Context:Drip pricing: E-commerce platforms often advertise a low initial price but reveal additional charges, such as platform fees, convenience fees and handling charges, during checkout, increasing the final amount paid by consumers.Growing prevale...

Context: RBI and NPCI launched UPI Tap-and-Pay, enabling RuPay credit-card payments without QR codes or OTPs for transactions up to ₹5,000.UPI: Unified Payments Interface, developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI); enables instant ba...

Context: The Union Health Ministry has proposed mandatory Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance at medical stores to curb the unauthorised sale and abuse of prescription medicines.A draft notification proposes that medical stores maintain CCT...

UPI: India’s Digital Payments BackboneUnified Payments Interface (UPI) enables instant bank-to-bank payments by connecting users, banks and payment apps through infrastructure operated by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).In July 2026...

Context: Meta has agreed to pay over $17 billion over the next decade to settle claims brought by 47 U.S. states, Washington DC and other territories alleging addictive platform design, misleading claims about harms and improper collection of data fr...