The New Development Bank issued a Chinese yuan 7 billion bond (about USD 1.04 billion) in the China Interbank Bond Market with a 3-year maturity period.
BJP leader and former Union minister Vijay Sampla has been appointed as the chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) for a second time.
The Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has launched in Odisha by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in collaboration with the Abhinav Bindra Foundation Trust (ABFT).