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Vande Bharat trains in the coming years, railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said at the Global Business Summit on Saturday. «The challenge was to develop it (Vande Bharat) in our country by our own engineers and the challenge has been taken very well. I can say with a good level of confidence that in the coming years, we would start exporting this train,» said Vaishnaw, who also holds the communications, and electronics and information technology portfolios. The minister said the feedback on Vande Bharat has been good but more improvements will be done on the trains. «Work has already started on another version of the train, the Vande Sleeper,» he said.

Paytm parent One97 Communications is mulling the option of continuing its payments service as a third-party payment app (TPAP) to ensure continued access to the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for its customers, The Economic Times reported citing sources. Talks on the same have commenced with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the entity overseeing the UPI ecosystem in the country, it added. Also Read | Ashneer Grover on Paytm Crisis: 60-year-olds running RBI do not… Following the RBI's regulatory directive, the Paytm app will transition to a third-party app, integrating UPI through other lenders.

payment application Paytm, is focussing on the third-party payment app (TPAP) route to ensure that the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) remains open for its users, people aware of the matter told ET. Discussions on this have started with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), one of the persons said. NPCI runs the UPI ecosystem in the county.

artificial intelligence (AI) will change the anatomy of jobs, skills, tasks and occupations and create upward social mobility in the economy, Cognizant chief executive Ravi Kumar S said. Kumar said technology service companies like Cognizant pivot on «technological discontinuities» such as generative AI.

The recent introduction of India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) at the Eiffel Tower in France marks a monumental step in the global acceptance of digital payments, particularly benefiting Indian tourists who can now pay in rupees while visiting this iconic landmark. Tourists visiting Paris' Eiffel Tower will now be able to book their trip to the iconic monument using India's Unified Payment Interface.

Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra on Saturday said the customs department is developing a fully automated trade interface system, Customs 2.0, which would also help in improving its score in the World Bank’s ranking.Speaking on the International Customs Day 2024 celebrations, organised by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Malhotra said technology is going to be the main driver in improving customs processes.

Budget 2024, will be presented by the finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, on February 1, 2024. As always, all quarters of the economy has certain expectations from the Budget. A few key steps that would help to rationalise and simplify taxes are as follows: Rationalise and simplify withholding tax provisions TDS/TCS on purchase/sale of goods It is recommended that the TDS provisions of section 194Q and TCS provisions of section 206C(1H) be made applicable only to payees or payers who are not registered with GST. This will then align with the Government’s intention of widening and deepening the tax net. Alternatively, instead of TDS/TCS, the purchasers/sellers may be required to file Annual Information Returns. Also, in view of divergence between definition of ‘goods’ under Sale of Goods Act and GST law, ‘goods’ may be defined precisely with exclusion for items like shares, securities, foreign currency and actionable claims.

ISRO has successfully deployed the magnetometer boom on board the Aditya-L1 satellite to measure the low intensity interplanetary magnetic field in space. The six metre-long magnetometer boom is deployed in the Halo orbit at the Lagrange point L-1, on January 11, the space agency said, noting that the boom had been in stowed condition for 132 days since the Aditya-L1 launch.

The number of outstanding credit cards rose nearly 2% month-on-month to 97.9 million as on December 31. It rose nearly 20.6% year-on-year.

ANI, Raj Kumar Sahu, owner of the tea stall said, "We served the traditional sahu tea to French President Emmanuel Macron and PM Modi. French President praised our tea and used UPI to make a payment...." PM Modi also explained the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) digital payments system to Macron as the two leaders also visited a local shop during their visit to Hawa Mahal in Jaipur. UPI is a system that powers multiple bank accounts into a single mobile application (of any participating bank), merging several banking features, seamless fund routing, and merchant payments into one hood.

The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is a real-time payment system designed to enable peer-to-peer inter-bank transfers through a simple two-factor authentication process. India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing ecosystems for fintech innovation and the government and the central bank have been instrumental in driving the globalisation of India's digital payment infrastructure. UPI has made all our lives simple and easy through the convenience of instant payments. But there is more that UPI is bringing to consumers in India.

AI comes to Gmail: What is ‘Help me write’ in Gmail and how it helps Notably, Google had announced the 'Help me Write' feature at the company's I/O 2023 event, which allowed users to create a complete draft of the email within seconds using just text prompts. The feature uses Google's advanced machine learning algorithms to produce better results, the company claimed. Explaining the feature in a blog post, Google wrote: "Just type in the prompt of what you want hit create, and a full draft appears...

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Apple Macintosh, the first PC with a user-friendly mouse and graphical interface that helped the machines enter the everyday lives of people for the first time. Jobs, playing the showman inventor to perfection in a black suit and silver bow tie, opened a zipper bag in an auditorium in Cupertino, California, on January 24, 1984, and lifted out a lightweight computer that not only operated at the click of a button but also, thrillingly, talked.

Rockwell, the vice president overseeing the device, highlighted the potential for the Vision Pro in surgical settings. He explained that surgeons often face challenges in accessing scattered information during procedures. The mixed-reality headset could consolidate this data, providing a comprehensive and streamlined interface to potentially enhance patient outcomes.

What is Rabbit R1? All you need to know about the AI-powered smart assistant launched at CES 2024 Speaking about the Rabbit R1 in an interaction with Bloomberg, Nadella said, “I think CES this year was very interesting. I thought I thought the demo of the Rabbit OS and the device was fantastic.

Ola Electric has unveiled its latest software update, MoveOS4, featuring innovative geofencing and timefencing capabilities for enhanced user experience. This software update brings a plethora of new features and improvements to Ola's electric scooters. Anshul Khandelwal, Chief Marketing Officer at Ola Electric Technologies Private Limited, expressed excitement about the positive response received during the beta rollout and officially announced the launch of MoveOS 4.

Vortex Edge is a crypto trading platform that claims to help investors discover a ‘new era of possibilities”. Using the perfect blend of advanced technology and effortless trading, the platform claims to provide a user-friendly trading experience.

The use of cryptocurrencies is growing with each change in the time of year. This led to the emergence of specialized services that allow users to exchange digital coins for other coins or fiat money.

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UPI. “In 2024, UPI will continue to grow at about 60% in terms of volume above 2023 UPI transactions; P2M will continue to trend higher than that of P2P transactions; P2M will be about 60% of the total UPI volume," said Mehul Mistry, Global Head-Strategy, Digital Financial Services & Partnerships, Wibmo, A PayU Company.