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Malayala Manorama bags Asian, World Digital Media awards
NEW DELHI: Malayala Manorama has won top awards for best news website both in the south Asian and the World Digital Media awards.
Organised by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA) with Google, the South Asian awards were presented in Kolkata recently, and the World Digital Media Awards in Vienna earlier this week.
In the World Digital Media awards, there was only one Indian winner – Malayala Manorama of Kottayam in Kerala http://www.manoramaonline.com/
Malayala Manorama is a large regional media house with operations in print, TV, radio, online, mobile & 50+ publications. The company has a journalism legacy that stretches back more than 125 years.
NDTV Convergence Ltd. won a record 10 awards.
The winners of the inaugural edition of South Asian Digital Media Awards were announced and the winners were presented with trophies at the glittering awards ceremony at the WAN-IFRA in Kolkata. This year, the winners of South Asian Digital Media Awards were chosen from nine categories.
The categories and the winners are:
a) Best News Website
Gold: www.manoramaonline.com
Silver: www.ndtv.com
Bronze: www.onmanorama.com
Bronze: www.indianexpress.com
Bronze: www.amarujala.com
b) Best New Product
Gold: Gadgets 360, from Red Pixles Ventures
Silver: News Beeps, from NDTV Convergence
Bronze: Vixty app, from NDTV Convergence
c) Best New Mobile Service
Gold: News Republic App
Silver: www.indianexpress.com
Bronze: The Quint
d) Best Digital Advertising Campaign
Gold: The Quint – IAmShatterProof for Motorola
Silver: NDTV Convergence – L’Oreal Paris Women of worth 2016
e) Best Use of Online Video
Gold: The Quint – The Wild West of Utter Pradesh
Silver: NDTV Convergence – Shiksha Ki Ore Campaign
Bronze: NDTV Convergence – L’Oreal Paris Women of worth 2016
f) Best Entertainment & Lifestyle Mobile Service
Silver: NDTV Convergence – Nirmal MyFit100Days
g) Best Entertainment & Lifestyle Website Service
Gold: NDTV Convergence – Nirmal MyFit100Days
Silver: Times Internet – Happytrips.com
h) Best Data Visualisation Project
Bronze: NDTV Convergence – Dettol Banega Swachh India
i) Best Reader Engagement
Gold: The Quint
Silver: The Hindu – sportstarlive.com – Ask Ashwin Contest
Bronze: The Hindu.com – Tamil Nadu Election Campaign 2016`
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PNB partners Kiwi to launch credit-enabled UPI for users
Targets 180 million customers; RuPay card offers 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent cashback
MUMBAI: Swipe, tap, or scan credit is quietly slipping into the rhythm of everyday payments, and Punjab National Bank wants in on the action. The state-run lender has partnered with Kiwi to roll out credit-enabled UPI payments for its 180 million customers, marking a significant push to blend traditional banking with India’s fast-evolving digital payments ecosystem.
At the centre of the collaboration is the launch of the PNB Kiwi Credit Card on the RuPay network. The card is designed with a digital-first approach, offering fully online onboarding and seamless integration with UPI, allowing users to transact via scan-and-pay while accessing credit.
The offering also brings in a rewards layer, with cashback ranging from 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent on online transactions, positioning the product as both a convenience play and a spending incentive.
The move comes as UPI continues to dominate India’s digital payments landscape, increasingly blurring the lines between debit-led transactions and credit access. For PNB, which operates over 10,000 branches around 60 per cent in semi-urban and rural areas, the partnership signals a targeted effort to extend formal credit to segments that have traditionally remained underserved.
The collaboration also reflects a broader industry shift, where banks and fintech platforms are converging to embed credit directly into payment flows, reducing friction while expanding access.
With RuPay credit cards gaining traction and UPI evolving beyond peer-to-peer transfers, the PNB–Kiwi tie-up positions both players at the intersection of scale, accessibility, and the next phase of digital finance in India.
