The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the governing body overseeing the country’s widely used Unified Payments Interface (UPI) mobile payment system, is set to engage with various fintech startups this month to develop a strategy to address the growing market dominance of PhonePe and Google Pay in the UPI ecosystem. NPCI executives plan to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
In the recent past, several news channels in India have received blocking orders from YouTube on the Indian govt's request. MediaNama spoke to representatives of those channels as well as legal experts to uncover the forces at play behind this growing trend.
McKinsey & Co is under criminal investigation in the United States over allegations that the consulting firm played a key role in fueling the opioid epidemic, with federal prosecutors homing in on its work advising OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and other drugmakers, three people familiar with the matter said. The consulting firm and the U.S. Justice Department declined to comment. The probe is focused on whether McKinsey engaged in a criminal conspiracy when advising Purdue and other...
Shafaqna English- India’s main opposition party has accused Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of of spreading hatred against Muslims after controversial comments on Sunday wherein he equated the community to “infiltrators” and peddled anti-Muslim tropes in the middle of the country’s general elections. The Indian PM turned to old anti-Muslim
The results of India's general elections could be the reason for a correction in the Indian stock market, according to Bernstein.
Voters at the event also criticised the BJP for failing to deliver on its economic promises and blamed it for chasms opening between religious groups.
Technology giant Google is executing fresh layoffs in a bid to cut costs. The layoffs have impacted staff across Google’s real estate and finance departments, as per a Business Insider report. In the finance department, employees were let go in treasury, business services, and revenue cash operations.Google's finance chief Ruth Porat, in an email to staff, said that Google would build out its “growth hubs” in locations such as Bangalore, Mexico City, and Dublin as part of the restructuring, the...
Recent unsealed documents reveal the close collaboration between the Biden White House and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA ) in instigating the Special Counsel's investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents. This coordination indicates a clear political agenda and raises concerns about the legality of the Justice Department's prosecution of the presumptive GOP nominee.
CEO Sundar Pichai touted Google’s AI offerings as a boon to its core search results.
Water discharge from hydropower plant in Selous Game Reserve caused deaths
The M&S pension scheme is facing huge potential losses after pumping cash into a Home REIT sister fund that is now under investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), City A.M. can reveal.
Ms Rayner bought former council house in Vicarage Road, Stockport, in 2007. She was listed at the time as Angela Bowen on the roll, but changed it in 2013. Her husband and brother meanwhile were listed on register at Lowndes Lane