UPI reaches new milestone in July with highest-ever transaction value of Rs 29.88 lakh crore

UPI reaches new milestone in July with highest-ever transaction value of Rs 29.88 lakh crore

India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) continued its upward trajectory in July, clocking its highest-ever monthly transaction value. According to data released by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the platform touched a new peak in transaction volumes, while the value of transactions reached Rs 29.88 lakh crore in July.The platform processed 23.66 billion transactions…

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A 22-year-old NASA observatory is slowly falling towards Earth and scientists are trying to save it

A 22-year-old NASA observatory is slowly falling towards Earth and scientists are trying to save it |

For more than two decades, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has acted as one of astronomy’s fastest cosmic first responders. The space telescope has detected thousands of powerful gamma-ray bursts, monitored exploding stars and helped scientists study some of the universe’s most extreme phenomena. Despite being well beyond its original mission lifespan, Swift remains a…

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A NOTAble warning for Congress in West Bengal

A NOTAble warning for Congress in West Bengal

Rahul Gandhi with newly elected Congress MLAs of West Bengal/Image: ANI If NOTA, or None of the Above, is meant to be a protest button, Bengal’s 2026 assembly election showed a mellowing of that protest. But the same data also flashed a sharper warning, not for TMC or the Left, but for Congress.Across the comparable…

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The US buried 85,000 cubic metres of nuclear waste beneath a Pacific island. Now the ocean is rising around it

The US buried 85,000 cubic metres of nuclear waste beneath a Pacific island. Now the ocean is rising around it | World News

On a remote island in the Marshall Islands, a concrete dome built more than four decades ago holds roughly 85,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste left over from the United States’ Cold War-era nuclear testing programme. Known officially as Runit Dome and locally as The Tomb, the structure was built between 1977 and 1980 to…

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5 things to think about before breaking up

5 things to think about before breaking up

There’s a very specific, heavy kind of 2 AM quiet that settles over the room when you realize your relationship might actually be over. It’s exhausting. We’ve all been there, staring at the ceiling, trying to untangle a messy web of affection and frustration. But before you send that long text or initiate the final,…

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This mysterious floating lake with circular islands in India is also home to one of the world’s longest snakes

This mysterious floating lake with circular islands in India is also home to one of the world’s longest snakes

The northeastern state of Manipur contains the amazing freshwater body of Loktak Lake, known for its perfect circular floating islands called phumdis. The phumdis, which are masses of vegetation, soil, and organic matter, form an incredibly unique landscape that can be seen from outer space. Referred to as India’s “floating lake”, the Loktak Lake contains…

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Japanese proverb of the day: "To ask is a moment's shame; not to ask is…" - why swallowing your pride for one awkward question pays off for years

Japanese proverb of the day: “To ask is a moment’s shame; not to ask is…” – why swallowing your pride for one awkward question pays off for years | World News

Japanese proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) We have all done it. Someone explains something, you do not quite follow, and you nod anyway. The moment to ask comes and goes, because asking would mean admitting you did not understand, and that feels embarrassing. So you stay quiet. The trouble is that…

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