A new pattern is taking shape in finance, and the crypto industry has quietly become one of its main builders. For years, virtual digital assets were talked about mainly as something to buy, hold and trade. The bigger development now is that the same underlying technology – blockchains and stablecoins – is becoming the engine for a different kind of transaction: one carried out not by a person, but by software acting on that person's instructions. These are called agentic payments. An AI agent is a program that can be…
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West Bengal Adopts Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY
West Bengal has become the 36th State/Union Territory in the country to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), marking a significant milestone in India’s journey towards universal health coverage. The implementation was formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the National Health Authority (NHA) and the Government of West Bengal. With the rollout of the world’s largest publicly funded health assurance scheme in the state, millions of eligible beneficiaries in West Bengal will gain access to cashless and paperless treatment at empanelled…
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