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Ordinarily priced at $20 a month, ChatGPT Plus gives users access to faster response times, higher usage limits, and premium features like GPT-4o, image generation, advanced voice mode, and specialised research tools. These capabilities are now temporarily open to students without charge.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Karnataka High Court has prohibited bike taxis until the government lays down clear guidelines under the Motor Vehicles Act. How significant is this ruling, will it disrupt ride-hailing platforms and reshape daily commutes for users? Mint takes a deep dive: The Karnataka High Court has mandated that shared mobility aggregators, including Rapido, Uber and Ola, cease operations of bike taxis in the state within six weeks due to the absence of specific state regulation around the service.

Witch Watch, in April 2025. The anime is based on the manga by Kenta Shinohara and directed by Hiroshi Ikehata. The series will be available globally and will include multiple language dubs after its initial release.

Kim Kardashian has announced her next project, a satirical comedy show Group Chat, which has been signed on by streaming platform Hulu. Hulu has officially handed a pilot order for Group Chat, which will be executive produced and led by La La Anthony, Deadline reported. The show will be written by Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, who will also serve as its executive producer along with Kardashian. Apart from that, the reality TV star will also feature in it.

multi-polar world will become a reality faster than anyone had ever expected in the wake of the new tariffs announced by the US, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra said on Thursday. In a post on social media platform X, Mahindra reposted a report of South Korea, China, and Japan, agreeing to cooperate for talks to improve free trade in the region amid concerns over US President Donald Trump's import tariffs, and wrote «the new tariffs announced by the U.S are a signpost of one major geopolitical development». He further said, «The MultiPolar World will now become a reality faster than anyone had ever expected.» The US on Wednesday announced 27 per cent reciprocal tariffs on India — saying New Delhi imposes high import duties on American goods — as the Trump administration aims to reduce the country's trade deficit and boost manufacturing.

Nintendo Switch 2 will offer a variety of games at launch and beyond. Some games are exclusive, while others are enhanced versions of older titles. Third-party developers will also release games for the platform. Below is a list of all confirmed and rumored titles.

Securis Finance, a subsidiary of FirstPay Technologies, has received approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a non-banking financial company (NBFC). The company plans to disburse Rs 100 crore in education loans in its first year, initially targeting key educational hubs such as Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, and Pune on a pilot basis. Securis Finance is a fully owned subsidiary of FirstPay Technologies, which operates Junio, a digital pocket money smart card for teenagers. Securis Finance aims to offer loans ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 5 lakh, addressing a major gap in access to credit for teenagers. Its lending solutions will cover diverse educational needs, including school fees, college tuition, coding boot camps, and entrance exam coaching.

Tech Mahindra on Thursday announced its partnership with ServiceNow to offer broadband solutions tailored for Communication Service Providers (CSPs). The alliance will provide a comprehensive vertical solutions stack that will include services for planning and building networks, managing operations, enhancing customer experience, and monetising services, according to a company statement. «The partnership leverages Tech Mahindra's netOps.now platform, a pre-integrated end-to-end solution built on ServiceNow Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) product suites, to unify customer care, operations, order management, and partner ecosystems for CSPs. »Additionally, the solution provides AI-driven analytics, Network-as-a-Service (NaaS), cloud-native Open Source Software (OSS) systems and intelligent automation to streamline operations and capitalise on the fast-growing 'Everything-as-a-Service' opportunity," it said.

Vijay Kedia thinks this will be an opportunity for a new transformation, which will pave the way for a new beginning. «A new beginning for India is unfolding. Not just economic but emotional — a renewed faith in our capacity to build, innovate, and lead,» Kedia said on social media platform X.

In the July 2024 Union budget, a new category was added to an already humongous list of payments that attract tax deduction at source, or TDS: the payment of salary, remuneration, bonus, commission, and interest by a partnership firm to its partners.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Kissht, an online lending platform, is preparing to tap the capital markets with an initial public offering and has hired investment bankers for the process, two people aware of the development told Mint. The company hired ICICI Securities, UBS Securities India Private Limited and Motilal Oswal Investment Banking and is finalising a fourth banker, one person said.

Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Thursday termed the allegations levelled against him by Anurag Thakur in the Lok Sabha baseless, saying the remarks damaged his reputation as he dared the BJP MP to prove them or else resign. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, the Congress president said the BJP MP was compelled to withdraw his defamatory remarks made during the debate on the Waqf Bill in the Lower House. «But the damage has been done,» Kharge said. He also sought an apology from Thakur as well as the Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha, J P Nadda, over the issue. «Yesterday, Anurag Thakur hurled completely false and baseless charges at me in the Lok Sabha. When my colleagues challenged him, he was compelled to withdraw his defamatory remarks. But the damage has been done,» Kharge said.

Furthermore, the re-launch of FTA Hindi GECs—Star Utsav, Colors Rishtey, Sony Pal, and Zee Anmol— on DD Free Dish, the free DTH service from Prasar Bharati, is expected to expand FTA viewership, they said. FTA channels such as Hindi GEC Dangal and the Hindi movie channel Goldmines TV are among the most-watched TV channels in India.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s micro, small, and medium enterprises have new definitions that promise to open doors wider for them this financial year as well as improve their chances of securing delayed payments faster.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : India’s insurtech startups are no longer content with the domestic market. Facing intensifying competition at home and comparatively smaller transaction sizes, these firms are aggressively expanding into West Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe—regions where insurers are ramping up digital adoption and willing to pay more for advanced tech solutions.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: Flexible workspace providers are seeing higher demand for office space from artificial intelligence companies and AI-first businesses, with a bulk of the leasing happening in Bengaluru, Pune, and Hyderabad. Flex office operators such as WeWork India, IndiQube, Table Space, Incuspaze and others have signed on AI firms as tenants for 50-700 seats in their centres.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) is scouting for fintechs which can help it gain an edge over competitors with debt card solutions, including an option for customers to print their own cards at kiosks. The bank is looking to partner with fintechs who can provide services for these kiosks, allowing customers to upload photos or select from design templates, according to a document seen by Mint.

digital payment system, experienced its second major outage within a week, disrupting transactions and frustrating users nationwide. According to Downdetector, a website that tracks service disruptions, outage reports peaked at 520 at 7:23 PM. Around 53% of reported issues were related to fund transfers, while 44% involved payment failures. On March 26, UPI users across the country faced difficulties executing transactions due to what the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) described as an «intermittent technical issue». NPCI, which operates the UPI network, acknowledged the issue and stated that the system has since been restored.