One of the world's, oldest and most dangerous conflicts went critical this past week as nuclear armed India and Pakistan traded threats of war. The Kashmir conflict is the oldest one before the UN.
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Fintech platform MobiKwik has introduced a full version of the country's central bank digital currency (CBDC), or the e-rupee, in collaboration with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and Yes Bank, a commercial lender.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reportedly decided to carry out a trial by depositing reimbursement allowances into its officers' digital currency wallets.
On his last day as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Shaktikanta Das shared his vision to transform India's economy with a home-grown central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital rupee.
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While some countries are having difficulty adopting digital currencies amid stringent regulations, others, like Hong Kong and India, are thriving because of their ecosystems' resiliency and authorities' warming up to these assets.
On Monday the two BRICS member states with the largest populations, India and China, signed a pact aiming to resolve their 4-year-long military standoff against each other over border disputes.
The world's major growth engine the past few years is showing more and worsening signs of finally cracking, including its currency hitting a record low just today. I'm not talking about the US, obviously, nor is it sickly China. India. If India h
With a decade-low tariff in place and both the festive and wedding seasons approaching, there is expected to be a mad dash for gold in India this year, according to a new report from Nikkei.
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India's fintech, led by UPI, is expanding into agriculture with a new lending platform, ULI, aimed at improving credit access for farmers and small firms.
Ironically at a moment Ukraine is still engaged in its highest risk operation of the entire war (the now three-and-a-half week-long Kursk ground incursion) the Zelensky government has of late been talking peace, which is only a fairly recent talking
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As the BRICS bloc turns to alternative payment systems to ditch the US dollar, India is considering using cryptocurrency for trade. The country already completed its first crude oil transaction with the UAE using local currencies.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reported that its retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot now has 5 million users and 420,000 participating merchants at the end of June.
India's central bank - the RBI - has shifted 100 tonnes of gold from the Bank of England in London to its vaults in India. This is the first time such a move has been made since 1991.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to make its central bank digital currency (CBDC) accessible to more retail users by including non-bank payment system operators to offer CBDC wallets.
US thermal coal exporters recorded more than $5 billion in overseas sales in 2023, shipping upwards of 32.5 million metric tons of the high-polluting power fuel, according to Reuters, citing data from ship-tracking firm Kpler.
The Indian Navy has deployed three guided missile destroyers to the Arabian Sea in response to an alleged drone attack on an Israeli-linked chemical tanker last week.
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