Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor T. Rabi Sankar on Tuesday announced the launch of three key digital payment innovations-- UPI Multi-Signatory, Small Value Transactions using wearable glasses via UPI Lite, and forex on Bharat Connect -- at the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2025.
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal will visit Brussels at the end of this week to meet European Commission Director General for Trade, Sabine Weyand, to speed up the ongoing negotiations on the proposed India-EU free trade agreement, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The government on Tuesday announced the selection of five projects under the second round of its expression of interest for the 'Safe and Trusted AI' pillar under the programme launched by IndiaAI.
Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) PhonePe Payment Gateway (PhonePe PG) on Tuesday announced a strategic collaboration with Mastercard, a global technology company in the payments industry, to launch its device tokenisation solution.
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Public sector banks (PSBs) have sanctioned over 5.79 lakh loan applications, amounting to Rs 10,907 crore (as of September 2025), under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSGMBY), thus augmenting the financial support to the beneficiaries in installing rooftop solar systems, it was announced on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The government on Tuesday announced that the ‘Research Symposium on AI and Its Impact’ will take place on February 18, 2026, at Bharat Mandapam in the national capital.
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Even as oral cancer is becoming a major public health issue in India, a new study on Tuesday urged the need for more effective warning signs on tobacco products to help prevent the risk of mouth cancer, which affects the tissues in the mouth and throat.
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Three scientists from the US have been conferred the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics for their experiments on a chip that revealed quantum physics in action.
Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday that she has seen several deepfake videos of herself being circulated online, manipulated to mislead citizens and distort facts -- a reminder of the urgency with which we must strengthen our defences.
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Defence capital acquisitions have increased from Rs 74,000 crore in FY21-22 to Rs. 1.2 lakh crore in FY24-25, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday, adding that the time is ripe to have the first defence unicorn (a startup with a valuation of $1 billion and above) of the country soon.
