[Update] Several Users Face UPI Transaction Failures as Few Banks Hit by Technical Glitch

Update 10 am IST, February 7, 2024: The UPI services have been restored, and we have independently confirmed that all the banks mentioned in the story below are seeing UPI-related payments going through without any issues.

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