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The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has now said that such prompts put pressure on consumers to pay more at the very moment they were waiting for their ride to be confirmed. Read more here. Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s event was cancelled in London, after police cited safety concerns. The cancellation left many fans, some of whom had queued for hours, disappointed. Read more. Ride-booking apps that prompt users to pay more — with messages such as “Captains aren’t accepting at ₹ x. The Supreme Court has directed its five-member high-powered enquiry committee (HPEC) to begin its probe into the July protests by examining the use of pellet guns, targeted violence and harassment of female protesters, injuries sustained by police personnel and destruction of property, while making clear that broader constitutional questions arising from the July protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) will be decided by the court itself. Know more. A spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen stated that the Houthi drone was destroyed before it entered the prohibited airspace over the holy city. Amid the mass layoffs, the story of Sourabh Sahu has gone viral online. His heartbreak, shared by his wife Pooja Sahu, has captured hearts online as many continue to navigate their way through the mass layoffs in the tech sector. Read here.
Merchants accepting UPI payments above ₹ 2,000 will pay a fee for the first time from October 15, under a framework cleared by the UPI & services steering committee headed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which manages the payments system. Person-to-person transfers will be exempted from the charge, which has been set at 0.4% of the transaction value, and payments to certain categories will attract a flat ₹ 5 fee irrespective of the amount. Try adding +10, +20, +30” appearing while the app is still searching for a driver– will now have to stop using such nudges. US tech giant Oracle carried out its latest round of layoffs on Tuesday, which is reportedly said to have impacted around 2,500 people. On August 31, 2026, Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international football, bringing an illustrious Argentina career to a close. But on October 6, he will wear the Albiceleste shirt one last time, with the icon picked for a farewell game in an upcoming friendly match against Benin in Buenos Aires on October 6.
Saudi Arabia has warned the Houthis of a “red line” after a drone was shot down and destroyed near Mecca. His fans had gathered outside London’s tallest building, The Shard, on Tuesday, but the event was called off after the Metropolitan Police intervened, citing safety concerns. The drone, intercepted on Tuesday evening, was the second Houthi attempt to target Mecca.
