<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Anikaay — Independent reporting and practical explainers</title><description>Anikaay publishes clearly sourced reporting, research explainers and practical guides by market, with named authors, visible dates and primary sources.</description><link>https://anikaay.site/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>UPI Charges Explained: What Is Free and What Is Not From 15 October 2026</title><link>https://anikaay.site/in/article/upi-charges-explained-what-is-free-and-what-is-not/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://anikaay.site/in/article/upi-charges-explained-what-is-free-and-what-is-not/</guid><description>UPI is not becoming a paid service for ordinary users. Person-to-person transfers stay free at any amount, merchant payments up to ₹2,000 stay free, and small vendors keep a mandatory zero rate. The new merchant discount rate starts at 0.4% above ₹2,000 and applies to roughly 4% of merchant transactions.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>UPI is not becoming a paid service for ordinary users. Person-to-person transfers stay free at any amount, merchant payments up to ₹2,000 stay free, and small vendors keep a mandatory zero rate. The new merchant discount rate starts at 0.4% above ₹2,000 and applies to roughly 4% of merchant transactions.</content:encoded><category>Finance</category><category>upi</category><category>payments</category><category>merchant-discount-rate</category><category>digital-payments</category><category>personal-finance</category><author>editorial@anikaay.site</author></item><item><title>When You Can Go Back to Work or School After Being Sick</title><link>https://anikaay.site/us/article/when-to-go-back-to-work-after-being-sick/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://anikaay.site/us/article/when-to-go-back-to-work-after-being-sick/</guid><description>The CDC rule most people hear about is 24 hours fever-free. It is necessary and it is not sufficient. The rule that decides whether a sick day ends is that symptoms are getting better overall — and some illnesses, norovirus especially, do not follow the respiratory rule at all.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>The CDC rule most people hear about is 24 hours fever-free. It is necessary and it is not sufficient. The rule that decides whether a sick day ends is that symptoms are getting better overall — and some illnesses, norovirus especially, do not follow the respiratory rule at all.</content:encoded><category>Health</category><category>public-health</category><category>contagious-illness</category><category>respiratory-viruses</category><category>workplace-guidance</category><author>editorial@anikaay.site</author></item><item><title>How HTTPS Certificate Validation Actually Works</title><link>https://anikaay.site/us/article/how-https-certificate-validation-works/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://anikaay.site/us/article/how-https-certificate-validation-works/</guid><description>Every secure connection starts with a question — is this really the site it claims to be? 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It is a statutory document with a predictable structure, and the useful information is concentrated in a handful of sections you can reach directly.</content:encoded><category>Business</category><category>filings</category><category>annual-reports</category><category>sec</category><category>corporate-governance</category><author>editorial@anikaay.site</author></item><item><title>What a Confidence Interval Actually Tells You</title><link>https://anikaay.site/us/article/what-a-confidence-interval-tells-you/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://anikaay.site/us/article/what-a-confidence-interval-tells-you/</guid><description>When a study reports a 95% confidence interval, the most common misreading is that there is a 95% chance the true value lies inside it. That is not what it means, and the difference matters when you are deciding what to do.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>When a study reports a 95% confidence interval, the most common misreading is that there is a 95% chance the true value lies inside it. That is not what it means, and the difference matters when you are deciding what to do.</content:encoded><category>Science</category><category>statistics</category><category>research-methods</category><category>probability</category><author>editorial@anikaay.site</author></item><item><title>How to Read a Residential Lease Before You Sign It</title><link>https://anikaay.site/us/article/how-to-read-a-residential-lease/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://anikaay.site/us/article/how-to-read-a-residential-lease/</guid><description>A lease is a contract you are expected to sign quickly, with the parts that cost you money concentrated in clauses that look like boilerplate. 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