WhatsApp partners with PayU to roll out prepaid mobile recharges in India; it remains a marginal payments player in India despite launching payments in 2020 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

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WhatsApp partners with PayU to roll out prepaid mobile recharges in India; it remains a marginal payments player in India despite launching payments in 2020  —  WhatsApp is adding prepaid phone recharges in…

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Boy, 7, dies after getting trapped in swimming pool’s suction pump as horrified dad desperately tried to pull him out

A YOUNG boy who “fought like a lion” after suddenly becoming trapped in a hotel swimming pool’s suction duct has died. Gabriele Petrucci, seven, was celebrating his birthday when he was found unresponsive in the water. He was enjoying splashing around …

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After collapse and controversy, Adelaide writers’ week has a new director: ‘I don’t envy anyone in this position’

Rosemarie Milsom, who formed and runs Newcastle writers festival, will take over from Louise Adler after the literary festival imploded over invitation to Randa Abdel-FattahIn January, as the implosion of Adelaide writers’ week made headlines around Au…

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