🗞️ Daily Current Affairs
Today's exam-relevant items cover UPI MDR, an India-Pakistan maritime incident, and India-Canada trade talks.
3 exam-relevant updates · 3-question quiz
📚 See the whole month's current affairs →NPCI has said a 0.4 per cent merchant discount rate will apply to certain UPI person-to-merchant payments above Rs 2,000. The Finance Ministry said person-to-person transfers and merchant payments up to Rs 2,000 will remain free.
📌 Static GK link: UPI is a real-time payment system operated by NPCI; MDR is the fee a merchant pays to a payment service provider.
Source: Sambad English ↗India said Pakistan's PNS Hunain violated maritime norms in a collision with an Indian Navy warship. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India rejected Pakistan's reply and the allegations in it.
📌 Static GK link: MEA is the ministry that handles India's external affairs and issues official statements on foreign incidents.
Source: India Tv ↗Canadian Minister Maninder Sidhu will visit Mumbai and meet Piyush Goyal to advance negotiations on an economic partnership agreement. He will also travel to Manila for ASEAN economic minister consultations and free-trade talks with ASEAN and the Philippines.
📌 Static GK link: Piyush Goyal is the Union minister for commerce, the portfolio that handles trade negotiations.
Source: The Economic Times ↗3 questions on today's update — tap an option to check your answer.
Q1.Which body announced the 0.4 per cent MDR on certain UPI transactions above Rs 2,000?
Q2.Which Pakistani warship did India say violated maritime norms in the naval collision?
Q3.Which Indian minister will Canadian Minister Maninder Sidhu meet in Mumbai for trade talks?
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Today's GK question →Written by PadhoDost in exam format from the day's reported news. Facts are summarised for exam preparation, not reproduced from the original articles — follow the source links for full reports.