Day: December 5, 2020

The payments industry on Friday welcomed the Reserve Bank of India’s move to hike the limit of contactless card transaction from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the farm reform legislations were brought in after elaborate stakeholder consultations and a lot of homework, and will benefit farmers.

Lifestyle International Pvt Ltd, part of the Dubai-based retail and hospitality conglomerate, Landmark Group, has announced the appointment of Kabir Lumba as chairman of the board, effective 1 April 2021.

With 36,652 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus cases crossed 96.08 lakh today.

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has hailed the efforts of Kuwait and the US in solving the Gulf crisis.

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 65.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.51 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Two US governors urged the federal government and Congress to sort out their differences and push through a Covid-19 relief bill as soon as possible to salvage the Americans out of the abyss of the Covid-19 pandemic which has claimed more than 278,000 lives nationwide.

The Pentagon said Friday (December 4) it is pulling most US troops out of Somalia on President Donald Trump’s orders, continuing a post-election push by Trump to shrink US involvement in counterterrorism missions abroad.

The year 2020 which shall never be forgotten for all the wrong reasons, is also on course to be one of the warmest ever recorded, one that could even top the record set in 2016.

Real estate developer, Akshaya Pvt Ltd, has undertaken focused water conservation measures in two of its projects, Akshaya Orlando and Akshaya Today, in order to remain immune to any water crisis in the present or future.