India
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From April 1, two-factor authentication for all digital payments, including UPI
New Delhi: Two-factor authentication for all digital transactions, including popular UPI platform, becomes effective from Wednesday, April 1, in line with the RBI’s direction as a measure to curb fraud. Transactions will…
- Hate Crime
Human rights violations against Indian Muslims amounting to apartheid: Report
The Panel of Independent International Experts (PIIE) has reported that systematic human rights violations against Muslims in India, specifically in Assam, have risen to the extent that they can be classified as…
- Telangana
Centre betrayed Telangana on promises, water diverted to AP: MP Vamsi
Hyderabad: Peddapalli Member of Parliament (MP) Gaddam Vamsi Krishna on Wednesday, April 1, attacked the central government for the “continued injustice being meted” out to Telangana. Speaking in the Parliament, he pointed…
- India
SBI UPI services restored after maintenance disruption
New Delhi: Digital payment services faced disruption across India on Wednesday, April 1, leaving many users unable to complete transactions through UPI platforms. According to outage tracking platform Downdetector, complaints surged sharply…
- India
HC issues notice to Kejriwal on ED plea against acquittal in summons cases
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday, April 1, sought former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s stand on a plea by the ED challenging his acquittal in two separate cases lodged against…
- India
Be cautious while filing nominations: Mamata to TMC nominees
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, April 1, alleged that newly appointed officials by the Election Commission were entrusted to reject nominations of her party candidates and urged them to…
- Middle East
Indian Consulate in Dubai offers walk-in NRI certificates for Class 12 students
Dubai: The Consulate General of India in Dubai has announced a one-time walk-in facility for Class 12 students seeking NRI certificates, easing the process ahead of the college admission season in India.…
- India
Jet fuel prices double, domestic, international travel to become more expensive
New Delhi: ATF or jet fuel prices more than doubled to a record Rs 2.07 lakh per kilolitre on Wednesday, April 1, but state-owned oil companies passed on only a fraction of…
- India
Vijayan is shadow of Modi, says Telangana CM in Kerala poll campaign
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, April 1, urged the people of Kerala not to vote for the Liberal Democratic Front (LDF), adding that CM Pinarayi Vijayan is a…
- India
Thane to get pod taxi service: Shinde
Thane: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said that an ambitious pod taxi project has been planned for Thane city to provide last-mile connectivity. Addressing an event here on Tuesday, March…
- India
Bengal SIR: 47 lakh objections disposed of till Mar 31, HC CJ informs SC
New Delhi: The chief justice of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, April 1, informed the Supreme Court that around 47 lakh out of the 60 lakh objections in the ongoing Special…
- India
58 stolen motorbikes seized in Thane; two thieves held
Thane: Police have arrested two motorbike thieves and recovered 58 stolen two-wheelers from them in Maharashtra’s Thane district, an official said. After a surge in motorbike theft cases in the Bhiwandi area,…
- India
Amended bill on rights of transgender persons rights gets President’s assent
New Delhi: An amendment bill which provides graded punishment for bodily harm to transgender persons has received the assent of President Draupadi Murmu. Opposition MPs had slammed the Transgender Persons (Protection of…
- India
West Asia crisis may push up realty construction costs by 5 pc in near term
Kolkata: The escalating West Asia conflict is beginning to exert cost pressure on India’s real estate sector, with material prices rising and industry leaders warning of a potential 5 per cent spike…
- India
EC suspends BDO after violence at Bengal poll training venue
Kolkata: The Election Commission ordered the suspension of a block development officer (BDO) in West Bengal’s Nadia district and directed the initiation of departmental proceedings against him, following violence at a poll…