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04.10 / 15:31
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Our central bank digital currency can be the next UPI
₹15.8 trillion, UPI is a big success. With countries like Singapore, Malaysia, the UAE, UK and France accepting UPI linkages, India has impressed others with its financial regulatory system and technology capabilities. India is also pushing for inroads with other dependable offerings, including RuPay, which dominates the domestic debit cards market with over 860 million transactions, worth over ₹1.6 trillion.
04.10 / 14:57
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NPCI to ink pact with UAE’s Al Etihad Payments to facilitate cross-border transactions
PTI. The pact will be signed on the UAE’s development of domestic card scheme based on India's RuPay debit and credit card stack, the PTI report said citing an official. The agreement will be signed in the presence of commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, who is leading a business delegation to Abu Dhabi from October 5 to October 6. India and the UAE will discuss issues, and challenges pertaining to existing investments in each other's countries, the commerce ministry said in a statement.
04.10 / 14:49
04.10 / 14:43
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Japan hopes to resolve China's seafood ban over Fukushima's wastewater release within WTO's scope
Japanese Agriculture Minister Ichiro Miyashita says Tokyo hopes to resolve the issue of Chinese ban on its seafood within the World Trade Organization's scope
04.10 / 14:43
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EU countries overcome key obstacle in yearslong plan to overhaul the bloc's asylum rules
European Union countries have overcame a new obstacle in their yearslong quest to overhaul the bloc’s asylum rules
04.10 / 14:43
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Hungary's foreign minister hints that Budapest will continue blocking EU military aid to Ukraine
Hungary’s foreign minister says that his government wants guarantees from Kyiv that a Hungarian bank that was removed from a Ukrainian list of sponsors of Russia’s war will not be placed back on that list in the future
04.10 / 14:27
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Joe Oliver: Canada will soon be alone and ignored in its climate obsession
In its fervour to achieve net zero emissions the federal government is increasingly isolated internationally, while its influence on other countries has vanished as, through incompetence and worse, it has tarnished Canada’s brand as a country to emulate.
04.10 / 14:19
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NPCI to sign pact with Al Etihad Payments of UAE for cross-border transactions
NPCI International Payments Ltd, the international arm of the National Payment Corporation of India, will ink an agreement with Al Etihad Payments on Thursday in Abu Dhabi to facilitate cross-border transactions, an official said. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) aims to develop the domestic card scheme of the UAE based on India's RuPay debit and credit card stack, the official added.
04.10 / 14:17
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75,000 union health care workers at Kaiser Permanente go on strike
'Making Money' host Charles Payne discusses the impact of the expansion of the UAW strikes.
04.10 / 14:11
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Middle East oil chief urges fossil fuel ‘phase down’
London | Abu Dhabi| Sultan al-Jaber, president-designate of this year’s UN climate summit, said the oil and gas industry must prepare for an inevitable “phase down” of fossil fuels as he warned the sector should not be seen to work against decarbonisation efforts.
04.10 / 13:23
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Shooting at Baltimore’s Morgan State University leaves five injured
Morgan State University in Baltimore on Tuesday night, necessitating issuance of an active shooter warning and shelter-in-place instructions. for students and staff. Addressing a press conference, Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said that the injured individuals, which included four men and one woman aged between 18 and 22, had sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
04.10 / 13:23
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Mauritius hosts Africa Partnership Conference to boost investments and intra-Africa trade
Africa Partnership Conference (APC), organised by the Economic Development Board, Mauritius, in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development of Mauritius, concluded successfully on the 3rd of October. This event marked the third edition of the APC, focusing on the theme — Unity in Partnership: Enabling Sustainable & Inclusive Investment. The main goal of this conference was to foster connections between project promoters from various African nations and venture capitalists.
04.10 / 13:23
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Former Apple executive Sreenivasa Reddy joins Google as head of govt affairs, public policy
India has appointed Sreenivasa Reddy as the new government affairs and public policy leader for the country, the company said. Reddy joins Google from Microsoft, where he was a senior director heading the extended reality regulatory affairs for Asia Pacific and Middle East Asian countries. Reddy has also served as the head of regulatory affairs at Apple in India between July 2018 and November 2021.
04.10 / 13:11
04.10 / 12:39
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VTEX and Solveda Unite to Transform Digital Commerce Landscape in India
Founded in 2013, Solveda provides an advanced, highly customizable, and integrated solution that allows businesses of all sizes to deliver a highly effective B2C and B2B customer experience. Solveda’s design and software practice brings strong solution design capabilities around a wide array of proprietary, commercial and open-source platforms.
04.10 / 12:39
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IAF receives first LCA Tejas trainer aircraft from HAL, eyes additional 97 fighter jets
Click here! Minister of State Defence Ajay Bhatt, who was the chief guest during the function, said, "Today is a historic day. I am very proud to be in HAL and to witness all agreements done here.
04.10 / 11:57
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Affirmative action under siege: A tale of two major democracies
₹800,000 (just under $10,000) per year and cannot be members of SC, ST or OBC groups. More than 98% of Indians, [as estimated, would qualify for it if only that income cut-off were to apply]. By focusing solely on economic conditions, rather than marginalization and discrimination based on social identity, the new EWS quota effectively turned the original reservation policy on its head.
04.10 / 11:57
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NTA JEE score 98 or 33? CBI registers PE as candidate disputes results
CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry to look into the complaints of a JEE aspirant who has disputed his National Testing Agency scores before the Odisha High Court, officials said. The CBI has registered the PE on the orders of the High Court which had directed it to ascertain the «correctness» of the claims made by Anshuman Kanungo.
04.10 / 11:57
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Dubai-based Jumeirah Group to double property portfolio by 2030; 'keen' on opening luxury hotel in India
Jumeirah Group aims to double its property portfolio by 2030 and is 'keen' on opening a luxury hotel in India, a top company official said on Wednesday. Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts is a Dubai-based luxury hotel chain, which currently owns 27 hotels across the world, including 12 hotels in the United Arab Emirates, said Kirti Anchan, General Manager of Jumeirah Emirates Towers. «We are on a growth path and we want to double our property portfolio by 2030.
04.10 / 11:57
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Revealing India's space pioneers: Meet the astronauts of the Gaganyaan Mission
Indian Air Force (IAF) unveiled an official video as part of its 91st-anniversary celebrations, offering a glimpse of the astronaut designates chosen for Gaganyaan, India's maiden human spaceflight mission. The IAF's Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) played a pivotal role in selecting these individuals, maintaining utmost secrecy around their identities.
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