NATIONAL UPDATES:
1. PMO discusses ways to involve private real estate
developers in 'Housing-for-all by 2022' programme: Prime Minister's Office discussed ways to involve
private real estate developers in the government's ambitious 'Housing-for-All
by 2022' programme at a meeting in New Delhi. The meeting called by the
Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra yesterday discussed how
the benefits of the interest subsidy on affordable housing could reach the
prospective home buyers at the earliest.
2. Modi, Hasina flag off trial run of
India-Bangladesh train: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on
Saturday flagged off the trial run of a passenger train service between Kolkata
and Bangladesh's Khulna. Named Maitree Express-2, it is the second passenger
train between India and Bangladesh. Regular service between the Kolkata station
and Khulna will commence in July.
3.Mega draw of Lucky Grahak Yojana & Digi Dhan
Vyapar Yojana being held today at Rashtrapati Bhavan: President Pranab Mukherjee will today draw
the lots for mega draw of the Lucky Grahak Yojana and the Digi Dhan Vyapar
Yojana at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Three mega prizes for consumers worth 1 crore
rupees, 50 lakh and 25 lakh rupees and three for merchants worth 50 lakh, 25
lakh and 12 lakh rupees would be announced, at the event through the 100th mega
draw. These winners will be felicitated by the Prime Minister on 14th of April
in Nagpur, on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti.
4. Australian PM to arrive in New Delhi on four-day
visit: Australian Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull will arrive in New Delhi today on a four-day visit. This will
be the first visit of Mr Turnbull to India. However, Mr Turnbull and Prime
Minister Narendra Modi have had substantive meetings on the margins of the G-20
in Antalya in 2015 and in Hangzhou in 2016.
5. Mahavir Jayanti celebrated across the country
today: Mahavir Jayanti, the birth
anniversary of 24th and last Jain Tirthankar Bhagwan Mahavir is being
celebrated across the country today. Mahavir Jayanti is considered to be one of
the most auspicious events for Jain people and holds a lot of importance in
their religious life.
6. 26 projects worth Rs. 2100 cr approved for Namami Gange project: The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved
26 projects worth Rs.2,154.28 crore under the Centre's 'Namami Gange'
programme, aiming to reduce the river's pollution load. As part of the
projects, the NMCG will set up sewage treatment plants and develop sewage
network in four Ganga basin states, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, and
Delhi.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1. 15
civilians killed in suspected US-led coalition airstrike near IS group's Syrian
bastion Raqqa: At least 15
civilians, including four children, were killed in a suspected US-led coalition
airstrike today near the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqqa. The Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said at least 17 people were injured in the strike
on Heneyda. The Britain-based group said, the death toll could rise further
because several of the injured were in serious conditions.
SPORTS:
1. India seal place in Davis Cup World Group
Tennis Play-offs: India today sealed their
place in the Davis Cup World Group Tennis Play-offs with Rohan Bopanna and N
Sriram Balaji routing their rivals with clinical precision for an unassailable
3-0 lead against Uzbekistan. The World Group Play-offs will be held in
September.
2. Rio Olympics marathon champion fails dope test: Kenya's Jemima Sumgong, who won the Rio
Olympics women's marathon last year, has tested positive for a banned substance
in an out-of-competition dope test conducted by the International Association
of Athletics Federations.
BANKING
& FINANCE:
3. UK bank to pay Rs. 795 crore as compensation to
fraud victims: UK banking
major Lloyds has announced that it is setting aside £100 million (Rs. 795
crore), to compensate customers who lost money in a fraud scandal. The lender
said it will compensate for "economic losses, distress and
inconvenience" to assist victims. This comes after some staff at HBOS,
owned by Lloyds, were jailed for carrying out a loans scam.
4. RBI to allow
banks to invest in REITs, InvITs: Banks will be allowed
to invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and infrastructure
investment trusts (InvITs), attracting more institutional investors to such
assets and expanding the investment scope of banks. REIT/InvIT is a structured business trust model
facilitating entrepreneurs and corporates to monetise their capital locked in
assets through issue of units to investors at large. Just like a mutual
fund scheme, investors can own units in a REIT and the rental
income is shared among the investors.
5. Deadline for
bank savings account holders to give PAN extended to June 30, 2017: The
finance ministry has extended the time limit for providing Permanent Account
Number (PAN) or Form No. 60 by bank account holders who have not given it at
the time of account opening or later to June 30, 2017.
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