The real test of digital India: Can UPI and QR code payments bridge the poverty gap?

Over 400 million Indians now use the UPI, and for many low-income citizens, it has replaced cash as their first brush with formal banking

By Sistla Dakshina Murthy  Published on 17 Oct 2025 2:57 PM IST

Fact Check: Jubilee Hills bypoll – Tamannaah, Samantha and Rakul Preet registered as voters? Know the truth here

A screenshot of a voters’ roll, claiming that actresses Tamannaah Bhatia, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Rakul Preet Singh are registered voters in the...

By M Ramesh Naik  Published on 17 Oct 2025 2:41 PM IST

FSSAI restores ban on fake ‘ORS’ drinks, upholds Dr Sivaranjani’s 8-year battle

By Newsmeter Network  Published on 17 Oct 2025 11:13 AM IST

Hyderabad: HYDRAA reclaims 1.30 acres of govt land worth Rs 110 Cr in Kulsumpur

The operation reclaimed 1.30 acres of land valued at Rs 110 crore. The government land was illegally occupied by a resident identified as Ashok Singh

By Newsmeter Network  Published on 17 Oct 2025 10:43 AM IST

Drone crash inside Telangana Secretariat triggers security concern in no-fly zone

The Telangana Secretariat, being a high-security and sensitive zone, prohibits any aerial or remotely operated flying activities, including drones,...

By Newsmeter Network  Published on 17 Oct 2025 10:30 AM IST

Telangana Cabinet scraps two-child norm for local body polls, approves takeover of Hyderabad Metro first phase

I and PR Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said the decision followed multiple representations, noting that strict population control measures are...

By Newsmeter Network  Published on 17 Oct 2025 10:15 AM IST

45 truckloads of debris removed: HYDRAA ends decades of flooding misery in Ameerpet

Every year, heavy inflows from Jubilee Hills, Gayathri Hills, Yousufguda, Krishnanagar, Madhuranagar, and Srinivasnagar would converge at Ameerpet

By Newsmeter Network  Published on 17 Oct 2025 9:08 AM IST

Jubilee Hills by poll: Fake voter IDs of Rakul Preet, Samantha Prabhu, Tamannaah go viral; case registered

Election authorities have taken serious note of fake voter ID cards being circulated on social media platforms

By Newsmeter Network  Published on 17 Oct 2025 8:57 AM IST

Fact Check: Jubilee Hills bypoll – Congress pick Naveen Yadav insults Muslims? No, Telugu news clipping is fake

A newspaper clipping claiming that the Congress candidate for the Jubilee Hills by-election, Naveen Yadav, made insulting and inflammatory remarks...

By K Sherly Sharon  Published on 16 Oct 2025 10:09 PM IST

Fact Check: ಭಾರತ ನೀಡುವ ಹಣದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಷ್ಣು ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ ಕಟ್ಟಿತ್ತೇವೆ ಎಂದು ಅಫ್ಘಾನ್ ವಿದೇಶಾಂಗ ಸಚಿವ ಮುತ್ತಕಿ ಘೊಷಿಸಿದ್ದಾರಾ?

ಭಾರತ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಹಣ ನೀಡಿದರೆ ಅಫ್ಘಾನಿಸ್ತಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಂದೂ ದೇವತೆಗಳ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸುವುದಾಗಿ ಮುತ್ತಕಿ ಘೋಷಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎನ್ನಲಾದ ವೀಡಿಯೊ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮದಲ್ಲಿ...

By Vinay Bhat  Published on 16 Oct 2025 9:06 PM IST

Telangana HC declines to issue orders on KTR, Maganti Sunitha plea on ‘12,000 bogus votes’

Maganti Sunitha, KTR file plea on ‘12,000 bogus votes’; HC disposes of case

By Newsmeter Network  Published on 16 Oct 2025 8:49 PM IST

Attack on OSD Sumanth is attack on me: Minister Surekha alleges conspiracy by ‘Reddy lobby’

Attack on OSD Sumanth is attack on me: Minister Surekha tells AICC, alleges conspiracy by ‘Reddy lobby’

By Kaniza Garari  Published on 16 Oct 2025 8:16 PM IST