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Reliance Jio subscribers - both postpaid and prepaid will be able to watch World Cup matches without content subscription fee and the company is also offering a special data pack for the cricket season for Rs 251, a source said. According to a company source, Jio users will be able to access the free world cup matches through HotStar or JioTV, although data will be charged as per the prevailing pack rates, the company source said.

Additionally, the company is also offering cricket season special data pack to all Jio users for Rs 251, which provides 102 GB high-speed data for 51 days, the source added. * * * * *

Airtel Payments Bank enables BHIM UPI based payments at over 5 lakh merchants * Airtel Payments Bank said Tuesday that it has enabled BHIM UPI based payments at over 500,000 merchant points across the country.

This allows consumers to make digital payments for good and services by using any BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) UPI (Unified Payments Interface) enabled bank or payments app over their mobile phones, the company said in a statement. "We are committed to the vision of creating a cashless Indian economy by providing innovative and intuitive solutions with equal focus on consumer and merchant convenience...This is an important step towards our aim of creating a ubiquitous digital payments ecosystem for all consumers," Anubrata Biswas, MD and CEO of Airtel Payments Bank said.