MDR for UPI payments above Rs 2,000 to take effect from October 15: Everything you need to know - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Prabhanu Kumar Das·22d ago
UPI person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions above Rs 2,000 will attract a 0.4% MDR from October 15, 2026, according to a document released by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
Dainik Bhaskar Is Making AI Micro-Dramas From Its News
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi·22d ago
“Our dramas, our serials have to be based on the news. We can’t do fiction.” That is Girish Agarwal, Director of D.B. Corp, on the company’s July 20 earnings call.
RSS forms informal panel to propose OTT regulation - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Rohit Singh·22d ago
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has formed an informal group to examine OTT content and propose measures to address what it calls “cultural pollution” on streaming platforms.
AI agents are already running Prism’s finance operations, says OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal at GFF 2026 - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Azdhan·22d ago
“OYO’s Prism today is run by agents. Our accounts receivable, accounts payable, treasury, taxation, all of those are being decided and delivered by agents around the world.
TRAI should prevent service specific network slicing- MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Nikhil Pahwa·22d ago
We submitted our counter comments to the TRAI yesterday, on the issue of Network Slicing, which appeared as being buried by the regulator in an innocuous Quality of Service consultation.
Indian developers must complete KYC to sell globally, says Google
MediaNamaby Prabhanu Kumar Das·23d ago
Google has told Indian developers selling to users outside India to complete KYC verification through BillDesk.
Music distributors agree to vet AI tracks before streaming. No Indian company has signed - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi·23d ago
27 companies and trade bodies are supporting a set of anti-fraud commitments for music distributors, launched by IFPI on September 14. None of them is Indian.
Issue Brief on Age Verification and Restricting Social Media for Children
MediaNamaby Prabhanu Kumar Das·23d ago
Note: The discussions were held under the Chatham House Rule. All quotes have been edited for clarity and brevity.
BRICS keeps AI copyright wording unchanged under India
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi·23d ago
The BRICS New Delhi Declaration commits its members to “promoting respect for the intellectual property rights used in the digital environment, including for artificial intelligence training...
EU plans social media and AI chatbot ban for under-15s
MediaNamaby Rohit Singh·23d ago
The EU is preparing restrictions that would bar children under 15 that would bar children under 15 from using social media, AI chatbots, video-sharing platforms and online games, according to a...
India Sets Rs 2,000 Threshold for MDR-Free UPI Payments
MediaNamaby Prabhanu Kumar Das·23d ago
The government has paved the way for the reintroduction of the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on high-value UPI transactions after notifying a Rs 2,000 threshold for fee-free payments.
Zee News fined Rs 2 lakh for misrepresenting AMU protest
MediaNamaby Ann Mary Peter·23d ago
India’s broadcast self-regulator has penalised Zee News for its coverage of a student protest at Aligarh Muslim University, determining that the channel misrepresented footage to present a communal...
What changes when Meta reports child sexual abuse cases to Indian law enforcement - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi·23d ago
Meta has agreed to report child sexual abuse cases to Indian law enforcement, government sources said on September 15.
Zomato begins charging extra for cash on delivery orders; Will Swiggy follow suit? - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Amit Singh·24d ago
Food delivery platform Zomato has begun charging an additional fee for cash on delivery (CoD) orders, with charges varying across users and order values.
Instagram reel on Google's Vizag data centre restored after months
MediaNamaby Ann Mary Peter·24d ago
An Instagram reel documenting the impact of a proposed Google data centre on residents of Tarluvada village in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, is accessible again in India, more than three...
BRICS child safety pledge meets India's IT Rules gap
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi·24d ago
India and other BRICS countries committed to “ensuring a safe digital environment for children” in the declaration adopted in New Delhi on September 13, 2026. The commitment runs to one sentence.
NPCI's profit declines 32% to Rs 989 cr as BHIM loss widens
MediaNamaby Amit Singh·24d ago
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which operates India’s homegrown Unified Payments Interface (UPI), posted a 32% decline in its net profit to Rs 989.4 crore in the financial year...
NSE sees scope for AI in live market surveillance at GFF 2026
MediaNamaby Azdhan·24d ago
“The live market surveillance is the area where AI has a lot of room to play, and still there are no tools in the market,” said Sanjay Shorey, Executive Director of the National Stock Exchange of...
Anthropic wants independent evaluators inside frontier AI labs; OpenAI agrees - MEDIANAMA
MediaNamaby Rohit Singh·24d ago
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for the AI industry to slow the pace of frontier AI development and proposed a three-step framework covering independent evaluators, coordination among...
RBI Draft Sets 60-Day Limit on Cyber Fraud Bank Holds
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi·24d ago
A bank must lift a hold on money it suspects is the proceeds of cyber fraud within 60 days, unless the police tell it not to.
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