's an attempt to narrow the the gender gap and to provide equal opportunities for male and female employees.

The two tech-majors have reportedly have offered to freeze a woman’s eggs as a perk, which is a first of its kind.The companies said they would provide coverage to female employees who want to  freeze their eggs and delay childbearing.

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Ebola case Northeast India

After Doctors suspected Kawakubo Yuko 27, of Myanmar was effected with Ebola State governments in the Northeast have stepped up screening for immediate detection of cases of Ebola and have also started monitoring the entry of foreign nationals in the states. Manipur government, meanwhile, has set up Ebola screening gates for passengers at the Imphal airport and at the international border with Myanmar at Moreh. The state is also screening people at its borders with neighbours Nagaland and Assam.

It is detected when Kawakubo Yuko entered Manipur she suddenly developed fever and visited a private hospital in the town.Doctors suspected that her symptoms were identical to that of Ebola and immediately admitted her to the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) in Imphal on October 6

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