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parliamentary panel on the Waqf Amendment Bill were suspended for a day on Friday amid continuous protests and accusations against Chairman Jagdambika Pal of steam-rolling through the proceedings. The suspended members are Kalyan Banerjee, Mohammad Jawed, A Raja, Asaduddin Owaisi, Naseer Hussain, Mohibullah, Mohamed Abdullah, Arvind Sawant, Nadeem-ul Haque, Imran Masood.

Eid prayers on Monday at the historic Jama Masjid in old city for the sixth year time in a row, Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid said here. «After Fajr prayers today, police personnel closed the gates of Jama Masjid in Srinagar and informed the Auqaf that Eid prayers scheduled for 9:00 AM would not be permitted at the mosque,» the management body of 14th century mosque said in a statement. It also claimed that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who was scheduled to deliver the Eid sermon, was placed under house arrest. The Eid prayers have been barred at Jama Masjid and Eidgah by the authorities since 2019.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is expecting its digital token, JPM Coin, to process $10 billion in daily transactions in the upcoming year.

Pakistan cricket team's visas for the upcoming ODI World Cup in India have finally been approved. This news comes after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) expressed concerns over delayed visa processing, saying it hampered the team's preparations for the cross-border event.

PTI, the Mirwaiz will be allowed to take part in the Friday congregational prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid in the Nowhatta area here, the officials from the Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid -- the management committee of the mosque -- said. "Senior police officials visited the residence of the Mirwaiz on Thursday to inform him that the authorities have decided to release him from house detention and allow him to go to Jamia Masjid for Friday prayers," the Auqaf said in a statement.

Kashmir High Court on Friday directed the J&K administration to file a response regarding the petition challenging continued house arrest of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is under detention for over four years now. Mirwaiz’s lawyer Nazir Ahmad Ronga confirmed that the J&K High Court court has directed the Union Territory administration to file its objections regarding the petition by October 4 this year. Mirwaiz has been kept under house arrest since August 4 2019, when the BJP led central government abrogated special status of J&K and downgraded the erstwhile state into two union territories of J&K and Ladakh. In the wake of the decision the government had imposed a communication blockade for several weeks, restricted internet for a few months and arrested over 7500 people across J&K including three former chief ministers, Hurriyat leaders, human rights activists, lawyers and businessmen.

Make no mistake, crypto is here to stay. That’s according to Umar Farooq, chief executive of JPMorgan’s digital-assets unit Onyx, who says the trickier question is how the digital currency space ends up evolving beyond the zigzag nature of development we have seen so far.

Umar Farooq, head of JPMorgan's digital assets unit Onyx, is on a mission to disrupt the banking system via the digital ledger technology known as blockchain.

Umar Farooq, head of JPMorgan's digital assets unit Onyx, is on a mission to disrupt the banking system via the digital ledger technology known as blockchain.

Make no mistake, crypto is here to stay. That’s according to Umar Farooq, chief executive of JPMorgan’s digital-assets unit Onyx, who says the trickier question is how the digital currency space ends up evolving beyond the zigzag nature of development we have seen so far.

Cryptocurrencies are reshaping financial services at a rapid pace. No longer the preserve of armchair traders, traditional financial institutions are sitting up and starting to take notice of digital assets as well.