Merchants face 0.4% fee on UPI payment above ₹2,000

The National Payments Corporation of India has introduced a charge of 0.4% that most merchants will have to pay banks and pay-ment processors on UPI payments they receive in excess of ₹2,000 per transaction, it said on Tuesday.

India's 26% goods exports surge lowers trade deficit

India's trade deficit fell in August, driven by strong merchandise exports that grew more than 26%, out-pacing the growth in im-ports in percentage as well as in absolute value terms, said Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal, adding that this has happened for the first time.

₹15,624-crore Six States sign pact; tenth water dispute set to end under PM Modi: Shah

Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pra-desh, Delhi and Rajasthan on Tuesday signed an agreement for the implementation of the 422 MW Kishau multipurpose project, to be built at an estimated cost of ₹15,624 crore. The project will come up on the Tons river along the Uttarakhand-Himachal Pradesh border.

Al cooperation

The BRICS framework is an alternative to a geopolitical view of Al development

A rtificial Intelligence is at a strange cross-roads, with the United States government disregarding frontier Al developers' own call for a global development slowdown of mo-dels due to hacking risks and misalignment and the BRICS Summit offering an alternative view of how geopolitics should respond to this rapidly evolving situation

Decoding India's GDP base revision

A major driver of the revision in nominal GDP in the case of India is the improved measurement of India's unincorporated services sector

The rise of industrial tourism in China

A lesson for India

India may not be at the same scale as China in terms of industrial manufacturing and advanced facilities. However, there is space to experiment and diversify the country's tourism experience to include firms in both public and private sectors. While industrial visits and internships for students are part of technical, engineering curricula, it would be worthwhile to make large-scale factories and production facilities open to public visits.

India, U.S. begin 'Yudh Abhyas' in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan

The 22nd edition of the India-U.S. joint military exercise, "Yudh Abhyas" (war practice), commenced on Tuesday, with a focus on enhancing interoperability between the two armies, and integrating emerging technologies into operations in mountainous and semi-mountainous terrain. 

'EU FTA, Canada trade talks wrap up by year end'

The end of this year is likely to see India move considerably forward on trade pacts with the European Union (EU) and Canada. While the Centre expects EU officials to sign the text of the free trade agreement (FTA) with India by year end, it also expects to complete talks on Canada FTA by that time, Com-merce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said.

China, Russia warn against 'weaponisation' after U.S. acknowledges weapons in space

The United States has wea-pons deployed in space, the U.S. Space Force said on Monday, confirming the presence of such capabilities in orbit for the first time.

"The U.S. has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action," a U.S. Space Force spokesperson said in a statement that did not provide specifics on the weapons.

Peak water: a flow U-turn

The Himalaya are approaching a tipping point as glaciers melt faster than a decade ago, threatening water security as the region approaches "peak water" by mid-century, according to a study released this month.

The findings come after the collapse of a Himalayan glacier in late August along the Nepal-Tibet border, which caused cascading landslides and flash floods in the valleys below. At least 1,300 people have been confirmed dead and more than 5,300 are missing across Nepal and China's Tibet region.