Daily Newsletter | Wednesday, October 25, 2017
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| Eye on China, India expands naval footprint in Indian Ocean |
| The Navy is ramping up its new “mission-based deployments” in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Malacca Strait, with warships on round-the-clock patrols to meet any operational eventuality from conventional threats and maritime terrorism to piracy and humanitarian disaster relief. |
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| Rs 2.11 lakh cr package to strengthen PSU banks |
| Along with the package to breathe life into ailing public sector banks through a Rs 2.11 lakh crore infusion, the government also unveiled a mega Rs 6.9 lakh road building programme aimed at boosting growth and creating jobs. |
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| Raje govt blinks, puts gag bill in cold storage |
| Within 24 hours of tabling in the Rajasthan assembly a bill that sought to shield public servants and judges from investigation, the Vasundhara Raje government on Tuesday put the controversial draft into “cold storage” by sending it to a select committee of the House. |
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| Hemraj’s widow wants to move apex court, says CBI messed up |
| The family of Hemraj Banjade, who was killed along with Aarushi Talwar on the intervening night of May 15-16, 2008, plans to move the Supreme Court to identify the murderer. They are accusing the CBI of messing up the investigation and say that justi ce has been denied to them. |
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| Khanna slams Amitabh Choudhary for misleading members |
| A stung BCCI president CK Khanna, who was accused of not pushing the Lodha committee’s administrative reforms during two SGMs, launched a counter-attack against acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and termed the allegations as “ludicrous”. |
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| WTA Finals: Venus survives three-hour Ostapenko epic |
| Ageless Venus Williams revived her WTA Finals campaign with an epic three-hour, three-set victory over error-prone, 20-year-old Jelena Ostapenko on Tuesday, dealing a big blow to the French Open champion’s hopes. |
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| Murthy stands firm on allegations, questions Infy board again |
| Infosys Founder N R Narayana Murthy on Tuesday said he was disappointed with core questions still unanswered, which includes how and why Infosys board approved an unusual and unprecedented severance payment agreement of 1000 per cent to former CFO Rajiv Bansal. |
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| Search for next CEO progressing well, says Infosys |
| The Bengaluru-based company has set a deadline of March 2018 to fill the top vacancy following the abrupt resignation of former CEO Vishal Sikka in August after a spate of allegations pertaining to governance issues by co-founder N R Narayana Murthy. |
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