September 1, 2025 8:32 PM

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UPI transactions first time cross 20bn mark in this August 

  Unified Payments Interface, UPI has achieved a new milestone with first time ever crossing twenty billion transactions in the month of August this year. According to the National Payments Corporation of India, the total number of transactions stood at 20.01 billion, marking a 34 per cent year-on-y...

September 1, 2025 8:13 PM

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Delhi-NCR records best-ever AQI in last eight years

  The Delhi-NCR has recorded best-ever Air Quality Index (AQI) in the last eight year, between January to August this year. The Delhi-NCR region recorded an AQI average of one hundred and seventy two this year as against one hundred and eighty seven, the previous year in the January-August period. E...

September 1, 2025 8:59 PM

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India sends relief material to quake-hit Afghanistan

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar today spoke with Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi and expressed condolences at the loss of lives in the earthquake in Afghanistan. In a social media post Dr. Jaishankar said that India has delivered tents for one thousand families in Kabul...

September 1, 2025 7:38 PM

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Asian markets show mixed trend

Major Asian stock markets ended mixed today. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surged over 2.1 percent, Shanghai Composite Index gained around half per cent and Singapore’s Straits Times Index ended 0.1 per cent up. On the other hand, South Korea’s Kospi Index dipped over 1.3 per cent and Japan’s Nikkei 2...

September 1, 2025 7:24 PM

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Pakistan: 5 crew members killed in chopper crash

    At least five crew members onboard has been killed in a Pakistani Army helicopter crashed in Chilas, Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan today. According to media reports, the helicopter was conducting a test landing on a proposed helipad when it went down. Authorities suspect a technical failur...