Whatsapp Pay is Now available in India: Users can send money through whatsapp

 The company on Friday announced that the feature are going to be available in India starting today.

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Technology News: WhatsApp Pay has finally gone live in India. the company on Friday announced that the feature are going to be available in India starting today. WhatsApp in its blog has mentioned that it wants to create money transferring as easy as sending messages on the app. India currently has many payment apps including Paytm, PhonePe, Google Pay among others.

Announcing the new feature, WhatsApp said in a blog, “Starting today, people across India will be able to send money through WhatsApp. This secure payment experience makes transferring money just as easy as sending a message. People can safely send money to a family member or share the cost of goods from a distance without having to exchange cash in person or going to a local bank.

WhatsApp has partnered with five leading banks in India including ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, the state bank of India, and Jio Payments Bank. “To send money on WhatsApp in India, it’s necessary to have a bank account and debit card in India. WhatsApp sends instructions to banks, also known as payment service providers, that initiate the transfer of money via UPI between sender and receiver bank accounts,” WhatsApp said. People can even send money through WhatsApp to anyone who is using an app that supports UPI.

“In the long run, we believe the combination of WhatsApp and UPI’s unique architecture can help local organizations address some of the key challenges of our time, including increasing rural participation in the digital economy and delivering financial services to those who have never had access before,” WhatsApp blog reads.

In a bid to reinforce security and privacy on the app, WhatsApp will make users enter UPI Pin for each payment. The company has said that “payments is designed with a strong set of security and privacy principles”. WhatsApp Payments is out there for all iOS and Android users. To get the new feature, users are required to update their apps.

WhatsApp recently rolled out a brand new disappearing message feature for users across the world . Once you activate the disappearing messages on WhatsApp, new messages sent to a conversation will disappear after seven days. "We’re starting with seven days because we think it offers peace of mind that conversations aren’t permanent while remaining practical so you don’t forget what you were chatting about. The shopping list or store address you received a few days ago will be there while you need it, and then disappear after you don’t," WhatsApp said.

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India records decline in daily Covid-19 cases and deaths

 

The health ministry’s dashboard showed that the amount recovered patients climbed to 1,977,779 as 57,937 people were cured of Covid-19 between Monday and Tuesday morning. With that, India’s recovery rate climbed to 73.17%.

India saw 55,079 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 875 deaths, rock bottom in nearly every week , within the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s case count to 2,702,742, consistent with the Union health ministry data.

There has been a decline within the daily number of Covid-19 cases for the last three days--there were 63,490 infections last Sunday and 57,981 on Monday, the health ministry’s data showed.

The health ministry’s dashboard showed that the amount recovered patients climbed to 1,977,779 as 57,937 people were cured of Covid-19 between Monday and Tuesday morning. With that, India’s recovery rate climbed to 73.17%.

The gap between the active cases at 673,166 and recovered cases within the country has widened further at 1,304,613. The country’s price from the coronavirus disease is now at 51,797. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said 3,09,41,264 samples were tested up to Monday for Covid-19. Of these, 8,99,864 samples were tested on Monday, the highest research body said.

“A new peak of 8.97 lakh #COVID19 tests were done in the last 24 hours. Even with such a high level of testing, the positivity has remained low i.e. 8.81% compared to the weekly national average i.e. 8.84%,” the health ministry said in a tweet on Tuesday.

“Focused implemention of Centre-led strategies has ensured prompt identification, timely isolation & effective clinical treatment, leading to reduced Case fatality rate. 30 States/UTs performed better than the national average,” it added.

The government has asked five pharmaceutical firms, including three that have candidates in clinical trials, prepare and a present a comprehensive note on the way forward by Thursday on how soon they will produce large quantities and what pricing they expect if their shot is approved.

The meeting was held between an expert group spearheading India’s vaccine strategy and involved Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech and Zydus Cadila – all three have vaccine candidates in human trials. Serum Institute is licensed to supply up to some quantities the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, which is essentially considered the winner globally.

The two others were Biological E and Gennova, both of which have candidates in preclinical phases. Trial data of none of the India-made vaccines is yet to be made available.

“Even as scientists are working to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, we are simultaneously working on procuring the final product to ensure availability and access to our population,” Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said following Monday’s meeting. “. As part of India’s proactive, pre-emptive and graded response to Covid-19 since January, the expert group is holding consultations with vaccine manufacturers to plan ahead for the production, pricing and distribution of the vaccine, whenever it is ready,” he added.

India has not struck a pre-production affect any of the vaccine developers that are within the race for a successful candidate, a technique several advanced economies like us , uk and a few European Union nations have adopted so as to leap what could be an extended queue .

Of these countries, the US has the foremost number of infections at 5,437,851, followed by Brazil with 3,359,570 cases. There are quite 21 million cases of the coronavirus disease and 773,152 deaths across the planet .