Amazon – Indian Railways: Amazon Boards Indian Railways for Faster Deliveries – Latest News

Amazon India has announced that it will use the Indian Railways special trains to guarantee the delivery of goods. In a statement released, Amazon said it will send shipments via the Covid-19 special packet trains, which were introduced by Indian Railways. Since the blockade began, Indian Railways has increased its operations by 55 lanes and Amazon will use them.

“This enhanced network will allow Amazon India network sellers to ship their products across the country and keep their businesses running, allowing people to access a more diverse selection of essential products,” Amazon said in the statement. .

This partnership is an extension of what Amazon and Indian Railways were working on. Last year, Amazon India partnered with Indian Railways for the intercity transportation of e-commerce packages on 13 lanes. Now that has been increased to 55 lanes. Amazon had also established customer collection kiosks in Kolkata and Mumbai.

Amazon, like all other e-commerce companies, has been selling only essentials for over a month. Since India announced a blockade to combat the spread of the coronavirus,

Meanwhile, Amazon in the US USA It has announced plans to start its own testing laboratory. For starters, the lab you’ve been working on will be for Amazon workers. In an Amazon blog post, the company detailed how and what it intends to do. The company said its research scientists, program managers, procurement specialists and software engineers have moved from their normal daily jobs to a dedicated team to work on this initiative. “We have begun assembling the equipment we need to build our first laboratory and hope to begin testing a small number of our front-line employees soon,” the blog post noted.

The company said that while it is not sure how far they will go in the relevant timeframe, “but we believe it is worth a try, and we are ready to share everything we learn with others.”