UPI incentive of Rs 1,500 crore 'insufficient' to sustain digital payment ecosystem: Payments Council of IndiaThe Payments Council of India has expressed concerns about the sustainability of the digital payments ecosystem due to the zero MDR policy ...
20 Mar, 2025, 02.09 PM IST
Paytm stock tumbles 5% after Rs 1,500 cr incentive approval for low-value UPI transactions. Should you invest?Shares of Paytm’s parent company, One97 Communications, fell 5.5% after the Union Cabinet approved a Rs 1,500 crore incentive to promote lo...
20 Mar, 2025, 11.11 AM IST
A ₹1,500 crore boost for low-value UPI paymentsThe Union Cabinet approved ₹1,500 crore allocation to promote low-value UPI transactions, offering 0.15% incentives for transactions up to ...
20 Mar, 2025, 12.48 AM IST
To ease financial squeeze, fintechs mull seeking MDR restoration or higher subsidyThis comes in the background of the government allocating Rs 1,500 crore towards payment subsidy, while the industry was looking for Rs 5,5...
19 Mar, 2025, 07.00 PM IST
Best Sony Headphones and Earphones to Experience Pure Sound with comfortWhen it comes to high-quality audio, Sony is a leading name known for its wide range of headphones and earphones that cater to diverse need...
29 Aug, 2024, 08.53 PM IST
Customer to bear MDR charges for Postal life insurance online premium payment from Jan 17, 2022MDR is a fee that a merchant is charged by their issuing bank for accepting payments from their customers via credit and debit cards.
19 Jan, 2022, 07.23 PM IST
NPCI pings Prime Minister’s Office, government departments to bring back digital pay MDRMDR was a fee accrued by banks, generally levied from merchants processing the transactions. It was shared equally between the acquiring ba...
28 Jul, 2020, 11.42 PM IST
No MDR on RuPay,UPI payments will kill industry, warns industryThe move will apply to all companies with a turnover of Rs 50 crore or more. Merchant Discount Rate is the fee paid by a merchant to a bank...
30 Dec, 2019, 05.47 PM IST
NPCI slashes MDR for debit cardsAs per the latest notification, MDR has been revised to 0.60% for transaction above Rs. 2,000 with a maximum cap of Rs 150 per transaction....
13 Sep, 2019, 09.42 PM IST
Digital payments firms detail zero MDR impact to FinMinIndustry yet to receive any assurance from govt regarding rollback on the decision to cut all charges for digital pay
22 Aug, 2019, 09.13 AM IST
World TB Day: Over 25% TB patients in India are resistant to at least one anti-TB drug"High rates of treatment failure and deaths are associated with fluoroquinolone resistance in the Indian cohort of MDR-TB patients," stated...
24 Mar, 2018, 04.20 PM IST
Government launches new medicine to treat drug resistant TBAhead of World Tuberculosis Day on March 24, government today launched Bedaquiline, a new class of anti-tuberculosis medicine discovered to...
21 Mar, 2016, 06.13 PM IST
‘Miracle drug’ for resistant Tuberculosis to be rolled out for trial todayA ‘miracle drug’ to battle multi-drug resistant tuberculosis MDR-TB, and extensively-drug resistant TB (XDR-TB), will be rolled out on Mond...
21 Mar, 2016, 11.35 AM IST
Study reveals 57% of TB patients given wrong drugsHere's why drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) breeds freely in Mumbai: Patients don't get appropriate medication.
15 Feb, 2015, 12.22 PM IST
TB patients in India: WHO stresses on need to improve treatment, but heath ministry says all fineThe WHO reckons India needs to improve diagnosis and treatment of patients to shrug off the lethal distinction of being the world's TB capi...
27 Oct, 2013, 04.26 AM IST
Sony launches headphones with advanced featuresSony launched three headphones, targeting the youth segment using smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices.
25 Oct, 2013, 05.38 PM IST
- TB drops globally, wreaks havoc in India
The number of people who fell ill with tuberculosis globally dropped to 8.8 million in 2010, the disease still wreaked havoc in India
13 Oct, 2011, 12.45 PM IST