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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.

New Delhi [India], Sept. 25 : Priyanka Chopra's recognition in Hollywood and her rise as a global icon does not seem to be slowing down any bit as she is seen connecting with more and more stars each day.

The 34-year-old actress, who co-hosted the annual New York City's 'Global Citizen Festival,' posted on Instagram, a short clip of her having fun with 'Wolverine' actor, Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness.

The video was captioned "Backstage madness @thehughjackman Deborra Lee."

The trio are seen backstage delightedly grooving to a song.

PeeCee co-hosted the event alongside popular TV host Seth Mayers, Salma Hayek Pinault and Neil Patrick Harris.

New Delhi [India], Sep 25 : The Regulators and Policymakers Retreat (RPR) hosted by IPPAI with an overarching theme of 'India meeting the Aspiration' focused on the 360 degrees of the Indian power sector, both the challenges and its solutions.

Eminent panelists like Rajya wardhan Ghei, CEO, Domestic Solar Hindustan Power; Kasi Viswanathan Director, Solon GmbH; Monika Rathi, Head - Business Development Products, Mahindra Susten with the moderator Parag Sharma, COO ReNew Wind Power, debated various points that were impeding the growth of Renewables in India.

Rajya W Ghei, CEO, Hindustan Clean Energy Ltd, said that that there is an urgent need to bring in new debt instruments to reduce the cost of raising capital for setting up solar projects.