Paytm (One 97 Communications Limited), India’s leading full-stack payments and financial services distribution company, has announced that Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) can now log in to the Paytm app using their international mobile numbers to make seamless UPI payments through their NRE or NRO accounts.

With this launch, NRIs from 12 countries can make everyday payments, transfer money to friends and family, and pay at shops, restaurants, or online platforms in India — all by scanning a UPI QR code. The move eliminates the need for international payment gateways or currency conversions, allowing instant fund transfers and reducing remittance delays and forex charges.

In wrestling, India’s Sujeet Kalkal has struck gold at the Under-23 World Championships. Competing in the men’s freestyle 65-kilogram category yesterday, Kalkal dominated Uzbekistan’s Umidjon Jalolov with a 10-0 win. The bout lasted just four minutes and 54 seconds before the referee stopped the contest, declaring Kalkal the winner by superiority – a testament to his complete control on the mat. This is Kalkal’s first-ever world title. The young wrestler already had two U-23 Asian titles and one U-20 Asian Championship gold to his name.

Earlier, the Indian women’s wrestling team won 5 bronze medals and 2 silver medals, and also secured the team championship title at the same event.

Sujeet’s medal is the only medal for India in the men’s Under-23 Senior World Wrestling Championship this year. Two other wrestlers competed for the bronze medal bouts but could not succeed.

National Council for Educational Research and Training has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IIT-Madras today in New Delhi to strengthen educational research, development, training and technology integration.

In a statement, Ministry of Education said that the agreement is a step towards innovation in education. It further informed that the collaboration aligns with the vision of National Education Policy 2020 and aims to promote Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning-enabled learning solutions.

The agreement will also foster research, data analytics and multilingual platforms and resources to further learning and training of students and teachers, and development of digital content and platforms.

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC-UAC) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly produce the SJ-100 civil commuter aircraft in India. The agreement was signed in Moscow, HAL said in a statement.

The SJ-100 is a twin-engine, narrow-body aircraft currently operated by more than 16 commercial airlines. Over 200 such aircraft have already been produced globally.

The aeronautics company said the partnership with UAC builds on the long-standing cooperation between the two sides and will help meet India’s growing aviation requirements, with domestic demand projected to exceed 200 jets over the next decade and an additional 350 aircraft expected to serve the Indian Ocean region and nearby international tourist destinations.

Sri Lankan author Vajra Chandrasekera’s second novel, Rakesfall, has won the 2025 Ursula K Le Guin Prize for Fiction, a $25,000 (approximately Rs 22 lakh) award recognising “writers who imagine real grounds for hope.”

Chandrasekera’s novels move between myth, politics and philosophy. In them, the ghosts of empire share space with the mechanics of faith and the ruins of progress.

The judging panel—Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu and Rebecca Roanhorse—called the book “a titanic work of art… as fluid and changing as water,” comparing Chandrasekera’s moral clarity to Le Guin’s own.

Norris was serenely out of reach of some compelling battles and incident behind him as he kept the lead from pole position into the first corner and controlled the race from there.

Norris leads the championship by just one point from team-mate Oscar Piastri, who fought back from seventh on the grid to finish fifth.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who finished third just behind Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, is 36 points off the lead with four races to go.

A virtual safety car in the final two laps robbed the race of a grandstand finish, with Verstappen right behind Leclerc and Piastri chasing the Haas of Oliver Bearman, as it prevented overtaking just as both were moving into position to challenge.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday noted that the cooperation between India and ASEAN is growing rapidly in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR), maritime security and blue economy and declared 2026 as ‘ASEAN-India Year of Maritime Cooperation.’

While delivering opening remarks during the ASEAN-India Summit virtually, PM Modi said, “India has stood firmly with its ASEAN friends in every crisis. Our cooperation in HADR, maritime security, and the blue economy is growing rapidly. In light of this, we are declaring 2026 as the “ASEAN-India Year of Maritime Cooperation. Along with this, we are strongly promoting bilateral cooperation in education, tourism, science and technology, health, green energy, and cyber security… 21st century is our century. It is India and ASEAN’s century.”

Calling ASEAN the main pillar of India’s Act East Policy, the Prime Minister expressed New Delhi’s support for ASEAN centrality.

The world’s first stablecoin pegged to the yen will be launched in Japan on Monday, a small but significant move in a country where traditional payment means like cash and credit cards dominate financial infrastructure.

A Japanese startup, JPYC, said it will begin issuing stablecoins that are fully convertible to the yen and backed by domestic savings and Japanese government bonds (JGB).

The move follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s support for the sector that has sparked a revival of interest in the idea of using blockchain in the mainstream financial system. China, too, is considering allowing usage of yuan-backed stablecoins, a sign of growing momentum worldwide of the use of the digital currency - typically pegged to a fiat currency and offering faster and cheaper transactions.

Hong Kong startup Stellerus aims to create a constellation of satellites to become the world’s first provider of three-dimensional wind data provided by the devices, according to the South China Morning Post.

Stellerus, founded in 2023 by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology academics, plans to launch a pair of satellites in the next 18 months, followed by five more, Chief Executive Officer David Liu told the SCMP.

The satellites should be able to provide global coverage of data that could be supplied to the aviation, shipping and insurance industries, the report cited Liu as saying. It could also be used by wind-farm operators, he said, according to the newspaper.

The 3D data captures wind direction and speed, together with altitude changes, and is key to improving weather forecasting, which has become more important given the increasing odds of extreme events caused by climate change.

The World Bank has approved a USD 400 million (around Rs 3,400 crore) loan to support the Kerala Health System Improvement Programme under the state Health Department.

About 70 per cent of the funding, or USD 280 million (Rs 2,400 crore), will come from the World Bank, with the rest provided by the state government.

The project, backed by financial assistance of 400 million US dollars (around Rs 3,400 crore), aims to strengthen Kerala's public health systems and improve their efficiency, an official release said here on Monday.

Of this, 70 per cent (280 million dollars or around Rs 2,400 crore) will be funded by the World Bank, while the rest will be provided by the state government.