Daily News Monitor: 24 October 2018

HEADLINES:

1. Govt Plans To Tighten Rule For Auditors After Instances Of Misdeeds; To Bolster Corporate Governance Framework

2. Ministry Of Corporate Affairs Weighs Proposal To Update Companies Act 

3. Malindo Air Launches Kolkata Flight

4. 38 MoUs Inked To Save ₹40,000-Cr In Capital Goods Import, Promote Local Manufacturing

5. Govt Looks To Relax Norms For Setting Up Petrol Pumps; Keen On Getting More Private Players Into Fuel Retailing

6. Organic Food Product Exports Up 39% At $515 Million In 2017-18

7. India Has Second Highest Insurance Gap Of $27 Bn After China, Reveals New Study; Global Underinsurance At $162.5 Bn

8. India Explores Corridor To Kazakhstan, Eastern Russia Via Iran 

9. Six Global Investors, Including Softbank Group And Singtel, To Invest $1.25 Bn In Airtel Africa 

10. Govt To Launch App For Access To Public Wi-Fi Hotspots

11. Tata Sons, Singapore Airlines Pump Rs 20 Bn Into Vistara For Expansion

12. Govt Hopes To Breach 80s In Ease Of Doing Biz Ranking, But Traders Sceptic

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