Pakistan’s Cabinet, the final authority on resuming trade with India, reversed a decision by a government economic committee on Wednesday to import cotton and sugar from the neighbouring country.

The Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Imran Khan, linked the resumption of trade with the restoration of autonomy to the region of Kashmir, interior minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed said.

Reliance Retail Ventures, the retail arm of Reliance Industries, has extended the timeline for six months to complete its Rs 24,713 crore deal with Kishore Biyani-led future group to buy its retail and wholesale business.

Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) has extended the timeline for the Long Stop Date from March 31, 2021 to September 30, 2021, said a regulatory filing by Future Retail.

In a worrying development, India's fresh surge of COVID-19 cases climbed to 81,466, which is the highest single-day rise in this year.

As many as 469 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, data from the union health ministry said on Friday.

With these additional cases, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached 1,23,03,131.

As India celebrated the 10th anniversary of the historic 2011 World Cup victory, core member of the winning team Sachin Tendulkar in his congratulatory message informed all that he has been hospitalised.

The legendary cricketer had tested positive for coronavirus and informed fans that he has been hospitalised as a precautionary measure. He said he hopes to be back home with his family soon.

You will soon be able to withdraw cash from the ATM without a Debit Card by just scanning the QR Code through the UPI App. For this, the ATM company, NCR Corporation, has recently launched the first Interoperable Cardless Cash Withdrawal (ICCW) solution based on the UPI platform.

Employees work all year-round to get their hands on that bonus or earn their appraisals, but this Noida resident got something rather special as a reward for all his hard work.

Darbhanga’s Iftekar Rahmani, a software developer by profession, has become the proud owner of one acre of land on the moon, reported Jagran.

An encounter broke out between the security forces and militants in the early hours of Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. 2-3 terrorists are said to be trapped in the encounter and were offered a chance to surrender.

As per the information, the gunfight started in the Ghat Mohalla area after joint security forces started a cordon and search operation around midnight as they received inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area.

In bad news for mobile gamers, the low-end version of the battle royale game PUBG called Lite will officially shut down globally on April 29.

PUBG Lite was introduced in 2019 for entry-level mobile devices. India had banned both PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite on September 2 last year citing security reasons.

The news of PUBG Lite's shut down was confirmed by the developers Krafton via a message on its official website.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold an urgent meeting on April 2 with Health Minister Satyendar Jain along with his department officials to prepare an action plan to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the wake of an increase in cases.

The meeting will discuss issues like containment zones, vaccination drive, and maintaining the availability of hospital beds. An official release said that after the orders given by the Chief Minister, beds in 33 private hospitals have been increased by 25 per cent for ICU, and 25 per cent for normal ward beds.

US President Joe Biden on Thursday let the ban on foreign workers visa, in particular H-1B, lapse as the notification issued by his predecessor Donald Trump expired, a move which is likely to benefit thousands of Indian IT professionals.

Amidst a national lockdown and the COVID-19 crisis, Trump in June last year issued a proclamation that suspended entry to the US of applicants for several temporary or non-immigrant visa categories, including H-1B, arguing that these visas presented a risk to the US labour market during the economic recovery.

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