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New Delhi: Retail digital payments in India have grown from 162 crore transactions in the financial year 2012-13 to over 16,416 crore transactions in the financial year 2023-24 -- approximately a 100-fold increase over 12 years, a new RBI report has revealed. The remarkable growth...

Washington: A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fuelling debates over the economic and geopolitical competition between the US and China in developing AI technology. DeepSeek's AI assistant became the No. 1 downloaded...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bhubaneswar Tuesday morning to inaugurate the 'Utkarsh Odisha, Make in Odisha Conclave'. The Prime Minister will inaugurate the business summit in Janata Maidan in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and several Union ministers, according to...

New York: US stock futures steadied, the dollar edged higher, and tech stocks in Asia slid Tuesday after a sell-off sparked by advances from a Chinese AI startup raised concerns over US dominance in one of the market’s hottest sectors. Chipmaker Nvidia suffered a historic...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the 'Utkarsh Odisha, Make in Odisha Conclave' in Bhubaneswar Tuesday. The PM will inaugurate the business summit at 11 am in Janata Maidan in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and several Union ministers,...

Mumbai: Benchmark BSE Sensex tanked 824 points to settle at a fresh seven-month low Monday following heavy selling in IT and oil & gas shares amid weak global trends. The 30-share BSE barometer plunged by 824.29 points or 1.08 per cent to close at 75,366.17...

New Delhi: The government Monday initiated the process to find a chairperson of market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), a month before the end of tenure of the current chief Madhabi Puri Buch, who was involved in an unsavoury conflict of interest...

Bogota (Colombia): The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the US on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime US partner. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt...

New Delhi: With an aim to get rid of high-polluting vehicles, the transport ministry has proposed to double the rebate up to 50 per cent in one-time tax on purchase of new vehicles after scrapping those with BS-II and earlier emission standards. At present, a...

New Delhi: The country's exports rose by 5.57 per cent to $59.93 billion during April-December this fiscal on account of healthy demand in the American market for domestic goods, according to government data. During December, the shipments increased by 8.49 per cent to $7 billion,...