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The RBI has started onboarding UPI platforms like Google Pay and PhonePe to the advanced trials of the eRupee CBDC. Payment firms are working closely with the RBI and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the domestic payments authority, and are expected to roll out access to e-rupee over the next three-to-four months

Google SoundPod is coming to merchants in India in the coming months, the company said on Thursday. After a year-long limited pilot, the company revealed that it is bringing its device for payment alerts to merchants in the country, along with cashback offers. Google's SoundPod will compete with soundboxes from rivals like PhonePe and Paytm.

HAL 2023 Hiring: The deadline for application submission is November 30, 2023. Applicants are required to pay an application fee of Rs 500. Candidates from SC/ST/PwBD categories are exempted from paying application fees.

Indicating that they are ready for a showdown with the Air India management over its decision to revise the salary structure and service conditions, the two pilot unions warned the management of going to "any extent" to protect their members.

Shares of SpiceJet on Wednesday fell over 4 per cent after the company said it has asked 80 of its pilots to go on a three-month leave without pay.

Budget carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday said it has asked 80 of its pilots to go on a three-month leave without pay.

Google has announced its third-party in-app billing pilot project to India and four other markets. This would allow developers to use a third-party payment system in its Android app alongside Google Play's billing system. Developers are required to pay a service fee and it will get reduced by 4 percent when an alternate system is used by consumers.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has remembered former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi on his 78th birth anniversary. While paying tribute to him in a Twitter post, Mr Tharoor shared a picture of Rajiv Gandhi's pilot license.

Slogans for his long afterlife rented the air, as coffin of Flight Lieutenant Advitiya Bal arrived at his home in Jinder Mehlu hamlet of border belt of RS Pura, where thousands of people gathered to pay their last respects to the fighter pilot.

Thousands of workers across different sectors of the UK economy are participating in a major global study starting Monday by working for four instead of five days a week, while on full pay.

A total of $4.5 million (roughly Rs. 34 crore), wrapped in e-CNY, will be airdropped in China’s Shenzhen city till June 9. People will be able to use their e-CNY tokens to pay for food, clothing, housing, and transportation. China is expanding its Digital Yuan adoption programme in more cities to get more people to use its CBDC.

Mastercard has announced its ‘smile to pay’ system to help customers save time at checkouts. The technology is being tested in Brazil, with future pilots planned for the Middle East and Asia. However, there has been concerns regarding removal of data.

Mastercards "smile to pay" system, announced last week, is supposed to save time for customers at checkouts. It is being trialled in Brazil, with future pilots planned for the Middle East and Asia.

Uber already has a similar program in California, launched in the wake of a 2020 state battle over gig worker rights to prove its drivers are independent contractors.

Uber already has a similar program in California, launched in the wake of a 2020 state battle over gig worker rights to prove its drivers are independent contractors.

The RBI has started onboarding UPI platforms like Google Pay and PhonePe to the advanced trials of the eRupee CBDC. Payment firms are working closely with the RBI and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the domestic payments authority, and are expected to roll out access to e-rupee over the next three-to-four months

Google SoundPod is coming to merchants in India in the coming months, the company said on Thursday. After a year-long limited pilot, the company revealed that it is bringing its device for payment alerts to merchants in the country, along with cashback offers. Google's SoundPod will compete with soundboxes from rivals like PhonePe and Paytm.

HAL 2023 Hiring: The deadline for application submission is November 30, 2023. Applicants are required to pay an application fee of Rs 500. Candidates from SC/ST/PwBD categories are exempted from paying application fees.

Indicating that they are ready for a showdown with the Air India management over its decision to revise the salary structure and service conditions, the two pilot unions warned the management of going to "any extent" to protect their members.

Shares of SpiceJet on Wednesday fell over 4 per cent after the company said it has asked 80 of its pilots to go on a three-month leave without pay.

Budget carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday said it has asked 80 of its pilots to go on a three-month leave without pay.

Google has announced its third-party in-app billing pilot project to India and four other markets. This would allow developers to use a third-party payment system in its Android app alongside Google Play's billing system. Developers are required to pay a service fee and it will get reduced by 4 percent when an alternate system is used by consumers.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has remembered former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi on his 78th birth anniversary. While paying tribute to him in a Twitter post, Mr Tharoor shared a picture of Rajiv Gandhi's pilot license.

Slogans for his long afterlife rented the air, as coffin of Flight Lieutenant Advitiya Bal arrived at his home in Jinder Mehlu hamlet of border belt of RS Pura, where thousands of people gathered to pay their last respects to the fighter pilot.

Thousands of workers across different sectors of the UK economy are participating in a major global study starting Monday by working for four instead of five days a week, while on full pay.

A total of $4.5 million (roughly Rs. 34 crore), wrapped in e-CNY, will be airdropped in China’s Shenzhen city till June 9. People will be able to use their e-CNY tokens to pay for food, clothing, housing, and transportation. China is expanding its Digital Yuan adoption programme in more cities to get more people to use its CBDC.

Mastercard has announced its ‘smile to pay’ system to help customers save time at checkouts. The technology is being tested in Brazil, with future pilots planned for the Middle East and Asia. However, there has been concerns regarding removal of data.

Mastercards "smile to pay" system, announced last week, is supposed to save time for customers at checkouts. It is being trialled in Brazil, with future pilots planned for the Middle East and Asia.

Uber already has a similar program in California, launched in the wake of a 2020 state battle over gig worker rights to prove its drivers are independent contractors.

Uber already has a similar program in California, launched in the wake of a 2020 state battle over gig worker rights to prove its drivers are independent contractors.