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Indian fintech ecosystem plugged corruption, leaks: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
India is among the world's fastest growing fintech markets with 6,636 startups. The Indian fintech industry's market size was $31 billion in 2021 and has the highest fintech adoption rate at 87 per cent. "There was a time when it was openly admitted that out of every Rs 100 disbursed by the government from Delhi, only Rs 15 reached the beneficiary, and the remaining of money got mysteriously siphoned off.
'Railways suffered loss of Rs 259.44cr during Agnipath protests'
"Separate data regarding the amount of refund granted to passengers due to disruption of rail services on account of public disorder consequent to agitation like those held after launching of Agnipath scheme is not maintained. However, during the period June 14 to 30, a total refund of approximately Rs 102.96 crore was granted on account of cancellation of trains," Vaishnaw said.
Demand for India's rice likely to shoot up in global market as floods hit crop in Southeast Asian nations
Even as sowing of the grain in India this year is estimated to be 17 per cent lower due to inadequate rains in states such as Bihar and Orissa, analysts said that there is no cause for any worry as the country is sitting on adequate stocks from last year. However they maintained that New Delhi must refrain from taking any "sudden decisions."
'You buy an umbrella to use when it rains': RBI Governor on using forex reserves
Das said in recognition of the fact that there is a genuine shortfall of supply of forex in the market relative to demand because of import and debt servicing requirements and portfolio outflows, the RBI has been supplying US dollars to the market to ensure that there is adequate forex liquidity. "After all, this is the very purpose for which we had accumulated reserves when the capital inflows were strong.
Smartphone shipments fall 5% in India in Q2 amid dwindling demand
Xiaomi retained its market-leading position, shipping 7 million units, despite experiencing another quarter of both annual and sequential decline. With 6.7 million shipments, Samsung came second, pulling closer to Xiaomi, according to market research firm Canalys. Remaining in third place, realme shipped 6.1 million units, while vivo and OPPO completed the top five, shipping 6 million and 5.5 million units, respectively.
Kia reports 40% jump in Q2 profit riding on high-end SUVs
Net profit for the three months ended in June rose to 1.88 trillion won ($1.43 billion) from 1.34 trillion won in the same period of last year, the company said in a statement. The second-quarter bottom line was buoyed by increased sales of high-end SUV models, decreased incentives and the won's weakness against the dollar, reports Yonhap news agency.
Discover Joy with Amazon Prime Day on July 23 and 24
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Akasa Air to launch commercial operation from August 7
The airline said that it will deploy a Boeing 737 Max plane on the route for commercial operation. Flight operations will be conducted on two Boeing 737 Max aircraft. Boeing has already delivered one aircraft and the second one will be delivered later this month. Akasa Air, in a statement issued on Friday, said it has begun sale of tickets on 28 flights that will operate weekly on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route from August 7.
Snapchat reports $422 mn loss in Q2, shares tank 25%
"Our financial results for Q2 do not reflect the scale of our ambition. We are not satisfied with the results we are delivering," Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said after delivering the second quarter (Q2) results late on Thursday.
2 Indian brothers, 1 Indian-American charged with crypto insider trading scheme in US
Ishan Wahi, 32, a former product manager at Coinbase Global, stayed in Seattle, Washington, along with his brother Nikhil Wahi, 26. They committed the cryptocurrency crime with Indian-American Sameer Ramani, 33, of Houston, the US Department of Justice said in a statement late on Thursday.
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