Introducing MDR on UPI merchant payments could help expand its use for cross-border transactions, says JP Morgan executive. MUMBAI: The introduction of merchant fees on UPI transactions could help expand its use in cross-border payments by giving merchants an alternative that remains cheaper than cards and cash, said Max Neukirchen, co-head of JP Morgan Global…
Students protesting outside Lovely Professional University clashed with police and set vehicles on fire, in Phagwara on Sunday. NEW DELHI: Punjab Police deployed more than 2,000 personnel at Lovely Professional University (LPU) after student protests over an alleged rape case turned violent on Sunday, with senior officers saying the situation had been brought under control.ADGP…
India’s Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh after winning silver medals. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India added seven more medals to its Asian Games 2026 tally on Sunday, but the haul was not enough to keep the country inside the top 10 of the medal standings.India ended Day 8 with 37 medals — four gold, 16…
CBI arrests two in a digital arrest scam that allegedly duped a Gujarat victim of Rs 11.4 crore over three months. NEW DELHI: Following Supreme Court’s directions to investigate major ‘digital arrest scam‘ cases, CBI has arrested two individuals connected to a massive cyber fraud network that siphoned off Rs 11.4 crore from a Gujarat…
Bank unions withdraw three-day strike after late-night agreement with IBA on key demands. NEW DELHI: Bank unions called off their proposed three-day strike just before midnight after the Indian Banks Association agreed to look into their demands.“A high-level committee of IBA and UFBU (United Forum of Bank Unions) will be formed immediately to deliberate on…
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli added another major milestone to his remarkable ODI career on Sunday. The India star became only the second batter after Sachin Tendulkar to score 15,000 runs in One-day Internationals.Kohli reached the landmark during India’s chase in the first ODI against the West Indies in Thiruvananthapuram. He completed 15,000 runs with a…
SIR row escalates: Jairam Ramesh calls EC press note ‘desperate damage control’ NEW DELHI: Congress Sunday continued with its protest against EC, saying the proposed measures related to special intensive revision of electoral rolls were an admission that the exercise had been a “disaster”. It added the “piecemeal measures” for deleted or at-risk voters would…
Pakistan to host SCO coordinators’ meet from Sept 28-30 NEW DELHI: India will participate in a meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) national coordinators to be hosted by Pakistan from Sept 28-30, official sources have said. The meeting is expected to approve a calendar of events under Pakistan’s presidency, culminating in Council of Heads of…
NEW DELHI: The Thiruvananthapuram crowd got exactly what it had been waiting for. Virat Kohli put on another special show, smashing his 55th ODI century as India chased West Indies’ 295/7.Kohli reached his hundred in just 74 balls and made the chase look comfortable with a superb attacking knock. Kohli takes charge West Indies had…
Himlung Himal avalanche kills 2, leaves 12 missing as rescue teams race against time Two people were killed and 10 others remained missing after an avalanche struck the base camp of Himlung Himal in Nepal’s Manang district on Sunday. The avalanche hit a at the base camp sheltering climbers and support staff at the 7,126-metre…