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On the backdrop of rising oil prices and shortfall in FPI inflows to the country the RBI is expected to raise $30-35 billion via NRI bonds to raise the rupee .

SVC Co-operative Bank has received the National Payments Excellence Award 2017 by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

UPSC member Arvind Saxena has been appointed as the acting chairman of the commission from June, a government order said. Saxena, a 1978-batch Indian Postal Service officer, will take over the charge from incumbent Vinay Mittal who completes his term at the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on June.

Former NIA chief Shri Sharad Kumar has been appointed as the Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi for a term of four years from the date on which he enters upon his office, or till he attains the age of sixty five years, whichever is earlier.

The 44th G7 summit was held on June 2018, in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada.This was the sixth time since 1981 that Canada has hosted the meetings.

Virat Kohli will be honoured with the top BCCI award with Polly Umrigar Award for being the best international cricketer for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons.

Professor Hasan Askari Rizvi took charge as the caretaker chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab Province.

Indian cricketer Mithali Raj has become the first batter from the country to score 2000 runs in T20I cricket.

According to a report by an Australian think tank, India has moved up four places to the 137th rank among 163 countries on the 2018 Global Peace Index.

Foreign Direct Investment to India decreased to 40 billion dollars last year from 44 billion dollars in 2016 while outflows from India, the main source of investment in South Asia, more than doubled, according to a new trade report by the UN.