Debit card-based transactions drop 8 pc in Sep as UPI payments surge: RBI data

UPI reaches 500 million consumers, 65 million merchants, says report

The report, launched at the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2025 by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), highlights how India's UPI has set a new global benchmark, accounting for nearly 50 per cent of global real-time payment volumes and 84 per cent of all retail digital payments within the country. Oct 8, 2025
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EU's Forthcoming Decisions: Risk of Escalation

History will judge whether the leaders in Brussels, Berlin and Paris acted with the foresight required by a fraught moment. The safe course is not the cautious course of inaction. The safe course is meticulous, transparent action paired with hardheaded diplomacy and rigorous resilience building. Oct 8, 2025
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Sensex, Nifty end lower after volatile trade; IT stocks shine

"The Nifty opened on a firm note but failed to sustain momentum beyond its immediate resistance zone near 25,200, triggering broad-based profit booking and selling pressure across key sectors such as banking, auto, FMCG, and realty," market experts said. Oct 8, 2025
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DF‑61 and Recasting of the Global Strategic Calculus

The technical context is essential to understanding this transformation. The DF‑61 is believed to feature solid-fuel propulsion, marking a departure from the cumbersome, vulnerable liquid-fuel predecessors. Solid-fuel rockets permit rapid launch readiness, reducing pre-strike vulnerability windows. Oct 8, 2025
Global Fintech Fest: FM Sitharaman unveils foreign currency settlement system in GIFT City

Fintech as New Engine of National Power: India's Strategic Ascent from Global Fintech Fest 2025

India's UPI corridors to Singapore, France, UAE, and Sri Lanka, and the planned linkages with Africa and Latin America, are quietly rewriting the geography of financial influence. "When nations adopt another nation's payment rails, they adopt part of its economic rhythm," noted a senior economist at the fest a profound reminder that digital interdependence is the new form of financial alignment. Oct 8, 2025
The Global Climate Imperative: Escalating Risks and the Urgent Call for Net-Zero Action

Global climate imperative: Escalating risks and urgent call for net-zero action

In 2025, the global community confronts a climate crisis of unparalleled scale and speed. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) warns that limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels requires greenhouse gas emissions to peak before 2025 and decline by 43% by 2030. Failure risks crossing "tipping points" with catastrophic consequences. Oct 8, 2025
Ride-sharing platforms' entry in food delivery poses early jitters to Zomato, Swiggy

Reviving India's Economic Soul: Empowering Small Businesses to Triumph Over Conglomerates

Platforms like Zomato, Swiggy, and Ola, compounded by systemic barriers like corruption, complex taxation, and judicial inefficiencies. This onslaught has driven small business owners into poverty, despair, and even suicide, while gig work traps millions in undignified, precarious jobs. By prioritizing systemic reform, small business protection, human dignity, and gig economy regulation, this calls for presenting a compelling, data-driven vision to empower the unorganized sector, enhance mass earnings, and fuel inclusive GDP growth by curbing conglomerate dominance. Oct 8, 2025
Google AI mode rolls out in 7 new Indian languages

Google AI mode rolls out in 7 new Indian languages

The company said the new language expansion is powered by its custom Gemini model for Search, designed to understand the nuances of local languages rather than just translating words. The rollout in these new languages will begin over the next week. Oct 8, 2025
Sensex up 715 points

Sensex, Nifty open marginally higher; IT stocks lead gains

Titan emerged as the top gainer on the Sensex, rising around 4 per cent intra-day after the company released its Q2 FY26 business update. Other major gainers included Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech, Asian Paints, and Trent, which climbed up to 2 per cent. Oct 8, 2025