The RBI said the move would help UPI “continue to scale, innovate and serve consumers.” NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India has backed the introduction of a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on large-value UPI transactions, saying the move would help strengthen the long-term sustainability of India’s digital payments ecosystem.The National Payments Corporation of India…
At a Paris auction, Claude Monet’s painting titled Iris fetched an astounding 50 million euros, setting a new record for artwork sold in France. (Pic Credit: Bloomberg.com) A monumental painting titled Iris by french impressionist artist Claude Monet sold for 50 million euros ($56 million), including buyer fees, at an auction in Paris on Thursday,…
Harmanpreet Kaur continued to underline her stature in Indian women’s cricket with a magnificent 126 off 121 balls against Zimbabwe in the second ODI on Sunday, surpassing former captain Mithali Raj to become India’s second-highest century-maker in women’s ODIs.The former India captain’s landmark innings, complemented by Deepti Sharma‘s unbeaten 106 off 86 balls, powered India…
US dollar, bond yields, US-Iran tensions to also shape prices this week Gold and silver prices are likely to remain volatile this week, with the US dollar, bond yields and the unresolved US-Iran tensions expected to shape the outlook for precious metals.Investors will also track the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy decision on Wednesday,…
MUMBAI: Tata Group companies’ shares jumped on Tuesday after Reserve Bank of India directed Tata Sons to comply with upper-layer NBFC rules – including a mandatory listing. Seven listed Tata companies together hold 11.9% of Tata Sons, and a potential IPO could unlock value for them. Tata Chemicals led the rally, hitting its 20% upper…
United Airlines flight makes emergeny landing in Las Vegas, Nevada. The chilling text for which a United Airlines flight bound for Newark, New Jersey, was forced to return to Las Vegas after the text was seen by a crew member has now been revealed. 25-year-old Dante Milne, a passenger, allegedly wrote that he was “gonna…
Hughes bought 30,000 acres west of Las Vegas in 1952; it later became Summerlin (Image Credit: Summerlin) A barren stretch of land on the western edge of Las Vegas once seemed to have little immediate purpose. In 1952, Howard Hughes acquired 30,000 acres there for a reported $3 an acre, intending to use the property…
Abhishek Sharma (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Abhishek Sharma set the Arun Jaitley Stadium on fire with a stunning display of power hitting against Afghanistan in the third T20I on Thursday.The left-handed opener came out attacking from the start and hit the Afghanistan bowlers for sixes and fours all over the ground.Abhishek smashed a blistering century…
Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Jumma Chumma’ shoot turned dangerous when Kimi Katkar was ‘thrown off 20 feet’; Chinni Prakash revealed her fall from cliff: It hurt her’ The making of ‘Jumma Chumma De De’ from Amitabh Bachchan-starrer ‘Hum’ was far more intense than what audiences eventually saw on screen. Decades after the song became a Bollywood classic,…
Alan Dysert, best known for playing the con man Sean Cudahy on ABC’s soap opera ‘All My Children’, has passed away. He was 75 years old.The actor passed away on Friday, his wife, Michele Dysert, announced in a Facebook post, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Although a cause of death had not been specified…
