Feedback | Thursday, October 15, 2026
August 25, 2026 11:54 AM
In a decade, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has moved from being a new digital payment mechanism to becoming an integral part of everyday life in India. From small-value payments at neighbourhood shops to bank transfers and cross-border transactions, UPI has fundamentally changed the country's...
August 25, 2026 11:58 AM
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday invited Japanese financial institutions to deepen their long-term investments in India, highlighting opportunities in semiconductors, artificial intelligence, clean energy, advanced manufacturing and digital infrastructure. Goyal held discussio...
August 25, 2026 11:34 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) as a “major turning point” in India’s digital payments journey as the country’s flagship real-time payment system completed a decade, highlighting its unprecedented scale, reach and growing global footprint. ...
August 25, 2026 10:48 AM
Heavy rain lashed several parts of Delhi and the adjoining National Capital Region (NCR) on Tuesday morning, leading to widespread waterlogging and prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue a red alert for the national capital. Persistent showers under thick cloud cover disrupted...
August 24, 2026 4:45 PM
The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi, has launched the ‘Garbhini Mitra’ course for the 2026-27 academic session, aimed at training personnel to provide health education, lifestyle guidance and community-level support to women during pregnancy and the postnatal period. AIIA, an ...
August 24, 2026 4:43 PM
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will complete 10 years of operations on August 25, marking a decade of transformation in India's digital payments ecosystem and emerging as a globally recognised real-time payments platform. Launched on August 25, 2016, by the National Payments Corporation of In...
August 24, 2026 4:44 PM
Indian Railways has launched a special cleanliness drive across its network to clean and disinfect drinking-water tanks and filtration systems, with the aim of ensuring the availability of safe and hygienic drinking water for passengers at railway stations. As part of the drive, Zonal Railways have...
August 24, 2026 2:35 PM
Air passenger service prices surged 31.94 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026-27, emerging as the sharpest price increase among the services tracked under India’s Service Producer Price Index (Service PPI) framework, according to provisional data released by the Ministry of Commerce...
August 24, 2026 2:34 PM
India has called for diversified, adequate, predictable and sustained international finance for land restoration and drought resilience, with Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav highlighting the country's innovative financing mechanisms at the 17th Conference of Parties (CoP17) of the UN Conv...
August 24, 2026 12:36 PM
India’s livestock health landscape has undergone a significant transformation since the launch of the National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) in 2019, with sustained vaccination, disease surveillance, digital monitoring and strengthened veterinary services helping reduce the incidence of...
