1. Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay arrived in New Delhi this morning on a six-day visit to India.
2. India's economic growth slumped to 4.4 percent during the quarter ended June 30, due to poor showing of manufacturing, mining and agriculture sectors, government data showed Friday.
3. President Pranab Mukherjee has urged universities to focus on character-building of the youth whose role is vital for a resurgent India.
4. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is looking into the complaint against State Bank of India (SBI) for shaming students and their parents for defaulting on their education loan. "RBI's assistant general manager Sharmila Sampath Kumar has sent me an email Aug 28 stating that the issue is receiving the attention of the central bank," K. Srinivasan, convenor, Education Loan Task Force (ELTF).
5. N R Narayana Murthy has stepped down as chairman of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) after taking charge as executive chairman of Infosys.
6. Pakistan and the Russia held their first ever interaction on the Strategic Dialogue. The talks were held at the Foreign Secretaries level yesterday in Moscow
7. GSAT-7, India’s first full-fledged military communication spacecraft, meant for exclusive use by the Navy, was launched on Friday morning from Kourou in South America on a European Ariane 5 launcher.
8. Supreme Court today issued notices to the BCCI, N Srinivasan, his IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and Rajasthan Royals on a plea challenging Bombay High court order refusing to appoint a fresh committee to probe IPL spot fixing scam
9. Indonesia and Pakistan have signed a free trade agreement (FTA) and expect to take their bilateral trade to $2 billion by next year.
10. The process to roll out the Direct Tax Code is on and the government has now prepared a draft with comments made by industry and it is being examined by various Ministries, Parthasarathi Shome, Adviser to Finance Minister, said today.
2. India's economic growth slumped to 4.4 percent during the quarter ended June 30, due to poor showing of manufacturing, mining and agriculture sectors, government data showed Friday.
3. President Pranab Mukherjee has urged universities to focus on character-building of the youth whose role is vital for a resurgent India.
4. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is looking into the complaint against State Bank of India (SBI) for shaming students and their parents for defaulting on their education loan. "RBI's assistant general manager Sharmila Sampath Kumar has sent me an email Aug 28 stating that the issue is receiving the attention of the central bank," K. Srinivasan, convenor, Education Loan Task Force (ELTF).
5. N R Narayana Murthy has stepped down as chairman of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) after taking charge as executive chairman of Infosys.
6. Pakistan and the Russia held their first ever interaction on the Strategic Dialogue. The talks were held at the Foreign Secretaries level yesterday in Moscow
7. GSAT-7, India’s first full-fledged military communication spacecraft, meant for exclusive use by the Navy, was launched on Friday morning from Kourou in South America on a European Ariane 5 launcher.
8. Supreme Court today issued notices to the BCCI, N Srinivasan, his IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and Rajasthan Royals on a plea challenging Bombay High court order refusing to appoint a fresh committee to probe IPL spot fixing scam
9. Indonesia and Pakistan have signed a free trade agreement (FTA) and expect to take their bilateral trade to $2 billion by next year.
10. The process to roll out the Direct Tax Code is on and the government has now prepared a draft with comments made by industry and it is being examined by various Ministries, Parthasarathi Shome, Adviser to Finance Minister, said today.
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