Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: Japan Mulling To Join India's UPI Payment System
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Japan is mulling to join India's UPI payment system and promote cooperation on the digital identity system, an official statement said on Friday. Bhutan, Nepal, Singapore and UAE have already started accepting Unified Payment Interface (UPI) payment systems.
RBI to withdraw Rs 2,000 currency notes from circulation. The notes will continue to be legal tender till September 30. RBI asks banks to stop issuing Rs 2,000 notes with immediate effect.
Cal High Court's division bench stays single bench order terminating jobs of 32,000 school teachers, PTI reported.
SC directs Bihar govt to produce original records of remission granted to former MP Anand Mohan in murder case of IAS officer, PTI reported. SC says no further adjournment will be granted, lists plea of wife of slain IAS officer challenging Anand Mohan's release from jail on Aug 8
TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka CM designate Siddaramaiah and Dy CM designate DK Shivakumar, on behalf of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, confirms Party MP Derek O'Brien
Congress leader Sachin Pilot arrives at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to meet the wrestlers who are protesting against WFI (Wrestling Federation of India) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Delhi's Rouse Avenue reserves order on the cognisance of CBI supplementary charge sheet against former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Butchi Babu Gorantla, Arjun Pandey, and Amanadeep Dhal, ANI reported. The court will pronounce its order on May 27. This supplementary charge sheet was filed on April 25.
Kiren Rijiju takes charge as Earth Sciences Minister. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju was shifted to the Ministry of Earth Sciences from the Ministry of Law and Justice, yesterday.
"Opposition will definitely criticise me...opposition speaking against me is not a new thing...this shifting is not a punishment, this is the plan of the govt, this is the vision of PM Modi...": Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, after taking in charge of Ministry of Earth Sciences, as per ANI.
The second ‘Chintan Shivir’ of senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs begins in New Delhi. Union Home Minister Amit Shah chairs the event, having objective to evolve an action plan for implementation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Vision 2047”, ANI reported.
Imran Khan leaves for appearance in Lahore's Anti-Terrorism Court
CJI administers the oath of office to senior advocate Kalpathy Venkataraman Viswanathan and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra as judges of Supreme Court.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will leave for the US on 28th May. He will attend a program at Stanford University and meet the Indian diaspora on 29-30 May. He was earlier scheduled to embark on a 10-day visit to the USA beginning on May 31.
Mumbai police SIT has filed a 733-page chargesheet in the Amruta Fadnavis extortion case. The chargesheet mentions Anil Jaisinghani, his daughter Aniksha and his cousin Nirmal as accused, ANI reported. Statements of 13 witnesses have been mentioned in the chargesheet
Egra firecracker unit blast | Prime accused Bhanu Bag dies in a hospital in Cuttack, Odisha. He was under medical treatment here after suffering severe burn injuries, ANI reported.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplanes from Delhi, for Hiroshima, Japan
CRPF Commandos conduct special drill in Dal Lake, ahead of the G20 summit in Kashmir, ANI reported.
G7 leaders lay wreaths at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan. They also took part in sapling planting at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan.
US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are visiting the site of the first nuclear bomb detonation at the Hiroshima Peace Park alongside other G7 leaders before a meeting where the Ukraine war and economic security are expected to be high on the agenda.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida welcomes him and other G7 leaders.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio held a working dinner with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at G7 Summit in Hiroshima. On the occasion of this working dinner, the two leaders issued “The Hiroshima Accord: an Enhanced Japan-UK Global Strategic Partnership”.
UK announces new Russian sanctions, including diamond ban, AFP reported. European Council President Charles Michel says the bloc will target the lucrative trade in Russian diamonds as part of a renewed push to hamper Moscow's war effort. "We will restrict trade in Russian diamonds," Michel said as G7 leaders gathered for a summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, as per AFP.
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PM Modi To Visit Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia From May 19-24
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday reported that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to travel to Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia for six days to participate in three significant multilateral summits, including the Group of Seven (G7) and the Quad, on Friday.
During the initial phase of his journey, Prime Minister Modi will head to Hiroshima, Japan where he will attend the G7 summit alongside advanced economies leaders. One of the highlights of the event is his anticipated speech on the world's challenges, particularly in terms of food, fertilizer, and energy security.
PM Modi will be heading to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea after his visit to Japan, where he will co-host the FIPIC summit on May 22 along with Prime Minister James Marape.
Supreme Court To Hear Plea Against Gyanvapi Shivling Survey On May 19
In response to a request, the Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing for May 19 to examine an appeal opposing the Allahabad High Court's mandate to conduct a "scientific survey" of the 'Shivling' that was supposedly discovered inside the Gyanvapi mosque during a videography survey in May 2022.
On May 12, Justice Arvind Kumar Mishra's solitary bench reversed a previous ruling by a Varanasi court that had denied a request by certain Hindu women on the grounds that it could harm the building, violating the Supreme Court's directive to safeguard and preserve the "Shivling."
Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi urgently brought up the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Thursday, stressing that the investigative process, which includes carbon dating, would commence by Monday.
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