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Nigerian TikTok Star 'Sprayed' Money Into Air At A Party, Jailed For 6 Months
A Nigerian court on Wednesday sentenced a popular TikToker to six months in jail for "spraying" the local naira currency into the air at a party, a common local celebratory practice.
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Digital Pound Benefit Assessment Conducted in UK as CBDC Rollout Comes Close
On the order of the UK Parliamentary Committee and the House of Commons, the Bank of England and the UK Treasury have analysed the benefits that could entail the launch of this CBDC. As part of the assessment, the Bank of England said CBDCs could reduce higher payment costs faced by smaller merchants among other findings.
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Sri Lanka Not Averse To Using Indian Rupee As Common Currency: President
Sri Lanka would want to see the Indian rupee used as much as the US dollar, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, days ahead of his first official visit to New Delhi.
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Brazil, Argentina Discuss Plans To Develop Common Currency
Brazil and Argentina aim for greater economic integration, including the development of a common currency, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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Bitcoin ATMs Become More Common, Over 880 Machines Installed in June Already: Report
Crypto ATMs allow people to exchange their fiat currencies into crypto tokens and vice versa. Owing to their utility value, the number of BTC ATMs cropping up around the world has risen in the month of June this year, a report by Coin ATM Radar has claimed in its recent report. While US has the most number of crypto ATMs — Genesis Coin, General B...
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Coronavirus "Extremely Robust" For 28 Days On Glass, Currency: Study
The new coronavirus may remain infectious for weeks on banknotes, glass and other common surfaces, according to research by Australia's top biosecurity laboratory that highlights risks from paper currency, touchscreen devices and grab handles and rails.
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G20 Sets Ground Rules Ahead of Facebook's Libra Stablecoin
The world's leading economies need to plug gaps in their rulebooks to avoid digital currencies like Facebook's planned Libra stablecoin from undermining financial stability, the Group of 20 Economies' (G20) regulatory watchdog said on Tuesday.
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Notes Ban "Satisfied Agenda Of Few People," Alleges Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the notes ban move was initiated for the benefit of a handful of people, saying the common people were the worst sufferers.
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Congress To Hold Country-Wide Protests Against Notes Ban From January 5
Congress on Monday announced it will hold country-wide protests on January 5 at all district headquarters and on January 8 at the block level to highlight the common man's woes due to demonetisation and the "personal corruption" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Demonetisation Decision Taken With 100% Political Interests: Mayawati
Claiming that the Modi government has taken the demonetisation decision in a hurry with "hundred per cent" political interests of BJP in mind, BSP chief Mayawati today said it has caused difficulties to 90 per cent of the common people.
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Supreme Court To Hear Petitions Challenging Demonetisation On December 2
The Supreme Court today fixed on December 2 the hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 and the inconvenience faced by the common man due to it.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Asks Private Hospitals To Accept Old Currency Notes
Amid reports that common people are made to run from pillar to post by some private hospitals for currency notes, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday appealed to them to cooperate with the patients seeking urgent medical attention and accept the old higher value notes.
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Kiran Rao on Currency Ban: Greater Good Should Help Tide Over Hardship
Kiran Rao spoke about the scrapping of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes days after her husband Aamir Khan refused to offer an opinion
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Allow Circulation Of Old Rs 500 Notes Along With New Ones: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today accused the Narendra Modi government of making "actionless announcements" and said it should allow the old Rs 500 notes to remain in circulation along with new notes to help the common people.
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Nana Patekar Urges People To Support PM Narendra Modi's Move On Currency Ban
Asserting that demonetisation will not only hit terrorism and unrest, but also put an end to fake currency in circulation, actor Nana Patekar today praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move and urged common man to bear the inconvenience for some time.
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Nigerian TikTok Star 'Sprayed' Money Into Air At A Party, Jailed For 6 Months
A Nigerian court on Wednesday sentenced a popular TikToker to six months in jail for "spraying" the local naira currency into the air at a party, a common local celebratory practice.
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Digital Pound Benefit Assessment Conducted in UK as CBDC Rollout Comes Close
On the order of the UK Parliamentary Committee and the House of Commons, the Bank of England and the UK Treasury have analysed the benefits that could entail the launch of this CBDC. As part of the assessment, the Bank of England said CBDCs could reduce higher payment costs faced by smaller merchants among other findings.
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Sri Lanka Not Averse To Using Indian Rupee As Common Currency: President
Sri Lanka would want to see the Indian rupee used as much as the US dollar, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, days ahead of his first official visit to New Delhi.
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Brazil, Argentina Discuss Plans To Develop Common Currency
Brazil and Argentina aim for greater economic integration, including the development of a common currency, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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Bitcoin ATMs Become More Common, Over 880 Machines Installed in June Already: Report
Crypto ATMs allow people to exchange their fiat currencies into crypto tokens and vice versa. Owing to their utility value, the number of BTC ATMs cropping up around the world has risen in the month of June this year, a report by Coin ATM Radar has claimed in its recent report. While US has the most number of crypto ATMs — Genesis Coin, General B...
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Coronavirus "Extremely Robust" For 28 Days On Glass, Currency: Study
The new coronavirus may remain infectious for weeks on banknotes, glass and other common surfaces, according to research by Australia's top biosecurity laboratory that highlights risks from paper currency, touchscreen devices and grab handles and rails.
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G20 Sets Ground Rules Ahead of Facebook's Libra Stablecoin
The world's leading economies need to plug gaps in their rulebooks to avoid digital currencies like Facebook's planned Libra stablecoin from undermining financial stability, the Group of 20 Economies' (G20) regulatory watchdog said on Tuesday.
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Notes Ban "Satisfied Agenda Of Few People," Alleges Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the notes ban move was initiated for the benefit of a handful of people, saying the common people were the worst sufferers.
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Congress To Hold Country-Wide Protests Against Notes Ban From January 5
Congress on Monday announced it will hold country-wide protests on January 5 at all district headquarters and on January 8 at the block level to highlight the common man's woes due to demonetisation and the "personal corruption" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Demonetisation Decision Taken With 100% Political Interests: Mayawati
Claiming that the Modi government has taken the demonetisation decision in a hurry with "hundred per cent" political interests of BJP in mind, BSP chief Mayawati today said it has caused difficulties to 90 per cent of the common people.
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Supreme Court To Hear Petitions Challenging Demonetisation On December 2
The Supreme Court today fixed on December 2 the hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 and the inconvenience faced by the common man due to it.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Asks Private Hospitals To Accept Old Currency Notes
Amid reports that common people are made to run from pillar to post by some private hospitals for currency notes, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday appealed to them to cooperate with the patients seeking urgent medical attention and accept the old higher value notes.
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Kiran Rao on Currency Ban: Greater Good Should Help Tide Over Hardship
Kiran Rao spoke about the scrapping of 500 and 1,000 rupee notes days after her husband Aamir Khan refused to offer an opinion
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Allow Circulation Of Old Rs 500 Notes Along With New Ones: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today accused the Narendra Modi government of making "actionless announcements" and said it should allow the old Rs 500 notes to remain in circulation along with new notes to help the common people.
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Nana Patekar Urges People To Support PM Narendra Modi's Move On Currency Ban
Asserting that demonetisation will not only hit terrorism and unrest, but also put an end to fake currency in circulation, actor Nana Patekar today praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move and urged common man to bear the inconvenience for some time.
