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Vijay Shekhar Sharma

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Banking, Fintech & Insurance 10 Oct 2026, 02:47 PM IST

Paytm’s Two Engines: Payments Still Drive Scale, Lending Tests the Next Growth Curve

Paytm’s business has evolved from a digital wallet into a broad financial services platform, but its core payments franchise remains the company’s most durable engine. The more consequential question for investors is whether lending can mature into a second profit pool without diluting the scale and efficiency that payments already deliver.

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National Governance & Policy08 Oct 2026, 02:30 PM IST

FIR Filed Against Vijayapura MLA Over Alleged False Death Certificate Claims in Voter Roll Drive

Police in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district have registered an FIR against a local MLA and a Booth Level Agent after a complainant alleged that he was falsely declared dead and targeted for deletion from the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision. The case has sharpened scrutiny of voter verification practices, raising questions about due process, accountability, and the integrity of the revision exercise.

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Banking, Fintech & Insurance08 Oct 2026, 06:11 AM IST

SBI-Led Lenders Say Vijay Mallya Still Owes Rs 8,752 Crore After Recoveries

A consortium of lenders led by the State Bank of India has said fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya still owes Rs 8,752 crore, even after recovering more than Rs 10,270 crore through repayments and asset sales. The disclosure intensifies scrutiny over Mallya’s repeated claims that he has settled his bank debts, while court proceedings and criminal cases tied to the long-running Kingfisher Airlines collapse continue.

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Banking, Fintech & Insurance08 Oct 2026, 05:02 AM IST

SBI-Led Lenders Say Vijay Mallya Still Owes Rs 8,752 Crore After Recoveries

A consortium of lenders led by the State Bank of India has said fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya still owes Rs 8,752 crore, even after recoveries exceeding Rs 10,270 crore through repayments and asset monetisation. The disclosure complicates Mallya’s repeated claims that his bank debts have been settled and keeps the long-running recovery and criminal proceedings firmly alive.

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India Entertainment & Culture06 Oct 2026, 05:58 PM IST

Sai Prithviraj Emerges as a Rising Talent as 'Baththa' Builds Buzz Around Vijay Sethupathi's Latest

Sai Prithviraj is drawing fresh attention in Tamil cinema after earning strong praise for his turn as Sabari in Balaji Tharaneetharan’s film. With industry watchers now tracking his next appearance in Dhanush’s 'D56', the young actor is increasingly being viewed as one of the most promising new faces in the region’s crowded talent pipeline.

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National Governance & Policy06 Oct 2026, 02:44 PM IST

Pinarayi Vijayan Accuses Kerala UDF Government of Advancing RSS-BJP Agenda

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has accused the United Democratic Front government of pursuing an RSS-BJP agenda, saying the reported attempt to weaken the State Planning Board is the latest sign of a broader ideological shift. Speaking at the opening of the CPI(M)'s two-day extended district committee meeting in Kozhikode, he framed the issue as part of a sustained effort to dilute Kerala's planning-led governance model.

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Banking, Fintech & Insurance06 Oct 2026, 12:27 AM IST

SBI-Led Lenders Say Vijay Mallya Still Owes Rs 8,752 Crore Despite Recoveries

A consortium of lenders led by the State Bank of India has told the court that businessman Vijay Mallya still owes Rs 8,752 crore, even after recoveries exceeding Rs 10,270 crore through asset sales and other payments. The disclosure sharpens the dispute over Mallya’s repeated claims that he has settled his bank dues, while criminal and recovery proceedings continue in parallel.

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Juspay’s Ishan Sharma Says AI Agents Could Redefine How India Builds for the World

Juspay executive Ishan Sharma is framing AI agents as a practical shift in how Indian technology companies design products, scale operations and compete globally. His remarks underscore a broader industry moment in which India’s software and mobility ecosystem is moving from service delivery toward building intelligent, exportable platforms.

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Banking, Fintech & InsuranceRecently

‘Open is the word’: Juspay’s Ishan Sharma on population-scale payments, agentic commerce and India’s export play

At the Global Fintech Fest 2026, Juspay executive Ishan Sharma said the company’s 12-year journey has been defined by building payments infrastructure that can operate at population scale, while staying open to new rails, new merchants and new use cases. In an exclusive interview with The Economic Times, he argued that Indian fintechs must think beyond domestic convenience and design products that can compete in developed markets as agentic commerce begins to reshape how transactions are initiated and completed.

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Automotive, EVs & MobilityRecently

Juspay’s Ishan Sharma Says AI Agents Could Redefine How India Builds Global Mobility Tech

Juspay executive Ishan Sharma is positioning AI agents as a major inflection point for software built in India, arguing that the next wave of mobility and payments infrastructure will be shaped by systems that can reason, act and adapt with less human intervention. His remarks come as India’s automotive and EV ecosystem increasingly depends on digital layers for commerce, fleet operations and customer experience.

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Automotive, EVs & MobilityRecently

Juspay’s Ishan Sharma Says AI Agents Will Redefine Payments, and India Can Build for the World

Juspay executive Ishan Sharma is positioning AI agents as the next major shift in digital commerce, arguing that software systems able to reason, act and complete tasks could reshape how payments are designed and operated. His remarks also underscore a broader thesis gaining traction across India’s tech sector: products built in India can be globally competitive from day one if they solve hard infrastructure problems at scale.

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Banking, Fintech & InsuranceRecently

‘Open is the word’: Juspay’s Ishan Sharma on population-scale payments, agentic commerce and India’s global fintech play

At the Global Fintech Fest 2026, Juspay executive Ishan Sharma said the company’s 12-year journey has been shaped by solving payments at population scale in India, where reliability, interoperability and developer-first design have become core competitive advantages. In an exclusive interview with The Economic Times, he argued that the next frontier is agentic commerce and that Indian fintech firms should build products with developed markets in mind, not just domestic use cases.

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