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Nifty tops 25,100 as Air India adds US seats, MeitY opens a GenAI sandbox, and CERT-In flags Fastag UPI scams
Tuesday's India Daily Update — twenty-four stories on Mumbai's firmer open, festive credit-card caps, BHASHINI language models, defence PLI orders, Kerala dengue labs, and Asian Games viewing bundles.
BusinessAir India Schedules Extra Delhi–San Francisco Seats as Mumbai Consulate Clears Visa Backlog
Air India added economy inventory on Delhi–San Francisco AI173 rotations through October after the U.S. Consulate General in Mumbai cleared a September student and H-1B visa backlog, travel agents said.
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StocksSensex Closes Higher as HDFC Bank and Reliance Lift Nifty Above 25,100
AIMeitY Opens GenAI Sandbox for Indian Language Datasets on BHASHINI
SecurityCERT-In Warns UPI Collect Scams Spoofing NHAI Fastag Recharge Portals
OpinionGST Tweaks Need a Monsoon Revenue Floor, Not Piecemeal Sector Carve-Outs
ScienceISRO Publishes Chandrayaan-4 Thermal Model Data Ahead of Lander Bench Tests
HealthICMR Expands Dengue Surveillance Labs as Kerala Reports Post-Monsoon Spike
SportsAsian Games Hockey Squad Camps in Bhopal Before Hangzhou Pool Matches
BusinessReliance Retail Onboards Farmer Producer Groups at Maharashtra APMC Pilots
StocksZomato and Paytm Weigh on Midcaps as Brokerages Flag Quick-Commerce Valuations
Credit CardsHDFC Bank Raises RuPay UPI Credit Card Rewards Cap Ahead of Festive Quarter
Credit CardsSBI Card Tightens Fuel Cashback After RBI Flags Merchant Category Mis-Coding
TechnologyBSNL Upgrades Fibre Backhaul Along Bengaluru Metro Purple Line Corridors
TechnologyAirtel Tests Satellite Backhaul for Ladakh Outposts After NavIC Push
AINasscom Publishes Hindi–English LLM Benchmarks Ahead of MeitY GenAI Sandbox
StartupsRazorpay Expands SIDBI-Backed MSME Working-Capital Lines in Tier-2 Cities
StartupsZetwerk Books Tier-2 Forge Export Lines After Defence PLI Disbursements
SecurityMumbai Police Freeze Mule Accounts Linked to Fake IPO Lottery Pages
OpinionTrump–Xi Week Demands an RBI FX Playbook, Not Rupee Panic Headlines
PoliticsParliamentary Panel Urges Faster EV Charger Permits in Delhi-NCR Industrial Estates
EntertainmentJioHotstar Bundles Asian Games Multiview for Prepaid Mobile Packs
EducationUGC Draft Mandates AI Literacy Modules in First-Year Undergraduate Syllabus
BeautyForest Essentials Reformulates Monsoon Serums After Shelf-Stability Audits
RelationshipBengaluru Tech Couples Reschedule Onam Visits as Flight Fares Track Rupee Swings
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SBI Card Tightens Fuel Cashback After RBI Flags Merchant Category Mis-Coding
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Airtel Tests Satellite Backhaul for Ladakh Outposts After NavIC Push
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Nasscom Publishes Hindi–English LLM Benchmarks Ahead of MeitY GenAI Sandbox
Nasscom published Hindi–English LLM benchmarks timed to MeitY’s GenAI sandbox, scoring retrieval, summarisation, and code-switch handling so vendors cannot hide weak Indic performance behind English-only demos.
Zetwerk Books Tier-2 Forge Export Lines After Defence PLI Disbursements
Zetwerk booked new tier-2 forging and machining export lines after defence PLI disbursements reached component suppliers, binding MSME forges to aerospace tolerances with advance purchase orders.
Mumbai Police Freeze Mule Accounts Linked to Fake IPO Lottery Pages
Mumbai Police Cyber Cell froze more than 140 mule accounts tied to fake IPO allotment lottery sites, after investors paid “stamp duty” through UPI to claim shares they never held.
Trump–Xi Week Demands an RBI FX Playbook, Not Rupee Panic Headlines
We need a published RBI foreign-exchange playbook for tariff-and-summit weeks—not breathless rupee panic headlines that confuse households with traders.
Parliamentary Panel Urges Faster EV Charger Permits in Delhi-NCR Industrial Estates
A parliamentary panel told ministries to cut EV charger permitting below 45 days in Delhi-NCR industrial estates, citing lost shift hours while DISCOMs and fire officials serially clear the same sites.
JioHotstar Bundles Asian Games Multiview for Prepaid Mobile Packs
JioHotstar added a four-feed Asian Games multiview tile to select prepaid recharge plans from ₹299, letting viewers pin hockey, athletics and kabaddi streams on one phone screen without a broadband subscription.
UGC Draft Mandates AI Literacy Modules in First-Year Undergraduate Syllabus
A University Grants Commission draft would require every first-year undergraduate programme to include a credited AI literacy module covering tool limits, data privacy and exam integrity, with implementation targeted for the 2027–28 academic session.
Forest Essentials Reformulates Monsoon Serums After Shelf-Stability Audits
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Bengaluru Tech Couples Reschedule Onam Visits as Flight Fares Track Rupee Swings
Bengaluru couples with families in Kerala and Tamil Nadu are shifting Onam travel by a week as rupee volatility pushed last-minute fares on Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram routes above ₹12,000, forcing split tickets and train backups.