ECB announces future plans on digital currency following RBI’s decision

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Wednesday stated in a Bloomberg TV interview that ECB could launch a digital currency around the mid of this decade after getting a…

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‘The pandemic has been a great teacher’ – 25 quotes from India’s COVID-19 struggle

Launched in 2014, StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week. This special series of compilations focus on India’s COVID-19…

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Biden lets Trump era H-1B visa bans expire; Indian IT professionals to benefit

US President Joe Biden on Thursday let the ban on foreign workers visas, in particular H-1B, lapse as the notification issued by his predecessor Donald Trump expired, a move which…

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Indian technology services could touch $300-350B in revenues by 2025: Nasscom

India's technology services industry's growth can accelerate by 2-4 percent over the next five years, reaching $300-350 billion in annual revenues on the back of a cloud, artificial intelligence AI,…

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Over 110 of Apple’s manufacturing partners to move to 100 pc renewable energy for production

Tech major Apple has said over 110 of its manufacturing partners around the world are moving towards 100 per cent renewable energy for production of Apple devices as part of…

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Government extends deadline for linking PAN-Aadhaar by 3 months till June 30

The government on Wednesday extended the deadline for linking PAN with biometric Aadhaar by three months till June 30.The income tax department said it had received representations from taxpayers that…

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[Funding alert] Chingari raises $13M in a round led by OnMobile

Homegrown short-form video app Chingari has raised $13 million in an investment round led by OnMobile, the telecom technology company focused on mobile entertainment.The other investors who participated in the…

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Government to withdraw cut in interest on small savings: Finance Minister

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the government will withdraw orders to cut the interest rate on small savings schemes and assured to restore the rates to the last…

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Paytm Money opens R&D centre in Pune to drive innovation in wealth management

Paytm Money, the wealth management arm of Indian fintech giant Paytm, on Thursday said it had opened a new research and development centre in Pune to drive product innovation in…

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