West Bengal native held with 15.18kg cannabis in Kochi

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has rescheduled its annual convocation to August 22 after cancelling the event two days before the original date due to “unforeseen circumstances”. The institute has invited students to submit original bills, tickets and receipts for reimbursement of travel and related losses incurred between July 31 and August 3. TISS…

Vedanta Aluminium Metal Q1 Results: Vedanta Aluminium reported a more than threefold jump in Q1 FY27 consolidated net profit to Rs 5,629 crore, while revenue rose 46% YoY to Rs 21,393 crore in its first quarterly results since the demerger. The company also announced its maiden interim dividend of Rs 8 per share, as shares…

While there has been no official word from the government on this yet, it is learnt that the Centre could allow a levy of 0.25% to 0.4% as merchant discount rate (MDR) charges on UPI payments above Rs 2000. So, does this mean that the proposal will directly impact you? First understand what MDR is.