Canada will soon have two warships deployed overseas supporting NATO in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This Saturday, HMCS Halifax will leave the East Coast to join allied ships in the Baltic region.A worker returns to HMCS Halifax to continue preparing the ship for its deployment overseas as part of Operation Reassurance, the…Continue Reading
The international arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Thursday announced to deploy Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in Nepal to bolster interoperable real-time person-to-person (P2P), person to merchant (P2M) and potential cross-border P2P remittances between Nepal and India. Nepal is the first country outside India to adopt UPI as the payments platform,…Continue Reading
The US will deploy additional troops to Europe, the Defense Department has announced, citing tensions on Ukraine’s borders.The deployment includes 1,000 troops currently based in Germany to be repositioned to Romania and another 2,000 troops to be sent from the US to Germany and Poland, John Kirby, the Defense Department’s spokesman, was quoted as saying…Continue Reading
Nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson will be part of the second phase of the high-voltage Malabar exercise from October 12-15, featuring the navies of all four Quad countries — India, the US, Australia and Japan. The exercise will take place in the Bay of Bengal and it will feature a number of complex drills…Continue Reading