Statescan – April 27, 2019
The Reserve Bank of India has announced that it will soon issue new banknotes of Rs 20 denomination in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series, bearing the signature of the central bank’s governor Shaktikanta Das;
A naval officer was killed in fire-fighting efforts on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya on Friday. The fire is said to have started in the engine room in the morning as the ship was entering the harbour in Karwar in Karnataka; and, in the wake of criticism over its ₹4.2 crore lawsuit against four Gujarati potato farmers, food and beverages giant PepsiCo has offered to settle the case if the farmers stop growing the registered potato variety used in its Lays chips.
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