‘Govt can’t subsidise everything’: Niti Aayog VC’s ‘bees and honey’ take on UPI charges | India News

Businesses should bear modest UPI transaction costs, govt cannot subsidise everything: NITI Aayog VC Lahiri NEW DELHI: NITI Aayog vice chairman Ashok Kumar Lahiri on Wednesday defended the Centre’s decision to introduce a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on high-value UPI transactions, saying businesses must find ways to become self-sustaining rather than depend on government subsidies.Quoting…

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Meet Anirudh Rao, the 11-year-old who turned a tornado disaster into a drone-and-sensor system aiming to extend alerts from 13 to 40 minutes |

At just 11, Anirudh Rao began looking at tornado warnings from a different angle: not how to predict storms perfectly, but how to give people more time to respond. Growing up in Colorado, where tornadoes are a recurring threat, Rao developed Revere, a prototype system combining drones and sensors that measure factors such as infrasound,…

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He sold 26 bigha land for Rs 6.95 crore using his sister-in-law’s general power of attorney, paid her only Rs 72 lakh; Delhi HC orders brother-in-law to give Rs 1.01 crore more with 8% interest

The brother-in-law had argued that the GPA’s “power to gift” effectively gave him ownership. (Image for representative purpose only) Family disputes can be tricky especially those involving property. In one such case a brother-in-law allegedly did not pay the full due amount to the sister-in-law for the sale of land. The family property dispute over…

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Carrying India’s basketball dream to Asian Games, referee Rakesh to make his Asiad debut even as no Indian team will take court | Asian Games 2026 News

CHENNAI: While India has no basketball team at the Asian Games, R Rakesh is the country’s sole representative in the sport as a referee. The Aichi-Nagoya Games will mark his debut in Asian Games, the Karnataka man earlier appearing for Asian championships.The 36-year-old became a FIBA referee at the age of 23 and has a…

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‘The Paradise’: Nani and Srikanth Odela’s upcoming action thriller gets an ‘A’ certificate ahead of its September 24 release |

Nani and director Srikanth Odela, who last teamed up for ‘Dasara’, are set to reunite with the action thriller ‘The Paradise’, releasing on September 24. Reports now suggest the film has cleared censorship with an ‘A’ certificate and a runtime of nearly three hours, adding fresh momentum to the buildup around one of the year’s…

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From ‘Ankur’ to ‘Malgudi Days’, Anant Nag’s five-decade journey earns Phalke honour | India News

Anant Nag will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award NEW DELHI: Veteran actor Anant Nag, whose career spans Kannada cinema, Hindi films and the much-loved television series ‘Malgudi Days’, will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024, the government announced on Wednesday, recognising more than five decades of work across languages.The 78-year-old actor will be presented…

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NYC bodega cat Jabal returned after being snatched from street, owner had announced $500 no-questions-asked reward; woman in custody

Community rallied behind the search for Jabal, a three-month-old kitten, after it was seen snatched by two people outside the NYC Bodega it belongs to. A three-month-old bodega cat has been reunited with his Brooklyn owner after he was allegedly snatched from a Park Slope street by a man and woman, triggering a neighborhood-wide search…

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