New Delhi- Digital transactions contributed 99.8 per cent of India’s retail payments in the first quarter of the current financial year (Q1FY26), with paper-based instruments (cheques) nearly obsolete, owing to policy push, infrastructure support, and deep fintech penetration, a report said on Monday. Digital payments, led by Unified Payment Interface (UPI), Aadhaar-enabled payment system (AePS),…
New Delhi- Stepping up its operation and crackdown on illegal immigrants, the Delhi Police on Monday apprehended six African nationals staying illegally in the city. The foreign nationals apparently exceeded their permit and overstayed in the national capital, leading to action and the subsequent initiation of deportation proceedings.The foreign nationals were nabbed by the Nihal…
Bengaluru- Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, IT and BT, Priyank Kharge, on Monday defended his call to ban the public activities of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), clarifying that his father and AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge had attended an RSS event in 2002 only to warn them against creating trouble. His remarks…
New Delhi- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday highlighted an article written by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, which underscores India’s distinctive approach to development through scale, skill and self-reliance. In the article, posted by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on X social media platform, Puri notes that “while developed nations are turning inward, India…
Seoul- LG Electronics, a leading home appliance manufacturer in South Korea, said on Monday that its third-quarter operating profit is estimated to have dropped more than 8 percent from a year earlier due to rising tariff costs. Operating profit for the three months ended in September came to an estimated 688.9 billion won ($482.6 million),…
Dubai- Dubai, a major business hub of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is committed to hosting globally competitive startups in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector, including those from South Korea, a senior official from the city’s foundation has said. Saeed Al Falasi, executive director of the Dubai Future Foundation, made the remark during a group…
New Delhi- The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a CBI inquiry into the Karur stampede — a tragic incident that claimed 41 lives and left over 100 injured. In its interim order, a Bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and N.V. Anjaria appointed former SC judge Justice Ajay Rastogi to supervise the CBI probe.Apart from Justice…
Istanbul- O.P. Jindal Global University was conferred the prestigious 2025 Global Education for Peace Award by the Society of Transnational Academic Researchers (STAR) at their STAR Global Conference 2025 in İstanbul, Turkiye, for its role in fostering peace through higher education. The Society of Transnational Academic Researchers (STAR Scholars Network) is an international forum dedicated…
Thiruvananthapuram- Former Congress MLA Anil Akkara has filed a formal complaint demanding that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) immediately question Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s son, Vivek Kiran Vijayan, in connection with the Life Mission money laundering case. The complaint, submitted to the Union Finance Ministry and the ED Director, highlights the agency’s prolonged inaction after issuing…
Agartala- The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a joint operation have seized drugs worth Rs 16 crore in Tripura and arrested a woman drug peddler in Tripura on Monday, officials said. A BSF spokesman said that on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, the BSF and the NCB…
