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Dipke presses for rollback of UPI merchant charges

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has demanded the withdrawal of newly announced Merchant Discount Rate charges on selected Unified Payments Interface transactions, calling the move “outright robbery” and arguing that it undermines the government’s earlier push towards cashless payments.…

Costlier ECBs May Drive Corporates Towards Domestic Loans

The US Federal Reserve’s first rate hike in three years could change the borrowing calculus for Indian companies, prompting them to increasingly weigh domestic funding against external commercial borrowings (ECBs)…

Google widens Gemini push across student learning

Google is expanding Gemini deeper into education, giving eligible college students in India a year…

Scientists prevail in Johnson & Johnson talc case

A US federal judge has rejected Johnson & Johnson’s trade libel case against three scientists…

AI skills reshape cybersecurity hiring across G7

Artificial intelligence skills are rapidly becoming a standard requirement for cybersecurity professionals, with their presence…

ByteDance and Tencent secure first H200 deliveries

ByteDance and Tencent have each received about 10,000 Nvidia H200 artificial intelligence processors as Beijing…