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.
The Odisha government has launched a rainwater harvesting scheme named 'Community Harnessing and Harvesting Rainwater Artificially from Terrace to Aquifer (CHHATA).
The World Health Organisation has launched a USD 1.5 billion campaign, including a new vaccine, to eliminate outbreaks of bacterial meningitis across Africa by 2030.