Indian tourists visiting Japan may soon be able to make payments using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), reported by ANI. The development follows a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) – the international arm of the National Payments Corporation of India and NTT DATA Japan, a leading IT and business…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday embarked for China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit after concluding his visit to Japan. The Summit is crucial for India, as it comes after the US’s 50 per cent tariffs took effect. Of these, a 25 per cent tariff was imposed on New Delhi for buying…
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met senior Japan officials on Thursday with the two sides reviewing the salient issues in the multi-dimensional bilateral ties including defence and security and economic cooperation. Misri met his counterpart, Vice Foreign Minister Takehiro Funakosh, and exchanged views on issues of topical importance. “The two sides reviewed the salient issues in…