India's government-backed nonprofit Open Network for Digital Commerce is holding trials in over 85 cities, including Bengaluru, after raising $22M (Benjamin Parkin/Financial Times)

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India’s government-backed nonprofit Open Network for Digital Commerce is holding trials in over 85 cities, including Bengaluru, after raising $22M  —  Buyers and sellers will be able to mix apps in a challenge to Amazon and Flipkart  —  India is preparing to launch a government-backed ecommerce initiative …