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- India bans Mastercard from adding new customers over data storage breach
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has banned US financial services company Mastercard Inc from issuing new credit and debit cards to Indian customers for violation of data storage rules. - Twitter begins complying with new regulations in IndiaTwitter Inc.’s unit in India has appointed an interim chief compliance officer and is to assign other executives in the nearest future in order to comply with the country’s new IT regulations.
- Economic activity picks up across India as mobility levels riseIndia's economy picked up pace in June after a sharp decline in May due to the pandemic-induced lockdowns. Mobility levels rose by 24% nationwide after plunging to a 12-month low in May.
- As if black & white fungus were not enough: 1st case of deadly ‘YELLOW fungus’ reported in Covid-19 patient in IndiaA patient who was recovering from Covid-19 has been found to have symptoms of yellow fungus, news agency ANI quoted a doctor in an Uttar Pradesh hospital as saying. The new disease is reportedly more dangerous than black fungus.
- ‘Stranded’ Aussie IPL cricket stars face jail & fines if they attempt to flee Covid-stricken IndiaOver 30 Australian cricket players, coaches and commentators remain in India after officials made it illegal for them to return home from the coronavirus-stricken Asian country in light of a controversial travel ban.
- ‘One of my players would have to get raped’: Brit coach sacked by Indian Super League club after bizarre post-match commentsIndian Super League team Odisha FC have sacked coach Stuart Baxter after he made a bizarre analogy claiming his players “would have to rape or get raped” in order to win a penalty.
- Cricket star Kohli slams ‘racial abuse’ after Indian players allegedly called ‘brown dog’ and ‘monkey’ by sections of Aussie crowdIndian cricket captain Virat Kohli has slammed racial abuse directed at teammates Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah, who were allegedly referred to as "brown dog" and "big monkey" by sections of Australian supporters.
- How India is using the Covid-19 catastrophe to start fixing its crumbling healthcare systemBadly unprepared for the havoc that could be wreaked by a major surge in Covid-19 cases, India has taken this deadly pandemic as an opportunity to begin mending its inadequate medical infrastructure and to build new capacity.
- India & Pakistan may reopen some crucial industries amid Covid-19 lockdownsDespite strict quarantine measures due to the coronavirus pandemic, India and Pakistan are planning to partially open up some parts of their economies to cushion the financial impact of shutdowns across the region.
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