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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the 5G telephone services at the annual technology conferen

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the 5G telephone services at the annual technology conference Indian Mobile Congress (IMC), ushering in an era of ultra high-speed internet on mobile phones. The IMC is an annual event which will see strong participation from industry, including the three private operators, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor will visit the Deekshabhoomi monument on Saturday and start his campaign for the party president's election.

If online is your preferred mode of payment, you can use a virtual code instead of exposing your actual card details to shield against data thefts and financial frauds from Saturday, as RBI norms on card tokenization come into force.

The Reserve Bank's decision on Friday to raise the key interest rate by half a percentage point will increase the EMIs for home, auto and other loans, though the hawkish move was cheered by both equity and forex markets, with the benchmark BSE Sensex rising more than 1,000 points and the rupee appreciating by 33 paise against the US dollar.

"HDFC increases its Retail Prime Lending Rate (RPLR) on Housing loans, on which its Adjustable Rate Home Loans (ARHL) are benchmarked, by 50 basis points, with effect from October 1, 2022," the country's biggest housing finance company said in a statement.

Veteran Cheteshwar Pujara would strive to stay relevant in the national team's scheme of things with a purposeful knock when Saurashtra clashes with Rest of India, a side that is packed with five specialist openers, in the Irani Cup clash starting in Rajkot on Saturday.

An in-form India would look to carry forward the momentum of a historic ODI series sweep in England while trying to put behind the "Mankading" controversy as they open their women's Asia Cup T20 campaign against Sri Lanka in Sylhet, Bangladesh on Saturday.