UPI to continue defining the future of payment transactions: PwC India

According to a recent study by PwC India, UPI (Unified Payments Interface), the real-time payment system is likely to dominate the digital payments space in the future over newer methods such as BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later), CBDC (Central Bank ....

Cruise adds another Walmart store for its self-driving delivery pilot

General Motors-owned self-driving car company Cruise is reportedly expanding its autonomous driving delivery pilot program with Walmart in Arizona. The firm will be now offering limited deliveries for the Chandler customers in addition to S....

Honda to roll out 30 EV models by 2030 for its electrification push

Honda Motor Co. has announced that it will launch 30 electric car models by 2030, with a production volume of over 2 million vehicles annually. Over the next ten years, the Japanese automaker will invest USD 40 billion in its electrificati....

Glenmark obtains DCGI nod for clinical study of its GRC 54276 molecule

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited has reportedly received approval from the DCGI (Drug Controller General of India) to perform phase 1 clinical trials of its novel molecule for advanced solid tumor patients. Glenmark Specialty SA obtained t....

Meta to cease sharing of private residential info of public accounts

Facebook’s parent company Meta has announced to have accepted Oversight Board’s recommendations on restricting users to share another user’s residential address if the account is “publicly available”. The move ....

Japanese battery startup 3DOM to use Geely’s products for its EV fleet

3DOM Inc., a Japanese battery start-up, has announced the launch of its B2B fleet service with the help of electric vehicles that would be supplied by China's Geely Holding Group, further helping companies reduce their carbon footprint.....

Russia looks to China for assistance with domestic microchip bank cards

Russia is reportedly seeking out Chinese microchip manufacturers to bypass the sanctions imposed by Western countries, which has caused an uptick in demand for bank cards linked to Mir payment systems. For the unaware, Mir payment systems ....

Marriott, Charge Zone partner to install EV charging stations in India

EV charging network Charge Zone has reportedly partnered with Marriott International Inc. to install electric vehicle charging stations across the hotel chain’s Indian properties. Under the partnership, the company will also deploy a....

Climate change could cost federal budget USD 2 Tn yearly: White House

According to the White House, climate change might prove to be severely detrimental to the U.S. federal budget by the end of this century, resulting in a loss of at least 7.1% annual reserve, which is a whopping USD 2 trillion per year base....

Russia might suspend ISS cooperation until Western sanctions are lifted

As Russia continues to struggle with the storm of Western sanctions following Ukraine’s invasion, Moscow has now threatened to end cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS), a retaliatory move until the bans are lifted from....