The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) found the global payments company to be in violation of its local rules, which were unveiled in 2018 and require payment data to be stored on servers exclusively in India. This way, regulators would have “unfettered supervisory access” to transaction details. Beginning July 22, Mastercard will be indefinitely banned from issuing new debit, credit or prepaid cards to customers in the South Asian market....

The summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, was held as Putin faces fierce opposition to how his country is faring against Ukraine. U.S. officials note how pro-Kremlin voices, even those in state media, are “pushing Putin into a corner.” As Russian volunteers are being assembled to combat Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive, the U.S. has pledged an additional $600 million in military aid. Modi skipped hugging Putin during their most recent encounter at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, reported Brookings Institute senior fellow and The India Project Director Tanvi Madan....

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, India is catering to the huge demand through bold green initiatives, while driving deeper reforms in the energy sector and climate action. These range from energy-mix strategies with a greater shift toward renewables and liquefied natural gas (LNG), enhanced manufacturing capabilities and exports of solar photovoltaics, hybrid and electric vehicles, energy use efficiency and policy push for hydrogen (including production-linked incentives) and emerging technologies....

India is desperately trying to establish large oxygen plants and transport oxygen as most hospitals in the country do not have independent oxygen plants, causing them to rely on liquid oxygen that needs to be transported in cylinders carried by tankers. On Wednesday, pressure in an oxygen line dropped at the Chengalpet Government Medical College hospital in Tamil Nadu that resulted in the deaths of 11 COVID-19 patients, the Times of India reported....

The Bembem Devi coached side saw Kamala Devi (32’, 66’) bag a brace as Prameshwori Devi (57’) too scored to down the Odisha-based team’s hopes of clinching silverware after they topped the group stage with 12 points. In a game dominated by the eventual champions, Kamala Devi took a swipe at goal as early as the third minute. But her shot didn’t have much meat to trouble the opposition goalkeeper....

The rankings, which are based on a performance analysis period of four years, see India (27.083 points) right behind 14th placed Syria (27.790). UAE tops the ranking table with 95.428 points, Korea Republic is in second with 89.128 and Qatar bags the third spot with 82.977 points. With Emirati powerhouse Al Ain through to the quarter-finals of this season’s AFC Champions League and the UAE national team vying to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the top three positions remain unaltered from last month....

According to the police, the 21-year-old had returned home from a party in the wee hours of the morning but an alarm was raised when he did not respond to his front door in the morning. “According to what we got to know, he returned back from a party with friends and an alarm was raised when he was not opening the door in the morning. His body had to be removed by breaking open a window....

Country: Kenya FIFA Ranking: 111Nickname: Harambee Stars Last official match played: Kenya 1-0 Equatorial Guinea (28 May 2018, Machakos)Coach: Sébastien Migné A member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Kenya was a regional powerhouse in football. However, since the 2004 African Cup of Nations (AFCON), the national team hasn’t qualified for any major international tournament. Due to the Kenyan government’s intervention in football activities in 2004, FIFA had suspended the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) but the situation was reversed after the country accepted to draw up new statutes....

“Coach, I know you’re focused on today, but in 48 hours you play Fort Wayne, who beat Indiana last year, and about five or six years ago, you had a great game with them at Dayton. I was wondering what your thoughts were on Fort Wayne.” Which means the delight over beating the Irish had an even shorter shelf life than you think. It ended long before IU absorbed another embarrassing defeat Monday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall....

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) was called out after a report of a possible intoxicated driver near the Clermont city limits on Sunday night, according to a FOX59 report. Officers were then led on a brief pursuit, which reportedly ended after the driver fled the scene. According to WTHR, officers managed to track the man to a residence on the far west side of Indianapolis, but police did not have a warrant to enter the property....

Shane Bieber is a pitcher for the Indians. He made the All-Star team this year and has been Cleveland’s best all year long posting a 10-4 record with a 3.40 ERA and 174 strikeouts in 140 1/3 innings pitched. But, the most obvious — and probably most well-known — thing about him is his last name which he happens to share with a certain pop singer, Justin Bieber. Shane has had to deal with the situation for a while with many a Twitter user referencing the shared surname, continuously re-using the joke about how he has no relation to Justin Bieber....

In response to the killings, Indian protesters in several cities have burned China’s flag, Chinese-made products and effigies of President Xi Jinping. The protesters want India to retaliate in some way for the alleged killings and to cut off trade ties with China. According to NDTV, Ranjit Singh—a retired Indian military major and president of the Residents Welfare Association (RWA) of Defence Colony, an organization of a neighborhood in southern New Delhi—said in a now-viral five-minute audio message that the RWA had “declared war” on China, and he urged all India citizens to boycott Chinese-made goods....

It will be the 23rd consecutive Opening Day sellout for the Indians and the 22nd straight since the club moved from Municipal Stadium to Progressive Field in 1994, which underwent renovations this winter. MORE: Five bold predictions for the 2015 Indians The Indians averaged 18,428 fans per game and drew just 1.4 million fans last season, ranking 29th among major league teams. The club is hopeful that the ballpark — with fewer seats from previous seasons — will bring in a larger crowd this year once renovations are finished....

Investors appear to be buying and holding Bitcoin in anticipation of future price gains. Lennard Neo, a certified financial analyst and head of research at Stack Funds in Singapore, said the number of Bitcoins transferred from exchanges hit a one-year high since the “flash crash” in 2020, when the cryptocurrency’s price dropped about $1,500 in an hour. “The spikes in Bitcoin outflows from exchanges typically coincides with upside price action in the following days, as investors continue to accumulate during the dips of this bullish market cycle,” he said in a research report....

Klinsmann’s job should be in jeopardy Two of Europe’s powerhouse nations played out a fairly dismal 0-0 draw at San Siro, giving Infantino and associates little to test in a bunker inside the stadium laden with television screens. Infantino confirmed that three incidents in the game were reviewed by the video team, but all three were merely confirmation of decisions made by referee Artur Soares Dias. “We are still testing, nothing is perfect yet,” Infantino said....

Why Infections Occur Most shoulder infections resulting from surgery are caused by bacteria that are normally found on the surface of your skin. These bacteria can get access to the deeper soft-tissues and joint spaces in your shoulder when your skin is cut. If the infectious organisms make their way into these deeper tissues, and your body’s immune defense doesn’t adequately protect you from them, you might develop an infection....

The subsequent increases in the prices of goods have in turn exasperated the economic inequality between America’s upper class and its middle and lower classes. A December 15 report by the Budget Model project at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School found that average Americans now spend 7 percent more on their household goods while wealthy Americans now spend 6 percent more. Researchers attribute the disproportionate increases in household product spending to the differing manner in which average and wealthy Americans balance their budgets....

There is no crisis at Manchester City Iniesta was taken off on a stretcher following a heavy challenge from Enzo Perez in the first half of Saturday’s win over Valencia. The Spain international appeared to jar his right leg as Perez slid in with a robust tackle after 14 minutes at Mestalla and was taken off in clear discomfort. Barca confirmed after the match that he had sustained damage to a collateral ligament and, after further tests, announced that he is likely to be sidelined until the middle of December....