Mandhol village of Shimla receives fresh snowfall

From a transaction value of Rs 7000 crore in the Financial Year 2016-17, when it was launched, to a whopping Rs 314 lakh crore in FY26, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) of India has come a long way and completed a decade of operations. The digital mode of payment has now become a staple for almost every Indian citizen with transaction volumes surging nearly 13,000-fold since its launch, while the platform has expanded into 11 countries and emerged as the world's largest real-time payment system by transaction volume, the Ministry of Finance said on Monday.

In two separate incidents Customs officials of Trichy Airport seized gold worth one crore rupees from two male passengers.

Amid rising environmental problems, over 300 children from India presented their recommendations on the draft of UN General Comment 26 (GC 26) to Mikiko Otani, the United Nations Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Mountain landscapes all over the world are at risk of becoming more dangerous to populations surrounding them as a result of climate change, while their faster development may bring additional environmental risks to neighbouring areas.

Postdam [Germany], September 11 (ANI): Extreme temperatures are fuel for online hate speech, according to a recent study from the German Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).