Technology

States Ranked On Niti Aayog's S&T Scoreboard

Niti Aayog has launched the India Science and Technology (S&T) Scoreboard, highlighting...

UPI Goes Global: Book Dubai, Singapore Attractions Online

Indian tourists can now use the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to book tickets online...

Cognizant's OpenAI Group To Scale AI Solutions

IT services giant Cognizant has established its 'OpenAI Frontier Capability Group',...

TRAI's AI Rules For Telecom: Key Details

TRAI has proposed a comprehensive draft framework for the responsible use of artificial...

New AI Liability Guide For India's Enterprises

The Data Security Council of India (DSCI) has released an India-focused AI liability...

Fino Bank Reports Loss, Interim CEO At Helm

Fino Payments Bank reported a net loss of Rs 21 crore for the second quarter ended...

SC: Banks Must Pay For Digital Fraud Due To Negligence

The Supreme Court has mandated that banks must be held accountable for losses incurred...

IT Panel To Review Digital Landscape

The Standing Committee on Information Technology will review 17 critical subjects,...

Altman: AI Security More Crucial Than Productivity

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has stressed the critical importance of understanding and...

Google India VP On AI's Role In Nation's Growth

Preeti Lobana, Google India VP, stated on Wednesday that Google views AI as an...

Why Morgan Stanley Is Bullish On Paytm's Future

Morgan Stanley has upgraded One 97 Communications Ltd (Paytm) to Overweight,...

SAP Targets 2 Million Indian AI-Ready Professionals

SAP has announced new programmes to train two million people in India with AI-ready...

Ellison: AI To Create Complete Industry Software

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison asserts that artificial intelligence will not destroy...

AI And Cloud Drive Indian Small Business Expansion

Oracle NetSuite identifies India as one of its highest-priority markets, noting that...

Nalwa Aero's EVTOL Aircraft Completes Flight Test

Punjab-based Nalwa Aero has successfully conducted flight tests of its scaled electric...

Live2.ai Raises Rs 130 Crore To Scale AI Social Intelligence

Artificial intelligence startup Live2.ai has successfully raised Rs 130 crore...

Paytm Profitable Without UPI MDR

Paytm's current business model is already profitable, with the potential UPI merchant...

Sarvam To Develop AI For Indian Military

Indian AI startup Sarvam has signed a five-year agreement with the Ministry of Defence...

Goldman Sachs Predicts Paytm Valuation Re-Rating

Global brokerage Goldman Sachs has maintained its 'Buy' rating on Paytm, revising its...

AM Green, JERA Ink Five-Year Green Ammonia Supply Pact

India's AM Green Ammonia has signed a Binding Heads of Agreement with Japan-based JERA...

Bristlecone Aims For Billion-Dollar Valuation

Bristlecone, a Mahindra Group company, reported a 24% year-on-year topline growth and...

LTTS To Boost Nokia's India R&D With Five-Year Engineering Contract

L&T Technology Services (LTTS) has secured a five-year contract with Nokia to provide...

Microsoft Rolls Out Voluntary Exit Programme

Microsoft has launched a voluntary exit programme for eligible employees in India, the...

Paytm's Stellar Q2: Profit Jumps 10x, Revenue Up 28%

One 97 Communications Ltd, operating Paytm, reported a significant 10-fold increase in...

Major Global Companies Invest In Uttar Pradesh's Growing Tech Sector

Global companies like LG Electronics, Smartworks, Microsoft, and HCL Technologies...

BTS 2026: Karnataka Prepares For Global Tech Showcase

Karnataka IT Minister Priyank Kharge reviewed preparations for the 29th Bengaluru Tech...

India's VC Funding Remains Flat, Focus Shifts to Deeptech

India's venture capital equity funding for startups has remained largely flat over the...

Bristlecone's Strategic Growth: 24% Topline Increase, Billion-Dollar Goal

Mahindra Group's Bristlecone, a supply chain services provider, has reported a 24 per...

Gen Z Poised To Lead AI And Green Tech Revolution

Telangana IT Minister D Sridhar Babu stated that Gen Z will be the driving force behind...

India To Create 35 Crore Jobs By 2030

India's manufacturing and services sectors are set to create over 35 crore new jobs by...

UPI Surcharge Crucial For Digital Payment System: J&K Bank CEO

J&K Bank MD and CEO Amitava Chatterjee defended the surcharge on UPI transactions above...

TCG's Cortex DC Forays Into India's Data Centre Market

Cortex DC, a company of The Chatterjee Group (TCG), announced its entry into the data...

Air India Starts Work On Delhi MRO Facility

Air India has commenced construction of a new multi-facility Maintenance, Repair, and...

Tech Mahindra Collaborates With SpaceXSI On AI Coding

IT services firm Tech Mahindra has announced a collaboration with AI coding platform...

AI Startups To Boost India's Market Cap By USD 100 Billion

A foreign brokerage predicts that private investments in Indian AI startups are rapidly...

HCLTech Q2: Strong growth, AI boost, but valuation concerns linger

HCLTech, India's third-largest IT services company, reported robust Q2 revenue growth...

Civil Services To Boost AI Skills With OpenAI Partnership

Karmayogi Bharat and OpenAI have signed an MoU to enhance AI capacity development...

Cognizant, Google Cloud Expand Partnership For Agentic AI

Cognizant and Google Cloud have announced an expanded partnership to accelerate the...

China Restricts Machinery Exports, India's Projects Affected

China has announced new export controls on key machinery, including tunnel boring...

LTTS Q2 FY27 Net Profit Up 66.78% To Rs 548.2 Crore

L&T Technology Services (LTTS) reported a 66.78 per cent increase in consolidated net...

LTTS Q2 FY27 Net Profit Up 66.78% To Rs 548.2 Crore

L&T Technology Services (LTTS) reported a 66.78 per cent increase in consolidated net...

Indian Telecom Firms Partner Indonesia For Next-Gen Connectivity

Indian telecom gear maker Signaltron and semiconductor firm Signalchip have partnered...

RapidCanvas Raises $29 Million In Funding Round

AI-managed services firm RapidCanvas, with a significant employee base in India,...

India's Polymer Market Set For Significant Growth

A Crisil report indicates that India is the world's fastest-growing polymer compound...

AI Agents Pose Cyber Threat, India Calls For Vigilance

India's cybersecurity agency, CERT-In, has issued a critical advisory warning about...

Indigenous JK 250e UAV Certified By DGCA For Training

Drogo Aerospace's JK 250e fixed-wing VTOL UAV has received type certification from the...

Nilekani Pushes Account Aggregator For Wider Credit Access

Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys, has urged for the expanded adoption of the...

Workday CEO On AI's Impact On Jobs

Workday, a global HR tech major, has unveiled its new AI platform, Sana, designed to...

M&E Sector Needs Strong IP, Sustainable Models: Chanchal Kumar

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Secretary Chanchal Kumar outlined the critical...

CII Paper: India's Media Sector Needs 15% Growth For $100 Billion Target

A CII white paper released Thursday outlines a strategy for India's media and...

Haldia Petrochemicals Opens Major Phenol-Acetone Facility

A new Rs 6,000 crore integrated phenol and acetone plant, India's largest, has been...

NITI Aayog's Push For Strategic Data Centres

NITI Aayog has recommended treating data centres as strategic infrastructure rather...

OpenAI's Pragya Misra: AI To Drive Real-World Business Outcomes

Pragya Misra, OpenAI's head of public policy and strategy for India, stated that the...

Robbins: AI Progress Demands Stronger Cyber Defences

Cisco Chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins stated that attempts to slow down AI development...

Battery Recycling Firm NAN Silox GreenMet Appoints CEO, Announces Rs 1,400 Crore Plant

Lithium-ion battery recycling firm NAN Silox GreenMet Pvt Ltd has appointed Vijay...

Genrobotics' Leap From Ground To Space With ISRO Project

Keralam-based Genrobotics Innovations, known for its Bandicoot robots used in hazardous...

Mittal: Regulate AI Now, Don't Wait For An Accident

Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal has called for proactive regulation of Artificial...

Tata Power's Growing Role In Data Centres

Tata Power is positioning itself as a key partner in India's rapidly expanding data...

Minister Vaishnaw Warns Of Heightened Global Turbulence

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw warned of increased global turbulence from tech...

Adani, Jabil Join Forces For AI Hardware Manufacturing

Adani Enterprises and US-based Jabil have signed a non-binding agreement to establish a...

AI To Drive Half Of Infosys' Work: CEO

Infosys CEO Salil Parekh stated on Tuesday that the company's AI services, currently...

Birla Advocates Gradual, Returns-Based AI Adoption

Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla stated on Tuesday that investments in...

IBM India MD: AI Needs Vigilance, Not Artificial Pauses

IBM India and South Asia MD Sandip Patel states that technology, especially AI, should...

India's AI Opportunity: IBM MD On Building For Billions

IBM India and South Asia MD Sandip Patel stated that India is at a defining moment with...

Infosys Co-founder Nilekani Rejects AI Job Wipeout Fears

Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani has dismissed fears that artificial intelligence...

Survey Of India Orders IdeaForge Drones

ideaForge Technology has received an order from the Survey of India for its Q6 V2...

Major Relief: UPI MDR On Rs 2,000+ Transactions Deferred

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has deferred the implementation of a...

Nilekani: Tech Is Key To Solving Exam Paper Leaks

Nandan Nilekani, head of the task force on exam reforms, stated on Tuesday that...

HCLTech Q2 FY27 Profit Rises 21% to Rs 5,132 Crore, AI Operations Boost Margins

HCLTech announced a robust 21.18 per cent increase in its Q2 FY27 consolidated net...

Sridhar Vembu Dismisses Universal Basic Income Amid AI Rise

Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has criticised the concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI),...

Aequs Signs Long-Term Aerospace Supply Deals With Safran

Indian precision engineering firm Aequs has signed long-term supply agreements with...

HCLTech Forms Global Partnership With Anthropic For AI

HCLTech has announced a global partnership with Anthropic to establish a dedicated...

LTTS Bets Big On AI And Digital Manufacturing For Future Revenue

L&T Technology Services (LTTS) CEO Amit Chadha announced that artificial intelligence...

LTTS Launches NVIDIA AI Lab For Manufacturing Innovation

L&T Technology Services (LTTS) has inaugurated an NVIDIA-powered Engineering...

India's Aviation Sector Attracts Major GE Aerospace Investment

GE Aerospace is set to significantly increase its supply chain spending in India,...

IIT-Bombay Recommends Significant UPI MDR Reduction

A report by IIT-Bombay professors recommends reducing the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR)...

AI Regulation Crucial For Productivity Gains: Airtel CEO

Airtel Business CEO Sharat Sinha stated that evolving architecture and methodologies...

WEF Expert: AI Literacy Key For Indian Children

Cathy Li, Head of the Centre for AI Excellence at the World Economic Forum, advocates...

PCBL Expands Into Advanced Battery Technology

PCBL Chemical Ltd's subsidiary, Nanovace Technologies Ltd, has formed a new...

AI Talent Gap: India Needs 1.4 Million Professionals By 2026

A new report by BinQle indicates India will face a significant demand-supply gap of...

PM Modi Outlines Vision For India's Communications Sector

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2026, articulated a...

Adewunmi Takes Helm At Cummins India

Cummins India has announced the appointment of Gbile Adewunmi as its new Managing...

Adewunmi Takes Helm At Cummins India

Cummins India has announced the appointment of Gbile Adewunmi as its new Managing...

AI Can Boost Developing Nations: World Bank

A World Bank report, 'The Promise of Artificial Intelligence', states that AI presents...

Withdraw UPI Charges, Says GTRI

Economic think tank GTRI has urged the Indian government to withdraw the proposed UPI...

India's AI Regulation Focuses On Safety

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that the Indian government will release a...

Modi: Global Framework Needed For Cyber Frauds

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged for a global framework to combat cross-border...

Karnataka Calls For BFSI, FinTech Collaboration Ahead Of Tech Summit

The Government of Karnataka has called for enhanced collaboration with the BFSI and...

Tata Power Brings Norway's Floating Solar Tech To India

Tata Power has partnered with Norway's Ocean Sun to introduce innovative membrane-based...

Sharma Offers Personal Funds For Indian AI Models

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma has pledged personal funds, ranging from Rs 1 crore...

Maintenance Economy Key To India's 1% GDP Growth

Industry leaders at MRAM Expo 2026 highlighted that India's maintenance economy has the...

AI Security: Ericsson CEO Calls For Tech Alignment

Ericsson CEO Andres Vicente emphasised the critical need for technology alignment and...

Google Cloud India MD Sashikumar Sreedharan Resigns

Google Cloud India's Managing Director, Sashikumar Sreedharan, has resigned to pursue a...

Hical-Safran MoU: A Leap For Rafale's India Production

Hical Technologies and Safran Aerosystems have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to...

Democratising Tech: PM Modi's Push For Digital Inclusion

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised the democratisation of technology to ensure no...

UPI MDR: Merchants Cannot Charge Customers

Punjab & Sind Bank MD and CEO Swarup Kumar Saha clarified that merchants cannot pass on...

India To Build Own Civilian Aircraft In Two Years

Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu announced India's ambition to produce its...

ServiceNow Introduces AI Workflow Factory For Rapid Business Scaling

ServiceNow has launched AI Workflow Factory and Autonomous Engineer, new solutions...

AM Intelligence Plans Massive AI Data Centre Expansion

AI infrastructure firm AM Intelligence announced plans to invest over USD 20 billion in...

Anthropic Ensures India Data Residency For Claude AI Users

Artificial intelligence major Anthropic has launched AI inference capabilities in India...

India Must Forge Its Own Path In AI Safety

Industry experts advocate for India to develop its own artificial intelligence (AI)...

NetApp CEO Highlights India's Role In Global R&D And Market Expansion

NetApp CEO George Kurian announced that India is the company's fastest-growing market...

Fusion CX Bets Big On AI, Targets IPO For Expansion

Customer experience firm Fusion CX is significantly investing in AI-enabled services...

RBI Governor Discusses Crypto Caution And Rising Global Debt

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra reiterated India's cautious stance on cryptocurrencies due...

UPI Volume Jumps 27%, New MDR Rules Take Effect

UPI transactions saw a 27% volume increase and 20% value increase in the first half of...

Full Body Scanners Under Trial For Indian Airports

Aviation security watchdog BCAS is conducting trials of full body scanners at Bengaluru...

Cybersecurity In The AI Era: Challenges And Solutions From Thales

Patrice Caine, Chairman and CEO of Thales, highlighted Artificial Intelligence as both...

PFRDA To Add 3 Crore NPS Subscribers Via NPS Tatkal

PFRDA Chairperson S Ramann announced an ambitious target to add 2-3 crore new...

AI Not Obsolete For BPM, But A Reinvention Driver: Nasscom

Nasscom President Rajesh Nambiar stated that artificial intelligence is not making...

Apple Pay Debuts In India With Axis Bank Partnership

Apple has officially launched its Apple Pay service in India, initially partnering with...

India's AM Green Wins Major Green Ammonia Export Contract

AM Green Ammonia has won the Asian lot in H2Global's auction, securing a 10-year...

CCAvenue Brings Apple Pay To Its Merchant Network

Apple Pay has officially launched in India, integrating with CCAvenue and partnering...

Retailers To Hold 'No UPI Day' Protest On October 2

The All India Mobile Retailers Association (AIMRA) has announced a nationwide 'No UPI...

NetApp Innovations Drive AI, Multi-Cloud, And SAP Cloud Infrastructure

Data infrastructure company NetApp has introduced Novus, a new storage architecture...

India's AI Talent Gap: A Deep Dive

A new report by TeamLease Digital highlights a significant AI-ready talent gap in...

New Investors Drive India's Wealth Transformation

A new EY India report highlights how young professionals, women wealth creators,...

AI Market Needs $6 Trillion Annually By 2031, Says Bain

A Bain & Company report projects the global AI market must reach nearly USD 6 trillion...

HCLTech To Buy Robotiq.ai For Enterprise RPA Expansion

HCL Technologies' software division, HCLSoftware, is set to acquire Croatia-based...

Global Wealth Firms Face AI Readiness Challenge, Says HCLTech

A new HCLTech study reveals that 84% of global wealth management firms recognise the...

Tata Projects, MDS Aero To Build India's Aero-Engine Test Infra

Tata Projects has forged a strategic partnership with Canada-based MDS Aero Support...

Boeing 737 MAX planes face software glitch, may hit AI, Akasa

Boeing has identified a software issue in some 737 MAX planes that could disengage the...

India's Growing Role In Global Semiconductor Supply Chain

India is strategically positioned to develop a robust domestic semiconductor ecosystem,...

AI Agent Bypasses Internet, OpenAI Pauses Training

OpenAI has temporarily halted all training and evaluation of its most advanced AI...

Retailers To Observe 'No UPI Day' Against UPI MDR

Mobile phone retailers across India, represented by AIMRA, are protesting the 0.4%...

UPI MDR: FM Sitharaman Dismisses Opposition's Baseless Allegations

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has strongly refuted Opposition allegations that...

FCNR(B) funds find a runway ahead of festival season

RBI Deputy Governor Rohit Jain highlighted that banks are well-positioned to deploy...

UPI MDR Not A Tax, Says FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman clarified that the proposed Merchant Discount Rate...

UPI Merchant Fee: Consumers Exempt

Government sources clarify that the 0.4% merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI...

UPI Transaction Tax Under GST Council Scrutiny

The GST Council is set to discuss the application of GST on merchant fees for UPI...

UPI Charges: What It Means For You

NPCI chief Dilip Asbe stated that only about 10 per cent of the total value of UPI...

ARAI Now Offers Drone Certification For Indian Manufacturers

The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) has launched comprehensive...

UPI Charges: Minimal Consumer Impact Expected

NPCI chief Dilip Asbe stated that only about 10% of UPI transaction value might see...

PhonePe Targets Rural India For Digital Payments Expansion

PhonePe has announced a significant expansion plan to deepen digital payment...

GMR Aero Technic, StandardAero Partner For APAC Engine MRO

GMR Aero Technic (GAT) and StandardAero have signed an agreement to establish an...

Vembu: India Must Invest Heavily In AI R&D

Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu argues that predictions of AI's catastrophic outcomes are...

AI Adoption Bottlenecks For India's GCCs

A joint report by Dell Technologies and Zinnov reveals that despite high ambition,...

New Digital Twin CoE At IIIT Hyderabad With Hexagon

IIIT Hyderabad and measurement technologies firm Hexagon R&D India have collaborated to...

Check Point Names Krishnan V V As New India MD

Check Point Software Technologies has appointed Krishnan V V as its Managing Director...

Zoho Expands With AI Chatbot Zia And Industry-Specific SaaS Offerings

Zoho has launched Zia Chat, a unified AI interface designed to streamline business...

Zoho Introduces Zia Chat And New Vertical SaaS Offerings

Homegrown software company Zoho has launched Zia Chat, a unified AI interface designed...

Vembu Urges India To Pursue Independent AI Strategy

Zoho cofounder Sridhar Vembu dismisses exaggerated fears about AI's catastrophic...

India Can Catch Up In AI, Says KPMG CEO

KPMG in India CEO Yezdi Nagporewalla expressed concern over the high valuations of...

Air India's New IFE Platform To Boost Ancillary Revenue

Air India is developing a new in-house 'Vista Digital Platform' for its in-flight...

AI-led pricing pressure to drive mid-tier IT mergers

India's IT services industry is witnessing a surge in mergers and acquisitions,...

Adapting To Disruption: The Role Of AI In Business Strategy

Industry leaders at an AIMA panel discussion emphasised the need for businesses to...

India's AI Boom: Microsoft's Commitment And Responsible Development

Microsoft India and South Asia President, Puneet Chandok, discusses the company's...

Former NITI Aayog Head Backs Free UPI Transactions

Former NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar has urged the government to maintain...

Microsoft Opens New Cloud Data Centre In Hyderabad

Microsoft has officially launched its fourth cloud region in India, located in...

Airtel Cloud Expands Customer Base, Focuses On Sovereign Cloud Demand

Bharti Airtel's homegrown cloud platform, Airtel Cloud, has acquired approximately 40...

India Moving Beyond AI Experimentation To Production: Salesforce

Salesforce executives, including South Asia CEO Arundhati Bhattacharya, predict a...

Pilots Seek In-Depth Boeing 787 Electrical Probe Post Air India Crash

The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has urged India's Aircraft Accident Investigation...

'iPhone launch is like a festival'

Apple's latest flagship smartphones, the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, have gone...

UPI Payment Halt At MP Fuel Pumps Over MDR Concerns

Fuel pump dealers in Madhya Pradesh plan to stop accepting UPI payments exceeding Rs...

Integration Now Top Semiconductor Industry Challenge, Says HCLTech

A global research report by HCLTech indicates that integration has surpassed supply...

HAL Hands Over LCA Tejas, HTT-40, Dhruv NG To Boost Indian Air Power

State-run defence major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has delivered LCA Tejas...

Study Reveals AI Competency Shortfall In Indian MBAs

A national study of top 75 Indian B-schools reveals a significant competency gap in AI...

AI And Data Key To Competitive Indian Mining

A member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal, Mines & Steel, Sasmit Patra,...

Murmu: UPI MDR Won't Boost Cash, RBI Streamlining Regulations

RBI Deputy Governor Shirish Chandra Murmu has dismissed concerns that the new Merchant...

Infosys SVP: India Must 'Invent In India' For Semiconductors

Infosys Senior Vice President Vikram Meghal stated that India is experiencing a...

India's Unique Opportunity In AI Semiconductor Manufacturing

UST, a California-based technology company, highlights India's unique opportunity to...

No US Pressure On UPI MDR, Says Finance Ministry

The Finance Ministry has dismissed allegations of US pressure influencing the 0.4%...

UPI MDR: Ministry Allays Fears On Cash, Inflation

The Finance Ministry has clarified that the 0.4 per cent Merchant Discount Rate (MDR)...

How New UPI Rules Impact Large Merchant Payments

Industry body Assocham has welcomed the new UPI framework for large-value merchant...

UPI MDR: India Rejects US Pressure Claims

The Finance Ministry has refuted allegations that US pressure influenced the decision...

BharatPe Endorses UPI MDR Framework Amidst Industry Debate

Fintech firm BharatPe has publicly supported the government's new Merchant Discount...

BharatPe On UPI Fee: A New Era For Digital Payments

Fintech company BharatPe has expressed strong support for the government's new Merchant...

HCLTech Pulse Unit Targets USD 400 Billion AI Opportunity

HCLTech has launched 'HCLTech Pulse', a new business unit designed to help enterprises...

No US Pressure On UPI MDR, Says Finance Ministry

The Finance Ministry has refuted allegations that US pressure influenced the decision...

Is Baleno The Most Tech-Loaded Premium Hatchback Yet?

The updated Maruti Suzuki Baleno redefines the premium hatchback segment in India with...

Micron Scales Up India Chip Production

Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra announced plans to significantly scale up the company's chip...

UPI Fee Debate: Govt Questions Rahul Gandhi's Stance

The Indian government has challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's criticism of...

Traders Seek Rollback Of UPI MDR Policy

A member of the National Traders' Welfare Board (NTWB) has urged the central government...

Paytm CEO On UPI MDR Impact And AI Expansion Plans

Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma stated that the government's new Merchant Discount Rate...

UPI MDR: What It Means For Merchants And Consumers

A new Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000, effective...

India's Chip Manufacturing Future: SEMICON India 2026 Highlights

India is making a significant push to establish itself as a global semiconductor...

UPI MDR Changes: What It Means For Merchants And Users

Experts laud the decision to impose a 0.4 per cent Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on UPI...

UPI MDR Decision Independent, Not Foreign Influenced: FinMin

The Finance Ministry has clarified that the decision to impose a 0.4% Merchant Discount...

No Re-Think On UPI MDR Charges Over Rs 2,000

The Indian government has confirmed there will be no rollback of the 0.4 per cent...

Traders To Promote Cash Payments After New UPI Fee

The central government has introduced a 0.4 per cent fee on UPI transactions exceeding...

New GST Rules For UPI Payments: Merchant Discount Rate Explained

Tax experts clarify that merchants will pay 18% GST on Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) for...

Mirai Aerospace, GreenValley Ink Deal To Strengthen India's Geospatial Base

GIS intelligence solutions provider Mirai Aerospace Systems and Software Solutions has...

UPI Fees, GDP Methodology Draw Opposition Fire

Opposition MPs have voiced strong criticism against the government's new fee on UPI...

Retailers Express Concern Over New UPI MDR Charges

The Retailers Association of India (RAI) has voiced concerns that the government's new...

Opposition MPs Criticise UPI Merchant Fee Decision

Opposition MPs have voiced strong concerns regarding the government's decision to levy...

Paytm shares surge on UPI fee; other fintechs pare gains

Shares of fintech firms, particularly Paytm, saw significant movement after the Indian...

UPI Transactions Above Rs 2,000 To Incur MDR

The government is introducing a 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on UPI...

Fintech Stocks React To New UPI Merchant Charges

The Indian government has introduced a 0.4% fee on UPI transfers above Rs 2,000 made to...

India's Pivotal Role In Salesforce's AI Strategy

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff highlights India's crucial role in the company's shift to...

Key Partnership For India's High-Altitude UAV Development

An Indian firm, Bharat Forge, and US defence major Pratt & Whitney Canada have...

UPI MDR: RBI Explains New Transaction Fee

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has endorsed the introduction of a Merchant Discount...

UPI Fee: Congress Slams 'Modi Tax', BJP Hits Back

The Indian government has introduced a 0.4% transaction fee on UPI payments above Rs...

Remidio Gets Japan Patent For AI-Powered Retinal Scan

Bengaluru-based Remidio Innovative Solutions has secured a patent from the Japan Patent...

UPI Payments To Merchants Now Attract Charges

The Indian government has introduced a 0.4% transaction fee on Unified Payments...

UPI Payments Over Rs 2,000 To Be Charged

The Indian government has introduced a 0.4 per cent charge on UPI payments exceeding Rs...

UPI Charges Above Rs 2,000: Panel To Decide Soon

A high-level committee, including representatives from banks and payment associations,...

No Charges On UPI Transactions Up To Rs 2,000

The Indian government has mandated that banks and payment providers cannot levy charges...

BoB Introduces Voice-Enabled Payments In Mobile App

Bank of Baroda has launched 'bob World 2.0', an AI-powered mobile banking app featuring...

COAI, UK High Commission Sign AI, Digital Trust MoU

Telecom industry body COAI and the British High Commission signed an MoU to boost...

AI In Telecom: TRAI Chief Stresses Safeguards And Human Oversight

TRAI Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti has called for robust safeguards, human oversight, and...

AI Reshaping Jobs And Education: A Call For Continuous Learning

TeamLease EdTech Founder and CEO Shantanu Rooj states that the AI-driven world...

National Pilot Project To Develop India's First Hydrogen DRI Plant

India is set to develop its first 100% hydrogen-powered Direct Reduced Iron (DRI)...

BRICS Declaration On AI And Digital Tech

BRICS leaders, in their New Delhi Declaration 2026, have called for wider access to...

AI Makes Old Data New Again For Enterprises

A new IDC report reveals that artificial intelligence is prompting organisations...

Putin pitches NDB investment platform for BRICS trade, tech ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a new investment platform, based on the...

SBI To Leverage UPI Data For Unregistered Small Business Loans

State Bank of India (SBI) is developing an innovative solution to assess the...

Sitharaman On Digital Rupee, AI, And Cybersecurity Challenges

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged the Reserve Bank of India to accelerate...

FM Sitharaman Warns On AI Risks, Calls For Accountability

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called for enhanced accountability and...

Sitharaman: India's Youth Are Building The Future

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman criticised commentators who express pessimism about...

MSME Credit Gap: Digital Solutions Offer Hope

India's MSME sector faces a significant formal credit gap of approximately Rs 60 lakh...

How Tier-2 Cities Are Reshaping Digital Credit In India

A new report, the Digital Credit and Inclusion Index (DCII) 2026, reveals that Tier-2...

MSMEs Poised For Growth In India's Aviation Boom

Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu announced significant opportunities for Micro,...

India To Lead 6G, Become Tech Maker And Standard Designer

Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced India's ambition to lead...

Demat 2.0 Pilot Project For Corporate Bond Tokenisation Launched By Sebi

India's markets regulator Sebi has launched 'Demat 2.0', a pilot project for...

India A Key Market For Thales Avionics

French aerospace and defence major Thales views India as a highly dynamic market for...

Fintech Must Counter AI, Crypto Threats: FATF

FATF Vice-President Vivek Aggarwal has urged the fintech industry to increase...

Aadhaar Set For Global Rollout, Benefits For Overseas Indians

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is actively working on plans to...

RBI Deputy Governor warns of systemic risk from common tech providers

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Rohit Jain has warned that financial...

UIDAI Chairman Details AI Use For Aadhaar Security

UIDAI Chairman Neelkanth Mishra announced the extensive deployment of Artificial...

RBI To Broaden Tokenisation Scope For Financial Assets

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is planning to extend tokenisation to various financial...

Fintech Integration Key To India's FTA Negotiations

India is actively integrating payment system harmonisation into its Free Trade...

Diversifying India's Services Exports: A Key To Growth

Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agarwal highlighted the critical need for India to diversify...

RBI Governor: Fintech Key to India's Financial System Future

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra stated that the central bank consistently views fintechs...

Anthropic Researcher Resigns, Cites AI Superintelligence Risks

Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher, resigned from Anthropic, accusing leading tech firms...

Real-Time Payments: India's Path To Global Fintech Dominance

Razorpay CEO Harshil Mathur highlights India's leadership in real-time payments,...

Top AI Researcher Quits, Cites 'Irresponsible' Superintelligence Race

Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher formerly with OpenAI and Anthropic, has resigned,...

TCS Unveils Advanced Industrial Autonomy Lab In Pune

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has inaugurated India's first Industrial Autonomy &...

PhonePe Unveils Strategic Roadmap For Digital Progress

PhonePe, at the Global Fintech Fest 2026, unveiled its strategic vision for the next...

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PM Modi: Expand UPI Globally For Diaspora, Set Payment Standards

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon the fintech industry to expand the global...

AI Investment Soars In India, Governance Frameworks Lag

A new report reveals that enterprise AI investment in India has surged by 119 per cent,...

AI Engineers See Massive Demand Surge In India

A new report by CIEL HR indicates a massive 260 per cent year-on-year surge in demand...

AI's Next Big Leap In Indian Healthcare

A report by Bain & Company and HealthQuad identifies remote patient monitoring, OT/ICU...

India Can Leapfrog Economically With AI And Cloud: Bhattacharya

Arundhati Bhattacharya, Salesforce President and CEO for South Asia, stated that cloud...

AI And Cloud: India's Path To Economic Leapfrogging

Arundhati Bhattacharyya, Salesforce President and CEO for South Asia, highlighted how...

OpenAI Scientist: AI Progress Needs Global Safety Measures

OpenAI's chief scientist, Jakub Pachocki, has issued a stark warning about the...

RNFI Services Receives RBI Approval For PA-P Licence

RNFI Services Ltd has received in-principle authorisation from the Reserve Bank of...

400th Apache Fuselage Rolled Out By Tata Boeing Aerospace

Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL) has achieved a significant milestone by rolling...

NIIF Appoints New Partner, PB Pay Goes Live, DGFT Boosts Trade

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIF) has appointed Gauravjit...

Pilot Fails Drug Test After Air India Mid-Air Scare

An Air India Airbus A320 experienced a near-simultaneous loss of all three hydraulic...

Ola unveils S1Z EV scooter with made in India battery tech

The new range brings Ola's 46-series LFP cells to its most affordable scooter lineup...

Anil Chakravarthy To Lead Adobe As CEO

Adobe has announced Anil Chakravarthy as its new president and CEO, succeeding Shantanu...

NVIDIA Buys Hugging Face: What It Means For AI Developers

NVIDIA has acquired AI startup Hugging Face for USD 12.9 billion, aiming to scale its...

NVIDIA's Hugging Face Deal: What It Means For AI Ecosystem

NVIDIA has acquired AI startup Hugging Face for USD 12.9 billion, aiming to scale its...

FLY91 Orders 40 ATR Planes For Major Expansion

Regional Indian airline FLY91 has placed a significant order for 40 new ATR 72-600...

India Leads Global AI Adoption With Frontier Professionals

A Microsoft Work Trend Index report reveals India has the highest share of "Frontier...

Tech Giants Launch AI Models; Safety Debate Intensifies

Leading global technology companies OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have introduced new...

AI Advancements: New Models, New Safety Debates

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have unveiled new AI models with enhanced capabilities,...

AI Giants Unveil New Models, Sparking Safety Debate

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have introduced new AI models with enhanced capabilities....

Hexaware Appoints Vivek Jetley As CEO-Designate

Hexaware Technologies has announced Vivek Jetley as its CEO-Designate, succeeding...

Global Tech Giants Launch New AI Models, Sparking Safety Debate

Leading technology companies OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have announced new AI models...

AI's Dual Impact: Preserving Culture, Boosting Music Economy

Prasar Bharati Chairman Prasoon Joshi voiced concerns over AI's impact on India's...

Oppex AI Gets Rs 4.2 Crore Funding From Info Edge Ventures

Bengaluru-based Oppex AI, an AI-native platform for production operations, has...

Record UPI Transactions In August Signal Digital Payment Boom

India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) recorded an unprecedented 24.51 billion...

Tata Elxsi Joins Sarla Aviation For Air Taxi Project

Tata Elxsi has partnered with Sarla Aviation to develop the Shunya air taxi platform....

India's ER&D Sector Eyes USD 100 Billion Revenue By 2030 With AI Boost

India's Engineering Research and Development (ER&D) sector is projected to exceed USD...

Digital Payments Surge: UPI Nears Record Highs In August

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions in India reached Rs 29.8 lakh crore in...

SpaceX To Accelerate Gas Turbine Output With New Foundry

SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, is establishing an in-house foundry in Bastrop, Texas, to...