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Trinidad and Tobago becomes first Caribbean nation to adopt UPI, India's Digi Payment Platform

Trinidad and Tobago becomes first Caribbean nation to adopt UPI, India's Digi Payment Platform

New Delhi, July 5 (UNI) Trinidad and Tobago has become the first Caribbean nation to adopt the Unified Payment Interface (UPI), India’s flagship digital payment platform, while both countries agreed to explore further collaboration in the digital domain, including implementation of India Stack solutions like DigiLocker, e-Sign and the Government e-Marketplace (GeM).

This was done during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recently-concluded two-day official visit to Trinidad and Tobago on July 3-4.

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Fake cardiologist scandal in MP: NHRC orders nationwide Cath lab audits, stringent actions

08 Jul 2025 | 1:45 AM

New Delhi, July 7 (UNI) Taking exception to tragic deaths caused by a "fake cardiologist" at a Madhya Pradesh hospital, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has instructed a slew of directives, including to the Union Health Ministry, to conduct a nationwide verification of catheterisation laboratories (cath labs).

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PM Modi gifts hand-etched silver lion to Argentine President, silver replica of Ram Temple to T&T PM

07 Jul 2025 | 11:11 PM

New Delhi, July 7 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is known to gift taste-fully chosen hand-crafted artefacts from different parts of India to world leaders during his meetings with them, has gifted a hand-etched silver lion to the President of Argentine Javier Milei and a silver replica of the Ayodhya Ram Temple to the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar, during his recent visits to the countries.

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PM Modi, Bolivian President discuss cooperation in critical minerals, trade & investment, health and pharma

07 Jul 2025 | 10:04 PM

Rio de Janeiro/New Delhi, July 7 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a fruitful bilateral meeting with the President of Bolivia, Luis Alberto Arce Catacora on the sidelines of the Rio BRICS Summit, during which they discussed collaborating in sectors like digital technology, critical minerals, healthcare and space among others.

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Viruses do not arrive with visas: PM at BRICS urges strengthening of efforts for a healthy planet

07 Jul 2025 | 9:22 PM

Rio de Janeiro/New Delhi, July7 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told the Rio BRICS Summit that the international community has to strengthen its shared efforts to make the planet healthier, stressing that the COVID-19 pandemic taught us that viruses do not arrive with visas, nor are solutions chosen based on passports.

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New meaning to BRICS-‘Building Resilience and Innovation for Cooperation and Sustainability': PM

07 Jul 2025 | 7:58 PM

Rio de Janeiro/New Delhi, July 7 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gave a new meaning to
BRICS saying it would mean ‘Building Resilience and Innovation for Cooperation and Sustainability.’

In his intervention on the second and concluding day of the 17th BRICS Summit at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, the Prime Minister said that under India's BRICS chairmanship next year, BRICS countries will continue to cooperate closely on all subjects and will work on redefining the grouping.

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