The RBI said the move would help UPI “continue to scale, innovate and serve consumers.” NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India has backed the introduction of a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on large-value UPI transactions, saying the move would help strengthen the long-term sustainability of India’s digital payments ecosystem.The National Payments Corporation of India…
Indian stock markets are likely to open lower on Thursday after oil prices rose sharply in the previous session amid renewed tensions between the US and Iran. GIFT Nifty futures stood at 23,270 points at 8:02 am, IST, signalling a weak start for the Nifty 50. Brent crude traded at $102.53 a barrel, down 0.54%,…
The Ayush Admissions Central Counselling Committee (AACCC) has released the counselling schedule for the All India AYUSH Post Graduate Entrance Test (AIAPGET) 2026 for the 2026-27 academic year. The registration process for Round 1 will begin on October 26 and continue until November 1, 2026, up to 2 pm.According to the schedule, the Round 1…
Pamela Anderson turned heads in a graceful floral lace gown as she celebrated son Dylan Jagger Lee’s wedding in Saint-Tropez.Image credit (Instagram) Pamela Anderson proved once again that she remains a bold trendsetter and fashion aficionado, delivering a stunning mother-of-the-groom look at her son Dylan Jagger Lee’s wedding to Paula Bruss in Saint-Tropez in July…
Photo courtesy: The Better India A little girl was playing among women inmates inside Bilaspur Central Jail when a visiting district collector noticed her. For this child, the world had unusually high walls.The 6-year-old, identified as Khushi, had spent her young life inside the prison. Her father was serving a long sentence in jail, while…
BJP calls Rahul’s march to PM residence ‘irresponsible conduct’ NEW DELHI: A day after Rahul Gandhi’s march to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence ended in a confrontation with police, the BJP mounted a sharp political counteroffensive on Wednesday, accusing Lok Sabha leader of opposition of disregarding the dignity of the Prime Minister’s residence and announcing…
LIC Housing Finance Limited (LIC HFL) has invited applications for 232 apprentice positions across different cities in India. Eligible graduates can apply online for the one-year apprenticeship programme. The application window opened on October 20, and the last date to submit the required details and pay the examination fee is November 1, 2026.Candidates must first…
FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 Divya Deshmukh and FIDE World Cup 2025 winner Javokhir Sindarov (PTI Photos) The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has approved a major overhaul of the World Cup and Women’s World Cup formats from 2027, aiming to make the tournaments shorter, more inclusive and more rewarding for players.The biggest change is that…
Salesforce spent $27.7 billion on Slack—now it’s promoting Anthropic’s Claude Tag inside it, and its own employees can’t tell where Salesforce’s AI ends and Anthropic’s begins. Salesforce is doing something odd right now. It’s cheering on a product that competes with its own. When Anthropic rolled out Claude Tag last month—an AI agent that lives…
SAO PAULO: Brazilian officials on Thursday announced a sharp drop in deforestation rates, pushing back on one of the arguments that the Trump administration used last week to justify additional tariffs on the South American country.In May, Amazon deforestation was 61.4% lower than in the same month in 2025, according to officials from the National…
