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ICICI Bank to charge Google Pay, Phone Pe & other payment aggregators for UPI transactions: What it means for users

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- Starting August 1, private sector lender ICICI Bank will start charging payment aggregators (PAs) a fee for handling Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions that these PAs f... Read More


India-UAE Defence Industry Partnership Seminar Held on JDCC Sidelines, focuses on expanding industry-to-industry collaboration

India, Aug. 1 -- On the sidelines of the Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC), a seminar on the India-UAE Defence Industry Partnership was held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on Thursda... Read More


From dial-up to Gbps: Celebrating the web and India's home internet evolution

India, Aug. 1 -- World Wide Web Day is celebrated annually on August 1st. The World Wide Web was born on this day, which also serves as a reminder of how profoundly it has changed our lives. It's a ch... Read More


Trump signs executive order to raise tariffs on key trading partners citing trade deficit, national security

Washington, Aug. 1 -- United States President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) issued an Executive Order further modifying reciprocal tariff rates, building upon the national emergency declared u... Read More


Hyderabad sees 83 pc surge in housing projects despite drop in sales

Hyderabad, Aug. 1 -- Hyderabad witnessed a sharp 83% rise in new housing launches during the first half of 2025, increasing from 23,000 units to 42,000 units, according to the latest CREDAI-CRE Matrix... Read More


M-6 Sukkur-Hyderabad project set to begin in April 2026, NA body told

Pakistan, Aug. 1 -- The Standing Committee on Communications, in its 12th meeting held on Thursday, reviewed a range of crucial infrastructure projects aimed at enhancing national connectivity and roa... Read More


Pasteur Institute, Nagasaki University step up disease prevention collaboration

HCM City, Aug. 1 -- The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City and Nagasaki University of Japan, both leading facilities in tropical medicine and infectious diseases in their respective countries, have... Read More


Experts urge government to incentivise digital health innovators, strengthen PHCs with local solutions

Nigeria, Aug. 1 -- At the 2025 edition of the Insights Learning Forum (ILF) in Abuja, health and policy experts called on governments to prioritise local partnerships, incentivise private sector innov... Read More


PM orders urgent response to floods, landslides in northern provinces

Hanoi, Aug. 1 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed an official dispatch on August 1, calling for swift recovery efforts in flood-ravaged Dien Bien province and preparedness to respond to landslide... Read More


Highway Infrastructure IPO: From business overview, financials to key risks- 10 key things to know from RHP

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- The initial public offering (IPO) of infrastructure development and management company Highway Infrastructure is opening for public subscription on Tuesday, August 5 and will rema... Read More