Asia India The Reserve Bank of India has informed fintech startups that it is banning the practice of loading non-bank prepaid payment instruments, like prepaid cards; the move may threaten the existence of many of the fintech startups
Asia India Two weeks after armed militants killed over 20 civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir, India hit nine sites in Pakistan and on Pakistan’s side of the disputed Kashmir region saying the strikes were “focused, measured, and nonescalatory in nature”
Asia India 50% of student visas under revoked under new US rules belong to Indians; students have sued the Department of Homeland Security and immigration officials for terminating the F-1 visas and the lawsuit suggests the threat of deportation or visa cancellation
Asia India People in Delhi spend 563 minutes each day in work-related activities, followed by Goa residents with 536 - from the 367 recorded in 2019-; the national average is 440 minutes and Nagaland with 329 minutes ranks lowest in the ministerial Time Use Survey
Asia India A group of 40 students from government school in Tamil Nadu documented the lives of their parents and other adults, showing the strenuous work of some 400 million workers in India in exhibition entitled "The Unseen Perspective" at Egmore Museum in Chennai