Canada is targeting one trillion dollars in investments over the next five years to create a robust and independent economy Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has pitched Canada as a destination for global investment while seeking to reduce the country’s economic dependence on the United States, even as he stressed that Washington will remain a...
Category: News
Home
News
Post
‘Intended to kill her’: What we know so far about Gurgaon hit-and-run case
Kalyan Bainsla was arrested in Rajasthan for ramming his car into a biker GURGAON: Kalyan Bainsla (33), who rammed his car into a biker and caused her to fall in the middle of fast-moving traffic on Golf Course Road Sunday morning, was arrested at Dausa in Rajasthan on Tuesday.A video from her bike’s camera that...
Post
Ex-Pakistan batter calls India ‘arrogant’ as he defends Mohsin Naqvi
India beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the Asia Cup final in Dubai on Sunday, but the team did not accept the trophy from Naqvi Former Pakistan batter Mohammad Yousuf has come out in support of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) President and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi after the trophy controversy following...
Post
Fee on UPI transactions: Will your payments get costlier? What consumers need to know
Some smaller merchants, though, may pass on at least part of the burden to customers, if not the full burden, executives said. MUMBAI: Will the reintroduction of MDR on select UPI transactions impact you in any way? Well, a lot will depend on individual retailers, even though the government has kept consumers beyond the ambit...
Post
Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s London event called off after police raise safety concerns
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s public event outside London’s iconic Shard skyscraper was cancelled after the Metropolitan Police raised concerns over crowd safety.Hundreds of fans had gathered at the venue, with several waiting for hours to see the actor-turned-politician. Vijay’s team announced the cancellation over a loudspeaker, citing the lack of...
Post
Samson’s blitz against Afg keeps Sooryavanshi waiting – and the debate alive
Sanju Samson (PTI photo) New Delhi: Mohammad Nabi moved to his left, leaped ever so slightly at the long-off boundary rope, got his hands underneath the leather and held on. A few inches more and the ball would have possibly evaded him for a six. Instead, he gestured ‘out’ to the umpire and a probing...
Post
Hear us first if Tata Sons files any plea: RBI caveat in HC
MUMBAI: Anticipating a legal showdown with Tata Sons, Reserve Bank of India has lodged a caveat in Bombay high court after rejecting its application for deregistration as a core investment company, a status that would have exempted it from a stock market listing. The central bank has asked to be heard before any order is...
Post
Sanjukta Parashar first woman to head CRPF’s CoBRA commando unit
Sanjukta Parashar NEW DELHI: IPS officer Sanjukta Parashar, called the ‘Iron Lady of Assam’, has become the first woman officer to lead CRPF’s jungle warfare commando unit, CoBRA.Parashar, a 2006-batch officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, earned the moniker of Iron Lady after leading the crackdown against militant outfit National Democratic Front of Bodoland in 2013-14...
Post
‘India, China must be sensitive to each other’s concerns’: Govt on what PM Modi told Xi
PM Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi raised Indian concerns in ties with China with President Xi Jinping when the two met last week on the sidelines of the Brics summit, saying both sides need to show sensitivity to each other’s core concerns, according to the Indian government.The MEA assertion...
Post
Free to fee: 0.4% on UPI payments over Rs 2,000
MDR kicks in from October 15 NEW DELHI: National Payments Corporation of India on Tuesday announced a 0.4% merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000, with an overall cap of Rs 300, and a flat Rs 5 charge for utility payments, fuel purchase, insurance premium, rail tickets, and a host of government...
