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8th pay commission: Awaiting announcement? Here are the terms of reference and timeline of recommendations, explained

New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- The 8th central pay commission (CPC) has announced official meetings and state visits as part of its consultation stage. According to notices on its official portal, the commiss... Read More


Bank strike deferred: Will SBI, HDFC and cooperative banks across India stay open on Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October?

New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- Banks across India remained open today, on Monday, 28 September after the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) and the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) reached an understanding on ... Read More


Who is CJ Desai? MongoDB CEO set to join Meta Enterprise Platform for businesses; will report directly to Zuckerberg

New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- Chirantan Desai, aka CJ Desai, President and CEO of database company MongoDB Inc. has stepped down, effective immediately, to join Meta Platforms, where he will report directly ... Read More


DA news: Here's a look at the full list of states that have announced dearness allowance hikes in 2026

New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- Implementing recommendation of the 7th central pay commission (CPC), dearness allowance (DA) the Centre hikes the component biannually using data from the All-India Consumer Pri... Read More


8th pay commission: Here's how to apply for official state visits in Mumbai and Bengaluru

New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- The 8th central pay commission (CPC) has announced official meetings and state visits as part of its consultation stage. According to notices on its official portal, the commiss... Read More


NPCI dismisses speculation over GST burden due to UPI merchant discount rate as 'incorrect' - Here's what it said.

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The National Payments Council of India (NPCI) dismissed as "incorrect" speculation that goods and services tax (GST) on UPI merchant discount rate (MDR) will burden small mercha... Read More


Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0: EPFO to begin awareness campaign next week - Check here for date, full list of cities

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is set to conduct the second edition of its Nidhi Aapke Nikat awareness campaign from next week, the retirement body body inform... Read More


M3M Hurun India Rich List 2026: From Landmark's Renuka Jagtiani to Sacramento Kings' Vivek Ranadive - Check new entrants

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- M3M Hurun India Rich List 2026: M3M India and Hurun India have today released the 15th such list referring to the richest Indians in the world as of 24 August 2026. Data shows t... Read More


8th pay commission: Full list of upcoming state visits, meetings and dates in October 2026 - Check here

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The 8th central pay commission (CPC) has notified about official state visits and stakeholder meetings across India in October 2026 amid its consultation stage. As per notices o... Read More


Charges, framework, dedicated fund - How MDR on UPI works for micro and small merchants, explained

New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- The National Payments Council of India (NPCI) last week released its fact sheet on the 0.4% merchant discount rate (MDR) imposed on person-to-merchant (P2M) UPI transactions ove... Read More