A committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai was set up by the Uttarakhand government to prepare a draft of the Uniform Civil Code.
SBI has issued additional tier-1 (AT1) bonds worth a total of Rs. 6,872 crores at a cut-off of 7.75 per cent, the lowest rate set for such debt issuances by any bank so far in the current financial year.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to provide a 2.9 billion dollar extended facility to Sri Lanka for a four-year period, with conditions on debt restructuring and action on corruption.