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SBI Users Alert: Internet Banking, YONO & UPI To Be Unavailable For One Hour On Oct 25
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SBI will conduct maintenance on October 25, 2025 affecting UPI, IMPS, YONO, Internet Banking, NEFT, and RTGS. ATM and UPI Lite will remain available.
SBI maintenance schedule
The State Bank of India (SBI) has announced a scheduled maintenance activity that will temporarily affect several of its key digital services, including UPI, IMPS, YONO, Internet Banking, NEFT, and RTGS. The downtime is scheduled from 01:10 am to 02:10 am (IST) on October 25, 2025, lasting for a total of 60 minutes.
During this period, customers will not be able to use these online and mobile banking services. However, the bank has advised users to utilize SBI’s ATM and UPI Lite services, which will remain functional during the maintenance window. SBI also expressed regret for the temporary inconvenience and thanked customers for their patience and understanding.
“Due to scheduled maintenance activity, our services UPI, IMPS, YONO, Internet Banking, NEFT & RTGS will be temporarily unavailable from 01:10 hrs to 02:10 hrs on 25.10.2025 (60 Minutes). These services will resume by 02:10 hrs on 25.10.2025 (IST),” SBI stated in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
Earlier this week, the bank had also announced a UPI maintenance activity for October 24, 2025, between 00:15 hrs and 01:00 hrs, which was later postponed. SBI said it would share a revised schedule for that maintenance at a later date.
What to Do When SBI Services Are Down: Use These Alternatives
If SBI services like YONO, Internet Banking (INB), NEFT, RTGS, and UPI are temporarily down, here’s what you can do instead:
Option 1: Use UPI Lite for Quick Payments
What is UPI Lite?
UPI Lite is a simplified version of UPI that works even when the bank server is down. It supports small-value transactions (up to Rs 500) without needing a PIN for each payment.
How to Use UPI Lite (Step-by-Step):
- Open any UPI-enabled app (like PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM, or GPay).
- Go to the UPI Lite section (usually visible on the home screen).
- Activate UPI Lite by linking your SBI account (if not already done).
- Add balance to your UPI Lite wallet (max Rs 2,000 at a time).
- Make payments instantly without waiting for bank approval.
- Works well for groceries, tea stalls, travel fare, etc.
- No SMS needed, no UPI PIN required for each transaction.
Option 2: Use SBI ATM/Debit Card for Cash and Payments
SBI ATM services continue to work even during digital service outages.
What You Can Do:
- Withdraw cash from any nearby SBI or other bank ATMs.
- Check your balance via ATM.
- Make purchases using your SBI debit card at POS (Point of Sale) terminals in shops.
- Use card on delivery or for utility bill payments.
Varun Yadav is a Sub Editor at News18 Business Digital. He writes articles on markets, personal finance, technology, and more. He completed his post-graduation diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Inst…Read More
Varun Yadav is a Sub Editor at News18 Business Digital. He writes articles on markets, personal finance, technology, and more. He completed his post-graduation diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Inst… Read More
October 24, 2025, 17:40 IST
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Two ads promoting British beef and milk have been banned after television presenter and environmental campaigner Chris Packham complained that they misled consumers about the products’ carbon footprints.
Both ads for the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) Let’s Eat Balanced campaign used the carbon footprint of British beef and milk to promote the products, firstly stating: “British beef not only tastes great, but has a carbon footprint that’s half the global average*.”
The asterisk linked to text that stated: “Full lifecycle emissions of CO2 eq (carbon dioxide equivalent) per kg of beef.”
The ad for milk stated: “British milk not only tastes good, but is also produced to world-class standards, and has a carbon footprint a third lower than the global average.”
Packham complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that the ads, and specifically the carbon footprint claims, were misleading as they did not reflect the full environmental impact of British meat and dairy.
The AHDB said the ads’ mention of carbon emissions would be understood in relation to the environmental impact of beef and milk that occurred between the “cradle-to-retail” stages.
But the ASA said the average consumer “being reasonably well-informed, observant and circumspect” would understand the claims to apply beyond the retail stage and include actions such as cooking and wastage.
The ASA said: “While we acknowledged the potential difficulties in producing post-retail emissions data, the claims in the ads suggested those emissions were included and we therefore expected the evidence provided to also include them.
“We therefore concluded that the evidence presented was insufficient to support the full life-cycle claims in the ads, which was how the average consumer was likely to interpret them.
“We reminded AHDB that environmental claims should be based on the full life cycle unless the ad stated otherwise.”
AHDB’s director of communications and market development, Will Jackson, said: “Let’s Eat Balanced is doing what it was designed to do, providing clear, factual, evidence-led information about British food, nutrition and farming standards.
“Since the investigation began, we have conducted independent consumer research which found that the majority of respondents interpreted these adverts as relating to the production phase only, from farm to retail.
“This research provides important insight into consumer understanding and supports our belief that consumers were not misled by the information we shared in these two specific adverts.”
BENGALURU: India’s Gen Z workforce is embracing what experts describe as “portfolio careers” – balancing multiple professional identities and income streams simultaneously. New research from LinkedIn shows that 75% of Gen Z entrepreneurs in India now manage multiple income streams, significantly higher than the 62% among Gen X entrepreneurs. The findings point to a growing preference among younger professionals for flexibility, autonomy and diversified sources of income. “We’re also seeing the rise of the ‘portfolio era’, with more professionals creating multiple income streams and redefining what a career can look like. This shift is making entrepreneurship more accessible than ever before,” said LinkedIn India country manager Kumaresh Pattabiraman.Rather than depending on a single full-time role, many professionals are simultaneously building businesses, freelancing, consulting, creating online content and monetising specialised skills through digital platforms. The trend comes amid a broader rise in entrepreneurial activity in India. LinkedIn recorded a 104% year-on-year increase in members adding “Founder” to their profiles – the highest growth among all global markets.AI is also emerging as a major enabler of this shift. The report found that 85% of Gen Z entrepreneurs consider AI and digital tools important to their business operations.
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