RBI comes up with rules for digital payments in offline mode
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday came up with framework for small value digital payments in offline mode to enable transfer of money without the need for internet or telecom connectivity using cards, wallets and…
HPCL joins RACEnergy to launch first Battery swap station in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Jan 3: RACEnergy, a leading electric vehicle infrastructure company, on Monday inaugurated its first Battery Swap Station at Hi-hi-tech city in Hyderabad along with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), one of the…
Another HK media outlet, ‘Citizen News’ to shut today
Hong Kong, Jan 3: Another independent Hong Kong news site Citizen News will be shutting down on January 4 due to the deteriorating conditions of media organizations in the city.
This announcement came days after several senior employees of…
Covid Caution: Chandigarh admin closes Rock Garden & Bird Park for public
Chandigarh, Jan 3: The Chandigarh administration has decided to close the Rock Garden and Bird Park for the public till further orders in view of surge in Covid cases.
The decision was taken during Covid-19 review meeting chaired by Punjab…
SAARC summit: Islamabad suggests virtual participation by India
Islamabad, Jan 3: Pakistan has said that India can join the 19th SAARC summit virtually if Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot come to Islamabad to attend the summit.
“Pakistan considers SAARC as an important forum. We are willing to host…
Kuwait’s Haitham Al-Ghais elected new secretary general of OPEC
Kuwait City, Jan 3 (UNI/Sputnik) The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has elected Haitham Al-Ghais, the candidate of the Kuwaiti delegation, as its new secretary general, an OPEC source told Sputnik on Monday.
According…
Himachal becomes 1st LPG enabled & smoke free state
Hamirpur (HP), Jan 3: Himachal Pradesh has become the first LPG enabled and smokes free state in the country due to Ujjwala scheme of the Center and Grihini Suvidha Yojana of the state government.
The Center government had started the…
Rajnath opens Space Science & Technology Centre
Chandigarh, Jan 3 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has earned Rs 5,600 crores through launch missions over three years, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday as he opened the Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in…
NIA arrests late Cong MLA’s daughter-in-law for ISIS links
Bengaluru, Jan 3: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested BM Basha's daughter-in-law Deepthi Marla alias Mariam for suspected ISIS links.
Basha is son of former Ullal MLA late BM Idinabba, who was a Congress leader and…
Indian High Comm’n to facilitate stranded nationals; 47 Indians, 146 Pakistanis
Islamabad, Jan 3: The Indian High Commission in Islamabad is facilitating the return of 47 Indian nationals, besides the travel of 146 Pakistani nationals to India through the Wagah-Attari border between January 10-15.
In a statement, the…
India play without Kohli, win toss; bat first
Johannesburg, Jan 3: India won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa in the second Test here at the Wanderers stadium on Monday.
Surprisingly, India's KL Rahul walked in for toss. The top-order batter stood in for regular…
At $37.29 bn in Dec, India records highest ever monthly merchandise exports
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) India's merchandise exports reached the highest ever monthly level in the month of December notching $37.29 billion, up 37 per cent over the $27.22 billion in December 2020 with labour-intensive sectors such as…
John Abraham and wife test Covid+
Covid-19 postpones release of much-anticipated RRR, directed by SS Rajamouli
LeT commander killed in Srinagar
Srinagar, Jan 3 : Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant commander Salim Parray, one of the most wanted militants in Jammu and Kashmir, was killed on Monday in a gun battle with security forces at Shalimar Garden on the outskirts of Srinagar,…
UP: SP MLC Pushp Raj Jain taken into custody
Kannauj/Kanpur, Jan 3 (UNI) Itra trader from Kannauj and Samajwadi Party's (SP) Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Pushp Raj Jain alias Pumpy was detained by the Income Tax department in a tax evasion case here on Monday.
Searches are…
Party to decide my poll constituency : Akhilesh
Lucknow, Jan 3: Samajwadi Party (SP) president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has said he will contest elections from wherever the party directs him to.
Addressing a press conference at SP's headquarters, Akhilesh…
Mehbooba seeks release of a teenager arrested by NIA, writes to HM Amit Shah
Srinagar, Jan 3 (UNI) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking release of 19-year-old Arsalan Feroz of Srinagar who…
Nitish waits for consent of BJP for all party meeting on caste census
Patna, Jan 3: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that he was waiting for consent of BJP to convene all party meeting on caste census, even though all other parties had already given their green signals to participate in the…
IS ambush kills 5 Syrian soldiers
Damascus (Syria), Jan 3: Five Syrian soldiers were killed and 20 others wounded when the Islamic State militants targeted their military bus in eastern Syria overnight Sunday, the media reported on Monday.
A missile attack targeted the bus…
Nitin Gadkari inaugurates various developmental projects in Goa
Panaji, Jan 3: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday inaugurated and laid foundation stone for six national highway projects worth Rs 3,840 crore in Goa.
The projects which were dedicated to the nation…
