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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept the repo rate unchanged at 4 percent while maintaining an ‘accommodative stance’ as long as necessary to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in its second bi-monthly Monetary Policy report on Friday.

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Friday approved Request for Proposal (RFP) for construction of six conventional submarines equipped with the state-of-the-art Air Independent Propulsion system at an approx cost of Rs 43,000 crore.

On the second day of his two-day visit to the Kashmir Valley, General Manoj Mukund Naravane, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) reviewed the security situation along the Line of Control (LOC) on Thursday.

INS Sandhayak, the first of its class indigenously designed and built Hydrographic Survey Ship of Indian Navy, will be decommissioned on Friday, Jun 04, 21 after serving the nation for 40 years.

Close on the heels of the financial assistance for the COVID-19 orphans, announced by the Union Government, the Maharashtra Government on Wednesday announced financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh for children who have lost their parents due to the coronavirus.

Even as Delhi high court has sought response from the Centre, Delhi Government, and FSSAI about the use of the term “milk” for plant-based beverages, Amul India vice-chairman Valamji Humbal has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ban the “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)” for its attempts “to ruin the livelihood of 10 crore people by tarnishing the image of Indian dairy sector”.

Among a series of top-level appointments in the armed forces on Tuesday was the new Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC), Eastern Army Commander, Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, and the Director-General of Assam Rifles.

Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Murlidhar S Pawar, who oversaw several important operations, including the swift movement of naval assets after the Pulwama attack, retired on superannuation after almost four decades of distinguished service on Monday.

A Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) has been installed onboard Advanced Light Helicopter(ALH Mk III) from Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS 323) at air Naval station at INS Hansa, Goa by Bengaluru-based state-owned plane-maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

The fishermen from Satpati in Palghar district in Maharashtra have complained of oil spillage from the barge GAL Constructor that ran aground during recent cyclone Tauktae, which battered Maharashtra and adjoining states.