UPI fee: Government, payment gateways discuss ways to stop merchants passing burden to consumers

The Centre asserted that it does not expect a decline in UPI transactions or increased use of cash NEW DELHI: Govt is in talks with payment aggregators and platforms, which onboard merchants, to ensure that the merchant discount rate (MDR) on transactions is not passed onto consumers, finance ministry officials told reporters Thursday.The Centre asserted…

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Manu Bhaker’s Asian Games medal preparations hit by 50-km commute: India shooting coach unhappy with arrangements | Asian Games 2026 News

A person walks near wooden container units built to house athletes, ahead of the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games, in Nagoya, Japan, September 15, 2026. A senior coach travelling with India’s 30-member shooting contingent for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games has expressed disappointment over the arrangements in Japan, saying the long travel time between the team’s hotel…

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Kim Kardashian hospitalised with esophagitis; condition linked to father Robert Kardashian’s demise: ‘Isn’t that what he died of?’ |

Kim Kardashian has revealed that she was hospitalised after developing esophagitis.In the latest trailer for Season 8 of ‘The Kardashians’, it was revealed that the star developed an inflammation or irritation of the lining of the oesophagus. Interestingly, this drew a lot of attention as her father, Robert Kardashian, a prominent attorney best known for…

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Congress MPs’ support to MDR is on record: House panel chief | India News

NEW DELHI: As Congress members of Parliament’s standing committee on finance sought to dissociate themselves from the panel’s support for MDR on UPI transactions, its chairperson, Bhartruhari Mahtab, questioned their claim, noting their presence in the meeting and being party to the report were matters of record.“It is all on the record. The MPs were…

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Judge Amogh Kaloti: The man who holds key to Tata dispute

Judge Amogh Shyamkant Kaloti has also worked as Joint Secretary, Secretary and SLA in Law and Judiciary Department, Government of Maharashtra MUMBAI: Till recently, Amogh Kaloti, who works under the law and judiciary department headed by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, was barely known outside Maharashtra’s legal circles. A low-profile district judge who was appointed Maharashtra’s…

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Abhishek Sharma hits fastest T20I century by an Indian; breaks Rohit Sharma’s record with 30-ball 100 | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: Abhishek Sharma set the Arun Jaitley Stadium alight on Thursday, smashing the fastest century by an Indian in men’s T20 internationals during the third T20I against Afghanistan.Abhishek reached the milestone in just 30 balls, breaking Rohit Sharma’s previous Indian record of a 35-ball century in the format.The left-handed opener clobbered 10 sixes and…

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Scientists used 2,430 fake caterpillars to study predators, but animals attacked even shapes that looked nothing like prey |

Representative Image of diverse plasticine models resembling prey, under scrutiny by researchers assessing animal interactions (AI Generated Image) For years, ecologists have used soft plasticine models shaped like caterpillars, fruit, bird eggs, snakes and frogs to study interactions between predators and their potential prey. The idea is simple: leave the models in a natural habitat,…

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