1. India's apex bank has cautioned its US counterpart on going ahead with a rate hike, especially at a time when world economic growth is stalling which has led to massive volatility in currency, equity and commodity markets.
2. In a bid to recover income tax dues from defaulters whose names have been publicly disclosed but remain untraced, the finance ministry has announced rewards of up to Rs 15 lakh to people who can provide information to help the authorities track down these high-value tax defaulters.
3. India and the United States are working on an MoU that will allow both countries to blacklist currency material manufacturers found supplying currency printing machines, material or services to a country or entity known to be printing counterfeit bank notes.
4. Cracking the whip on dissidents, AAP today suspended two of its Punjab MPs — Dharamvira Gandhi, who had supported expelled leader Yogendra Yadav, and Harinder Singh Khalsa — for anti-party activities and alleged that they had joined hands with ruling BJP-SAD combine in the state.
