The head of the Nato military alliance warned on Sunday that Donald Trump was putting the safety of US troops and their allies at risk after the Republican presidential frontrunner said Russia should be able to do "whatever the hell they want" to Nato members who don't meet their defence spending targets.

"Any suggestion that allies will not defend each other undermines all of our security, including that of the US, and puts American and European soldiers at increased risk," Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement.

The government is examining foreign direct investment from China in Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL), the payment aggregator subsidiary of One97 Communications Ltd, sources said.

In November 2020, PPSL had applied for licence with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a payment aggregator under the guidelines on Regulation of Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways.

Veteran BJD leader and 10-time Odisha MLA V Sugnana Kumari Deo died at a private hospital in Chennai on Saturday while undergoing treatment, officials said.

She was 87.

Deo breathed her last at about 1 am after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and other senior party leaders met her at the hospital on Friday night, they said. She belonged to the royal family of Khallikote.

The price of 24-carat gold fell Rs 10 in early trade on Saturday, with ten grams of the precious metal selling at Rs 63,150, according to the GoodReturns website. The price of silver rose Rs 100, with one kilogram of the precious metal selling at Rs 75,100.

The price of 22-carat gold also declined by Rs 10 with the yellow metal selling at Rs 57,890.

Intel India Managing Director Santhosh Viswanath said that Intel, at present, does not have any plans of setting up a semiconductor fabrication plant or any manufacturing line for its products. However, he did say that the company will work with partners to enable the manufacturing ecosystem in the country.

Viswanathan said that India has just begun its journey in the manufacturing space and has 'enough runway for growth'.

On the penultimate day of the final session of the 17th Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised several MPs cutting across party lines as he invited them for lunch at the Parliament canteen. The chosen MPs—eight of them—sat down for a late afternoon lunch with the PM over a vegetarian meal and plenty of conversation.

The drill began a little earlier in the day when officials from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) contacted the MPs, some of them first-time members, without giving away the details.

The BJP government on Friday issued transfer orders for 24 Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officers, with many of them attached to the office of Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma.

RAS officers Anju Rajpal and Omprakash Bunkar were appointed joint secretaries (Chief Minister) whereas Jaiprakash Narayan and Hemendra Nagar were appointed to the post of deputy secretary (Chief Minister).

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is planning tokenisation of assets and government bonds under the wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot project, with the focus being to try the technology and not to generate volumes, said T Rabi Sankar, Deputy Governor.

“We are thinking of trying out tokenisation of assets, government bonds and such, that discussion goes on all aspects.

Max Healthcare Institute on Friday said it has acquired Nagpur-based Alexis Multi-Speciality Hospital Pvt Ltd. (Alexis) for an enterprise value of Rs 412 crore.

The 200-bed hospital is recognised by Joint Commission International (JCI), a global leader in health care accreditation “The hospital has a built up area of around 2.25 lakh square feet and offers multidisciplinary care in the areas of gastroenterology, neurosurgery, cardiology, transplants and related diagnostic facilities,” said Max Healthcare in a filing with the BSE.

Former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh as well as agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday.

The government had earlier announced the country's highest civilian honour for L K Advani and Karpoori Thakur.

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