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28 Dec

Delhi issues Yellow Alert to control increasing cases of COVID-19

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal issues Covid-19 guidelines to control increasing Covid-19 cases. As per the guidelines, the central government offices in Delhi will follow the government orders, however, the private firms will function with 50% of the staff. Multiplexes and cinema halls will shut till further orders. Only weekly one market per zone with 50 % of vendors will be allowed. Restaurants can operate with 50% capacity from 8 am to 10 pm. With that bars can also operate with 50% capacity from 12 noon to 10 pm.

26 Dec

Card-on-File Tokenization

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To safeguard India from mounting cyber and financial fraud cases, the Reserve Bank of India rolled out a landmark decision in September 2021. The new regulation by the central bank permitted the payments networks and issuer Banks to offer card tokenization services as Token Service Providers (TSPs) to the e-commerce Merchants and Payment Aggregators starting 1 January 2022. Tokenization is a mechanism to replace card numbers with a token, i.e., a virtual number, specific to a merchant. When a consumer logs into a merchant app or website, where their card details were stored, they only see the last 4 digits…

24 Dec

Delay UP Elections, Ban Rallies: Court Urges Poll Body, PM Over Omicron

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, India, Politicalelections, Uttar Pradesh

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday requested the Election Commission to postpone the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 by a month or two, reported news websites. The court also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the EC to immediately ban rallies and public meetings of political parties in the state amid the rising fears of the highly contagious Covid variant Omicron. "If rallies are not stopped, results will be worse than the second wave," Justice Shekhar Yadav said. The court made the observations while hearing an unconnected bail petition. The observation comes on the same day when PM Modi…

24 Dec

Explosion in Ludhiana court leaves one dead, six injured

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A man was killed and five others injured in a blast at the district courts complex here on Thursday. Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said no one shall be allowed to disturb the hard earned peace of Punjab. He has announced free treatment for all five persons injured in a blast that took place in gents toilet on second floor of District Courts Complex. The blast reportedly took place at 12:22 pm inside a bathroom on the second floor of the building. The explosion damaged the walls of the bathroom and ripped through a section of the building, besides…

20 Dec

ICICI Pru Life Insurance signs UNPRI

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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has become the first Indian insurance company to sign the United Nations supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), thereby demonstrating its commitment towards Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) issues. In its journey towards promoting sustainability the Company is integrating ESG factors into its investment management framework. With Assets under Management of over Rs 2.37 trillion, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance is a key institutional investor and believes integrating the ESG framework in its investment management practices will ensure sustainable value creation for all stakeholders. Noteworthy, the UNPRI is an investor initiative in partnership with the two bodies…

20 Dec

Star Cement organised an inauguration program of Srijani

editor0 CommentsIndia, North BengalRajganj, Star Cement

Star Cement organised an inauguration program of Srijani, the Livelihood Hub at Mohitnagar area on 18th December, 2021 under the gracious presence of the Special invited Guests including Guests of Honour. The objective of inauguration program of SRIJANI- Livelihood Hub is to disseminate information about upcoming different CSR initiative under Livelihood and Skill Development component.Under this project, the selected youths will be trained and will be given an opportunity to earn monthly income, yearly dividend. the Job training will be imparted within the Livelihood Hub and all trainees will be given an opportunity to earn their consistent income for which…

20 Dec

Affordplan Swasth prepaid card

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Affordplan Swasth and Sebabrata Hospital have announced their collaboration for a healthcare savings card to make hospital facilities more affordable and accessible to patient families in and around Kolkata. Affordplan Swasth is a YES BANK prepaid card with a digital wallet that enables OPD (Outpatient Department) services, lab tests, purchase of medicines and goal-based EMI savings for all IPD (Inpatient Department) treatments.

20 Dec

Sri Lanka arrests 55 Indian fishermen

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As many as 55 Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested and 8 boats seized by Sri Lankan Naval personnel on Sunday, an official here said. Chief Minister M K Stalin spoke to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar over phone and requested him to take immediate steps to get the over 50 fishermen and their 8 boats released from Sri Lanka. "The Union Minister assured immediate action," an official release said. Stalin, writing to Jaishankar, took up the issue of continuing harassment of fishermen at the hands of Lankan Naval personnel. A total of 73 boats, including the 8 seized now, is…

20 Dec

Goa Would Have Been Liberated Sooner If Sardar Patel Lived Longer: PM Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that Goa would have been liberated from Portuguese rule much earlier had Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel lived for some more time.PM Modi was speaking at an event to celebrate Goa Liberation Day, observed on December 19 every year to mark the day Indian armed forces freed the coastal state from Portuguese rule in 1961. Modi said the delay in Goa’s liberation meant that several freedom fighters continued to lose their lives in the struggle to free Goa. “Thirty one satyagrahis lost their lives in 1955, including youngsters like Karnail Singh Banipal of Punjab. These…

19 Dec

Case filed in sacrilege bid at Golden Temple, CM Channi orders probe

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The police in Punjab's Amritsar have registered a case in connection with the attempted sacrilege incident at the Golden Temple. The incident, that took place on Saturday, saw a youth lynched by angry devotees after he tried to barge into the reserved area where the Guru Granth Sahib is kept. The police said they have registered a case against an unidentified person. Meanwhile, the autopsy of the deceased youth will be conducted on Sunday, the police added. The incident took the state by storm as politicians cutting across party lines condemned the sacrilege bid at the holy place. Chief Minister…