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  • Users Remain Free as New UPI MDR Charges Target Large Merchant Payments
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    Users Remain Free as New UPI MDR Charges Target Large Merchant Payments

    The Centre has clarified that the new UPI Merchant Discount Rate framework will not affect consumers, while selected high-value merchant payments will carry MDR to support the digital payments ecosystem. UPI users will continue to make digital payments without transaction charges under the new Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) framework, the Finance Ministry said. The clarification…

  • Bangladesh Awami League Rejects Death Sentences for 7 Leaders as ‘One-Sided’

    Bangladesh Awami League Rejects Death Sentences for 7 Leaders as ‘One-Sided’

    Awami League of Bangladesh today challenged the legitimacy of death sentences issued against seven of its leaders and activists over alleged crimes linked to the July 2024 uprising, arguing that the proceedings failed to meet basic legal safeguards. The Bangladesh Awami League has rejected the death sentences handed down to seven of its leaders and…

  • Nagaland Moves to Turn Live Entertainment Into a New Economic Sector

    Nagaland Moves to Turn Live Entertainment Into a New Economic Sector

    Nagaland is working on a policy framework to build a commercial ecosystem around live entertainment, with the state seeking to turn events into sources of revenue, jobs, entrepreneurship and wider economic activity. Nagaland has begun work on a Live Entertainment Economy Framework that seeks to give the sector a stronger role in the state’s economy.…

  • Mizoram Sports Ecosystem Reviewed, Raksha Khadse Pushes Better Facilities for Northeast Athletes
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    Mizoram Sports Ecosystem Reviewed, Raksha Khadse Pushes Better Facilities for Northeast Athletes

    Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Raksha Khadse today called for stronger athlete support and better sports facilities in Mizoram, stressing closer coordination between the Centre and State to help young sportspersons from the Northeast reach national and international competitions. Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Raksha Khadse reviewed…

  • Nandigram Bypoll: BJP Fields Mother of Slain Aide Chandranath Rath

    Nandigram Bypoll: BJP Fields Mother of Slain Aide Chandranath Rath

    The BJP has turned the killing of Chandranath Rath into a central theme of its Nandigram bypoll campaign by nominating his mother, Hasirani Rath, from the seat vacated after Suvendu Adhikari retained Bhabanipur. The BJP leadership has decided to field Hasirani Rath from Nandigram, and the decision has brought the killing of her son Chandranath…

  • Assam Nagaon Bypoll: Devasish Sharma, Sibamoni Bora Set Up Contest Between Former Bureaucrats

    Assam Nagaon Bypoll: Devasish Sharma, Sibamoni Bora Set Up Contest Between Former Bureaucrats

    The October 6 Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll in Assam will see BJP’s former IAS officer Devasish Sharma take on former Congress MLA Sibamoni Bora, bringing two candidates with administrative backgrounds into a politically significant contest triggered by Pradyut Bordoloi’s resignation. The Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election has emerged as a contest between two former bureaucrats with…

  • Sikkim: Heavy Rain Intensifies Landslide Risk in Gyalshing, 128 Evacuated

    Sikkim: Heavy Rain Intensifies Landslide Risk in Gyalshing, 128 Evacuated

    Authorities in Gyalshing district in Sikkim evacuated 128 people from 28 houses in vulnerable parts of Rimbi following heavy rainfall and flooding on September 14, as continuing landslide activity since September 12 threatened residents, roads and other infrastructure. Heavy rain has increased landslide activity across parts of Sikkim’s Gyalshing district, with Rimbi and Singlitam facing…

  • Ajmer Civic Polls: 36-Year BJP Rule Ends, Congress Takes Lead, Independents Hold Key

    Ajmer Civic Polls: 36-Year BJP Rule Ends, Congress Takes Lead, Independents Hold Key

    The Ajmer Municipal Corporation polls have produced a hung civic body, with Congress emerging as the largest party with 37 wards and the BJP winning 32. At the same time, 11 Independent councillors now hold the balance needed to form the next municipal board. The BJP’s 36-year dominance of Ajmer’s municipal board has come to…

  • Manipur Home Minister Vows Strict Action After Four Kuki-Zo Civilians Killed

    Manipur Home Minister Vows Strict Action After Four Kuki-Zo Civilians Killed

    Four members of the Kuki tribal community, including two women, were killed. They died in separate shooting attacks in Tamenglong and Noney districts. The attacks took place before September 14, 2026. The incidents occurred at Tollen Kuki village and Longpi village. The motive behind the attacks has not been officially established. Two victims were killed…

  • India Turns BRICS Diplomacy Into Strategic Gain at 18th Summit

    India Turns BRICS Diplomacy Into Strategic Gain at 18th Summit

    India managed to keep the 18th BRICS Summit focused on cooperation and consensus despite geopolitical differences among major powers, while securing language that advanced its strategic interests, strengthened the voice of the Global South and condemned terrorism, including the 2025 Pahalgam attack. India’s strategic approach at the 18th BRICS Summit helped bridge differences among member…