Chandrayaan-3 highlights: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is embarking to achieve a successful soft landing on the Moon with the launch of Chandrayaan-3. The spacecraft is now primed for its scheduled moon landing on August 23. This endeavor places India on track to become the fourth nation globally to achieve this remarkable milestone, joining […]
Instagram’s group mention feature: A quick guide for stories
Instagram, the popular social media platform owned by Meta, is reportedly testing a new group mention feature that aims to simplify the process of tagging multiple users in a single story mention. This feature could potentially enhance the user experience by reducing clutter in stories. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, shared in a recent […]
What are your rights as an H-1B visa holder in the US?
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa category in the United States that allows US employers to temporarily hire foreign workers in specialized occupations. H-1B visa holders are authorized to work for the sponsoring employer in the US for a specific period, usually up to three years, with the possibility of extension. The number of […]
Online AI fraud: Beware of scamsters using video call trick to con you
Online Air Intelligence (AI) fraud: Economic fraudsters have developed a new technique in which you will receive a video call from your known individual from an unknown number citing financial emergency. The known video caller from the unknown number would ask you to lend money that you may transfer expecting to get it back once […]
New guidelines soon on banks resetting tenor & EMI of your home loans
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will issue guidelines to banks and housing finance companies (HFCs) on resetting the tenor and/or equated monthly instalments (EMIs) after it found “several instances of unreasonable elongation” of floating rate tenor by lenders without proper consent or communication to borrowers. Governor Shaktikanta Das said lenders will have to also […]
SBI Card allows RuPay credit cards on UPI. Here is how to link
SBI Card, India’s largest pure-play credit card issuer, and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) have announced the linking of SBI credit cards on the RuPay platform with UPI. Starting 10 August 2023, SBI Card customers will be able to make UPI transactions through their credit cards issued on RuPay. The functionality can be availed […]
No need to visit bank to update KYC; here’s how to do it
No need to visit bank branches to update KYC Bank account holders are no longer required to visit their bank branches to update ‘know your customer’ (KYC) details provided they have already submitted valid documents and not changed their address, RBI said in a circular earlier this year. What RBI says Instead, if there is […]
Google adds translation feature to Gmail mobile app
Google has announced a native translation integration within the Gmail mobile app.”Starting today, we’re excited to announce a native translation integration within the Gmail mobile app that will enable you to seamlessly communicate in a wide range of languages,” the tech giant said in a Workspace Updates blog post on Tuesday. This “highly requested feature” […]
Savings account minimum balance requirement: SBI vs PNB vs HDFC Bank vs Canara Bank vs ICICI Bank
A bank’s savings account offers the account holder a high degree of liquidity, financial security, and a fixed rate of interest. All holders of savings accounts are required to maintain a minimum average balance in their accounts. Additionally, there will be a penalty if the same is not maintained depending on the required savings account […]
‘New Covid variant found in India, but no rise in cases’
‘Eris’, the new Covid-19 sub-variant which has sparked concern in the UK, has been detected in India, people in the know told ET. However, no “clustering” and increase in cases has been reported, they said. Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (Insacog), the pan-India network of laboratories set up to monitor genomic variations of the coronavirus, held […]