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Apple Pay has officially launched in India, enabling Axis Bank credit card holders to make contactless payments using Visa and Mastercard cards on Apple devices. The rollout adds a secure, private payment option that does not require PINs or OTPs, marking a notable expansion in India’s digital payments landscape.
In a significant move to enhance healthcare in Lebanon, the European Investment Bank and WHO have signed a €10 million agreement aimed at revitalizing the country's public health infrastructure. This initiative will focus on chronic disease management and support for over 50,000 vulnerable individuals.
High school students across France are mobilizing over deteriorating classrooms, staff shortages, and what they describe as a broader neglect of public education. The protests, amplified by climate activist Greta Thunberg’s support, have quickly become a flashpoint in a wider debate about inequality, state priorities, and youth discontent in France.
Fresh Reserve Bank of India data points to a notable reshaping of the country’s collateralised overnight money market in the first half of fiscal 2026-27. Private sector banks saw their share in the tri-party repo market ease, while public sector banks expanded their footprint, with mutual funds continuing to hold a strong position in the segment.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has opened a portal inviting citizens and institutions to report demographic changes in their local areas, with the exercise aimed at capturing shifts linked to illegal immigration and other external factors. The request extends beyond government bodies to NGOs, academics, international organisations and ordinary residents, signalling a broad-based data-gathering effort with potential policy implications.
An IIT Bombay report has cautioned that the proposed merchant discount rate framework for UPI, if implemented in its current form, could undermine public confidence in India’s most widely used digital payments rail. The report argues that policymakers must rationalise the structure carefully to avoid negative user sentiment and preserve the platform’s trust premium.
At dawn in New Delhi, a widening band of protesters framed their agitation not as a routine political demonstration but as a moral and constitutional struggle over who controls the lives of ordinary citizens. Drawing on Mahatma Gandhi’s ethic of conscience and B.R. Ambedkar’s constitutional vision, the movement is casting the Constitution as a shared public good that must be defended against centralisation, coercion and the erosion of democratic agency.
Defence technology startup Tonbo Imaging has raised ₹255 crore from anchor investors ahead of the opening of its initial public offering on October 15, signalling early institutional interest in one of India’s more closely watched deep-tech listings. The anchor placement comes as the company prepares to test public-market appetite for a business built around advanced imaging, sensing and battlefield awareness systems.
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