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Mastercard
SINGAPORE: As payments become more intricate, Mastercard today announced the latest enhancement to its new Mastercard Payment Passkey Service which enables secure, on-device biometric authentication through facial scans or fingerprints, the same way consumers unlock their phones every day. By combining the fraud-busting powers of tokenization, convenience of payment passkeys, and the addition of streamlined guest checkout capability courtesy of Click...
Netanyahu
TEL AVIV: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his Defence Minister Yoav Gallant citing lack of trust, Times of Israel reported. Gallant, who was a longtime rival from within the Likud Party, will be replaced by Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Minister without Portfolio Gideon Sa'ar will replace Katz, as per Times of Israel. Times of Israel quoted a statement from...
Elon Musk
WASHINGTON DC: Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk exuded confidence of Donald Trump's return to the White House, as the early projections show the former president ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris. The counting of votes is underway for the US Presidential elections after polling closed almost in all states on Tuesday (local time). Notably, Musk has time and again publicly...
2024 US Presidential Election
NEW DELHI: Arun Kumar Singh, former Indian Ambassador to the US, shared his thoughts on the 2024 US presidential election. "Each election is unique, but similarities exist with 2016 and 2020 campaigns, as Trump defined issues, highlighting America's decline." Speaking to ANI on Tuesday, India envoy said, "Each election, of course, is unique, but I would say that to some...
Foreign Sec
NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is likely to tomorrow brief the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs on the issues concerning India's ties with Canada as also bilateral relations with China. A meeting of the committee, which is headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, is slated to take place at 11 am on Wednesday. The agenda for the meeting states...
Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON DC: As the voting begins in multiple US states, President Joe Biden urged voters to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and stated, "Let's make history by electing Kamala Harris." Biden shared a post on X and wrote, "Go vote. Let's make history by electing @KamalaHarris" In her post Kamala Harris said," Election Day is here. Today, we vote because...
Article 39(b)
NEW DELHI: A nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court, while delivering a verdict on whether the State can take over private properties to distribute to subserve the common good, ruled that all private properties are not material resources and hence cannot be taken over by states. The majority opinion authored by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud held that all...
Olympics
NEW DELHI: India officially made the bid to host the 2036 edition of the Olympics and Paralympics Games in the nation. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on October 1 formally sent a 'Letter of Intent' to the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Future Host Commission expressing India's interest in hosting the Olympics and Paralympics Games in 2036, according to the Ministry...
US Elections 2024
NEW YORK: As the voting for the US presidential election commenced on Tuesday (local time), the Indian-American voters are expressing divided views, with some supporting Donald Trump for his economic and immigration policies while others are standing behind Kamala Harris, attracted by her leadership style. Ajay Patel, an Indian-American from New York, expressed his support for Donald Trump, citing shared...
Oil prices
NEW DELHI: Oil prices in India are expected to remain stable amid the rising geopolitical tensions as the country has several options to buy crude oil indicated Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri in a social media post. Addressing concerns over potential supply chain disruptions, Puri emphasized that India has strategically positioned itself to manage such...