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Soon money transfers between India-Singapore using UPI: Indian envoy

India and Singapore have completed technical preparations to link their fast payment systems UPI and PayNow to enable fund transfers between the two countries instantaneously and at low cost, a move which is aimed at benefitting migrant workers. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Singapore’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), have been working on linking the United Payments Interface (UPI) and PayNow, a project that is expected to roll out very soon. Prime Minister Naren

17 Nov, 2022

Kathmandu: Kalinga Literary Festival to introduce Nepal Yashaswi Book Awards from 2023

The Kalinga Literary Festival has announced to bestow Nepal Yashaswi Book Awards on 15 writers in 15 different categories from 2023. From next year, the organization will award this title to two writers from India and Nepal with a cash prize of Nepalese Rupees (NPR) 50,000. “From the next edition, Kathmandu-Kalinga Literary Festival will introduce Nepal Yashaswi Book Awards to 15 writers in 15 categories. The awards are given in various categories including fiction and non-fiction books, poetr

17 Nov, 2022

Jaishankar’s messages not dissimilar from PM Modi’s ‘not an era of war’ statement: US State Dept spokesperson

The US State Department on Tuesday (local time) said that the messages passed on to Moscow during External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar’s recent visit to Russia are not dissimilar to what Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said earlier that “this is not an era of war.” Responding to a query on Jaishankar’s visit, US State Department spokesperson Ned?Price?said, “The messages we heard from Foreign Minister Jaishankar in Russia were not dissimilar in some ways from what we heard from Prime Minist

17 Nov, 2022