1.Security features of ₹500, ₹2000 notes to be changed every 3-4 years :-
To check counterfeiting, the government plans to change security features of higher denomination banknotes of ₹2,000 and ₹500 every 3-4 years in accordance with global standards.
The move comes in the wake of recovery of a large amount of fake currency notes in the last four months after demonetisation.
2.Former Nepal PM Bhattarai arrested during protest at EC :-
Former Nepal prime minister Baburam Bhattarai and several other leaders were on Sunday arrested during a protest outside the Election Commission office against a new provision that bars them from contesting the local level polls in May on their respective party symbols.
3.Sindhu lifts India Open badminton title :-
Olympic silver-medallist P.V. Sindhu defeated Carolina Marin in straight sets 21-19, 21-16 in 47 minutes at the India Open badminton championship in New Delhi on Sunday.
4.Urjit, deputies get a pay hike :-
RBI Governor Urjit Patel and his deputies have received a salary increase with the government more than doubling their basic salary to ₹2.5 lakh and ₹2.25 lakh a month, respectively.
The “basic pay of the Governor and Deputy Governors” have been revised retrospectively with effect from January 1, 2016 and marks a huge jump from the ₹90,000 basic pay so far drawn by the Governor and ₹80,000 by his deputies.
5.Grim search resumes in Colombia after deadly flood :-
A grim search for the missing resumed at dawn on Sunday in southern Colombia after surging rivers sent an avalanche of floodwaters, mud and debris through a small city, killing at least 200 people and leaving many more injured and homeless.
6.India attaches highest importance to ties with Bangladesh: Mahajan :-
India attaches the “highest importance” to its relations with Bangladesh and believes that a strong, stable and prosperous neighbour is in its best interest, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said on Sunday as she called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
7.Centre grants ‘Y’ security for O. Panneerselvam :-
Days after a delegation of AIADMK MPs owing allegiance to former Tamil Nadu chief minister O. Panneerselvam met Home Minister Rajnath Singh to demand central police security cover for Mr. Panneerselvam, Centre okayed ‘Y’ category security for him.
8.Gas pipeline project draws mixed response :-
KANNUR: As the public sector GAIL (India) Ltd. is all set to resume work on laying the natural gas pipeline in the Malabar region, the project has drawn mixed response, with residents of areas through which the proposed pipeline will pass through reiterating their concerns amid the hope that the compensation package from the government and efforts to clear people’s safety concerns can smoothen the way for the project in the district.
9.Yuki Bhambri out of Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan :-
Mahesh Bhupathi’s tenure as India’s Davis Cup captain was off to the worst possible start as singles mainstay Yuki Bhambri pulled out of India’s Asia Oceania Group I tie against Uzbekistan because of an inflamed knee.
10.Induction of MLAs from other parties into Cabinet criticized :-
Though Cabinet formation was the Chief Minister’s prerogative, luring them with a place in the Cabinet was nothing but murder of democracy, he said at a press conference here on Sunday.
