Paytm said on Friday that its wallet cannot be used for overseas payment under the current regulations. The firm issued a clarification via a newspaper advertisement and said it is providing the update for usage of Paytm on Uber through tie-up with Alipay. Last month, Paytm, which is backed by Alibaba said its wallet users will be able to pay […]
» Read morePakistan’s Punjab government has served tax notices to social media networking websites Google and Facebook as well as video-sharing websites YouTube and Dailymotion, asking them to register by June 17 and pay for displaying Punjab-specific advertisements. The Punjab government’s Revenue Authority yesterday issued separate notices to YouTube, Dailymotion and a local website Mustakbil.com, in addition to Facebook and Google, asking […]
» Read moreA Hindu ashram worker was on Friday hacked to death by unidentified assailants while he was on his regular morning walk in Bangladesh, days after a priest was killed by suspected Islamic State jihadists in the Muslim majority nation, which has seen a string of brutal attacks by Islamists on religious minorities and secular activists. Nityaranjan Pandey (60), who was […]
» Read moreThe Sri Lankan Navy arrested six more fishermen from Rameswaram and seized their trawler (TN 10 MM 942) on charges of poaching when they were fishing on the high seas in the early hours on Thursday. The six fishermen had set out into the sea on Wednesday along with 3,000 others. According to the Sri Lankan Navy’s website, they were […]
» Read moreAs the extraordinary two-day plenary of the Nuclear Suppliers Group began in Vienna on Thursday to discuss membership applications, India’s chances received a boost from Mexico, considered a “non-proliferation hardliner” thus far. “As a country we are going to be positively and constructively supporting India’s (membership at the NSG) in recognition of the commitment by PM Modi to the International […]
» Read moreTwo MLAs – one from the Congress and the other from the BJP – were disqualified by Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker under anti-defection law, on Thursday, after they had cross-voted during the floor test conducted in the State Assembly on May 10. The two legislators had cross-voted on May 10 during the floor test was held in the Uttarakhand Assembly. While […]
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