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San Francisco: Aiming to fight predatory loans better, Google has banned Play Store apps with ‘deceptive or harmful’ personal loans where the annual percentage rate was 36 per cent or higher, such as many payday loans. A spokesman said that the expanded financial policy, implemented earlier this year, was meant to “protect users” against “exploitative” terms, Engadget reported on Sunday quoting The Wall Street Journal. The affected lenders were not…

New Delhi: The US has approved a higher number of H-1B applications (both for initial visas and visa extensions for continued employment) in 2019. The number suggests that the demand for these work visas has not gone down despite processing regulations getting more stringent post-2015. The higher approval number is also a relief to Indians since they are the dominant holders of H-1B visas. Note that, the H-1B program allows…

PUBG Mobile has been the go-to multi-player shooter game on smartphones for over a year now. While there are professional PUBG Mobile players making money from competitions and YouTube videos, the vast majority of recreational mobile gamers have had enough of it already. This is where the more exciting Call of Duty Mobile steps in. The gameplay format is similar to PUBG Mobile but faster, smoother and gives you a…

MUMBAI|KOLKATA: Reliance Jio Infocomm has started offering 30 minutes of free talk time to pacify customers unhappy about paying for calls made to other networks in an attempt to protect its subscriber base. The limited-period offer — being made through messages to users recharging their packs — came less than 48 hours after Jio announced it will start charging for calls made to subscribers of other telcos to account for…

Over the years, Google has taken several strides to make its apps and services work seamlessly across platforms and devices. It is planning to take another step towards the same goal this time. As reported by Android Police, Google is now planning to make it easier to make a call to a number that is shown on your desktop. For instance, right now you watch a contact number in a…

New Delhi: With the Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections dropping sharply to a 19-month low in September, the government has constituted a committee of officers to suggest measures to augment collections, expand the tax base and check evasion. The panel comprising of state-level GST commissioners and centre government officials has been asked to suggest urgent measures to arrest the fall in tax revenues and suggest steps to be taken…

New Delhi: Paytm Payments Bank (PPB) on Thursday has reduced interest rate on savings account deposits by 50 basis points to 3.5 per cent, with effect from November 9. The payments bank also announced a fixed deposit scheme, on which its customers can earn an interest of up to 7.5 per cent on their deposits though PPB’s partner bank. “The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) recently cut the repo rate…

NEW DELHI: Union minister Nityanand Rai launched a website and a mobile application on Thursday to facilitate the railway police in addressing complaints of passengers from across India and crime detection by integrating the criminal database online. The minister of state of home affairs launched the website www.railways.delhipolice.gov.in and the mobile app Sahyatri in presence of Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and other officials at the NDMC Convention Centre on…