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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay MDR On UPI Payments Above Rs 2,000

Supreme Court Refuses To Stay MDR On UPI Payments Above Rs 2,000

The Indian Express48m
THE BRIEF
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The Supreme Court declined to stay the government's decision to levy a 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate on person-to-merchant UPI transactions exceeding ₹2,000 effective October 15.

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Indian shooter Esha Singh secured India's first silver medal in the women's 25m pistol event at the Asian Games 2026, pushing India's total medal count to 37.

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Indian space startup TakeMe2Space scheduled the launch of the MOI-1A satellite carrying Nvidia edge-computing processors on SpaceX's Transporter-18 mission for October 1.