New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- From UPI completing a decade as India's digital payments backbone, to a new services price gauge offering an early read on inflation, the government stepping in as onion prices surge, divergent trends in non-resident indian (NRI) deposit inflows, and India retaining the top spot among emerging markets amid signs of resilience and shifting economic momentum - here is this week's news in numbers.

Ten years since its launch on 25 August 2016, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has transformed from just another payment rail into the backbone of India's digital payments ecosystem. Its rise is visible not only in transaction volumes but also in the amount of money flowing through the platform. UPI processed 241.62 billion t...