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Peshawar Zalmi’s skipper Babar Azam, left, receives winning trophy from Pakistan’s Interior Minister and Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Mohsin Naqvi (AP Photo) The Pakistan Cricket Board is facing mounting financial pressure as it looks to recover billions in unpaid dues from multiple stakeholders, even as franchises in the Pakistan Super League push for their…
Image used for representational purposes. The National Highways Authority of India has issued a warning for motorists using barrier-less toll roads. Manoharpur in Rajasthan and Hyderabad in Telangana are among the first places in India to go live with barrier-less tolling on national highways. This new system allows vehicles to pass without stopping at toll…
Actor and model Nauheed Cyrusi has opened up about why she has been less visible in films and television in recent years. Nauheed is now also an influencer and gained immense popularity in social media. In a candid video shared on her Instagram, she spoke about her experiences in the industry and explained why she…
NEW DELHI: In a massive relief for beleaguered Vodafone Idea, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has reassessed the company’s adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues at Rs 64,046 crore at the end of Dec, as against Rs 87,695 crore estimated earlier.In a stock exchange filing, Vodafone Idea said on Thursday that the committee set up by…
COIMBATORE: A protest in Tamil Nadu left behind an awkward truth for the election season – outrage, this time, was not over bribery itself but over who didn’t get it. Anger over being left out of the alleged cash-for-votes payout spilt onto a key road in Kottur, a rural pocket about 40km south of Coimbatore…
In a bid to curb the growing digital payment frauds, the Reserve Bank of India had put out a discussion paper proposing a range of new safeguards, including delays on certain fund transfers, added checks for vulnerable users, limits on suspect accounts, and an emergency mechanism for customers to instantly block transactions. The central bank…
MUMBAI: Some friction, long viewed as a flaw in digital payments, is now being seen as a feature. An RBI discussion paper proposes to introduce a short delay, or “lag”, for high-value transfers above Rs 10,000. This gives customers time to rethink a transaction and cancel it if they suspect fraud. Customers may also be…
Iran is seeking to tighten its grip over the Strait of Hormuz during the fragile two-week ceasefire, proposing an unusual system that would require oil tankers to pay transit tolls in cryptocurrency while undergoing strict scrutiny.Hamid Hosseini, spokesperson for Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union, said Tehran intends to monitor every vessel moving…
Representative image (AI-generated) Amid the ongoing Middle East crisis that has disrupted the global oil supply chain, Indian refiners have made their first purchase in seven years since 2019, according to Reuters.India had not received any cargo from Tehran since the US pressured it to halt crude imports, according to the petroleum ministry. This marks…
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Saturday dismissed reports suggesting that an Iranian crude oil shipment meant for India had been rerouted to China due to payment-related hurdles, asserting that such claims are incorrect. Clarifying the situation, the ministry said, “The news reports and social media posts of an Iranian crude cargo being…
