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New York (U.S.), Sept. 26 : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will address the UN General Assembly in New York today, where she is expected to give a stinging response to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's UNGA speech.

Outlining India's focus for the UN General Assembly session, New Delhi's envoy to the UN Syed Akbaruddin said terrorism is the primary concern for India as well as for nations across the world.

He listed reform of the UN Security Council, sustainable development, climate change and peacekeeping as other priorities for India in the current UNGA session.

London [UK], Sept. 25 : Heavily pregnant Olivia Wilde recently revealed on Twitter that she is having a baby girl with her fiance Jason Sudeikis.

The 32-year-old Hollywood actress revealed this while supporting presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton that she will be welcoming a daughter into the world in the coming months, reports the Daily Mail.

Referring to a video on presidential candidate, Donald Trump, the 'House' star wrote, "As someone who is about to have a daughter, this hits me deep in my core. #NeverTrump https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/779320180891615232 ."

Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 25 : American singer Christina Grimmie, who was tragically killed by a gunman at the end of a live concert in Florida, was recently remembered with a touching tribute of her first iHeart Radio Music Festival performance.

The 2016 iHeart Radio Music Festival paid tribute to the late singer just a year after she first performed at the annual event with a moving compilation of her too short-lived career, reports E! Online.

Compiled with the vocalist's live performances and YouTube videos, the short documentary shows the American star narrating a poignant message to her loyal followers and fans.

Karachi [Pakistan], Sept.25 : Asserting that Pakistan have to raise their game as per the contemporary standards, ODI skipper Azhar Ali believes the upcoming three-match series against West Indies will provide his side with a great opportunity to bring themselves back on the winning track.

Earlier in the week, Test skipper Misbah-ul-Haq was handed the prestigious ICC Test championship mace for inspiring Pakistan to the top of the rankings while commentators lamented the ODI side's ninth ranking in the 50-over format.

Pakistan fell to the lowest-ever rating of 86 points after suffering a crushing 1-4 defeat at the hands of England that also dampened the team's chances of automatic qualification for the ICC World Cup in 2019.

New Delhi [India], Sep 25 : Premier body on cyber security Data Security Council of India (DSCI) has announced the launch of its new chapter in Singapore with an aim to encourage the exchange of information, sharing of knowledge and best practices on cyber Security.

The DSCI Singapore chapter among other things would be engaged in building linkages with stakeholders in the government, industry, LEAs and academia, establishing channels of collaborations on policy deliberation, industry development and capacity building on Security Privacy and Cybercrime investigation, building community to bridge cyber security skills gap between India and Singapore amongst others.

New Delhi [India], Sep 25 : Mobile payments and loans start-up ftcash, backed by IvyCap Ventures is the first fintech startup to launch Unified Payment Interface (UPI) for merchants in association with ICICI Bank.

Due to the same, the customers can now pay a vegetable vendor who sells on the sidewalk or your newspaper vendor using UPI.

ftcash is a virtual POS for micro-merchants to accept payments through credit cards, debit cards, wallets such as Freecharge, Mobikwik, PayPal etc. UPI is the latest addition to this open architecture platform.