Panaji: The World Whiskies Awards is one of the world’s most important whisky competitions, held every year in England, and featuring all of the world’s leading whisky brands. The competition comprises a panel of judges selecting winners for each category, following months-long blind tastings of approximately 6,000 different types of whiskies from the world’s top…
Rajkot: Ben Duckett’s power-packed hundred overshadowed R Ashwin’s monumental feat as England thrived on their belligerent Bazball tactic to reach 207/2 at stumps on day two and put India under pressure in the third Test here on Friday. Ashwin dismissed Zak Crawley (15) in the final session to join Anil Kumble as the second Indian…
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday named Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and L Murugan its Rajya Sabha candidates from Odisha and Madhya Pradesh respectively. If elected, a near certainty, it will be the second Rajya Sabha term for the two leaders from these states. Railway Minister Vaishnaw is likely to get elected with the support…
New Delhi: India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) services were on Monday rolled out in Sri Lanka and Mauritius, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing it as linking historic ties with modern digital technology. India’s RuPay card services were also launched in Mauritius at a virtual ceremony attended by Prime Minister Modi, his Mauritian counterpart Pravind…
Panaji: Convenience is the king when it comes to ready-to-drinks. Diamon Gin & Tonic (G&T) RTD is beyond the typical James Bond Martini, it’s worthy of being called a James Bond cocktail using pure gin, tonic water, and lime, all captured in a bottle with vibrant color and great fizz. “You can now enjoy the…
New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday said there was “hardly any room” to review the action taken against Paytm Payments Bank. In a major action against Paytm Payments Bank (PPBL), RBI, on January 31, directed it to stop accepting deposits or top-ups in any customer accounts, wallets, FASTTags and other…
New Delhi: The government is examining foreign direct investment from China in Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL), the payment aggregator subsidiary of One97 Communications Ltd, sources said. In November 2020, PPSL had applied for licence with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a payment aggregator under the guidelines on Regulation of Payment…
Jhabua (MP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government is working for the welfare of tribals, while the opposition Congress remembers villages, poor people and farmers only during elections. He was addressing a public meeting of tribal community members in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua district. This is PM Modi’s first visit to the state…
New Delhi: The ruling BJP received nearly Rs 1300 crore through electoral bonds in the 2022-23, which was seven times more than what the Congress got in the same period through the same route. The BJP’s total contributions stood at Rs 2120 crore in the 2022-23 fiscal, of which 61 per cent came from electoral…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented a ‘White Paper on the Indian Economy’ in the Lok Sabha on Thursday in a bid to highlight the government’s assertion that the nation slipped into the category of “fragile five” economies globally during the 10-year tenure of the previous Congress-led UPA regime between 2004 and 2014. According…
