Can't share divergence report in full without RBI nod, Yes Bank says

• The confidentiality clause doesn't allow Yes Bank to provide any further details, even to stock exchanges, without RBI nod
• RBI had pulled up Yes Bank for declaring 'nil divergence', saying that isn't an achievement

Mechanization key to achieving improved quality, productivity in Indian Railways

• Mechanization will lead to reduced demand for manual interventions

• Railways boasts a fleet of 883 track maintenance machines and has plans to procure additional machines over the next three years

Mother of all hiring drives will augment railways’ workforce

• Move aims to plug in the personnel gap arising out of 45,000 retiring each year

• One of the key questions that come up in an era of ever-increasing automation is whether we really need to replace group D employees

What are India’s greatest and worst movies?

• Cinematic quality is tricky to measure but if user ratings on IMDb are considered, then recent releases, Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani top the charts
• India’s greatest film is Anand. The 1971 film scored 8.7 from 22,168 votes and is followed by the 2013 Malayalam-hit Drishyam (8.6)

Railways’ recruitment drive out of necessity or a political gimmick?

• Timing of initiative to fill 230,000 vacancies raises several questions
• Indian Railways, which has a sanctioned strength of 1,506,598, employs 1,223,622 people

Govt allows part sale of coal from captive mines in open market

• The additional premium will be over and above the final bid price

• The allottee of a coal mine for specified end use or own consumption was not permitted to sell coal in open market earlier

Govt reverts back to old system of awarding oil and gas blocks

• The trigger for such a sharing has been fixed at $2.5 billion in a financial year from the block

• Exploration blocks in Category II and III basins will be awarded purely based on the exploration work programme

India should go digital to boost exports

• India has made huge strides in promoting cloud infrastructure, which enables e-governance and e-banking services
• India needs to significantly improve its data infrastructure to sustain its manufacturing competitiveness

Govt clears ₹30,274 cr Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transport System

• Meerut and Ghaziabad are in Uttar Pradesh
• The Cabinet has approved construction of Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) covering a distance of 82.15 kilometres

Modi's poll math puts at risk Ratnagiri refinery with Saudi Aramco, Adnoc

• Maharashtra decides to relocate Ratnagiri refinery after stiff opposition from Shiv Sena, BJP's ally in the state
• The Ratnagiri refinery, a joint venture of Saudi Aramco, Adnoc and Indian OMCs, is crucial to meet India's oil demand

Huawei awaits govt nod for 5G trials, rollout in India

• Huawei India CEO Jay Chen says that no country has been able to give any evidence of wrongdoing on Huawei's part
• Huawei is in talks with all the major telecom operators in India for 5G rollout in India, says Chen

BSNL's ₹98 recharge gives you Eros Now subscription along with 2GB daily data

• The Eros Now subscription and 2GB daily data is valid for 24 days
• Eros Now subscription can also be availed with ₹298, ₹333, ₹444 plans

Now, dial 112 – the single emergency helpline number across India

• '112' will provide immediate assistance to people on various services like police, fire and women safety
• The emergency number is launched under the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS)

India sugar output seen extending drop in 2019-20 on dry weather

• A drop in harvest for a second year will potentially cut overseas shipments and support global prices that fell 21 percent in 2018 
• India’s sugar exports may total 2.5 million to 3 million tons in the year ending September 30

Print is still growing in India: Mediacom’s Stephen Allan

• Digital is growing at a very fast pace in India but the base is quite small compared to other markets
• Television is not TV anymore; it has become video. People are consuming video content through multiple screens

Top 20 emerging skills that American tech companies are looking for 

• Hadoop tops the list of 20 fastest-growing skills in the Upwork Skills Index
• The index reflects emerging skills and provides real-time validation of current trends in the labour market and tech industry

IFC plans debt investment of $75 million in Manappuram Finance

• IFC’s three-year loan will provide Manappuram Finance liquidity and support asset-liability management
• Manappuram Finance will be International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) first gold loan-focused investment

L&T distances itself from Cognizant's Indian bribery case

• Cognizant allegedly used sham change order requests to conceal the payments it made to reimburse the firm, SEC had said

• Cognizant had agreed to pay$ 25 million to settle charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the SEC said

Maharashtra to move planned Ratnagiri refinery after farmers protest

• Stare-run oil companies and Saudi Aramco have teamed up to build what would be the country's biggest oil refinery

• The announcement comes as Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to arrive in India on Tuesday

RBI to inject ₹12,500-crore liquidity via OMOs on Thursday

• The purchase will be made through open market operations
• While in the case of surplus, the excess money is sucked out by selling of government bonds