The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD), a strategic security dialogue between India, Australia, Japan, and the United States, will be hosted by Japan.
The Union Cabinet approved additional funding of Rs 820 crore for India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) for the expansion of its services to all post offices in the country. Out of the 1.56 lakh post offices, IPPB currently operates from 1.3 lakh post offices. Since the launch, it has opened over 5.25 crore accounts with 82 crore aggregate number of transactions.
Canara Bank has launched 'skill loans' in association with the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP), Kerala the government company under the Higher Education Department.
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two Greek oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, just after Athens assisted the US in seizing an Iranian oil tanker over alleged sanctions violations in the Mediterranean Sea.
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