The RBI has barred global card player Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd from onboarding new domestic customers on its network with effect from July 22, 2021, over non-compliance with local data storage regulations.
India's first grain dispensing ATM has been installed at Farrukhnagar in the Gurugram district of Haryana under a pilot project, to make ration dispersal hassle and complaint-free for citizens.
The annual UN-FAO report titled "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021" states that between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020.