UPI hits a trillion dollars, but cash is still king: In 2021-22, payments transactions worth more than a trillion dollars were carried out on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) system; At the same time, the cash-to-GDP ratio as of end-March is expected to be around 13.3%, higher than the 12% it used to be before the demonetization of November 2016

Meat shops in Delhi shut over fears of vandalism: BJP’s municipal mayor Mukesh Suryan said that he has written to the civic body’s commissioner to shut all meat shops in the corporation’s jurisdiction during the nine-day Hindu festival as it “hurt the religious sentiments”; Meat shop owners shut down stores in fear of vandalism; Police unable and unwilling to provide security

Andhra Pradesh’s district reorganisation: Reorganized administration with 26 districts function from April 4; collectors, SPs appointed; Women collectors to head 6 new districts; several state-level officers shifted to the new places

India’s black fungus epidemic linked to cow dung fires: Cow dung fires, a common practice in various regions in India, may have acted as a vehicle for India’s mucormycosis epidemic of 2021, a new study now suggests

Poverty-hit mothers sell infants in Andhra Pradesh: A few cases discovered linked to a specific hospital; Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP) was at the centre of the racket