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MUMBAI: With temperature rising over the past two days, Mumbaikars may be breathing better, but as per Swiss air tracking index IQAir (a real-time international air quality monitor), within a week between January 29 and February 8, Mumbai was the second most polluted city in the world. On January 29, Mumbai was ranked 10th in IQAir rankings for the poorest spots. It climbed to the top on February 2 before sliding down in subsequent days and then climbing back again to second position on February 8. On February 13, it was the third most unhealthy city worldwide for air quality, overtaking even Delhi which was India's most polluted metro till recently. IQAir partners with UNEP and Greenpeace and uses Central Pollution Control Board data (CPCB) in India to assess air quality. Categorisation into 'healthy', unhealthy' and 'hazardous' is as per US air quality index (AQI) standards, which are more stringent than in India. The world ...

Ecommerce isn’t the same we knew a decade ago. The rise of social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram has meant that there’s a new way to sell online – through social media platforms. And this is where Meesho comes in. Meesho is a social commerce platform that started with the aim of making it easy for women in smaller towns and cities to sell online. But its business model has taken a few twists and turns over the years. Today, Meesho is one of India’s leading social commerce platforms, with over 18 million registered users. Commision Meesho makes money by the commissions which they charged from the sellers. Whenever any reseller sells any product on the Meesho platform, 10-20% commission will charge from the seller of that product. Commission earned model is just like the E-Commerce platforms such as Amazo, Flipkart, etc. Note = Commission is not charged from the individual users (Resellers) but from the registered businesses’ (Sellers) who...