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One 97 Communications, which runs Paytm, has shifted its nodal accounts or escrow accounts to private-sector lender Axis Bank, the company said in a filing to the BSE.This will ensure that merchants who accept digital payments through Paytm will be able to continue doing so. The Reserve Bank of India had asked Paytm to close all its nodal accounts with Paytm Payments Bank latest by February 29.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Professional…

One of the best ways to acquire resources, increase your Infamy Rank, and gain XP in Skull and Bones is through Plundering. This feature allows you to take on an entire settlement, guard towers, and several ships all in the name of securing some precious loot. The Plundering system in Skull and Bones can be somewhat complicated when you first see it, though. You have the option to Plunder a plethora of small settlements across the map, which begins a staged engagement you need to survive in order to…

Fintech major Paytm is in talks with at least three other banks who can take on the payments and settlements load from Paytm Payments Bank, which will effectively stop most of its banking services after February 29.For the process to start, the Reserve Bank of India will need to bless the setting up of the new payments architecture from Paytm Payments Bank to the other lenders, according to three people in the know.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of…

(a) Location of the Ordos Plateau; (b) Aerial photograph from the southern side of Shi-Er-Lian-Cheng (an ancient city which has been occupied for the longest time in the Ordos Plateau); (c) De- tailed satellite image of the Ordos Plateau (Google Earth, 2010). The purple line marks the location of the Ming Great Wall, and the yellow stars represent the following ancient cities: 1, Tiezhuquan; 2, Zhangjiachang; 3, Bayanhurihu; 4, Tongwan city; 5,…

This LIDAR image provided by researchers in January 2024 shows complexes of rectangular platforms arranged around low squares and distributed along wide dug streets at the Kunguints site, Upano Valley in Ecuador. Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago, according to a paper published Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in the journal Science. Credit: Antoine…

Thousands of years before ancient people in Central Eurasia learned to farm, hunter-gatherer groups in the subarctic were building some of the first permanent, fortified settlements, challenging the notion that agriculture was a prerequisite for societies to 'settle down'.Researchers now think they have dated the earliest known fortifications in the icy north, if not the world, near a curve of the Amnya River in Western Siberia.The Amnya archaeological sites were officially unearthed from 1987 onwards, but recent…

As ever-deepening turmoil engulfs Earth, daydreaming about moving to Mars might provide a pleasant break from our everyday predicaments. It is entirely understandable—and human—to grasp onto promises of a better life in a faraway place. But when Martian daydreams, in particular, turn into reality, the picture becomes less pleasant. What promise could a barren, hostile planet like Mars hold? As far as the solar system is concerned, we already inhabit a paradise.Nevertheless, Mars is on the menu. NASA’s proposed Artemis…

Many crypto projects have been including AI solutions to enhance different aspects of their ecosystems. Recent news suggests that XRP and Hedera are exploring AI solutions for cross-chain settlements. Several crypto watchers suggest Avorak AI can help crypto projects meet their AI needs. What is XRP? XRP is a digital currency created by Ripple Labs. XRP serves as a bridge currency between different crypto and fiat currencies, allowing for easy and efficient cross-border payments and remittances. XRP operates on the…

Top and Right. Geographic locations of the ancient and modern samples that were processed for this study, including annual rainfall data of the region. Bottom Left. An aerial view of the archaeological site Avdat. The arrow points to the recovery location of the five archaeological samples that were used in the analyses. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2213563120 Researchers in…

China’s Chang’e 5 rover has found tiny glass beads containing water in an impact crater on the Moon. Samples collected from a 2020 mission found beads with water content as high as 2,000 parts per million (PPM). Given the prevalence of these glass spheres on the lunar surface, there may be enough to provide 71 trillion gallons of water. Some beads formed when asteroids collided with the Moon millions of years ago, while others came from ancient volcanoes. Scientists believe the water originated from a chemical reaction…