For the first time, Octopus opens up its payment network to UnionPay, AlipayHK, and Alipay to enable QR payments for Mainland visitors and Hong Kong passengers Transaction fee waiver and referral programme to accelerate driver sign-up HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 11 January 2024 – Today Octopus Cards Limited (Octopus) announced that it will enable 21,000 Hong Kong taxi drivers to accept QR payments […]
Yoga guru Ramdev found himself at the centre of controversy following a viral video where he seemed to make remarks against Other Backward Classes (OBC). Ramdev, however, came forward to clarify that his comments were directed at AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi and not intended to insult the OBC community. The video, widely circulated on social […]
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Leaders of INDIA bloc parties the Congress and AAP held a meeting on Friday to discuss seat sharing in Delhi, Punjab and other states for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, with both sides saying the talks were progressing well. The meeting at Congress leader Mukul Wasnik’s residence on Friday evening went on for nearly two […]
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By Sushil Kutty The opposition INDI-Alliance is confident that unity among opposition parties will fetch easy victories against the Bharatiya Janata Party in the majority of the 543 constituencies in 2024 because in 2019, Modi’s victorious party could get only 38 percent of the total votes polled, while the remaining 62 percent were “cast against” […]
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NEW DELHI: India’s retail inflation rose to 5.69 per cent in December 2023 up from 5.55 per cent in November last tear with higher food prices stretching household budgets, according to official figures released on Friday. Retail inflation inched up marginally in December, while industrial production in November plunged to an eight-month low of 2.4%, […]
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A group of seers being targeted by a mob in West Bengal has resulted in another showdown between the BJP and the ruling Trinamool Congress. Twelve people have been arrested in connection with the attack on seers after the videos of the incident went viral. Sources say the seers or sadhus, who were on their […]
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Closing Price on Debut Day 164% Higher than Offer Price HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Neswire – 12 January 2024 – WellCell Holdings Co., Limited (“WellCell” or the “Company”; together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”, stock code: 2477), a comprehensive telecommunication network support and ICT integration service provider and software developer in the PRC, is successfully listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of […]
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Supreme Court’s refusal to stay implementation of Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023 has shattered the dream of the people for a free and fair Lok Sabha Election 2024, though the court has agreed to hear the pleas against the […]
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NEW DELHI: Any further shift among the taxpayers to the concessional personal income tax regime from 60% reported so far will require further tweaks to make it more attractive, government sources said on condition of anonymity. A few options in this regard are under consideration, they said, but hinted that these steps might get deferred […]
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Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily was rather evasive when asked if he will attend the Ayodhya consecration event. Moily told News18 that there is no restriction imposed on him, and that the Congress high command has permitted those who want to attend the event on January 22. He said the consecration ceremony is being “politicised” under […]
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Hinduism is a religion, but Hindutva is politics. Former is rooted in religiosity, but the later in hate politics as practiced by RSS-BJP clan. ‘Jai Sri Ram’ had been a religious and pious expression in Hinduism, but RSS-BJP clan has been misusing this as a tool against their opponents to tease […]
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By Arun Srivastava So far the RSS and BJP have been working on their plan to rupture the social relation between Hindus and Muslims, but now in the wake of the consecration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22 differences have cropped up among the Hindus between those believing Sanatan ideology and the devotees […]
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MUMBAI: India has emerged as “vishwa mitra”, or a trusted friend, in the rapidly changing world order, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. He projected the country as a new ray of hope amid global uncertainties and an engine of growth for the world economy. The prime minister was addressing the Vibrant Gujarat Global […]
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The Congress has finally decided on the Ayodhya Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha on January 22, saying it will skip the “Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh/Bharatiya Janata Party event”. It has also raised the point that while the temple construction is incomplete, the inauguration was being hurried ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. These are the common grounds […]
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Israel prepared to defend itself on Thursday at the top UN court against accusations of genocide in Gaza, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rebuffed for the first time calls by some right-wing ministers to permanently occupy the enclave. As Israel’s war in Gaza continued to rage, the International Court of Justice in The Hague, […]
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NEW DELHI: Indian economy will likely pick up pace in FY25 and FY26, growing 6.4% and 6.5%, respectively, on the back of a strong investment and services push, retaining the fastest-growing major economy tag, the World Bank said Tuesday. The multilateral institution has forecast global growth to slump further to 2.4% in 2024 from 2.6% […]
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COLOMBO: Six months after it was announced by the prime ministers of both countries, India has discussed the early launch of the UPI payment system with Sri Lanka and reiterated its support in the cash-strapped island nation’s debt restructuring process. In July 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe signed an […]
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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that central probe agencies were scripting dramas to conduct raids at houses of TMC leaders as the BJP is scared of her party. Her statement came four days after a mob assaulted Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers during a raid at TMC leader […]
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By Nitya Chakraborty The seat sharing talks between the constituents of INDIA block have started in right earnest. Congress high command has finally understood the need for early clinching of the agreements between the INDIA partners taking into the specifics of the political situation in each state. It is a welcome development. To start with, […]
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Rajasthan minister of state Surendra Pal Singh lost the election to the Karanpur assembly seat by a margin of 11,283 votes to his Congress rival on Monday, an embarrassing defeat for the BJP days after it formed government in the state. The BJP nominee was inducted into the Bhajanlal Sharma ministry on December 30, ahead […]
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MUMBAI: Gaining from high credit off-take and lower credit costs, banks are likely to post 16.7 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in net profit during the third quarter of the financial year ended December 2023 (Q3 FY24). However, sequentially, net profit may shrink by 2.4 per cent over the second quarter ended September 2023 (Q2), […]
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The Congress on Monday accused the BJP governments at the Centre and in Gujarat of helping in the premature release of convicts in the Bilkis Bano rape case and said the ruling party should apologise to the women of the country after the Supreme Court sent the convicts back to jail. Hailing the Supreme Court […]
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