ExpIained: India’s UPI, Singapore’s PayNow linked. Who will benefit?
From Tuesday, residents of Singapore and India can instantly transfer money to each other via Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and PayNow. The cross-border real-time payment…
oyo premium hotels: Oyo plans to double premium hotels in India this year
Hospitality chain Oyo announced on Tuesday that it plans to double the number of premium hotels in India in 2023. The company said it plans…
EPFO issues guidelines to let subscribers opt for higher pension. Check details
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has introduced new guidelines, under which subscribers and employers can jointly apply for higher pension under Employees’ Pension Scheme…
Biden and Putin to offer rival visions one year into Ukraine war
WARSAW: Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin are set to give duelling speeches Tuesday promising two starkly differing takes on Russia’s Ukraine invasion, a day after…
These sacked Google employees are kickstarting new company: Report
A former Google manager is in the process of setting up a new company along with six ex-Googlers, after they were laid off recently as…
EPS 95 Pension: How will employees opting for higher EPS 95 pension compensate for lower contributions earlier?
After the Supreme Court’s decision on November 4 last year to allow higher pension to eligible employees under the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995, (EPS 95)…
UN appoints Indo-Canadian Afshan Khan coordinator for Scaling Up Nutrition Movement
WASHINGTON: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of Indo-Canadian Afshan Khan as the coordinator of the ‘Scaling Up Nutrition Movement’.The Scaling Up…
Biden: Darkened plane, silent overnight train: How Joe Biden’s surprise trip to Kyiv was kept secret
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s surprise visit Monday morning to wartime Kyiv began in the dead of night at a military airport hangar outside Washington.At 4:00…
Zelensky: Zelensky says if China aligns with Russia, there will be a world war
BERLIN: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned China in a newspaper interview on Monday against supporting Russia in its war on Ukraine and said doing so…
Dahl: Roald Dahl rewritten? Rushdie, Sunak slam changes as ‘absurd’ censorship
LONDON: Critics are accusing the British publisher of Roald Dahl‘s classic children’s books of censorship after it removed colourful language from works such as “Charlie…