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28 May

Vodafone Idea’s tie up with Paytm.

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Vodafone Idea has tied up with Paytm to launch a unique service to empower feature phone users and non-digital savvy customers to recharge their Vodafone Idea numbers with just a valid UPI ID. The move will help millions of consumers who use feature phones totop up their numbers without having the need to visit physical retail touchpoints. Envisioned as a top facilitator to financial inclusion, this service allows mobile banking transactions using basic feature phones without having to depend on mobile internet. This service is based on the innovative payment service *99# which works on the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data…

28 May

Bandhan Bank alerts customers about fake news.

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Bandhan Bank alleged that a few news items and videos have been posted in social media on so-called waiver of loans extended by the bank to its customers. These are baseless. Moratorium and total waiver of installments of loans are separate matter. Releasing a statement, Bandhan Bank mentioned government instructions and said, the bank may change the date of collection of installments against loans but the rate of interest will be there during the unpaid period as it was. It will even be added to the capital loan amount. Earlier, following Reserve Bank of India instructions, Bandhan Bank declared moratorium…

27 May

Shikhar Dhawan Caught Up With His Delhi Capitals Teammate R Ashwin.

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Shikhar Dhawan, India's opening batsman, caught up with Delhi Capitals teammate Ravichandran Ashwin as the duo chatted about various topics during an Instagram live session. During the chat, Dhawan, who is known for his wittiness, revealed that sometimes his opening partner Murali Vijay acts like his wife as the duo argues a lot while batting together. "I tell him (Murali Vijay), you're like my wife," Dhawan told Ashwin during the live Instagram chat. The 34-year-old batsman from Delhi also praised Murali Vijay and called him a lovely character, both on and off the field."On the field, off the field he…

27 May

Wishes Poured In For Indian Cricket Team Coach Ravi Shastri On His 58th Birthday.

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Ravi Shastri celebrated his 58th birthday on Wednesday and India captain Virat Kohli led the wishes for the head coach on Twitter. Virat Kohli heaped praise on Ravi Shastri for being "brave" enough to guide Team India. Sharing a throwback picture with Ravi Shastri and MS Dhoni from a match, Virat Kohli wrote on Twitter: "Many seem confident but only few are brave. Happy birthday Ravi bhai. God bless." Ravi Shastri started his career as a slow left-arm spinner but worked on his batting techniques to move up the order and open the innings for India.Kohli's Indian Premier League (IPL)…

27 May

The Indian Air Force Has Operationalised Its No.18 Squadron.

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The Indian Air Force has operationalised its No.18 Squadron, the "Flying Bullets", at Sulur near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, equipping it with the fourth generation Mk1 LCA (Light Combat Aircraft) Tejas.The indigenous tailless compound delta wing aircraft was inducted at an official ceremony in the presence of Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria at the Sulur Air Force Station today.The No.18 Squadron will be the second one to have the home-made Tejas fighter jet, after the 45 Squadron based in Coimbatore.

27 May

India’s War With Locusts.

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Indian authorities are helping farmers mount a pesticide spraying campaign to fight the swarms of desert locusts which have already devastated crops across Pakistan and East Africa.As many as 700 tractors, 75 fire engines and almost 50 other vehicles are engaged in spraying pesticides to kill the locusts, Trilochan Mohapatra, director general of the state-run Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi said on Tuesday. Drones will also be employed."At this point it's manageable, but if it continues it will be a problem" for monsoon-sown crops, said Mohapatra, who's also the top bureaucrat at the department of agricultural research…

27 May

Rahul Gandhi On Wednesday Paid Tribute To Former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 56th death anniversary and recalled him as "a brave freedom fighter and the architect of modern India".Remembering his great grandfather, Mr Gandhi tweeted, "Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji was a brave freedom fighter, the architect of modern India and our first Prime Minister. A visionary, he is immortalised in the world-class institutions he inspired, that have stood the test of time. On his death anniversary, my tribute to this great son of India."Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 14, 1889 in Allahabad. In 1919,…

27 May

IndiGo To Help A Man Fly Home After An Earlier Flight He Paid For By Selling Livestock Was Canceled.

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IndiGo, India's biggest airline, has agreed to help a migrant laborer and two others fly home from Mumbai after an earlier flight he paid for by selling family livestock was canceled. The workers, from West Bengal, haven't earned any income since the end of March when Prime Minister Narendra Modi abruptly imposed a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus. They'd managed to raise 30,600 rupees ($405) for the air tickets, only to be told their flight was canceled and there wouldn't be any refunds, according to the newspaper. The family of at least one of them raised…

27 May

Army Commanders Conference Being Presided Over By Army Chief General MM Naravane.

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A two-day meeting of senior Army commanders, presided by Army Chief General MM Naravane, is underway at Ministry of Defence offices in Delhi. The Army Commanders' Conference will discuss issues pertaining to the security of India's borders, including recent Chinese aggression in Ladakh.The conference comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting to discuss the stand-off with China. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat were among those at that meeting.

25 May

No Eid sweets exchanged by BSF with Pakistan; done with Bangladesh.

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The customary exchange of Eid sweets between the Border Security Force (BSF) and its Pakistani counterpart, Pakistan Rangers, did not not take place along the India-Pakistan border on Monday, officials said. The event was given a miss as the relations between the two countries are strained at present, they added. However, the force exchanged sweets with its Bangladeshi counterpart, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), all along the eastern front. India and Bangladesh share a 4,096-km-long international border. “BSF and BGB share a very cordial relationship. Both the countries share a similar culture, traditions and festivals. “The warmth and bonding between the…