The central government has amended Part II of the Flag Code of India to allow the national flag of India to be displayed in the open and on houses and buildings "day and night".
President Ram Nath Kovind has paid tributes to Sant Kabir and inaugurated Sant Kabir Academy and Research Centre and Swadesh Darshan Yojana at Kabir Chaura Dham, Maghar, Uttar Pradesh.
The reforms include loosening restrictions on foreign institutional investors' (FPIs') ability to invest in the debt market and raising the automated route's external commercial borrowing (ECB) cap from USD 750 million or its equivalent to USD 1.5 billion.